2011–12 Memphis Grizzlies season

The 2011–12 Memphis Grizzlies season was the 17th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 11th for the franchise in Memphis.

Key dates

• June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Draft picks

Roster

Pre-season

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | December 16 | New Orleans | | Tony Allen (17) | Brian Skinner (9) | Jeremy Pargo (7) | FedExForum | 0–1 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 2 | December 21 | @ New Orleans | | Rudy Gay (20) | Zach Randolph<br>Sam Young (8) | Mike Conley Jr. (6) | New Orleans Arena | 0–2

Regular season

Standings

Game log

|- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 1 | December 26 | @ San Antonio | | Rudy Gay (19) | Rudy Gay (10) | Mike Conley Jr. (7) | AT&T Center<br>18,581 | 0–1 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 2 | December 28 | Oklahoma City | | Zach Randolph (24) | Zach Randolph (10) | Jeremy Pargo (7) | FedExForum<br>18,119 | 0–2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 3 | December 30 | Houston | | Zach Randolph (23) | Zach Randolph (9) | Josh Selby (7) | FedExForum<br>16,069 | 1–2

|- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 4 | January 1 | @ Chicago | | Sam Young<br>Josh Davis (10) | Marc Gasol (10) | O. J. Mayo (5) | United Center<br>22,763 | 1–3 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 5 | January 3 | Sacramento | | Rudy Gay (23) | Marc Gasol (15) | Mike Conley Jr. (7) | FedExForum<br>12,391 | 2–3 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 6 | January 4 | @ Minnesota | | Tony Allen (20) | Marc Gasol (10) | Mike Conley Jr. (8) | Target Center<br>17,404 | 3–3 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 7 | January 6 | @ Utah | | Tony Allen (21) | Marc Gasol (11) | Mike Conley Jr. (6) | EnergySolutions Arena<br>19,503 | 3–4 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 8 | January 8 | @ L. A. Lakers | | Rudy Gay (19) | Marc Gasol (11) | Mike Conley Jr. (8) | Staples Center<br>18,997 | 3–5 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 9 | January 10 | Oklahoma City | | Marc Gasol (20) | Marc Gasol (14) | Mike Conley Jr. (10) | FedExForum<br>13,601 | 3–6 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 10 | January 12 | New York | | Rudy Gay (26) | Marc Gasol (12) | Mike Conley Jr. (7) | FedExForum<br>15,234 | 4–6 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 11 | January 14 | New Orleans | | Rudy Gay (23) | Marc Gasol (11) | Mike Conley Jr. (7) | FedExForum<br>14,983 | 5–6 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 12 | January 16 | Chicago | | Rudy Gay (24) | Marreese Speights (12) | Mike Conley Jr. (8) | FedExForum<br>18,119 | 6–6 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 13 | January 18 | @ New Orleans | | Marc Gasol (22) | Marc Gasol (12) | Mike Conley Jr. (10) | New Orleans Arena<br>12,045 | 7–6 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 14 | January 20 | @ Detroit | | Rudy Gay (24) | Marc Gasol (6) | Mike Conley Jr. (11) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>10,255 | 8–6 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 15 | January 21 | Sacramento | | Rudy Gay (23) | Marreese Speights (15) | Mike Conley Jr. (6) | FedExForum<br>16,562 | 9–6 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 16 | January 23 | @ Golden State | | Rudy Gay (23) | Marc Gasol (11) | Mike Conley Jr. (9) | Oracle Arena<br>17,549 | 10–6 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 17 | January 24 | @ Portland | | O. J. Mayo (20) | Marreese Speights (6) | Mike Conley Jr. (7) | Rose Garden<br>20,602 | 10–7 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 18 | January 26 | @ L.A. Clippers | | Rudy Gay (24) | Marc Gasol (11) | Mike Conley Jr. (7) | Staples Center<br>19,275 | 10–8 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 19 | January 28 | @ Phoenix | | Rudy Gay<br>Marc Gasol (18) | Marc Gasol (13) | Mike Conley Jr. (10) | US Airways Center<br>14,903 | 10–9 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 20 | January 30 | San Antonio | | O. J. Mayo (17) | Marc Gasol (12) | Mike Conley Jr. (3) | FedExForum<br>15,118 | 10–10 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 21 | January 31 | Denver | | Rudy Gay<br>Marc Gasol (20) | Rudy Gay<br>Marc Gasol (13) | Mike Conley Jr. (6) | FedExForum<br>13,651 | 11–10

|- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 22 | February 2 | @ Atlanta | | Rudy Gay (21) | Dante Cunningham (12) | Mike Conley Jr. (6) | Philips Arena<br>14,211 | 12–10 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 23 | February 3 | @ Oklahoma City | | Marc Gasol (24) | Marc Gasol<br>Rudy Gay (8) | Mike Conley Jr. (5) | Chesapeake Energy Arena<br>18,203 | 12–11 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 24 | February 5 | @ Boston | | Rudy Gay (21) | Rudy Gay (7) | Mike Conley Jr. (4) | TD Garden<br>(18,624) | 12–12 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 25 | February 6 | San Antonio | | Marc Gasol (22) | Marc Gasol (9) | Mike Conley Jr. (8) | FedExForum<br>13,527 | 12–13 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 26 | February 8 | Minnesota | | Rudy Gay (19) | Marreese Speights (15) | Mike Conley Jr. (7) | FedExForum<br>13,287 | 13–13 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 27 | February 10 | Indiana | | Rudy Gay (21) | Marreese Speights (9) | Mike Conley Jr. (6) | FedExForum<br>16,281 | 14–13 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 28 | February 12 | Utah | | Rudy Gay (22) | Marreese Speights (11) | Mike Conley Jr. (6) | FedExForum<br>14,424 | 14–14 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 29 | February 14 | Houston | | Mike Conley Jr. (21) | Rudy Gay (8) | Mike Conley Jr. (4) | FedExForum<br>13,042 | 15–14 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 30 | February 15 | @ New Jersey | | Rudy Gay (25) | Marreese Speights (18) | Mike Conley Jr. (10) | Prudential Center<br>10,885 | 16–14 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 31 | February 17 | Denver | | Rudy Gay (20) | Marc Gasol (14) | Marc Gasol (8) | FedExForum<br>15,201 | 17–14 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 32 | February 18 | Golden State | | Rudy Gay (19) | Marc Gasol (13) | Mike Conley Jr. (6) | FedExForum<br>17,151 | 18–14 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 33 | February 20 | @ Houston | | Rudy Gay (23) | Three players (7) | Marc Gasol (5) | Toyota Center<br>12,525 | 18–15 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 34 | February 21 | Philadelphia | | Marc Gasol (15) | Marc Gasol (14) | Marc Gasol (7) | FedExForum<br>14,258 | 19–15 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 35 | February 29 | Dallas | | Marc Gasol (22) | Marc Gasol (11) | Mike Conley Jr. (10) | FedExForum<br>17,023 | 20–15

|- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 36 | March 2 | @ Toronto | | Rudy Gay (23) | Rudy Gay (12) | Mike Conley Jr. (5) | Air Canada Centre<br>17,168 | 21–15 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 37 | March 3 | Detroit | | Marc Gasol<br>O. J. Mayo (17) | Marc Gasol (9) | Mike Conley Jr. (12) | FedExForum<br />17,569 | 22–15 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 38 | March 7 | @ Golden State | | Rudy Gay (26) | Marc Gasol<br>Rudy Gay (12) | Mike Conley Jr. (12) | Oracle Arena<br />19,171 | 23–15 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 39 | March 10 | @ Phoenix | | Marc Gasol (21) | Marc Gasol (8) | Mike Conley Jr. (10) | US Airways Center<br>16,350 | 23–16 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 40 | March 11 | @ Denver | | O. J. Mayo (22) | Marreese Speights (9) | O. J. Mayo (8) | Pepsi Center<br>17,737 | 24–16 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 41 | March 13 | L. A. Lakers | | Marreese Speights (25) | Marc Gasol (11) | Mike Conley Jr. (11) | FedExForum<br>18,119 | 24–17 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 42 | March 16 | Toronto | | Marc Gasol (28) | Rudy Gay (11) | Mike Conley Jr. (10) | FedExForum<br>17,239 | 24–18 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 43 | March 18 | Washington | | Rudy Gay (27) | Three players (9) | Mike Conley Jr. (6) | FedExForum<br>15,412 | 25–18 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 44 | March 20 | @ Sacramento | | Rudy Gay (23) | Marc Gasol (10) | Mike Conley Jr. (9) | Power Balance Pavilion<br>11,105 | 25–19 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 45 | March 22 | @ Portland | | Marc Gasol (22) | Marc Gasol (9) | Tony Allen (6) | Rose Garden<br>20,636 | 25–20 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 46 | March 24 | @ L. A. Clippers | | Zach Randolph (14) | Marc Gasol<br>Zach Randolph (8) | Mike Conley Jr. (9) | Staples Center<br>19,060 | 25–21 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 47 | March 25 | @ L. A. Lakers | | Rudy Gay (18) | Zach Randolph (12) | Mike Conley Jr. (8) | Staples Center<br>18,997 | 26–21 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 48 | March 27 | Minnesota | | Rudy Gay (21) | Dante Cunningham (14) | Mike Conley Jr. (8) | FedExForum<br>14,769 | 27–21 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 49 | March 30 | @ Houston | | Rudy Gay (20) | Marc Gasol (9) | O. J. Mayo (4) | Toyota Center<br>16,884 | 27–22 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 50 | March 31 | @ Milwaukee | | O. J. Mayo (24) | Marc Gasol (15) | O. J. Mayo (3) | Bradley Center<br>17,106 | 28–22

|- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 51 | April 2 | @ Oklahoma City | | O. J. Mayo (22) | Marreese Speights (13) | O. J. Mayo<br>Zach Randolph (4) | Chesapeake Energy Arena<br>18,203 | 29–22 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 52 | April 3 | Golden State | | O. J. Mayo (19) | Tony Allen (7) | Marc Gasol (6) | FedExForum<br>14,310 | 30–22 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 53 | April 4 | @ Dallas | | O. J. Mayo (17) | Marc Gasol (10) | Marc Gasol (7) | American Airlines Center<br>20,233 | 30–23 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 54 | April 6 | @ Miami | | Rudy Gay (17) | Zach Randolph (14) | O. J. Mayo (6) | American Airlines Arena<br>20,008 | 31–23 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 55 | April 7 | Dallas | | Rudy Gay (25) | Zach Randolph (11) | Mike Conley Jr.<br>O. J. Mayo (5) | FedExForum<br>18,119 | 32–23 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 56 | April 9 | L. A. Clippers | | Marc Gasol (18) | Zach Randolph (12) | Marc Gasol (7) | FedExForum<br>17,219 | 33–23 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 57 | April 11 | Phoenix | | Rudy Gay (32) | Zach Randolph (9) | Mike Conley Jr. (7) | FedExForum<br>15,239 | 34–23 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 58 | April 12 | @ San Antonio | | Rudy Gay (19) | Zach Randolph (11) | Mike Conley Jr.<br>Rudy Gay (4) | AT&T Center<br>18,581 | 34–24 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 59 | April 14 | Utah | | Rudy Gay (26) | Rudy Gay (12) | Mike Conley Jr. (6) | FedExForum<br>17,190 | 35–24 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 60 | April 15 | @ New Orleans | | Rudy Gay (24) | Zach Randolph (13) | Three players (3) | New Orleans Arena<br>15,570 | 35–25 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 61 | April 17 | @ Minnesota | | Rudy Gay (28) | Zach Randolph (11) | Mike Conley Jr. (8) | Target Center<br>16,709 | 36–25 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 62 | April 18 | New Orleans | | Rudy Gay (26) | Zach Randolph (6) | Mike Conley Jr. (5) | FedExForum<br>14,507 | 37–25 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 63 | April 20 | @ Charlotte | | Mike Conley Jr. (20) | Rudy Gay<br>Zach Randolph (6) | Mike Conley Jr. (7) | Time Warner Cable Arena<br>13,428 | 38–25 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 64 | April 21 | Portland | | Rudy Gay (21) | Marreese Speights (11) | Marc Gasol (4) | FedExForum<br>17,904 | 39–25 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 65 | April 23 | Cleveland | | Marreese Speights<br>Marc Gasol (17) | Marreese Speights (10) | O. J. Mayo (5) | FedExForum<br>15,504 | 40–25 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 66 | April 26 | Orlando | | Marc Gasol (22) | Zach Randolph (12) | O. J. Mayo (6) | FedExForum<br>17,215 | 41–25

Playoffs

Game log

|- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 1 | April 29 | L. A. Clippers | | Rudy Gay (19) | Marreese Speights (9) | Mike Conley Jr. (8) | FedEx Forum<br>18,119 | 0–1 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 2 | May 2 | L. A. Clippers | | Rudy Gay (21) | Zach Randolph (8) | Mike Conley Jr. (6) | FedEx Forum<br>18,119 | 1–1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 3 | May 5 | @ L. A. Clippers | | Rudy Gay (24) | Marc Gasol (10) | Mike Conley Jr. (8) | Staples Center<br>19,060 | 1–2 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 4 | May 7 | @ L. A. Clippers | | Mike Conley Jr. (25) | Zach Randolph (9) | Mike Conley Jr. (8) | Staples Center<br> 19,167 | 1–3 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 5 | May 9 | L. A. Clippers | | Marc Gasol (23) | Zach Randolph (10) | Mike Conley Jr. (6) | FedEx Forum<br>18,119 | 2–3 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 6 | May 11 | @ L. A. Clippers | | Marc Gasol (23) | Zach Randolph (16) | Mike Conley Jr. (9) | Staples Center<br>19,060 | 3–3 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 7 | May 13 | L. A. Clippers | | Rudy Gay<br>Marc Gasol (19) | Zach Randolph (12) | Mike Conley Jr. (5) | FedEx Forum<br>18,119 | 3–4

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Milestones

• April 26: Memphis set a franchise record for regular-season winning percentage (.621). The Grizzlies' previous best regular-season mark was .610, which they set during the 2003–04 season.

References