# 2011–12 Memphis Grizzlies season

The 2011–12 Memphis Grizzlies season was the 17th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 11th for the franchise in Memphis.

## Key dates

* June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School |
| 2 | 49 | Josh Selby | PG | United States | University of Kansas |

## Pre-season
### Game log

2011 pre-season game log :
Pre-season: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 16
New Orleans
L 90–97
Tony Allen (17)
Brian Skinner (9)
Jeremy Pargo (7)
FedExForum
0–1
2
December 21
@ New Orleans
L 80–95
Rudy Gay (20)
Zach Randolph Sam Young (8)
Mike Conley Jr. (6)
New Orleans Arena
0–2 :
2011–12 season schedule :

## Regular season
### Standings

| Southwest Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| c-San Antonio Spurs | 50 | 16 | .758 | – | 28‍–‍5 | 22‍–‍11 | 12–4 | 66 |
| x-Memphis Grizzlies | 41 | 25 | .621 | 9.0 | 26‍–‍7 | 15‍–‍18 | 7–8 | 66 |
| x-Dallas Mavericks | 36 | 30 | .545 | 14.0 | 23‍–‍10 | 13‍–‍20 | 8–5 | 66 |
| Houston Rockets | 34 | 32 | .515 | 16.0 | 22‍–‍11 | 12‍–‍21 | 6–8 | 66 |
| New Orleans Hornets | 21 | 45 | .318 | 29.0 | 11‍–‍22 | 10‍–‍23 | 3–11 | 66 |
Western Conference :
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | c-San Antonio Spurs * | 50 | 16 | .758 | – | 66 |
| 2 | y-Oklahoma City Thunder * | 47 | 19 | .712 | 3.0 | 66 |
| 3 | y-Los Angeles Lakers * | 41 | 25 | .621 | 9.0 | 66 |
| 4 | x-Memphis Grizzlies | 41 | 25 | .621 | 9.0 | 66 |
| 5 | x-Los Angeles Clippers | 40 | 26 | .606 | 10.0 | 66 |
| 6 | x-Denver Nuggets | 38 | 28 | .576 | 12.0 | 66 |
| 7 | x-Dallas Mavericks | 36 | 30 | .545 | 14.0 | 66 |
| 8 | x-Utah Jazz | 36 | 30 | .545 | 14.0 | 66 |
| 9 | Houston Rockets | 34 | 32 | .515 | 16.0 | 66 |
| 10 | Phoenix Suns | 33 | 33 | .500 | 17.0 | 66 |
| 11 | Portland Trail Blazers | 28 | 38 | .424 | 22.0 | 66 |
| 12 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 26 | 40 | .394 | 24.0 | 66 |
| 13 | Golden State Warriors | 23 | 43 | .348 | 27.0 | 66 |
| 14 | Sacramento Kings | 22 | 44 | .333 | 28.0 | 66 |
| 15 | New Orleans Hornets | 21 | 45 | .318 | 29.0 | 66 |

