4 seed against the Los Angeles Clippers with the core of last year's team intact.

The Grizzlies open the playoffs for the first time at home Sunday night as the No. 'Of course, I wanted my team to win, but I wanted to play. The team tried to keep me involved, asked me some questions while I was sitting on the bench. 'I might as well have bought a ticket,' Gay said. The starting forward watched wearing dress clothes seated at the end of the bench with a sling-like contraption protecting his surgically-repaired left shoulder as the Memphis Grizzlies made the greatest playoff run in franchise history last season. (AP) - The moment Rudy Gay has waited his entire career for is finally here: His playoff debut.