Memphis Grizzlies
*2004-05 SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS*:
• The Grizzlies set numerous records on November 12 against Golden State, including: Lowest field goal percentage allowed (27.5%), lowest field goal percentage allowed in a half (23.4%), total rebounds (62), defensive rebounds (48), blocks (17), blocks in a half (13), blocks in a quarter (9). Pau Gasol also tied an individual and Grizzlies franchise record with five blocks in a half.
• Memphis set two records in a 118-113 loss in Seattle on November 14. The Grizzlies put up 42 points in the second quarter, the most ever posted in the second quarter in team history, and also the most ever scored in a single quarter.
• The Grizzlies had a franchise record 17 blocks on November 12 versus Golden State, also the most in the NBA in a single game this season.
• With seven assists on November 14 in Seattle, Jason Williams became the Grizzlies’ franchise leader with 1,676. The old record was held by current Sacramento King, Mike Bibby, at 1,675.
• With four assists on November 22 versus the San Antonio Spurs, Jason Williams eclipsed 3,000 for his career.
• The Grizzlies victory over the Lakers in their game on December 20 marked the first time that they have ever taken a game on the road against the Lakers. The Grizzlies held L.A. to 24 points in the second half, tying the franchise mark for opponents’ points in a half, and also held the Lakers in check by allowing only 23 field goals on the night – setting a new franchise record at the time for fewest field goals made by an opponent in a single game.
• Pau Gasol was selected as the NBA Player of the Week for games played December 27 through January 2, playing in three games over that span while averaging 23.6 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 1.3 bpg and 3.3 apg in 31.3 mpg.
• With 31 points and four blocks against the Pacers on January 11, Pau Gasol eclipsed both the 5,000-point and 500-block plateaus for his career. Gasol became the tenth fastest player to have reached the combined milestones since records have been kept beginning in 1973-74.
• With six points against the Pacers on January 11, Lorenzen Wright surpassed 5,000 points for his career.
• The Grizzlies connected on a franchise record 13 three-pointers in a victory over Milwaukee on January 15, including five from Jason Williams in the third quarter, also a franchise record.
• Pau Gasol’s streak of consecutive games with double figures in scoring came to an end on January 19, with a five-point performance in a Grizzlies’ victory over Phoenix. Gasol’s streak of 103 games was, at the time, the second longest active streak in the league (behind only Kevin Garnett) and stands as the second longest streak in franchise history (behind Shareef Abdur-Rahim (110 games).
• Jason Williams dished out a season-high 15 assists (0 turnovers) on January 21 against Denver, also the most assists by a Grizzlie in a single game this season. Williams’ 15-assist effort without a single turnover marked the first and only time in the NBA this season that a player has posted 15 or more assists without registering a turnover in a single game.
• Shane Battier scored the 3,000th point of his career on February 13 against Indiana.
• The Grizzlies’ 30-point win on Apr. 6 over Toronto was not only the team’s largest margin of victory this season, but also the franchise record for largest margin of victory on the road. The previous mark for largest margin of victory this season had been 29 in a victory over Golden State on November 12, while the team’s old mark for largest margin of victory on the road came in a 27-point win over Dallas on Nov. 8, 2000, when the team resided in Vancouver.
**** The Crying Game
Neil Jordan's story of an IRA terrorist
(Stephen Rea) is a remarkably well-written
piece of work that at first seems to follow its
protagonist in aimless yet intriguing direc-
tions, but eventually reveals itself to be a per-
fectly structured look at violence, race, love,
and sexuality. Rea is ordered to guard a kid-
napped British officer (Forest Whitaker), but
he begins to care for the hostage and later
flees to London, where he meets the officer's
girlfriend (Jaye Davidson). The two halves of
the film, which contain some completely
unpredictable plot twists, become mirrors of
one another, reflecting how understanding and
compassion may be a means of salvation.
-CR. Loews Harvard Square
