# 2008–09 Memphis Grizzlies season

The 2008–09 Memphis Grizzlies season was their 14th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Memphis Grizzlies finished 2 games ahead of their 2007–08 output, and finished 12th in the Western Conference as opposed to 14th.

## Key dates

* June 26: The 2008 NBA draft took place in New York City.
* July 1: The free agency period started.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 5 | Kevin Love | Forward-center | American | UCLA |
| 1 | 28 | Donté Greene | Small Forward | American | Syracuse |
Some hours after the completion of the draft, Memphis sent the rights to #5 overall pick Kevin Love to Minnesota as part of a trade that landed #3 pick O. J. Mayo.

## Regular season
### Standings

| Southwest Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div |
| y-San Antonio Spurs | 54 | 28 | .659 | — | 28–13 | 26–15 | 10–6 |
| x-Houston Rockets | 53 | 29 | .646 | 1 | 33–8 | 20–21 | 9–7 |
| x-Dallas Mavericks | 50 | 32 | .610 | 4 | 32–9 | 18–23 | 7–9 |
| x-New Orleans Hornets | 49 | 33 | .598 | 5 | 28–13 | 21–20 | 9–7 |
| Memphis Grizzlies | 24 | 58 | .284 | 30 | 16–25 | 8–33 | 5–11 |
| # | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB |
| 1 | c-Los Angeles Lakers | 65 | 17 | .793 | — |
| 2 | y-Denver Nuggets | 54 | 28 | .659 | 11 |
| 3 | y-San Antonio Spurs | 54 | 28 | .659 | 11 |
| 4 | x-Portland Trail Blazers | 54 | 28 | .659 | 11 |
| 5 | x-Houston Rockets | 53 | 29 | .646 | 12 |
| 6 | x-Dallas Mavericks | 50 | 32 | .610 | 15 |
| 7 | x-New Orleans Hornets | 49 | 33 | .598 | 16 |
| 8 | x-Utah Jazz | 48 | 34 | .585 | 17 |
| 9 | Phoenix Suns | 46 | 36 | .561 | 19 |
| 10 | Golden State Warriors | 29 | 53 | .354 | 36 |
| 11 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 24 | 58 | .293 | 41 |
| 12 | Memphis Grizzlies | 24 | 58 | .293 | 41 |
| 13 | Oklahoma City Thunder | 23 | 59 | .280 | 42 |
| 14 | Los Angeles Clippers | 19 | 63 | .232 | 46 |
| 15 | Sacramento Kings | 17 | 65 | .207 | 48 |

