Bobcats Give Winning A Shot But Come Up Short To Grizzlies, Lose 85-80
The Bobcats fought until the last second in what was expected to be a meaningless game. A look into the heart and soul of a team thought to be lacking both.
| Final - 4.20.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis Grizzlies | 17 | 20 | 20 | 28 | 85 |
| Charlotte Bobcats | 21 | 18 | 26 | 15 | 80 |
Stories
Western Conference Playoff Thread - Friday Night Scoreboard Watching
Memphis is definitely going to beat the hapless Bobcats, which will move them within a game of the Clippers. Spurs-Lakers is the big game.
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis | 17 | 20 | 20 | 28 | 85 |
| Charlotte | 21 | 18 | 26 | 15 | 80 |
| Memphis | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Gay | 30 | 4-14 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 6-3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3-1 | 9 |
| Marreese Speights | 23 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3-1 | 6 |
| Marc Gasol | 22 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Tony Allen | 14 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3-0 | 0 |
| Mike Conley | 37 | 7-10 | 1-1 | 5-6 | 2-0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 20 |
| O.J. Mayo | 30 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-1 | 9 |
| Zach Randolph | 21 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6-1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 14 |
| Hamed Haddadi | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Josh Selby | 9 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Quincy Pondexter | 22 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 5-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Dante Cunningham | 20 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 9 |
| Gilbert Arenas | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Darrell Arthur | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Lester Hudson | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Jeremy Pargo | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 34-75 | 2-8 | 15-21 | 41-12 | 16 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 21-3 | 85 | |
| .453 | .250 | .714 | Team Reb: 8 | Total TO: 0 (27 pts) | |||||||
| Charlotte | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Brown | 38 | 5-15 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-0 | 11 |
| Byron Mullens | 39 | 4-13 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 11-6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3-1 | 11 |
| Bismack Biyombo | 41 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 10-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4-1 | 7 |
| Gerald Henderson | 40 | 12-24 | 2-3 | 6-6 | 3-1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 32 |
| Kemba Walker | 36 | 5-15 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 6-0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1-0 | 11 |
| D.J. White | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Cory Higgins | 11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Matt Carroll | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Jamario Moon | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| DeSagana Diop | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Corey Maggette | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Eduardo Najera | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Tyrus Thomas | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Reggie Williams | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| D.J. Augustin | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 32-79 | 3-9 | 13-18 | 38-11 | 18 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 17-2 | 80 | |
| .405 | .333 | .722 | Team Reb: 12 | Total TO: 1 (13 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Mike Callahan, Courtney Kirkland, Derek Richardson
Duration:2:19
Officials: - Mike Callahan, Courtney Kirkland, Derek Richardson
Duration:2:19
