Up next for the Lakers: Memphis Grizzlies

By Mike Bresnahan

March 3, 2009 12 AM PT

VS. MEMPHIS

Time: 7:30.

On the air: TV: FS West; Radio: 570, 1330.

Where: Staples Center.

Records: Lakers 48-12, Grizzlies 15-43.

Record vs. Grizzlies: 2-0.

Update: The Grizzlies have the league’s worst road record (3-23) and have lost seven consecutive games overall. Rookie guard O.J. Mayo is one of their few bright spots, averaging a team-high 19.2 points a game. Rookie center Marc Gasol, the younger brother of Lakers forward-center Pau Gasol, is averaging 10.9 points and 7.3 rebounds a game for Memphis.

-- Mike Bresnahan

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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.

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