### Game log

2008–09 game log :
October: 1–1 (home: 1–0; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 29
@ Houston
L 71–82
Rudy Gay (20)
Darrell Arthur (15)
Mike Conley Jr., Kyle Lowry (3)
Toyota Center 18,196
0–1
2
October 31
Orlando
W 86–84
Rudy Gay (29)
Darrell Arthur (10)
Kyle Lowry (4)
FedExForum 16,139
1–1 :
November: 3–12 (home: 2–5; road: 1–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
3
November 1
@ Chicago
L 86–96
Rudy Gay (20)
Darko Miličić (9)
Kyle Lowry (4)
United Center 21,785
1–2
4
November 3
Golden State
W 90–79
Marc Gasol (27)
Marc Gasol (16)
Mike Conley Jr. (7)
FedExForum 10,121
2–2
5
November 5
@ Sacramento
L 95–100
O. J. Mayo (28)
Rudy Gay, Kyle Lowry, Marc Gasol (6)
Kyle Lowry (7)
ARCO Arena 13,685
2–3
6
November 7
@ Golden State
W 109–104
Rudy Gay (23)
Darrell Arthur (12)
Mike Conley Jr. (6)
Oracle Arena 18,744
3–3
7
November 9
@ Denver
L 90–100
O. J. Mayo (31)
Marc Gasol, O. J. Mayo (8)
Mike Conley Jr., Rudy Gay (4)
Pepsi Center 14,359
3–4
8
November 10
@ Phoenix
L 102–107
O. J. Mayo (33)
Rudy Gay, Darrell Arthur (7)
O. J. Mayo (5)
US Airways Center 18,422
3–5
9
November 12
New York
L 103–132
Rudy Gay (20)
Hakim Warrick (8)
Marko Jarić, Kyle Lowry (4)
FedExForum 10,129
3–6
10
November 14
Milwaukee
L 96–101 (OT)
O. J. Mayo (25)
Hakim Warrick (10)
Mike Conley Jr., Kyle Lowry (4)
FedExForum 11,308
3–7
11
November 18
Sacramento
W 109–94
Rudy Gay (22)
Hakim Warrick (10)
Mike Conley Jr. (7)
FedExForum 10,834
4–7
12
November 21
@ Dallas
L 76–91
O. J. Mayo (19)
Rudy Gay, Marc Gasol (8)
Rudy Gay (5)
American Airlines Center 20,035
4–8
13
November 22
Utah
L 94–103
O. J. Mayo (23)
Darrell Arthur (9)
Mike Conley Jr. (8)
FedExForum 13,121
4–9
14
November 24
San Antonio
L 81–94
O. J. Mayo (26)
Darko Miličić (11)
O. J. Mayo, Kyle Lowry (3)
FedExForum 12,053
4–10
15
November 26
@ Utah
L 100–117
Rudy Gay (27)
Marc Gasol (8)
Kyle Lowry (5)
EnergySolutions Arena 19,911
4–11
16
November 28
@ San Antonio
L 98–109
O. J. Mayo (32)
Rudy Gay, Marc Gasol, Darko Miličić (6)
O. J. Mayo, Mike Conley Jr. (4)
AT&T Center 17,074
4–12
17
November 29
Oklahoma City
L 103–111
O. J. Mayo (30)
O. J. Mayo (7)
Mike Conley Jr. (6)
FedExForum 11,977
4–13 :
December: 6–9 (home: 5–4; road: 1–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
18
December 3
@ Atlanta
L 95–105
Hakim Warrick (20)
Rudy Gay (10)
Mike Conley Jr., Kyle Lowry (4)
Philips Arena 12,088
4–14
19
December 5
L.A. Clippers
W 93–81
Rudy Gay (25)
Darko Miličić (9)
Kyle Lowry (5)
FedExForum 10,484
5–14
20
December 6
@ New Orleans
L 87–106
Marc Gasol (21)
Marc Gasol (7)
O. J. Mayo (5)
New Orleans Arena 16,822
5–15
21
December 8
Houston
W 109–97
Rudy Gay (20)
Hakim Warrick, Marc Gasol (8)
Kyle Lowry (5)
FedExForum 10,691
6–15
22
December 10
@ Oklahoma City
W 108–102
Rudy Gay (22)
Rudy Gay, Hakim Warrick, Marc Gasol (6)
O. J. Mayo, Kyle Lowry (5)
Ford Center 18,009
7–15
23
December 12
Chicago
W 103–96
Rudy Gay (29)
Darko Miličić (11)
Mike Conley Jr. (7)
FedExForum 17,132
8–15
24
December 14
Miami
W 102–86
O. J. Mayo (28)
Marc Gasol (7)
Kyle Lowry (5)
FedExForum 12,271
9–15
25
December 16
New Orleans
L 84–91
Rudy Gay (28)
Marc Gasol (11)
O. J. Mayo, Mike Conley Jr. (4)
FedExForum 10,231
9–16
26
December 19
Charlotte
L 83–112
Rudy Gay (17)
Marc Gasol (6)
O. J. Mayo (4)
FedExForum 11,869
9–17
27
December 22
L.A. Lakers
L 96–105
Rudy Gay (23)
Darko Miličić (8)
Kyle Lowry (7)
FedExForum 17,456
9–18
28
December 23
@ Dallas
L 82–100
