Game stream: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Los Angeles Lakers
The Memphis Grizzlies (2-0) play against the Los Angeles Lakers (2-2) at STAPLES Center
Game Time: 9:30 PM EDT on Sunday October 24, 2021
Memphis Grizzlies 0, Los Angeles Lakers 0 (2nd Qtr )
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Marc J. Spears @MarcJSpears
LeBron James on the floor grabbing his right leg – 10:23 PM
Mark Medina @MarkG_Medina
LeBron James is clutching his right knee and looks in pain. – 10:23 PM
Janis Carr @janiscarr
Can Westbrook continue to subvert his scoring and become a facilitator the entire season? I guess I should have said “happily subvert” his scoring. – 10:22 PM
Jovan Buha @jovanbuha
It’s early, but the Lakers are +7 in the non-LeBron minutes tonight. That’s an encouraging development. – 10:21 PM
Joe Mullinax @sbnGrizzlies
Memphis may be out of timeouts by halftime. I honestly like how Jenkins is holding them accountable though. Can’t keep slipping. – 10:20 PM
Micah Adams @MicahAdams13
The Lakers broadcast just mentioned Tyus Jones is in his 7th NBA season and I’ve never in my life felt older. – 10:20 PM
Mark Medina @MarkG_Medina
Westbrook’s one-handed touch passes have been great tonight. – 10:17 PM
Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS
Would the Pistons take Austin Reaves first in a 2021 redraft? Or do we think the Thunder would’ve opened their war chest to move up for him? – 10:16 PM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Fastbreak points: 13 – 5 for LAL.
Points in the paint: 24-12.
Both good signs for how LAL want to play. – 10:16 PM
Jovan Buha @jovanbuha
Austin Reaves’ playmaking, defense and 3-point shooting help the rotation. He should be a fixture as long as LA is shorthanded (and, possibly, beyond then). – 10:15 PM
Dave McMenamin @mcten
Austin Reaves out here doing Austin Reaves things. It’s Game 3 of the Lakers season and we can say that without a hint of facetiousness. This team keeps it interesting. – 10:14 PM
Bill Oram @billoram
After falling into an early hole the Lakers have turned it up defensively and are now leading the Grizzlies 39-28 in the second quarter. – 10:14 PM
Brad Turner @BA_Turner
Westbrook hasn’t scored but he has 7 assists – 10:13 PM
Mirjam Swanson @MirjamSwanson
This Reaves kid seems to like playing with that LeBron guy. – 10:13 PM
Melissa Rohlin @melissarohlin
So, the Lakers kinda look like the Lakers right now… – 10:13 PM
Joe Mullinax @sbnGrizzlies
Memphis just has to clean up their sets, and focus on making possessions count. The energy is there, – 10:13 PM
Melissa Rohlin @melissarohlin
Carmelo Anthony has been a spark plug tonight. He has eight points on 3-for-4 shooting in 5 minutes. – 10:09 PM
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Lakers are 2-7 on shots outside the paint, but they are running/getting the ball to Davis and Jordan at the rim and have 20 points in the paint. – 10:09 PM
Kamenetzky Brothers @KamBrothers
Big part of the Lakers’ strong finish to the first quarter: They stopped turning ball over after five early ones. AK – 10:09 PM
Joe Mullinax @sbnGrizzlies
Grizzlies need a spark to start the second quarter. Who’s going to spark this team tonight? – 10:09 PM
Mirjam Swanson @MirjamSwanson
Lakers 29, Memphis 24 | End 1 | The hosts erase a 10-point deficit, hitting just one jumper — Carmelo Anthony’s 28-footer with 38.6 seconds left in the period. Ja Morant hurled his mouthpiece toward the scorer’s table after the buzzer, frustrated by how the quarter ended. – 10:08 PM
Melissa Rohlin @melissarohlin
The Lakers erased the Grizzlies’ 10-point lead to take a 29-24 advantage into the second quarter. AD leads all scorers with 10 points in 12 minutes. – 10:07 PM
Jovan Buha @jovanbuha
First quarter: Lakers 29, Grizzlies 24
LA withstood Memphis’ quick start, clamping down in the second half of the quarter. They scored 20 of their 29 points in the paint. Anthony Davis leads all scorers with 10 points. Russell Westbrook’s passing (5 assists) has been stellar. – 10:07 PM
Brad Turner @BA_Turner
Lakers lead Memphis 29-24 end of first behind 10 points from AD, 5 assists from Russ and 6 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks from DJ. – 10:07 PM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Great finish to the quarter from the Lakers, who picked things up on defense, and scored in transition to open a 29-24 lead after they’d trailed by 10 early in the period.
Included a 7-0 run to close the quarter with LeBron sitting, always a bonus.
