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Records: Grizzlies, 9-16; Bobcats, 8-18.

Lineups

Grizzlies: Kyle Lowry , 6-1, O.J. Mayo , 6-4, Rudy Gay , 6-8, Marc Gasol , 7-1, Darko Milicic , 7-1.

Bobcats: Raymond Felton , 6-1, Raja Bell , 6-5, Boris Diaw , 6-8, Juwan Howard , 6-9, Emeka Okafor , 6-10.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Memphis is looking for its 10th victory of the season after needing 33 games to earn victory No. 10 last season. The Griz are 5-3 in December and are on pace to win 30 games, which would be an eight-game improvement over the 2007-08 victory total (22). Gasol leads the Grizzlies and all NBA rookies in field goal percentage (.541). Mike Conley has made 16 of is last 29 3-point field goals. Gay is averaging 23.4 points on 52-percent shooting to go with 4.0 rebounds, and 2.0 steals in the last five games. For Charlotte, Okafor is averaging 16.8 points on 62-percent shooting, and 11.2 rebounds over his last 10 games. Felton is averaging 17.3 points over his last four games, while averaging 14.4 points and 7 assists over his last 13 games. The Bobcats are 0-14 when scoring less than 90.

THE SKINNY

Memphis leads the all-time series 7-1. Charlotte has never won in FedExForum, going 0-4. Bobcats forward Sean May is probable with a sore right knee. Charlotte also arrives with a different roster than it started the regular season with. On Dec. 10, the Bobcats acquired Bell, Diaw and Sean Singletary from the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Jason Richardson and Jared Dudley .

THE QUOTE

"The guys still feel like we've got momentum going," said Griz point Conley, describing the mood despite having a four-game winning streak snapped.