How we see it goin' down: Cs vs Grizzlies

Tip: 7:30pm Court: TD Garden Watch it: CSN Hear it: WEEI

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The Matchup


Record: 50-19 (1st Atlantic, 1st East)	Record: 39-32 (4th Southwest, 8th West)
At home: 29-6	On road: 14-22
Streak: Won 2	Streak: Lost 2
Leaders	Leaders
Buckets: Pierce (18.5 ppg)	Buckets: Zach Randolph (20.1 ppg)
Boards: KG (9.0 rpg)	Boards: Randolph (12.6 rpg)
Dimes: Rondo (11.5 apg)	Dimes: Mike Conley (6.7 apg)
For the Stat Geeks:	For the Stat Geeks:
Offensive Rating: 106.8 (17th NBA)	Offensive Rating: 107.4 (15th NBA)
Defensive Rating: 99.9 (2nd NBA)	Defensive Rating: 105.4 (10th NBA)
Pace: 90.5 (21st NBA)	Pace: 92.1 (15th NBA)

Last time

The Celtics beat the Grizzlies 116-110 in OT back on November 13. Paul Pierce (28 points) and Rajon Rondo (17 assists) led the box score, but Shaq got everyone's attention with his 18 points and 6 rebounds.

This time

Get it to: Paul Pierce

Who will the Grizzlies use to defend Paul Pierce? Noted Grizzlies fan Matt Moore (HPbasketball on Twitter) says Memphis will probably "put Sam Young on him to start, switch to Shane Battier when Pierce kills him." And there's always a chance TA gets the assignment. Can you say pump-fake?

Gotta stop: Zach Randolph

Randolph is putting up some of the best statistics of his career. He'll be a tough matchup for anyone in the Celtics frontcourt.

The Wild Card: Rondo's effectiveness

Will Rondo maintain his aggressiveness? We can only hope. Moore says "Mike Conley has trouble stopping perimeter penetration and the bigs are slow to rotate." Keep an eye on the second units, too. The Grizzlies can bring some punch off the bench (Darrell Arthur, Shane Battier and OJ Mayo). The Celtics second unit scored just 16 points vs the Knicks.