2008–09 Memphis Grizzlies season

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The 2008–09 Memphis Grizzlies season was their 14th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Memphis Grizzlies finished 2 games ahead of their 2007–08 output, and finished 12th in the Western Conference as opposed to 14th.

Key dates

June 26: The 2008 NBA draft took place in New York City.
July 1: The free agency period started.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	5	Kevin Love	Forward-center	American	UCLA
1	28	Donté Greene	Small Forward	American	Syracuse

Some hours after the completion of the draft, Memphis sent the rights to #5 overall pick Kevin Love to Minnesota as part of a trade that landed #3 pick O. J. Mayo.^[1]

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	From
F	00	Arthur, Darrell	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Kansas
G/F	7	Buckner, Greg	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Clemson
G	11	Conley Jr., Mike	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Ohio State
C	33	Gasol, Marc	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Spain
F	22	Gay, Rudy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Connecticut
C	15	Haddadi, Hamed	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Iran
G/F	55	Jarić, Marko	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	Serbia
G	32	Mayo, O. J.	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	USC
F/C	4	Mihm, Chris (IN)	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Texas
F	3	Miles, Darius	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	East St. Louis HS (IL)
F/C	31	Miličić, Darko	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Serbia
G/F	13	Ross, Quinton	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	SMU
F/C	21	Warrick, Hakim	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	219 lb (99 kg)	Syracuse
G	29	Wilks, Mike (IN)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Rice

Head coach

Lionel Hollins

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season

Standings

Southwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-San Antonio Spurs	54	28	.659	—	28–13	26–15	10–6
x-Houston Rockets	53	29	.646	1	33–8	20–21	9–7
x-Dallas Mavericks	50	32	.610	4	32–9	18–23	7–9
x-New Orleans Hornets	49	33	.598	5	28–13	21–20	9–7
Memphis Grizzlies	24	58	.284	30	16–25	8–33	5–11

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	65	17	.793	—
2	y-Denver Nuggets	54	28	.659	11
3	y-San Antonio Spurs	54	28	.659	11
4	x-Portland Trail Blazers	54	28	.659	11
5	x-Houston Rockets	53	29	.646	12
6	x-Dallas Mavericks	50	32	.610	15
7	x-New Orleans Hornets	49	33	.598	16
8	x-Utah Jazz	48	34	.585	17

9	Phoenix Suns	46	36	.561	19
10	Golden State Warriors	29	53	.354	36
11	Minnesota Timberwolves	24	58	.293	41
12	Memphis Grizzlies	24	58	.293	41
13	Oklahoma City Thunder	23	59	.280	42
14	Los Angeles Clippers	19	63	.232	46
15	Sacramento Kings	17	65	.207	48

Game log

2008–09 game log

October: 1–1 (home: 1–0; road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 29	@ Houston	L 71–82	Rudy Gay (20)	Darrell Arthur (15)	Mike Conley Jr., Kyle Lowry (3)	Toyota Center 18,196	0–1
2	October 31	Orlando	W 86–84	Rudy Gay (29)	Darrell Arthur (10)	Kyle Lowry (4)	FedExForum 16,139	1–1

November: 3–12 (home: 2–5; road: 1–7)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
3	November 1	@ Chicago	L 86–96	Rudy Gay (20)	Darko Miličić (9)	Kyle Lowry (4)	United Center 21,785	1–2
4	November 3	Golden State	W 90–79	Marc Gasol (27)	Marc Gasol (16)	Mike Conley Jr. (7)	FedExForum 10,121	2–2
5	November 5	@ Sacramento	L 95–100	O. J. Mayo (28)	Rudy Gay, Kyle Lowry, Marc Gasol (6)	Kyle Lowry (7)	ARCO Arena 13,685	2–3
6	November 7	@ Golden State	W 109–104	Rudy Gay (23)	Darrell Arthur (12)	Mike Conley Jr. (6)	Oracle Arena 18,744	3–3
7	November 9	@ Denver	L 90–100	O. J. Mayo (31)	Marc Gasol, O. J. Mayo (8)	Mike Conley Jr., Rudy Gay (4)	Pepsi Center 14,359	3–4
8	November 10	@ Phoenix	L 102–107	O. J. Mayo (33)	Rudy Gay, Darrell Arthur (7)	O. J. Mayo (5)	US Airways Center 18,422	3–5
9	November 12	New York	L 103–132	Rudy Gay (20)	Hakim Warrick (8)	Marko Jarić, Kyle Lowry (4)	FedExForum 10,129	3–6
10	November 14	Milwaukee	L 96–101 (OT)	O. J. Mayo (25)	Hakim Warrick (10)	Mike Conley Jr., Kyle Lowry (4)	FedExForum 11,308	3–7
11	November 18	Sacramento	W 109–94	Rudy Gay (22)	Hakim Warrick (10)	Mike Conley Jr. (7)	FedExForum 10,834	4–7
12	November 21	@ Dallas	L 76–91	O. J. Mayo (19)	Rudy Gay, Marc Gasol (8)	Rudy Gay (5)	American Airlines Center 20,035	4–8
13	November 22	Utah	L 94–103	O. J. Mayo (23)	Darrell Arthur (9)	Mike Conley Jr. (8)	FedExForum 13,121	4–9
14	November 24	San Antonio	L 81–94	O. J. Mayo (26)	Darko Miličić (11)	O. J. Mayo, Kyle Lowry (3)	FedExForum 12,053	4–10
15	November 26	@ Utah	L 100–117	Rudy Gay (27)	Marc Gasol (8)	Kyle Lowry (5)	EnergySolutions Arena 19,911	4–11
16	November 28	@ San Antonio	L 98–109	O. J. Mayo (32)	Rudy Gay, Marc Gasol, Darko Miličić (6)	O. J. Mayo, Mike Conley Jr. (4)	AT&T Center 17,074	4–12
17	November 29	Oklahoma City	L 103–111	O. J. Mayo (30)	O. J. Mayo (7)	Mike Conley Jr. (6)	FedExForum 11,977	4–13