### Game log

2011–12 game log Total: 41–25 (home: 23–7; road: 14–18) :
December: 1–2 (home: 1–1; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 26
@ San Antonio
L 82–95
Rudy Gay (19)
Rudy Gay (10)
Mike Conley Jr. (7)
AT&T Center 18,581
0–1
2
December 28
Oklahoma City
L 95–98
Zach Randolph (24)
Zach Randolph (10)
Jeremy Pargo (7)
FedExForum 18,119
0–2
3
December 30
Houston
W 113–93
Zach Randolph (23)
Zach Randolph (9)
Josh Selby (7)
FedExForum 16,069
1–2 :
January: 10–8 (home: 6–2; road: 4–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
January 1
@ Chicago
L 64–104
Sam Young Josh Davis (10)
Marc Gasol (10)
O. J. Mayo (5)
United Center 22,763
1–3
5
January 3
Sacramento
W 113–96
Rudy Gay (23)
Marc Gasol (15)
Mike Conley Jr. (7)
FedExForum 12,391
2–3
6
January 4
@ Minnesota
W 90–86
Tony Allen (20)
Marc Gasol (10)
Mike Conley Jr. (8)
Target Center 17,404
3–3
7
January 6
@ Utah
L 85–94
Tony Allen (21)
Marc Gasol (11)
Mike Conley Jr. (6)
EnergySolutions Arena 19,503
3–4
8
January 8
@ L. A. Lakers
L 82–90
Rudy Gay (19)
Marc Gasol (11)
Mike Conley Jr. (8)
Staples Center 18,997
3–5
9
January 10
Oklahoma City
L 95–100
Marc Gasol (20)
Marc Gasol (14)
Mike Conley Jr. (10)
FedExForum 13,601
3–6
10
January 12
New York
W 94–83
Rudy Gay (26)
Marc Gasol (12)
Mike Conley Jr. (7)
FedExForum 15,234
4–6
11
January 14
New Orleans
W 108–99
Rudy Gay (23)
Marc Gasol (11)
Mike Conley Jr. (7)
FedExForum 14,983
5–6
12
January 16
Chicago
W 102–86
Rudy Gay (24)
Marreese Speights (12)
Mike Conley Jr. (8)
FedExForum 18,119
6–6
13
January 18
@ New Orleans
W 93–87
Marc Gasol (22)
Marc Gasol (12)
Mike Conley Jr. (10)
New Orleans Arena 12,045
7–6
14
January 20
@ Detroit
W 98–81
Rudy Gay (24)
Marc Gasol (6)
Mike Conley Jr. (11)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 10,255
8–6
15
January 21
Sacramento
W 128–95
Rudy Gay (23)
Marreese Speights (15)
Mike Conley Jr. (6)
FedExForum 16,562
9–6
16
January 23
@ Golden State
W 91–90
Rudy Gay (23)
Marc Gasol (11)
Mike Conley Jr. (9)
Oracle Arena 17,549
10–6
17
January 24
@ Portland
L 84–97
O. J. Mayo (20)
Marreese Speights (6)
Mike Conley Jr. (7)
Rose Garden 20,602
10–7
18
January 26
@ L.A. Clippers
L 91–98
Rudy Gay (24)
Marc Gasol (11)
Mike Conley Jr. (7)
Staples Center 19,275
10–8
19
January 28
@ Phoenix
L 84–86
Rudy Gay Marc Gasol (18)
Marc Gasol (13)
Mike Conley Jr. (10)
US Airways Center 14,903
10–9
20
January 30
San Antonio
L 73–83
O. J. Mayo (17)
Marc Gasol (12)
Mike Conley Jr. (3)
FedExForum 15,118
10–10
21
January 31
Denver
W 100–97 (OT)
Rudy Gay Marc Gasol (20)
Rudy Gay Marc Gasol (13)
Mike Conley Jr. (6)
FedExForum 13,651
11–10 :
February: 9–5 (home: 7–2; road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
22
February 2
@ Atlanta
W 96–77
Rudy Gay (21)
Dante Cunningham (12)
Mike Conley Jr. (6)
Philips Arena 14,211
12–10
23
February 3
@ Oklahoma City
L 94–101
Marc Gasol (24)
Marc Gasol Rudy Gay (8)
Mike Conley Jr. (5)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203
12–11
24
February 5
@ Boston
L 80–98
Rudy Gay (21)
Rudy Gay (7)
Mike Conley Jr. (4)
TD Garden (18,624)
12–12
25
February 6
San Antonio
L 84–89
Marc Gasol (22)
Marc Gasol (9)
Mike Conley Jr. (8)
FedExForum 13,527
12–13
26
February 8
Minnesota
W 85–80
Rudy Gay (19)
Marreese Speights (15)
Mike Conley Jr. (7)
FedExForum 13,287
13–13
27
February 10
Indiana
W 98–92
Rudy Gay (21)
Marreese Speights (9)
Mike Conley Jr. (6)
FedExForum 16,281
14–13
28
February 12
Utah
L 88–98
Rudy Gay (22)
Marreese Speights (11)
Mike Conley Jr. (6)
FedExForum 14,424
14–14
29
February 14
Houston
W 93–83
Mike Conley Jr. (21)
Rudy Gay (8)
Mike Conley Jr. (4)
FedExForum 13,042
15–14
30
February 15
@ New Jersey
W 105–100
Rudy Gay (25)
Marreese Speights (18)
Mike Conley Jr. (10)
Prudential Center 10,885
16–14
31
February 17
Denver
W 103–102
Rudy Gay (20)
Marc Gasol (14)
Marc Gasol (8)
FedExForum 15,201
17–14
32
February 18
Golden State
W 104–103
Rudy Gay (19)
Marc Gasol (13)
Mike Conley Jr. (6)
FedExForum 17,151
18–14
33
February 20
@ Houston
L 93–97
Rudy Gay (23)
Three players (7)
