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Up next for Lakers: Tuesday at Memphis

Kobe Bryant and the Lakers will get a test on Tuesday night when they play Zach Randolph and the Grizzlies in Memphis.
(Danny Johnston / Associated Press)
By Mike Bresnahan

When: 5 PST.

Where: FedEx Forum.

On the air: TV: TWC SportsNet, TWC Deportes; Radio: 710, 1330.

Records: Lakers 1-5, Grizzlies 6-1.

Record vs. Grizzlies (2013-14): 1-3.

Update: The Grizzlies were 6-0 until losing at Milwaukee, 93-92, on Saturday. Marc Gasol has stepped up his game, averaging 19.1 points, while Courtney Lee has been a surprising source of offense (15.2 points a game). After dominating the all-time series against the Grizzlies, at one time holding a 24-3 edge, the Lakers are on a 2-6 skid against them.

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

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