Records: Grizzlies, 11-26; Cavaliers, 29-6.

Lineups

Grizzlies: Kyle Lowry, 6-1, O.J. Mayo, 6-4, Rudy Gay, 6-8, Darrell Arthur, 6-9, Marc Gasol, 7-1.

Cavaliers: Mo Williams, 6-1, Delonte West, 6-3, LeBron James, 6-8, Ben Wallace 6-9, Anderson Varejao, 6-11.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

The Grizzlies have not led by more than one point in any of their last three games and trailed for the entirety of two of those games. ... Memphis is 0-14 this season when failing to reach 20 points in the first quarter. ... James is averaging 27.7 points and 6.6 assists per game. ... Cleveland has won or tied 26 of 35 third quarters overall this season. ... Varejao has been one of the NBA's most valuable sixth men, averaging what would be a career-high 9.5 points on 56-percent shooting and a team-high 7.2 rebounds.

THE SKINNY

Memphis has lost three straight games and 11 of 13. The Griz enter tonight's game 3-15 against teams with winning records. ... Memphis has lost seven of the last eight meetings, including the last five, against Cleveland. ... Last season, James scored 51 points against Memphis on Jan. 15, 2008. It was the third-highest total ever posted against the Grizzlies.

THE QUOTE

"We've got to get back to basics. We want to run off mistakes and limit our mistakes. We've got to start playing with force." - Griz coach Marc Iavaroni on the team's struggles .