Marc Gasol (5)
Toyota Center 12,525
18–15
34
February 21
Philadelphia
W 89–76
Marc Gasol (15)
Marc Gasol (14)
Marc Gasol (7)
FedExForum 14,258
19–15
All-Star Break
35
February 29
Dallas
W 96–85
Marc Gasol (22)
Marc Gasol (11)
Mike Conley Jr. (10)
FedExForum 17,023
20–15 :
March
: 8–7 (home: 3–2; road: 5–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
36
March 2
@ Toronto
W 102–99
Rudy Gay (23)
Rudy Gay (12)
Mike Conley Jr. (5)
Air Canada Centre 17,168
21–15
37
March 3
Detroit
W 100–83
Marc Gasol O. J. Mayo (17)
Marc Gasol (9)
Mike Conley Jr. (12)
FedExForum 17,569
22–15
38
March 7
@ Golden State
W 110–92
Rudy Gay (26)
Marc Gasol Rudy Gay (12)
Mike Conley Jr. (12)
Oracle Arena 19,171
23–15
39
March 10
@ Phoenix
L 91–98
Marc Gasol (21)
Marc Gasol (8)
Mike Conley Jr. (10)
US Airways Center 16,350
23–16
40
March 11
@ Denver
W 94–91
O. J. Mayo (22)
Marreese Speights (9)
O. J. Mayo (8)
Pepsi Center 17,737
24–16
41
March 13
L. A. Lakers
L 111–116 (OT)
Marreese Speights (25)
Marc Gasol (11)
Mike Conley Jr. (11)
FedExForum 18,119
24–17
42
March 16
Toronto
L 110–114 (OT)
Marc Gasol (28)
Rudy Gay (11)
Mike Conley Jr. (10)
FedExForum 17,239
24–18
43
March 18
Washington
W 97–92
Rudy Gay (27)
Three players (9)
Mike Conley Jr. (6)
FedExForum 15,412
25–18
44
March 20
@ Sacramento
L 110–119
Rudy Gay (23)
Marc Gasol (10)
Mike Conley Jr. (9)
Power Balance Pavilion 11,105
25–19
45
March 22
@ Portland
L 93–97
Marc Gasol (22)
Marc Gasol (9)
Tony Allen (6)
Rose Garden 20,636
25–20
46
March 24
@ L. A. Clippers
L 85–101
Zach Randolph (14)
Marc Gasol Zach Randolph (8)
Mike Conley Jr. (9)
Staples Center 19,060
25–21
47
March 25
@ L. A. Lakers
W 102–96
Rudy Gay (18)
Zach Randolph (12)
Mike Conley Jr. (8)
Staples Center 18,997
26–21
48
March 27
Minnesota
W 93–86
Rudy Gay (21)
Dante Cunningham (14)
Mike Conley Jr. (8)
FedExForum 14,769
27–21
49
March 30
@ Houston
L 89–98
Rudy Gay (20)
Marc Gasol (9)
O. J. Mayo (4)
Toyota Center 16,884
27–22
50
March 31
@ Milwaukee
W 99–95
O. J. Mayo (24)
Marc Gasol (15)
O. J. Mayo (3)
Bradley Center 17,106
28–22 :
April
: 13–3 (home: 9–0; road: 4–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
51
April 2
@ Oklahoma City
W 94–88
O. J. Mayo (22)
Marreese Speights (13)
O. J. Mayo Zach Randolph (4)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203
29–22
52
April 3
Golden State
W 98–94
O. J. Mayo (19)
Tony Allen (7)
Marc Gasol (6)
FedExForum 14,310
30–22
53
April 4
@ Dallas
L 85–95
O. J. Mayo (17)
Marc Gasol (10)
Marc Gasol (7)
American Airlines Center 20,233
30–23
54
April 6
@ Miami
W 97–82
Rudy Gay (17)
Zach Randolph (14)
O. J. Mayo (6)
American Airlines Arena 20,008
31–23
55
April 7
Dallas
W 94–89
Rudy Gay (25)
Zach Randolph (11)
Mike Conley Jr. O. J. Mayo (5)
FedExForum 18,119
32–23
56
April 9
L. A. Clippers
W 94–85
Marc Gasol (18)
Zach Randolph (12)
Marc Gasol (7)
FedExForum 17,219
33–23
57
April 11
Phoenix
W 104–93
Rudy Gay (32)
Zach Randolph (9)
Mike Conley Jr. (7)
FedExForum 15,239
34–23
58
April 12
@ San Antonio
L 97–107
Rudy Gay (19)
Zach Randolph (11)
Mike Conley Jr. Rudy Gay (4)
AT&T Center 18,581
34–24
59
April 14
Utah
W 103–98
Rudy Gay (26)
Rudy Gay (12)
Mike Conley Jr. (6)
FedExForum 17,190
35–24
60
April 15
@ New Orleans
L 75–88
Rudy Gay (24)
Zach Randolph (13)
Three players (3)
New Orleans Arena 15,570
35–25
61
April 17
@ Minnesota
W 91–84
Rudy Gay (28)
Zach Randolph (11)
Mike Conley Jr. (8)
Target Center 16,709
36–25
62
April 18
New Orleans
W 103–91
Rudy Gay (26)
Zach Randolph (6)
Mike Conley Jr. (5)
FedExForum 14,507
37–25
63
April 20
@ Charlotte
W 85–80
Mike Conley Jr. (20)
Rudy Gay Zach Randolph (6)
Mike Conley Jr. (7)
Time Warner Cable Arena 13,428
38–25
64
April 21
Portland
W 93–89
Rudy Gay (21)
Marreese Speights (11)
Marc Gasol (4)
FedExForum 17,904
39–25
65
April 23
Cleveland
W 109–101
Marreese Speights Marc Gasol (17)
Marreese Speights (10)
O. J. Mayo (5)
FedExForum 15,504
40–25
66
April 26
Orlando
W 88–76
Marc Gasol (22)
Zach Randolph (12)
O. J. Mayo (6)
FedExForum 17,215
41–25 :
2011–12 season schedule :