Westbrook had 5 assists. – 10:06 PM
Mark Medina @MarkG_Medina
Westbrook hasn’t been able to hit shots, but he’s been improving as a playmaker – 10:04 PM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Early rotation minutes for Austin Reaves, who played so well all preseason, and in the 4th Q vs. Phoenix. Has impressed on both ends of the floor. – 10:04 PM
Joe Mullinax @sbnGrizzlies
The Grizzlies, with all of the wasted offensive possessions, still lead. They could simply run the Lakers out of Staples. – 10:04 PM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Lakers have now surpassed their points in the paint total from the 1st 3 quarters vs. PHX (12) with 14 already. They trail 21-20 to MEM, who got off to a hot start before LAL’s defense picked up. – 10:03 PM
Allen Sliwa @AllenSliwa
Austin Reaves checking in… – 10:03 PM
Jovan Buha @jovanbuha
Austin Reaves is checking in, logging his first true rotation minutes of the season. – 10:02 PM
Josh Martin @LonzoWire
In a video with Uninterrupted, Lonzo Ball revealed the best advice ever given to him but former teammate LeBron James. lonzowire.usatoday.com/2021/06/11/lon… – 10:00 PM
Joe Mullinax @sbnGrizzlies
Imagine saying “I got to play against my uncle in the NBA…”
And it’s Uncle LeBron.
That’s dope. Now handle business, Z. – 9:59 PM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Quick 4-0 run from LAL here, with 2 Bazemore FT’s and a @LeBron James layup through traffic, trimmed a once 10-point MEM lead to 3 at 19-16.
Lakers have 10 points in the paint already, a big improvement from the 1st 2 games. – 9:58 PM
Micah Adams @MicahAdams13
Is there any player in NBA history who elicits the anticipatory “ooohhhh” from a crowd on a random 19-footer long 2 more than Carmelo Anthony? – 9:57 PM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
Somebody tell the Lakers it’s okay to start scoring efficiently if they’d like. – 9:57 PM
Joe Mullinax @sbnGrizzlies
Brandon Clarke missed that three so badly. I like the confidence though. – 9:56 PM
Drew Hill @DrewHill_DM
LeBron James is officially playing against someone who played high school basketball with his son. – 9:56 PM
Joe Mullinax @sbnGrizzlies
Xavier Tillman in for the first time this season. – 9:56 PM
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Josh Giddey sounding Steven Adams-ish when asked if his leg is hurt: “Yeah it was okay. Embiid is a big boy and he came down on me a little bit. Nah, I’m fine.” – 9:51 PM
Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS
Every year the Memphis front office tries to slow down this rebuild and accumulate more assets.
And every year Ja Morant says “fuck that we’re going back to the playoffs anyway.” – 9:51 PM
Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
Warriors-Kings and Grizzlies-Lakers is a pretty good way to close out a weekend. – 9:50 PM
Joe Mullinax @sbnGrizzlies
That maybe the first Jaren Jackson Jr. floater I’ve seen. It also looked like the first one he had seen too lol – 9:49 PM
Lang Whitaker @langwhitaker
The Lakers should have put an AARP patch on their jerseys – 9:49 PM
Drew Hill @DrewHill_DM
Fantastic start for JJJ. Two blocks and now a score. Grizz up 12-6. – 9:48 PM
Mirjam Swanson @MirjamSwanson
Some early notes on a couple of fast guys –> Lakers get front-row seat for Grizzlies’ Ja Morant show + a bit on the adjustment to running with Russ.
ocregister.com/2021/10/24/lak… – 9:47 PM
Joe Mullinax @sbnGrizzlies
10-4 lead for Memphis forcing a Lakers timeout. The Grizzlies look more in tune then their age would say. Offense is flowing early. Also, love Jaren’s activity around the rim so far. – 9:46 PM
Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS
Put in Austin Reaves you cowards. – 9:45 PM
Mark Medina @MarkG_Medina
The Lakers’ interior defense has been awful, which is weird since AD and DJ have usually been reliable – 9:44 PM
Brad Turner @BA_Turner
Lakers slow to get back on defense, down 10-4, time out Vogel. – 9:44 PM
Joe Mullinax @sbnGrizzlies
JA Morant just made the Lakers look crazy 🤣 – 9:43 PM
Rob Peterson @ShotDrJr
The Lakers’ Sunday whites are their best unis. – 9:42 PM
Drew Hill @DrewHill_DM
De’Anthony Melton picks up right where he left off with a triple. – 9:42 PM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
In the tiny 2-game sample size, Memphis is averaging 60 points in the paint to lead the NBA, and LAL just 30, which is 30th.
We’ll see how much the paint battle impacts tonight’s matchup. – 9:41 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Cole Anthony tonight:
29 PTS
16 REB
8 AST
5 3PT
He joins Steph, Harden, Luka, Westbrook and Manu as the only guards in NBA history with a 25/15/5 & 5+ 3PT stat line. pic.twitter.com/uzYYHRhofr – 9:35 PM
Sirius XM NBA @SiriusXMNBA
“He needs to be that superstar when the Lakers need to win”
Lakers Great Michael Cooper explains to @talkhoops & @Howard Beck why Anthony Davis is the key to their season.
