Memphis Grizzlies News

Memphis Grizzlies rookie point guard Kyle Lowry could miss most of the season after fracturing his left wrist on Tuesday night in a loss at Cleveland. Lowry's left wrist was placed in a cast after he was injured in the second quarter. The official release states he will ``be out indefinitely.'' But Grizzlies coach Mike Fratello said before Friday night's game against the Washington Wizards that Lowry's absence will be extensive. ``It takes him out of the next ...

Grizzlies rookie guard Kyle Lowry will be out indefinitely after breaking his left wrist during a loss to Cleveland. He was injured during the third quarter of Tuesday night's 97-94 defeat. He was evaluated Wednesday, and his wrist was placed in a cast, the team said Wednesday. In 10 games, he is averaging 5.6 points and 3.2 assists in 17.5 minutes. Lowry, who played at Villanova, was the team's top ...

Pat Garrity scored 18 points and Dwight Howard added 15 points and eight rebounds to lead the Orlando Magic over the undermanned Memphis Grizzlies 112-89 in a pre-season game Saturday night. Trailing 66-37 at halftime, Memphis missed eight of its first 10 shots in the third quarter. The Grizzlies mounted an 11-0 fourth-quarter run, but were still down by 22 points before James Augustine responded with two free throws with 4:47 left. Hakim Warrick and Kyle Lowry led ...

Rudy Gay scored 14 points, and Chucky Atkins keyed a fourth-quarter run Friday night as the Memphis Grizzlies held on for a 96-95 pre-season victory over the Miami Heat. Atkins scored the first seven points for Memphis in the fourth quarter, kickstarting a 17-7 burst that led to an 89-74 lead with five minutes left. Robert Hite, the undrafted free agent from the University of Miami, tried to bring the Heat back, scoring 16 of his team-high 25 points ...

Martynas Andriuskevicius scored all of his 11 points in the final 3:36 Monday night, and the Chicago Bulls remained undefeated in pre-season play with an 87-78 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies. Andriuskevicius, the seven-foot-two second-year player from Lithuania, played only nine minutes, all in the fourth period, but took control down the stretch as Memphis tried to pull even. Tyrus Thomas, the rookie from LSU, led the Bulls (3-0) with 12 points, while Luol Deng and Malik Allen ...

Memphis rookie Rudy Gay scored 21 points, including 11 in the fourth quarter Saturday night, to lead the Grizzlies to a 101-89 win over the Detroit Pistons. Detroit had taken a 78-77 lead with 8:34 left, but Memphis put together a 20-6 run to go up 97-84 with 2:33 left. Gay scored nine in the stretch. Dahntay Jones added 17 for Memphis, going 6-of-8 from the floor, while Hakim Warrick scored 13 and had eight rebounds. For ...

Joe Johnson scored 22 points to lead six Atlanta players in double figures as the Hawks won their pre-season opener, 108-91 over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night. All of Johnson's points came in the first half as the Hawks built an early lead and coasted the rest of the way, leading by as many as 27 points. The Grizzlies, who won their opener at Houston on Tuesday night, never led against Atlanta. Josh Smith had 13 ...

Rudy Gay scored nine of his 14 points in the fourth quarter and the Memphis Grizzlies rallied from 12-point second-half deficit to beat the Houston Rockets 75-69 Tuesday night in the pre-season opener for both teams. Houston scored 20 points on 7-of-37 shooting in the second half as reserves played almost the entire game. Centre Yao Ming didn't suit up for the Rockets after having his left big toenail removed ...

Christian Laettner isn't planning a comeback with the Memphis Grizzlies yet. Laettner's business partner Brian Davis, who has an agreement to buy the team, said in a statement on Tuesday that the former Duke star will hold off on resuming his career. Davis said that Laettner, a business associate and investor in the Grizzlies project, wants to play for Memphis but will wait. ``After speaking with Grizzlies management, we have ...

An investment group that includes Christian Laettner and his former Duke teammate Brian Davis has reached an agreement to buy 70 per cent of the Memphis Grizzlies. Billionaire Michael Heisley announced Monday that he agreed to sell his majority share to the group. Davis said at a news conference that the sale was worth about US$360 million, and he and Laettner are putting a total of $40 million of their ...