Up next for the Lakers: Friday vs. Memphis

Rudy Gay tries to steal the ball from Pau Gasol with help from Memphis Grizzlies guard Jerryd Bayless.

By Mike Bresnahan

April 4, 2013 12 AM PT

LAKERS VS. MEMPHIS

When: 7:30.

Where: Staples Center.

On the air: TV: TWC SportsNet, TWC Deportes; Radio: 710, 1330.

Records: Lakers 39-36; Grizzlies 51-24.

Record vs. Grizzlies: 0-2.

Update: The Grizzlies have already set a franchise record for victories in a season and are fighting the Clippers and Denver for third place in the Western Conference. The Grizzlies won their two earlier games against the Lakers by an average of 10.5 points. Two of the league’s top Kobe-stoppers — Tony Allen and Tayshaun Prince — are on Memphis.

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

Up next for the Lakers: Friday vs. Memphis

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