Charlotte Bobcats @ Memphis Grizzlies 12/19/08

[swetooth9]

woo hoo my first game thread

anyway, now at 8-18, we're hoping to take baby steps toward double-digit wins pretty soon. we should be able to win this game

oj mayo and rudy gay are beasts (and 2 of my fav players), but with a team effort, i think we are very balanced and can win tonight. i hope i can watch this game on TV b/c sometimes it's the hurricanes or something else

go cats!

[ziggy]

Thanks for starting up the game thread swetooth.

In our last game DJ thoroughly outplayed Rose, if he puts up better numbers than Mayo tonight, some of the NBA talking heads may actually start to pay him some attention.

My prediction for tonight, Bobcats win by 1 with a shot at the buzzer... We're due for one of those types of wins aren't we ?

[x2pacalypse]

god i'd rather not, usually games like that is the other team hitting a game winner

i want ajinca to hit a 90 footer for the game winner though

[Muttley]

Not sure I want a last-second-shot-for-the-win game, but I'd gladly take it over a loss. Memphis has been playing well lately. The Bobcats have been playing close with teams and of course pulled out the tight win the other night over the Bulls.

I'm not gonna call a win for the Bobcats tonight (too superstitious), but I would bet that it's a close game. I would love to witness a blow-out tonight, though, leading to heavy minutes for Lexy, Hollins and Adam. The Bobcats have it in them to do it.

Prediction:
Raja Bell does not get ejected from the game.

[ballwhore]

My prediction...Bobcats 96 Grizz 88...My boy Augustin 25pts 8assist 11-11 free throws...Hollins 2 monster slams 2 blocks...Go Cats!

[BIGCatBobcat]

I always read the USA Today preview when I can think to anyway, and today I'm impressed that they concentrate on the Bobcats and the Grizz are the 2nd team. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/score.../NBA836820.htm
I don't know what goes down tonight. I want to see a bit more consistency. I looked at the stats yesterday after seeing John Hollinger call the 'Cats one of the "lamb" teams in the NBA and Chicago blew it on a bad call at the end of regulation. I just wanted to see the average margin we're at right now and we're hardly a lamb. 93-90 with the opponents coming out on top of course, 3 points difference in the average PPG for us and the opponents. That's not lambly to me. I'll watch this game because I don't know anything about Rudy Gay and little about Gasol, Mayo and their PG's Lowry and Coneley.
Memphis's ppg totals are 94.8 and 98.7 for their opponents. Numbers look like it could go our way, solid D, DJ, Ray, Mek and Crash get hot, or 3 of 4 get hot and I think we've got a shot. Remains to be seen though, but I'm optimistic

[BIGCatBobcat]

Yikes, I wanted to see what Grizzlies fans were like. One word: delusional. One guy actually said he thought Darko and Marc Gasol would get a dozen "or so" blocks tonight. Another guy wants Darko to go off for 25 and then rub his jersey in LB's face. You guys gotta see their game thread: http://boards.grizzliesonline.com/in...opic=4121&st=0

I do like how they set up the beginning with all the pics and links and basically all the info you could ever want. I was optimistic at first, like hey, lets have a good showing but after seeing a guy saying "Make the Bobcats the butt of all NBA jokes" I want to smoke the Grizz. How lazy can you be not to change the name of your team from Vancouver to Memphis?

[docend24]

Prediction:
Raja Bell does not get ejected from the game.

I actually think Darko has a good chance to be ejected. He is a jerk.

[TheBeagle]

Good find, BCB. That is a scary bunch there...at least some of them. I'll give them a little bit of a pass for being excited about a team that is playing better than expected.

About the game, it's going to be a tough one for sure. The Bobcats are 0-for Memphis, so bad things tend to happen there, but eventually the law of averages has to take over....I mean never winning against the Mavs and PHX is one thing, but never winning in Memphis and being 1-7 overall against them is just ridiculous....I mean it's the Grizzlies!

I think Boris is the difference maker one way or the other: if he has a good game, we win; if he struggles, we lose.

[bing!]

Tonight is ripe for stealin' a win on the road, I see it as a close, high-scoring game with Cats emerging victorious. I'd give Raja a breather tonight and see how Matt would handle more minutes after a solid performance against the Bulls. Adam should also feel the burn lest he loses his game-touch completely.