Here we are, the streak is over and we have Blake Griffin, Chris Paul and the Clippers on the schedule. Time to get back on track!

Yup, there's only two games on the docket tonight, which means after the Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic bat each other around, the nightcap features our Memphis Grizzlies in Los Angeles for their first meeting with the new and Chris Paul'd Clippers.

The Grizz got a much-needed day of rest, or simply travel -- which is about as good as a team can get this season -- yesterday, while the Clippers had to deal with that other team they share a gym with. For the first time in about a week, Memphis feels like the more-rested squad going into this one. Plus, they're coming off an ugly, if understandable, showing in Portland on Tuesday night; it wouldn't seem likely for the number of Grizzlies who had off-nights against the Blazers to slump together again, right?

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Well, let's just say this: Seven wins in a row is a good thing. Those seven wins are going to be helpful later. They've already been in terms of throwing the Memphis Grizzlies back into the giant melting pot that is the Western Conference right now. Streaks have to end sometime, and last night, Memphis worked to stay close through forcing Portland Trail Blazers turnovers, but the Grizz offense just wasn't there for much of the night, and Portland simply outmanned 'em in the second half, winning 97-84.

You could blame the fuel tank running low on the previous night's ridiculous, out-of-nowhere late comeback win against the Golden State Warriors, and you won't get much of an argument here. From the get-go, last night's game had the feel of one that, if won, would need to be done so as ugly as possible.

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The Grizzlies are going for eight straight! Let's talk it, Grizz fans!

Wow. After pulling through against the Warriors last night in what may have been our "best" win of the season (at least we can call it the hardest fought win, right?), we now face our toughest challenge in this current 8-game swing tonight against the Portland Trail Blazers.

Sure, maybe beating the Chicago Bulls was a "bigger" win, but when you consider we did so without having to face the reigning MVP, Derrick Rose, in that one, this has to be our toughest game of the streak. Against the Blazers we get a team who has one home loss on the season (against the Orlando Magic) with a power forward who might be among the early favorites for MVP in LaMarcus Aldridge. This one is going to be tough. Oh, and did I mention we're coming off a hard-fought win against the Warriors.... last night! Oh, yeah, I did.

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We're going for seven straight! Let's talk it, Grizzlies fans!

Here we go, Grizzlies fans. We're starting a 4-game road swing tonight in the Bay Area, against the Golden State Warriors, with the hopes of keeping our 6-game win streak intact. I know it seems like a large task -- not to beat the Warriors, but to carry a 7-game win streak -- but if the past two weeks are any indication of what kind of team we've actually become, this team should continue to take off and build on a division lead over the Spurs and Mavericks.

Tonight, I expect this to be a heavy up and out game, meaning we're going to have to play above the Warriors and get out on transition defense in order to keep them from running us out of the gym. We do have the size (see: Marc Gasol) and we're showing to have the transition play, on both side of the ball, to run with the best of them, so as long as we stick to our post-Zach Randolph game-plan we should be OK tonight. There's surely a let-down game in our future. No question about that. But, I just don't see it tonight.

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Let's talk it, Grizzlies fans!