## Playoffs
### Game log

2012 playoff game log Total: 3–4 (home: 2–2; road: 1–2) :
First Round: 3–4 (home: 2–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 29
L. A. Clippers
L 98–99
Rudy Gay (19)
Marreese Speights (9)
Mike Conley Jr. (8)
FedEx Forum 18,119
0–1
2
May 2
L. A. Clippers
W 105–98
Rudy Gay (21)
Zach Randolph (8)
Mike Conley Jr. (6)
FedEx Forum 18,119
1–1
3
May 5
@ L. A. Clippers
L 86–87
Rudy Gay (24)
Marc Gasol (10)
Mike Conley Jr. (8)
Staples Center 19,060
1–2
4
May 7
@ L. A. Clippers
L 97–101
Mike Conley Jr. (25)
Zach Randolph (9)
Mike Conley Jr. (8)
Staples Center 19,167
1–3
5
May 9
L. A. Clippers
W 92–80
Marc Gasol (23)
Zach Randolph (10)
Mike Conley Jr. (6)
FedEx Forum 18,119
2–3
6
May 11
@ L. A. Clippers
W 90–88
Marc Gasol (23)
Zach Randolph (16)
Mike Conley Jr. (9)
Staples Center 19,060
3–3
7
May 13
L. A. Clippers
L 72–82
Rudy Gay Marc Gasol (19)
Zach Randolph (12)
Mike Conley Jr. (5)
FedEx Forum 18,119
3–4 :
2012 playoff schedule :

