TODAY’S GAME
Spurs (32-26) at Grizzlies (23-34) When, where:
Forum
TV/radio:
7 p.m., FedEx
FSNSW, WOAI-AM 1200, Spanish Radio — KXTN-FM 107.5
PROBABLE STARTERS Spurs:
PG SG Bryn Forbes (6-3, 3rd), SF DeMar DeRozan (6-7, 10th), PF Rudy Gay (6-8, 13th), PF Davis Bertans (6-10, 3rd), C LaMarcus Aldridge (6-11, 13th).
PG Mike Conley (6-1, 12th year), SG Justin Holiday (6-6, 6th), SF Julian Washburn (6-8, 1st), PF Jaren Jackson Jr (6-11, 1st), C Ivan Rabb (6-10, 2nd).
Grizzlies: RESERVES Spurs:
G Patty Mills (6-0, 10th year), F Dante Cunningham (6-8, 10th), F Drew Eubanks (6-11, 1st), C Jakob Poeltl (7-0, 3rd), C Pau Gasol (7-0, 18th), G Marco Belinelli (6-5, 12th), F Chimezie Metu (6-10, 1st), G/F Quincy Pondexter (6-7, 7th). Ben Moore (G-League), G Dejounte Murray (right knee surgery), Derrick White (right foot soreness), Lonnie Walker IV (sprained right ankle).
Grizzlies: Inactive:
G Avery Bradley (6-2, 9th), F Bruno Caboclo (6-9, 5th), F Jevon Carter (6-2, 1st), G/F C.J. Miles (6-6, 14th), C Joakim Noah (6-11,11th), F Chandler Parsons (6-10, 8th), C Jonas Valanciunas (7-0, 7th), G Delon Wright (6-5, 4th). Kyle Anderson (right shoulder soreness), Dillon Brooks (right toe surgery), Yuta Watanabe (G-League), Tyler Dorsey.
Inactive: COACHES Grizzlies: J.B. Spurs: STAT LEADERS Spurs:
Bickerstaff Gregg Popovich
Points, DeRozan, 21.6 per game; rebounds, Aldridge, 9.0; assists, DeRozan, 6.2; steals, DeRozan/White, 1.0; blocks, Aldridge, 1.2
Grizzlies:
Points, Conley, 20.1 per game; rebounds, Anderson, 5.8; assists, Conley, 6.4; steals, Conley 1.4; blocks, Jackson, 1.4
NOTABLE
The Spurs have opened their rodeo road trip at 0-4, their longest losing streak of the season. The team has not lost as many as five in a row since a six-game skid in March and April 2011. No member of the current roster was with the club at the time.
Memphis owns the secondworst record in the Western Conference, but has beaten the Spurs twice in three matchups this season. With another victory, the Grizzlies would claim the season series for the first time since 2004-05.
Since the last time the Spurs saw them, Jan. 9, the Grizzlies have added seven new players – Bradley, Caboclo, Dorsey, Miles, Valanciunas, Washburn and Wright. Three came in a trade that sent franchise mainstay Marc Gasol to Toronto. This marks the first time the Spurs will face Memphis without a Gasol on the roster since 2000-01.