A few hours late and a few hundred words short, but here are three quick thoughts on tonight’s Grizzlies game, which concludes a season-long five-game homestand:
1. The Suddenly Frisky Pistons: After an 0-8 start, the Pistons have rebounded to go 5-3 over their past eight. This run began with an 18-point road win over the Sixers and also includes a 20-point win over Boston and, most recently, a 40-point win — no typo! — over the Suns. So as the third “bad” Eastern Conference team the Grizzlies will have faced at FedExForum this week, the Pistons come in tonight in better shape than the Cleveland Cavaliers or Toronto Raptors did.
2. Present and Future in the Paint: With Pau Gasol’s recent struggles in Laker Land, the Grizzlies can reasonably claim to have the best frontcourt tandem in the NBA with Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol. But the Pistons might be able to lay legitimate claim to having the most promising young frontcourt tandem in the league in 22-year-old Greg Monroe and 19-year-old rookie Andre Drummond.