Team Previews: Memphis Grizzlies 2012-13

STATE OF THE FRANCHISE
The Grizzlies entered the 2011-12 season with perhaps their loftiest expectations since moving to Memphis a decade ago. Fresh off their first playoff appearance in five years, the Grizzlies were a trendy sleeper pick to challenge for the Western Conference crown. The team finished as the No. 4 seed in the West, but things did not go exactly to plan. Zach Randolph tore his MCL in the first week of the season and was limited to a bench role after returning in mid-March. Randolph returned to the Grizzlies’ starting five for a first-round playoff set against the Clippers, which the Grizzlies wound up losing in seven games.

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