Rookie Rumble

On a night where the Cavaliers try to win their 11th straight game, the Boston Celtics try improve on their franchise-best season start and two titans in Dwight Howard and Shaquille O’Neal clash in Phoenix, I found my personal highlight:

The Chicago Bulls will go up against the Memphis Grizzlies.

Chicago-Memphis? Why, you ask?  I’ll tell you why:

The two rookies of the month, and front-runners for the Rookie of the year award, Derrick Rose and O.J. Mayo, will meet for the second time this season, after playing each other earlier in the year on November 1st.

On said day, Derrick Rose won the personal match-up, besting Mayo’s 16 points with 26, while his team also came away with the W.

Ever since that game, Mayo and Rose have both wet their feet in the league after playing and starting in over 20 games this season and they’ve both proven to be more than capable on the offensive end, averaging 20 and 18 points a game respectively.

Rose and Mayo are the two most likely candidates for the ROY award, and this is a game that might help people with their decision on who is the better player.

Tonight also marks Derrick Rose’s first return to Memphis, the city which he almost lead to a national championship in his single college year. Adding to that, the Bulls and the Grizllies are both trying to win their 3rd straight game for the first time this season with the Bulls hoping to get back to the .500 mark with that win.

This game, though not propagated by the media, definitely shapes up to be an interesting one and I will make sure not to miss the rookies rumble tonight in Memphis.

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