Hakim Warrick (17)
Rudy Gay (9)
Kyle Lowry (4)
American Airlines Center 20,200
9–19
29
December 26
Indiana
W 108–105
Hakim Warrick (21)
O. J. Mayo (8)
O. J. Mayo (7)
FedExForum 12,346
10–19
30
December 27
@ San Antonio
L 103–106 (2OT)
O. J. Mayo (29)
Rudy Gay (11)
Kyle Lowry (8)
AT&T Center 18,797
10–20
31
December 29
@ Minnesota
L 98–108 (OT)
O. J. Mayo (23)
Hakim Warrick (8)
Kyle Lowry (12)
Target Center 12,207
10–21
32
December 30
Phoenix
L 89–101
Hakim Warrick (25)
Marc Gasol (13)
Kyle Lowry (6)
FedExForum 14,471
10–22 :
January: 1–13 (home: 1–8; road: 0–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
33
January 2
San Antonio
L 80–91
Hakim Warrick (16)
Marc Gasol (11)
Kyle Lowry, Rudy Gay (3)
FedExForum 12,597
10–23
34
January 4
Dallas
W 102–82
O. J. Mayo (21)
Hakim Warrick, Rudy Gay (7)
Kyle Lowry (5)
FedExForum 11,731
11–23
35
January 6
Minnesota
L 87–94
Hakim Warrick (22)
O. J. Mayo (8)
O. J. Mayo, Kyle Lowry (5)
FedExForum 10,156
11–24
36
January 7
@ New Jersey
L 89–100
O. J. Mayo (26)
Marc Gasol (10)
O. J. Mayo, Rudy Gay, Kyle Lowry, Greg Buckner (3)
Izod Center 11,552
11–25
37
January 9
@ Toronto
L 82–103
Rudy Gay (22)
Darrell Arthur (7)
Marc Gasol, Mike Conley Jr. (4)
Air Canada Centre 18,486
11–26
38
January 13
Cleveland
L 87–102
Kyle Lowry (25)
Marc Gasol (11)
Kyle Lowry (7)
FedExForum 15,121
11–27
39
January 16
Utah
L 91–101
O. J. Mayo (23)
Marc Gasol (10)
Marc Gasol (3)
FedExForum 10,422
11–28
40
January 19
Detroit
L 79–87
Rudy Gay, O. J. Mayo (15)
Marc Gasol (13)
Mike Conley Jr. (5)
FedExForum 17,483
11–29
41
January 21
@ Charlotte
L 86–101
Rudy Gay (26)
Marc Gasol (6)
Mike Conley Jr. (5)
Time Warner Cable Arena 11,249
11–30
42
January 23
@ New York
L 88–108
Rudy Gay (20)
Rudy Gay (9)
Mike Conley Jr. (4)
Madison Square Garden 18,391
11–31
43
January 24
New Jersey
L 88–99
O. J. Mayo (23)
Marc Gasol (10)
Rudy Gay (4)
FedExForum 12,817
11–32
44
January 27
Denver
L 85–100
O. J. Mayo (19)
Hakim Warrick (10)
Kyle Lowry, Mike Conley Jr. (4)
FedExForum 11,338
11–33
45
January 28
@ Oklahoma City
L 102–114 (OT)
Rudy Gay (25)
Rudy Gay, Darrell Arthur (8)
Mike Conley Jr. (9)
Ford Center 18,450
11–34
46
January 31
L.A. Lakers
L 98–115
Rudy Gay (23)
Hakim Warrick, Darrell Arthur (7)
Mike Conley Jr. (7)
FedExForum 18,119
11–35 :
February: 4–8 (home: 3–3; road: 1–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
47
February 2
@ Washington
W 113–97
O. J. Mayo (33)
Marc Gasol (11)
Mike Conley Jr. (5)
Verizon Center 11,442
12–35
48
February 4
Houston
W 104–93
O. J. Mayo (32)
Rudy Gay, Mike Conley Jr. (9)
Mike Conley Jr. (7)
FedExForum 10,109
13–35
49
February 6
L.A. Clippers
L 105–126
Rudy Gay (26)
Rudy Gay, O. J. Mayo, Marc Gasol (5)
Mike Conley Jr. (3)
FedExForum 10,912
13–36
50
February 7
Toronto
W 78–70
O. J. Mayo, Hakim Warrick (16)
O. J. Mayo, Marc Gasol, Greg Buckner, Hakim Warrick, Darko Miličić (8)
Mike Conley Jr. (8)
FedExForum 11,498
14–36
51
February 9
New Orleans
W 85–80
O. J. Mayo (22)
O. J. Mayo (16)
Mike Conley Jr. (8)
FedExForum 10,896
15–36
52
February 11
@ Philadelphia
L 87–91
Hakim Warrick (31)
Marc Gasol (9)
O. J. Mayo (5)
Wachovia Center 12,812
15–37
53
February 17
@ Utah
L 99–117
O. J. Mayo, Rudy Gay (18)
Darko Miličić (10)
Mike Conley Jr. (4)
EnergySolutions Arena 19,911
15–38
54
February 18
@ Portland
L 90–94
Rudy Gay (20)
Marc Gasol (10)
Mike Conley Jr. (10)
Rose Garden 20,385
15–39
55
February 20
Sacramento
L 106–115
O. J. Mayo (24)
Rudy Gay, Mike Conley Jr. (10)