## Player statistics
### Ragular season

| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| O. J. Mayo | SG | 66 | 0 | 1,771 | 210 | 169 | 71 | 23 | 833 | 26.8 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.1 | .3 | 12.6 |
| Rudy Gay | SF | 65 | 65 | 2,422 | 417 | 147 | 95 | 55 | 1,232 | 37.3 | 6.4 | 2.3 | 1.5 | .8 | 19.0 |
| Marc Gasol | C | 65 | 65 | 2,370 | 579 | 204 | 62 | 121 | 952 | 36.5 | 8.9 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 14.6 |
| Quincy Pondexter | SF | 64 | 8 | 1,002 | 126 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 271 | 15.7 | 2.0 | .4 | .4 | .1 | 4.2 |
| Dante Cunningham | PF | 64 | 5 | 1,124 | 246 | 37 | 42 | 34 | 333 | 17.6 | 3.8 | .6 | .7 | .5 | 5.2 |
| Mike Conley Jr. | PG | 62 | 61 | 2,174 | 156 | 404 | 136 | 11 | 788 | 35.1 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 2.2 | .2 | 12.7 |
| Marreese Speights | PF | 60 | 54 | 1,345 | 374 | 48 | 21 | 29 | 526 | 22.4 | 6.2 | .8 | .4 | .5 | 8.8 |
| Tony Allen | SG | 58 | 57 | 1,525 | 233 | 79 | 104 | 33 | 568 | 26.3 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 1.8 | .6 | 9.8 |
| Jeremy Pargo | PG | 44 | 5 | 424 | 37 | 55 | 15 | 0 | 126 | 9.6 | .8 | 1.3 | .3 | .0 | 2.9 |
| Hamed Haddadi | C | 35 | 0 | 206 | 71 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 70 | 5.9 | 2.0 | .2 | .0 | .7 | 2.0 |
| Zach Randolph | PF | 28 | 8 | 735 | 225 | 48 | 21 | 4 | 324 | 26.3 | 8.0 | 1.7 | .8 | .1 | 11.6 |
| Josh Selby | PG | 28 | 0 | 237 | 15 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 63 | 8.5 | .5 | 1.1 | .3 | .0 | 2.3 |
| Sam Young$^†$ | SF | 21 | 2 | 240 | 41 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 74 | 11.4 | 2.0 | .4 | .5 | .1 | 3.5 |
| Gilbert Arenas | PG | 17 | 0 | 211 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 72 | 12.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | .6 | .1 | 4.2 |
| Josh Davis | PF | 15 | 0 | 130 | 27 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 8.7 | 1.8 | .4 | .5 | .1 | 1.9 |
| Lester Hudson$^†$ | PG | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6.7 | .0 | .3 | .0 | .0 | 3.0 |
| Brian Skinner | C | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
* $^†$ Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Grizzlies only.

### Playoffs

| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Rudy Gay | SF | 7 | 7 | 279 | 46 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 133 | 39.9 | 6.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | .3 | 19.0 |
| Mike Conley Jr. | PG | 7 | 7 | 277 | 23 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 99 | 39.6 | 3.3 | 7.1 | .9 | .0 | 14.1 |
| Marc Gasol | C | 7 | 7 | 261 | 47 | 22 | 2 | 13 | 106 | 37.3 | 6.7 | 3.1 | .3 | 1.9 | 15.1 |
| Zach Randolph | PF | 7 | 7 | 248 | 69 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 96 | 35.4 | 9.9 | .9 | 1.0 | .6 | 13.7 |
| Tony Allen | SG | 7 | 7 | 170 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 48 | 24.3 | 3.1 | .7 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 6.9 |
| O. J. Mayo | SG | 7 | 0 | 163 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 62 | 23.3 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | .1 | 8.9 |
| Quincy Pondexter | SF | 7 | 0 | 114 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 16.3 | 2.3 | .3 | .6 | .0 | 4.7 |
| Marreese Speights | PF | 7 | 0 | 100 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 14.3 | 4.3 | .3 | .4 | .4 | 6.6 |
| Dante Cunningham | PF | 7 | 0 | 49 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7.0 | 1.6 | .0 | .1 | .3 | 1.1 |
| Gilbert Arenas | PG | 6 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.8 | .2 | .2 | .0 | .0 | .7 |
| Hamed Haddadi | C | 4 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5.3 | 2.3 | .3 | .0 | .5 | 1.3 |
| Josh Selby | PG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |

## Milestones

* April 26: Memphis set a franchise record for regular-season winning percentage (.621). The Grizzlies' previous best regular-season mark was .610, which they set during the 2003–04 season.