Tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET, the Boston Celtics (0-3) mix it up with the Memphis Grizzlies (1-2) live from the FedEx Forum in Memphis. The game can be live streamed here. Celtics fans can tune into all the action on WBZ-FM 98.5 The Sports Hub, while Memphis fans can do the same on 92.9 ESPN Memphis
The Celtics are looking to avoid falling to 0-4 for the first time since 1969 and will try to get first-year head coach Brad Stevens his first NBA win tonight when they visit the Grizzlies in Memphis. Boston is coming off of its latest defeat in an 87-77 loss at the hands of the Pistons in Detroit on Sunday.
"We just have to get better," Celtics rookie Kelly Olynyk told the team's official website. "They capitalized on their chances. They're big and strong. Those bigs they have are really, really good. We cut it close a couple of times, but that's not good enough when you play in this league. We're getting better and hopefully we can string together a couple of wins."
Olynyk had 15 points and eight rebounds off the bench for Boston in its latest loss. Avery Bradley and Jordan Crawford had 13 points apiece for the Celtics against the Pistons, but the team still sorely misses point guard Rajon Rondo, who is still recovering from a torn right ACL.
"I thought we saw a lot of good things out of Kelly O," Stevens said per ESPN. "We saw a lot of good things out of Avery Bradley tonight even though he turned it over some. I thought he played really hard and kind of got back to who he really is."
The Grizzlies meanwhile are coming off of a 111-99 loss against the Mavericks in Dallas that saw the team trail by 21 in the first half but mount a comeback by going on a 17-2 run to close in on the lead before the break, but the team ultimately fell.
"We fought back into the game," center Marc Gasol, who had 23 points, said via ESPN. "We just didn't convert enough baskets to get to a tie game or ahead."
Mike Conley paced the team with 24 points and Zach Randolph added 11 as the two combined with Gasol to account for 68 of Memphis' 99 points.
The Grizzlies will try to work on their turnovers after they gave the ball away 18 times against the Mavericks and 20 times in their game Friday against the Pistons.
"The turnovers -- 18 -- that's like four too many," Grizzlies coach David Joerger said, according to ESPN. "Because you're down 10 [points], OK, you got to 7 and then you make a mistake and it bounces back to 11 or 12."
The Celtics and the Grizzlies are each looking for wins after losing their last games but only one will emerge victorious when the game tips off tonight in Memphis.
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