Hear the Grizzlies-Lakers game right now on NBA Radio! 🔊 https://t.co/AYipQpw9t4 pic.twitter.com/R7xFRPeZTh – 9:32 PM
Micah Adams @MicahAdams13
Visiting players with 25-15-8 at MSG:
Cole Anthony
Russell Westbrook
Larry Bird
Bob Lanier
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Wilt Chamberlain – 9:30 PM
Mark Medina @MarkG_Medina
Lakers coach Frank Vogel on how he envisions Saturday’s productive film session carrying over: “There was just a healthiness to it that we feel good about our group. We wanted to start 2-0, and we didn’t. But the mindset is to get the next game.” – 9:15 PM
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Sign things are returning to normal:
Thundor is in the building tonight.
This man has outlasted Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant, Nick Collison and Steven Adams. pic.twitter.com/hHIYapqLDX – 9:10 PM
Jonathan Wasserman @NBADraftWass
First look at Jalen Duren with Memphis vs. LeMoyne-Owen. Wasn’t quite tested, no major takeaways. Plays high above the rim, easy-basket machine. Question with Duren this year will focus on whether he cab flash enough skill to get scouts to see the Adebayo archetype. pic.twitter.com/EyMwsg4imB – 8:21 PM
Bill Oram @billoram
Former Grizzly Rajon Rondo just took a photo with a young fan in a Ja Morant jersey – 8:13 PM
Mirjam Swanson @MirjamSwanson
Memphis Coach Taylor Jenkins says last night’s win against the Clippers was a sign of the Grizzlies’ development, that in the past they would’ve had a tougher time pulling out a win under duress late in the game. – 8:08 PM
Allen Sliwa @AllenSliwa
What u guys think of AD thru the first 2 games? pic.twitter.com/ZXg5JQnJcZ – 7:55 PM
Joe Mullinax @sbnGrizzlies
Good evening Grizz Nation, @bcabraham checking in where we’ll talk to Taylor Jenkins ahead of tonight’s matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers. – 7:51 PM
Justin Kubatko @jkubatko
LaMelo Ball this season:
✅ 22.0 PPG
✅ 5.7 RPG
✅ 6.0 APG
Ball is the second-youngest player in NBA history to average at least 20p/5r/5a per game through his first three games of a season. Only LeBron James (2004-05) did so at a younger age. pic.twitter.com/2YiBslUSS2 – 7:51 PM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Vogel said Kent Bazemore will generally take the toughest perimeter assignment, whether it’s a PG or a wing. Tonight, that’s Ja Morant for Memphis. – 7:49 PM
Melissa Rohlin @melissarohlin
Frank Vogel said Kent Bazemore will typically have the top perimeter assignment, including guarding Ja Morant tonight. – 7:49 PM
Mark Medina @MarkG_Medina
Lakers coach Frank Vogel said he plans to keep same starters vs Grizzlies – 7:47 PM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Same starters for the Lakers tonight. – 7:47 PM
Jovan Buha @jovanbuha
Frank Vogel says that Kent Bazemore will get the top perimeter assignment each night, whether the Lakers are facing an elite point guard or wing. – 7:47 PM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
NBA power rankings: #Jazz rise, #Suns, #Lakers, #Nets fall in first week of season azcentral.com/story/sports/n… via @azcentral – 7:39 PM
Mark Medina @MarkG_Medina
Melo has been expanding his game to the perimeter pic.twitter.com/q6koeApiEC – 7:36 PM
Steve Popper @StevePopper
Throwback row at MSG – Porzingis, Lin, Hardaway and Carmelo. pic.twitter.com/bxptmp64Om – 7:07 PM
Jonathan Feigen @Jonathan_Feigen
As usual, a healthy number of Celtics fans at Toyota Center. No longer up there with the Spurs or Lakers contingents, but they will make themselves heard. – 7:03 PM
James Plowright @British_Buzz
Borrego on Ish Smith “Really proud of him, first half wasn’t quite there for him… He bounced back with a great effort in the 2nd half, this is why we brought him in… Give Melo a lot of credit he said “Ride out Ish” that’s a credit to him” – 6:29 PM
Micah Adams @MicahAdams13
After Week 1…
– Nets losing record
– Lakers losing record
– Bulls, Hornets, T-Wolves undefeated
You love to see it. – 6:19 PM
Mark Medina @MarkG_Medina
What will it take for the Lakers to turn around their early-season struggles in tonight’s game vs Memphis? I discuss that & more on @NBATV at 3:40 pm PT on.nba.com/3EdTbSS – 6:00 PM
DeAndre Jordan @DeAndre
#35 @TobiOye… – 5:09 PM