December: 6–9 (home: 5–4; road: 1–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
18	December 3	@ Atlanta	L 95–105	Hakim Warrick (20)	Rudy Gay (10)	Mike Conley Jr., Kyle Lowry (4)	Philips Arena 12,088	4–14
19	December 5	L.A. Clippers	W 93–81	Rudy Gay (25)	Darko Miličić (9)	Kyle Lowry (5)	FedExForum 10,484	5–14
20	December 6	@ New Orleans	L 87–106	Marc Gasol (21)	Marc Gasol (7)	O. J. Mayo (5)	New Orleans Arena 16,822	5–15
21	December 8	Houston	W 109–97	Rudy Gay (20)	Hakim Warrick, Marc Gasol (8)	Kyle Lowry (5)	FedExForum 10,691	6–15
22	December 10	@ Oklahoma City	W 108–102	Rudy Gay (22)	Rudy Gay, Hakim Warrick, Marc Gasol (6)	O. J. Mayo, Kyle Lowry (5)	Ford Center 18,009	7–15
23	December 12	Chicago	W 103–96	Rudy Gay (29)	Darko Miličić (11)	Mike Conley Jr. (7)	FedExForum 17,132	8–15
24	December 14	Miami	W 102–86	O. J. Mayo (28)	Marc Gasol (7)	Kyle Lowry (5)	FedExForum 12,271	9–15
25	December 16	New Orleans	L 84–91	Rudy Gay (28)	Marc Gasol (11)	O. J. Mayo, Mike Conley Jr. (4)	FedExForum 10,231	9–16
26	December 19	Charlotte	L 83–112	Rudy Gay (17)	Marc Gasol (6)	O. J. Mayo (4)	FedExForum 11,869	9–17
27	December 22	L.A. Lakers	L 96–105	Rudy Gay (23)	Darko Miličić (8)	Kyle Lowry (7)	FedExForum 17,456	9–18
28	December 23	@ Dallas	L 82–100	Hakim Warrick (17)	Rudy Gay (9)	Kyle Lowry (4)	American Airlines Center 20,200	9–19
29	December 26	Indiana	W 108–105	Hakim Warrick (21)	O. J. Mayo (8)	O. J. Mayo (7)	FedExForum 12,346	10–19
30	December 27	@ San Antonio	L 103–106 (2OT)	O. J. Mayo (29)	Rudy Gay (11)	Kyle Lowry (8)	AT&T Center 18,797	10–20
31	December 29	@ Minnesota	L 98–108 (OT)	O. J. Mayo (23)	Hakim Warrick (8)	Kyle Lowry (12)	Target Center 12,207	10–21
32	December 30	Phoenix	L 89–101	Hakim Warrick (25)	Marc Gasol (13)	Kyle Lowry (6)	FedExForum 14,471	10–22

