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The Grizzlies 41-game home schedule features 18 weekend games, highlighted by 10 Friday night games, five Saturday night games and two Sunday contests. All Grizzlies home games will tip-off at 7 p.m. with the exception of one Sunday game, which begins at 3 p.m on March 20, and for the first-time in Grizzlies history, the team will host a weekday game at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Mar. 1 vs. Golden State. Unique specials for businesses and schools are planned.
The Grizzlies will play 22 back-to-back contests, including two sets of back-to-back games during a four-game, five-day road trip Dec. 19 – 23 and the team’s longest road swing, a four-game, six-day schedule March 7 – 12.
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About The Memphis Grizzlies
The Grizzlies will host their first nationally televised game in the new FedExForum against Tracy McGrady and the Houston Rockets on Friday, Nov. 5 on ESPN at 7 p.m. The Rockets return to Memphis on Monday, Jan. 17 for the third annual Martin Luther King Day game scheduled to be nationally televised at 7 p.m. on TNT. The Grizzlies will play a total of 12 nationally televised games, including three ESPN games (Nov. 5 vs. Houston, Nov. 19 @ Sac., Jan. 21 @ Denver), one ESPN2 game (Dec. 22 @ Golden State), two TNT games (Jan. 6 @ Detroit, Jan. 17 vs. Houston) and six games on NBATV (Dec. 13 vs. Cleveland, Jan. 3 vs. Utah, March 8 @ Sacramento, Mar. 29 vs. Seattle, Apr. 5 vs. Denver and Apr. 18 vs. San Antonio).
The month of November is highlighted with superstars, emerging stars and revamped rosters. Kobe Bryant and his Los Angeles Lakers take to the court on Wednesday, Nov. 10. The Grizzlies 2004 playoff opponent San Antonio Spurs return to Memphis on Monday, Nov. 22 and Chris Webber and the Sacramento Kings wrap up the inaugural month in FedExForum on Tuesday, Nov. 30.
The month of December is highlighted by a visit from Rasheed Wallace, Ben Wallace and the 2004 NBA Champion Detroit Pistons on Saturday, Dec. 11 followed by LeBron James and the Cavaliers’ only FedExForum appearance this season on Monday, Dec. 13. The month of January will have seven home contests, including the Memphis debut of Dwight Howard, the #1 overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft, and teammates Cuttino Mobley, Steve Francis and the Orlando Magic on Tuesday, Jan. 25.
The month of February boasts five home contests, March features seven games, including an appearance from Steve Nash, Quentin Richardson and the Phoenix Suns on Sunday, Mar. 20, and the regular season wraps up in April with six home games, including the only appearance this season by Shaquille O’Neal and the Miami Heat on Friday, Apr. 8. The Grizzlies preseason tips-off in October featuring four home games with specific dates and times to be announced at a later date.
This year, with the NBA expansion Charlotte Bobcats tipping-off their inaugural season, the NBA announced new divisions as 30 NBA teams enter the 2004-05 season. Each conference will have 15 teams with three divisions of five teams. The Eastern Conference consists of the Atlantic Division (Boston, New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto); Central Division (Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indiana, Milwaukee); and Southeast Division (Atlanta, Charlotte, Miami, Orlando, Washington). The Western Conference consists of the Northwest Division (Denver, Minnesota, Portland, Seattle, Utah); Pacific Division (Golden State, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix, Sacramento); and Southwest Division (Dallas, Houston, Memphis, New Orleans, San Antonio). Each division winner will earn one of the conference’s top three seeds in the playoffs, which start on April 23. The rest of each conference’s eight playoff teams will be determined by best overall records (home court advantage in each playoff round will be determined by best overall record).
West received the 2003-2004 NBA Executive of the Year Award. During the 2002-03 season Hubie Brown was named coach of the Memphis Grizzlies, and won the NBA Coach of the Year Award in the next season. The Grizzlies made the NBA playoffs for the first time in team history in the spring of 2004 as the sixth seed in the West, but lost in 4 games to the defending champion San Antonio Spurs in the first round.
In the 2004-05 season Hubie Brown stepped down as head coach citing health reasons. At the time the Grizzlies had a losing record and West brought in TNT analyst and former coach, Mike Fratello as Hubie's replacement. Since then the Grizzlies have greatly improved and are now looking to make the postseason for the second consecutive season.