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!

Tonight we take on the Sacramento Kings, in an effort to win our 6th straight game. Pretty amazing, considering just a week-plus ago we were talking about staying afloat with our best player, Zach Randolph, for the next 6-8 weeks. But, after watching a very blue-collar effort on both sides of the ball, I think it's safe to say that we've found our footing in this post Z-Bo era.

Last night against the Pistons, not only did we hound them defensively, but after a pretty ugly start to the game, we found a nice rhythm on the offensive side of the ball, hitting jumpers, getting out in transition and showing some nice halfcourt sets. Tonight, against the Kings, we'll hopefully bring that same effort.

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Memphis Grizzlies vs. Detroit Pistons -- Let's talk it!

Records: Memphis Grizzlies (7-6) at Detroit Pistons (3-12)

7:30 PM Eastern Standard Time

The Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit, Michigan

Line: Memphis by 3.5

Opponent Blog: Detroit Bad Boys

Injury Report: MEM: Randolph (knee); DET:Bynum (foot) EXPECTED TO PLAY, Villanueva (ankle)

After dropping three-in-a-row, the Grizzlies are seeking to make it five-straight wins against the struggling Pistons when they head into Detroit on Friday night. The way things have been looking in Detroit lately says the Grizzlies will do just that.

More after the jump.

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