January: 1–13 (home: 1–8; road: 0–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
33	January 2	San Antonio	L 80–91	Hakim Warrick (16)	Marc Gasol (11)	Kyle Lowry, Rudy Gay (3)	FedExForum 12,597	10–23
34	January 4	Dallas	W 102–82	O. J. Mayo (21)	Hakim Warrick, Rudy Gay (7)	Kyle Lowry (5)	FedExForum 11,731	11–23
35	January 6	Minnesota	L 87–94	Hakim Warrick (22)	O. J. Mayo (8)	O. J. Mayo, Kyle Lowry (5)	FedExForum 10,156	11–24
36	January 7	@ New Jersey	L 89–100	O. J. Mayo (26)	Marc Gasol (10)	O. J. Mayo, Rudy Gay, Kyle Lowry, Greg Buckner (3)	Izod Center 11,552	11–25
37	January 9	@ Toronto	L 82–103	Rudy Gay (22)	Darrell Arthur (7)	Marc Gasol, Mike Conley Jr. (4)	Air Canada Centre 18,486	11–26
38	January 13	Cleveland	L 87–102	Kyle Lowry (25)	Marc Gasol (11)	Kyle Lowry (7)	FedExForum 15,121	11–27
39	January 16	Utah	L 91–101	O. J. Mayo (23)	Marc Gasol (10)	Marc Gasol (3)	FedExForum 10,422	11–28
40	January 19	Detroit	L 79–87	Rudy Gay, O. J. Mayo (15)	Marc Gasol (13)	Mike Conley Jr. (5)	FedExForum 17,483	11–29
41	January 21	@ Charlotte	L 86–101	Rudy Gay (26)	Marc Gasol (6)	Mike Conley Jr. (5)	Time Warner Cable Arena 11,249	11–30
42	January 23	@ New York	L 88–108	Rudy Gay (20)	Rudy Gay (9)	Mike Conley Jr. (4)	Madison Square Garden 18,391	11–31
43	January 24	New Jersey	L 88–99	O. J. Mayo (23)	Marc Gasol (10)	Rudy Gay (4)	FedExForum 12,817	11–32
44	January 27	Denver	L 85–100	O. J. Mayo (19)	Hakim Warrick (10)	Kyle Lowry, Mike Conley Jr. (4)	FedExForum 11,338	11–33
45	January 28	@ Oklahoma City	L 102–114 (OT)	Rudy Gay (25)	Rudy Gay, Darrell Arthur (8)	Mike Conley Jr. (9)	Ford Center 18,450	11–34
46	January 31	L.A. Lakers	L 98–115	Rudy Gay (23)	Hakim Warrick, Darrell Arthur (7)	Mike Conley Jr. (7)	FedExForum 18,119	11–35

February: 4–8 (home: 3–3; road: 1–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
47	February 2	@ Washington	W 113–97	O. J. Mayo (33)	Marc Gasol (11)	Mike Conley Jr. (5)	Verizon Center 11,442	12–35
48	February 4	Houston	W 104–93	O. J. Mayo (32)	Rudy Gay, Mike Conley Jr. (9)	Mike Conley Jr. (7)	FedExForum 10,109	13–35
49	February 6	L.A. Clippers	L 105–126	Rudy Gay (26)	Rudy Gay, O. J. Mayo, Marc Gasol (5)	Mike Conley Jr. (3)	FedExForum 10,912	13–36
50	February 7	Toronto	W 78–70	O. J. Mayo, Hakim Warrick (16)	O. J. Mayo, Marc Gasol, Greg Buckner, Hakim Warrick, Darko Miličić (8)	Mike Conley Jr. (8)	FedExForum 11,498	14–36
51	February 9	New Orleans	W 85–80	O. J. Mayo (22)	O. J. Mayo (16)	Mike Conley Jr. (8)	FedExForum 10,896	15–36
52	February 11	@ Philadelphia	L 87–91	Hakim Warrick (31)	Marc Gasol (9)	O. J. Mayo (5)	Wachovia Center 12,812	15–37
53	February 17	@ Utah	L 99–117	O. J. Mayo, Rudy Gay (18)	Darko Miličić (10)	Mike Conley Jr. (4)	EnergySolutions Arena 19,911	15–38
54	February 18	@ Portland	L 90–94	Rudy Gay (20)	Marc Gasol (10)	Mike Conley Jr. (10)	Rose Garden 20,385	15–39
55	February 20	Sacramento	L 106–115	O. J. Mayo (24)	Rudy Gay, Mike Conley Jr. (10)	Mike Conley Jr. (7)	FedExForum 15,036	15–40
56	February 24	@ Cleveland	L 79–94	Hakim Warrick, Rudy Gay (13)	Marc Gasol (9)	Mike Conley Jr. (7)	Quicken Loans Arena 20,562	15–41
57	February 25	@ Indiana	L 99–104	Marc Gasol (22)	Marc Gasol (15)	Mike Conley Jr. (8)	Conseco Fieldhouse 13,211	15–42
58	February 28	Oklahoma City	L 92–99	Rudy Gay (20)	Marc Gasol (9)	Mike Conley Jr. (4)	FedExForum 10,074	15–43