Mike Conley Jr. (7)
FedExForum 15,036
15–40
56
February 24
@ Cleveland
L 79–94
Hakim Warrick, Rudy Gay (13)
Marc Gasol (9)
Mike Conley Jr. (7)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
15–41
57
February 25
@ Indiana
L 99–104
Marc Gasol (22)
Marc Gasol (15)
Mike Conley Jr. (8)
Conseco Fieldhouse 13,211
15–42
58
February 28
Oklahoma City
L 92–99
Rudy Gay (20)
Marc Gasol (9)
Mike Conley Jr. (4)
FedExForum 10,074
15–43 :
March: 4–11 (home: 0–4; road: 4–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
59
March 3
@ L.A. Lakers
L 89–99
Marc Gasol, O. J. Mayo (17)
Marc Gasol (14)
Rudy Gay, Mike Conley Jr. (6)
Staples Center 18,997
15–44
60
March 4
@ L.A. Clippers
W 118–95
Rudy Gay (35)
Rudy Gay, Marc Gasol (8)
Marc Gasol (10)
Staples Center 13,813
16–44
61
March 7
Philadelphia
L 105–110
Mike Conley Jr. (31)
Marc Gasol (13)
Mike Conley Jr. (9)
FedExForum 14,458
16–45
62
March 8
@ Houston
L 83–93
Rudy Gay (21)
Darrell Arthur (12)
Mike Conley Jr. (7)
Toyota Center 16,179
16–46
63
March 11
@ Minnesota
L 79–104
O. J. Mayo (18)
Darko Miličić (10)
O. J. Mayo, Mike Conley Jr. (5)
Target Center 12,443
16–47
64
March 13
@ Boston
L 92–102
Rudy Gay (26)
Marc Gasol (15)
Mike Conley Jr. (9)
TD Banknorth Garden 18,624
16–48
65
March 15
@ Detroit
W 89–84
Mike Conley Jr. (20)
Darko Miličić (11)
Marc Gasol (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076
17–48
66
March 16
Portland
L 92–103
O. J. Mayo (21)
Rudy Gay (11)
O. J. Mayo (6)
FedExForum 11,417
17–49
67
March 18
Denver
L 109–111
Rudy Gay (30)
Marc Gasol (8)
Mike Conley Jr. (10)
FedExForum 11,087
17–50
68
March 20
@ New Orleans
L 84–96
Rudy Gay (23)
Marc Gasol, Darko Miličić (6)
O. J. Mayo (4)
New Orleans Arena 17,837
17–51
69
March 21
Boston
L 87–105
Hakim Warrick (20)
Greg Buckner (7)
Rudy Gay, Mike Conley Jr. (3)
FedExForum 18,119
17–52
70
March 23
@ Miami
L 82–94
O. J. Mayo (21)
Marc Gasol (9)
Mike Conley Jr. (5)
American Airlines Arena 18,654
17–53
71
March 27
@ Sacramento
W 113–95
Marc Gasol (27)
Rudy Gay (9)
Mike Conley Jr. (5)
ARCO Arena 12,987
18–53
72
March 28
@ Portland
L 66–86
O. J. Mayo (12)
Hamed Haddadi, Mike Conley Jr. (6)
O. J. Mayo (5)
Rose Garden 20,680
18–54
73
March 30
@ Golden State
W 114–109
O. J. Mayo (24)
Hamed Haddadi (8)
O. J. Mayo (10)
Oracle Arena 18,471
19–54 :
April: 5–4 (home: 4–1; road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
74
April 1
Washington
W 112–107
Rudy Gay (25)
Marc Gasol (9)
O. J. Mayo (7)
FedExForum 10,013
20–54
75
April 3
Dallas
W 107–102
Rudy Gay (27)
Rudy Gay (10)
Mike Conley Jr. (5)
FedExForum 15,126
21–54
76
April 4
@ Milwaukee
W 107–102
Rudy Gay (26)
Marc Gasol (10)
Mike Conley Jr. (9)
Bradley Center 18,717
22–54
77
April 7
Portland
L 93–96
O. J. Mayo (31)
Darrell Arthur (5)
Mike Conley Jr. (8)
FedExForum 10,089
22–55
78
April 8
@ Orlando
L 78–81
Rudy Gay (18)
Marc Gasol (8)
O. J. Mayo, Darrell Arthur (2)
Amway Arena 17,461
22–56
79
April 10
Phoenix
W 106–89
O. J. Mayo, Rudy Gay (20)
Darrell Arthur, Hakim Warrick (10)
O. J. Mayo, Mike Conley Jr. (6)
FedExForum 15,908
23–56
80
April 12
@ L.A. Lakers
L 75–92
O. J. Mayo (20)
Marc Gasol (8)
Marc Gasol, Mike Conley Jr. (4)
Staples Center 18,997
23–57
81
April 13
@ Phoenix
L 110–119
Hakim Warrick, Rudy Gay (26)
Hakim Warrick (9)
Mike Conley Jr. (6)
US Airways Center 18,422
23–58
82
April 15
Atlanta
W 98–90
O. J. Mayo (26)
Darrell Arthur (10)
Mike Conley Jr. (7)
FedExForum 12,736
24–58 :
2015–16 season schedule :

