Phoenix Suns (21-15, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. Memphis Grizzlies (16-20, 10th in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n
Memphis, Tennessee; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST<\/p>\n
BOTTOM LINE: Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns take on Jaren Jackson Jr. and the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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The Grizzlies have gone 14-11 against Western Conference opponents. Memphis ranks sixth in the Western Conference with 14.6 fast break points per game led by Ja Morant averaging 2.9.<\/p>\n
The Suns are 19-13 in conference matchups. Phoenix is 4-5 in one-possession games.<\/p>\n
The Grizzlies average 13.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.0 more made shot on average than the 12.3 per game the Suns allow. The Suns are shooting 46.5% from the field, which equals what the Grizzlies’ opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n
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The teams meet for the second time this season. The Grizzlies won 114-113 in the last matchup on Oct. 30. Morant led the Grizzlies with 28 points, and Booker led the Suns with 32 points.<\/p>\n
TOP PERFORMERS: Jackson is shooting 47.9% and averaging 18.5 points for the Grizzlies. Santi Aldama is averaging 2.2 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
Booker is averaging 25.7 points and 6.3 assists for the Suns. Dillon Brooks is averaging 20.4 points over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n
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LAST 10 GAMES: Grizzlies: 4-6, averaging 119.2 points, 46.7 rebounds, 29.3 assists, 8.6 steals and 5.9 blocks per game while shooting 46.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 119.9 points per game.<\/p>\n
Suns: 7-3, averaging 114.7 points, 46.2 rebounds, 24.4 assists, 9.9 steals and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 46.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 108.4 points.<\/p>\n
INJURIES: Grizzlies: John Konchar: out (thumb), Ja Morant: day to day (calf), Cedric Coward: day to day (ankle), Scotty Pippen Jr.: out (toe), Zach Edey: out (ankle), Ty Jerome: out (calf), Brandon Clarke: out (calf).<\/p>\n
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Suns: Jamaree Bouyea: out (concussion protocol), Jalen Green: out (hamstring).<\/p>\n
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Phoenix Suns (21-15, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. Memphis Grizzlies (16-20, 10th in the Western Conference) Memphis,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,2710,3522,2292,1195,294,178,861,26456,496,8396,293,177,4070,6,472,1185,627,181,6445,1201,574,1083],"class_list":{"0":"post-522164","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-memphis-grizzlies","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brandon-clarke","10":"tag-cedric-coward","11":"tag-devin-booker","12":"tag-dillon-brooks","13":"tag-grizzlies","14":"tag-ja-morant","15":"tag-jalen-green","16":"tag-jamaree-bouyea","17":"tag-jaren-jackson-jr","18":"tag-john-konchar","19":"tag-memphis","20":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","21":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","22":"tag-nba","23":"tag-phoenix-suns","24":"tag-santi-aldama","25":"tag-scotty-pippen-jr","26":"tag-the-grizzlies","27":"tag-the-suns","28":"tag-ty-jerome","29":"tag-western-conference","30":"tag-zach-edey"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115853006310383570","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}