March: 4–11 (home: 0–4; road: 4–7)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
59	March 3	@ L.A. Lakers	L 89–99	Marc Gasol, O. J. Mayo (17)	Marc Gasol (14)	Rudy Gay, Mike Conley Jr. (6)	Staples Center 18,997	15–44
60	March 4	@ L.A. Clippers	W 118–95	Rudy Gay (35)	Rudy Gay, Marc Gasol (8)	Marc Gasol (10)	Staples Center 13,813	16–44
61	March 7	Philadelphia	L 105–110	Mike Conley Jr. (31)	Marc Gasol (13)	Mike Conley Jr. (9)	FedExForum 14,458	16–45
62	March 8	@ Houston	L 83–93	Rudy Gay (21)	Darrell Arthur (12)	Mike Conley Jr. (7)	Toyota Center 16,179	16–46
63	March 11	@ Minnesota	L 79–104	O. J. Mayo (18)	Darko Miličić (10)	O. J. Mayo, Mike Conley Jr. (5)	Target Center 12,443	16–47
64	March 13	@ Boston	L 92–102	Rudy Gay (26)	Marc Gasol (15)	Mike Conley Jr. (9)	TD Banknorth Garden 18,624	16–48
65	March 15	@ Detroit	W 89–84	Mike Conley Jr. (20)	Darko Miličić (11)	Marc Gasol (4)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	17–48
66	March 16	Portland	L 92–103	O. J. Mayo (21)	Rudy Gay (11)	O. J. Mayo (6)	FedExForum 11,417	17–49
67	March 18	Denver	L 109–111	Rudy Gay (30)	Marc Gasol (8)	Mike Conley Jr. (10)	FedExForum 11,087	17–50
68	March 20	@ New Orleans	L 84–96	Rudy Gay (23)	Marc Gasol, Darko Miličić (6)	O. J. Mayo (4)	New Orleans Arena 17,837	17–51
69	March 21	Boston	L 87–105	Hakim Warrick (20)	Greg Buckner (7)	Rudy Gay, Mike Conley Jr. (3)	FedExForum 18,119	17–52
70	March 23	@ Miami	L 82–94	O. J. Mayo (21)	Marc Gasol (9)	Mike Conley Jr. (5)	American Airlines Arena 18,654	17–53
71	March 27	@ Sacramento	W 113–95	Marc Gasol (27)	Rudy Gay (9)	Mike Conley Jr. (5)	ARCO Arena 12,987	18–53
72	March 28	@ Portland	L 66–86	O. J. Mayo (12)	Hamed Haddadi, Mike Conley Jr. (6)	O. J. Mayo (5)	Rose Garden 20,680	18–54
73	March 30	@ Golden State	W 114–109	O. J. Mayo (24)	Hamed Haddadi (8)	O. J. Mayo (10)	Oracle Arena 18,471	19–54

April: 5–4 (home: 4–1; road: 1–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
74	April 1	Washington	W 112–107	Rudy Gay (25)	Marc Gasol (9)	O. J. Mayo (7)	FedExForum 10,013	20–54
75	April 3	Dallas	W 107–102	Rudy Gay (27)	Rudy Gay (10)	Mike Conley Jr. (5)	FedExForum 15,126	21–54
76	April 4	@ Milwaukee	W 107–102	Rudy Gay (26)	Marc Gasol (10)	Mike Conley Jr. (9)	Bradley Center 18,717	22–54
77	April 7	Portland	L 93–96	O. J. Mayo (31)	Darrell Arthur (5)	Mike Conley Jr. (8)	FedExForum 10,089	22–55
78	April 8	@ Orlando	L 78–81	Rudy Gay (18)	Marc Gasol (8)	O. J. Mayo, Darrell Arthur (2)	Amway Arena 17,461	22–56
79	April 10	Phoenix	W 106–89	O. J. Mayo, Rudy Gay (20)	Darrell Arthur, Hakim Warrick (10)	O. J. Mayo, Mike Conley Jr. (6)	FedExForum 15,908	23–56
80	April 12	@ L.A. Lakers	L 75–92	O. J. Mayo (20)	Marc Gasol (8)	Marc Gasol, Mike Conley Jr. (4)	Staples Center 18,997	23–57
81	April 13	@ Phoenix	L 110–119	Hakim Warrick, Rudy Gay (26)	Hakim Warrick (9)	Mike Conley Jr. (6)	US Airways Center 18,422	23–58
82	April 15	Atlanta	W 98–90	O. J. Mayo (26)	Darrell Arthur (10)	Mike Conley Jr. (7)	FedExForum 12,736	24–58

2015–16 season schedule

Awards and records

O. J. Mayo, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team
Marc Gasol, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team

Transactions

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team

References

^ https://www.espn.com/nba/draft2008/news/story?id=3463045

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