The Grizzlies dethroned the Kings 112-98 in their last game of the 2016. They snapped the Kings’ three game winning streak. The Grizzlies sought revenge after the bad loss against the Kings on December 16th at home.

The Grizzlies shot a franchise record 17 three pointers against the dethroned Kings.

It was raining threes. During the run, the Grizzlies accumulated their largest lead of the game at 22 points.

 

Game Stats

 

Game Notes

1) Mike Conley returned from injury to lead the Grizzlies with 22 points on 8-of-11 from the field, eight rebounds and three assists.

 

2) JaMychal Green showed up and showed out once again. He shot 77.8 percent and 80 percent from beyond the arc. Green finished with 18 points, seven rebounds and four assists.

 

3) Tony Allen shot 71.4 percent from the field going 5-of-7 for 11 points and four rebounds.

BENCH SQUAD

 

4) Vince Carter was one of two Grizzlies’ players to have four three point makes. Carter chipped in 14 points and three rebounds.

 

5) Zach Randolph ended with 14 points, six rebounds and three assists. And this:

Everyone knows Zbo don’t bluff!!

6) Troy Daniels continues to delight from the three point line. Daniels converted on three of five his three point attempts. He added 11 points.

 

7) DeMarcus Cousins led the Kings with 26 points on 7-of-18 shooting and had a team-high eight assists. Boogie was 12-of-13 from the free-throw line.

 

8) Former Grizzlies’ player Matt Barnes finished with a season-high 20 points on 5-of-8 shooting (5-of-7 from three) and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.

 

9) The Kings had two other players in double figures Darren Collison and Anthony Tolliver had 16 points each.

 

10) Grizzlies center Marc Gasol went down with an ankle injury with 9:16 left in the third quarter.

Analysis

The Grizzlies ended 2016 with a win. They have been consistent on both ends of the floor in two straight games. Their bench have provided the lift with outstanding play from Zach Randolph and Troy Daniels among others. In the last two games the bench has scored 102 points. It seems as everything is coming together for the time being.

They are still a work in progress once they get all their available players healthy. Hopefully, Brandon Wright will be back to make the circle complete.

What They Said!!

David Fizdale

ON IF HE LIKED HOW THE DEFENSE TRAVELED TONIGHT

“Absolutely. You know that makes me happy when I see us getting after it like that. We were really connected, working with our voices, guys were really backing each other up when there was a breakdown. So it never turned into two or three problems and we would just solve the problem during the possession. I thought our leadership was great tonight – making sure we stayed connected while they made little runs. But, yeah our defense was right on point.”

 

Mike Conley

ON THE TEAM’S PLAY AND BLOWING IT OPEN IN THE THIRD QUARTER

“Yeah, when we’re shooting like we were tonight, we’re tough – we’re a tough team because we play so hard on the defensive end. The ball was shared so much tonight. I thought guys got a lot of easy looks, a lot of confident opportunities. That came from our mindset coming in, just being locked in, being focused and [being] all about business.”

 

ON HIS PAIN TOLERANCE AND HOW HE FEELS AFTER ANOTHER INJURY

“I felt great – I felt great. I think the couple days I had to let my toe die down a little bit, let the swelling die down a little bit was perfect. I’m proud of the guys stepping up in the OKC game and making the plays to win that one and getting us on the right track again to where we got to this first game of the road trip and we’re locked in and ready to go.”

 

ON THE TEAM PLAYING THROUGH CONSTANT SETBACKS

“We have a mental mindset – a mental toughness about this group that it feeds off of one another. One guy goes down and he comes back, everybody else is like ‘man, I can’t be sitting down because I have a sore elbow or I’m sick’ or anything so everybody feeds off of that. We have that kind of mentality and it makes us a different team I think.”

 

Up Next

The Grizzlies continues their west coast trip in Los Angeles. They will face the Lakers in their face game of 2017 on January 3rd at the Staples Center. Tip-off at 9:30pm CST.

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE LADIES OF ALL HEART IN HOOP CITY