## Awards and records

* O. J. Mayo, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team
* Marc Gasol, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team

## Player statistics
### Ragular season

| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| O. J. Mayo | SG | 82 | 82 | 3,120 | 308 | 262 | 91 | 13 | 1,516 | 38.0 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 1.1 | .2 | 18.5 |
| Marc Gasol | C | 82 | 75 | 2,521 | 605 | 143 | 63 | 90 | 975 | 30.7 | 7.4 | 1.7 | .8 | 1.1 | 11.9 |
| Mike Conley Jr. | PG | 82 | 61 | 2,508 | 276 | 354 | 90 | 8 | 895 | 30.6 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 1.1 | .1 | 10.9 |
| Hakim Warrick | PF | 82 | 7 | 2,029 | 406 | 66 | 48 | 39 | 951 | 24.7 | 5.0 | .8 | .6 | .5 | 11.6 |
| Rudy Gay | SF | 79 | 78 | 2,945 | 437 | 135 | 98 | 59 | 1,493 | 37.3 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 1.2 | .7 | 18.9 |
| Darrell Arthur | PF | 76 | 64 | 1,464 | 346 | 43 | 52 | 52 | 422 | 19.3 | 4.6 | .6 | .7 | .7 | 5.6 |
| Quinton Ross | SF | 68 | 7 | 1,164 | 126 | 47 | 32 | 14 | 265 | 17.1 | 1.9 | .7 | .5 | .2 | 3.9 |
| Greg Buckner | SF | 63 | 0 | 878 | 130 | 57 | 29 | 8 | 155 | 13.9 | 2.1 | .9 | .5 | .1 | 2.5 |
| Darko Miličić | C | 61 | 15 | 1,034 | 264 | 34 | 22 | 51 | 333 | 17.0 | 4.3 | .6 | .4 | .8 | 5.5 |
| Marko Jarić | SG | 53 | 0 | 605 | 65 | 74 | 29 | 11 | 136 | 11.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | .5 | .2 | 2.6 |
| Kyle Lowry$^†$ | PG | 49 | 21 | 1,071 | 111 | 178 | 48 | 8 | 370 | 21.9 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 1.0 | .2 | 7.6 |
| Darius Miles | SF | 34 | 0 | 298 | 57 | 17 | 11 | 20 | 120 | 8.8 | 1.7 | .5 | .3 | .6 | 3.5 |
| Hamed Haddadi | C | 19 | 0 | 120 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 48 | 6.3 | 2.5 | .4 | .1 | .6 | 2.5 |
| Javaris Crittenton$^†$ | SG | 7 | 0 | 44 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6.3 | .9 | .7 | .1 | .0 | 2.7 |
| Adonal Foyle$^†$ | C | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
* $^†$ Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Grizzlies only.