The Memphis Grizzlies made a run to the western conference finals last season against the San Antonio Spurs after upsetting the Oklahoma City Thunder and now the team is looking to get off to a good start and they will play the Spurs for the opening game of the season on the road at the AT&T Center and it will be an early divisional test for the two teams starting up at 8:30 pm.
The Grizzlies and the Spurs are expected to be contenders this season out of the division and they also have to deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Houston Rockets. The Rockets of course signed Dwight Howard in the offseason and they will be a team that should be greatly improved, as they already have James Harden and Chandler Parsons as well as players like Omer Asik and Jeremy Lin. The Rockets will be a tough team to face this season and both Memphis and the Spurs will have to deal with it. The next game for the Spurs will be the Lakers on the road at the Staples Center and that should be a tough test.
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The team brings back Tony Parker as the leading scorer and after the team made a finals run last season they come in with 58 wins and the division title and they were 12-4 against the division. The Rockets and Grizz will be tough and Tim Duncan returns after averaging nearly 10 rebounds per game and the Grizz will matchup with D player of the year in Marc Gasol, who really came on in the playoffs last season. The west is deep with the Rockets, Thunder, Lakers, Spurs and Clippers, while the east is top heavy with Miami, NY and Brooklyn as well as the Chicago Bulls and LeBron James will have a target on his back once again this season.
