Memphis Grizzlies (20-32, 11th in the Western Conference) vs. Denver Nuggets (34-20, third in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n
Denver; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EST<\/p>\n
BOTTOM LINE: Memphis comes into the matchup with Denver after losing three in a row.<\/p>\n
The Nuggets are 19-9 in conference play. Denver is 6-8 in one-possession games.<\/p>\n
The Grizzlies are 16-20 in Western Conference play. Memphis is ninth in the Western Conference scoring 49.3 points per game in the paint led by Zach Edey averaging 10.9.<\/p>\n
The Nuggets’ 13.8 made 3-pointers per game this season are just 0.6 fewer made shots on average than the 14.4 per game the Grizzlies give up. The Grizzlies average 13.4 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.1 more makes per game than the Nuggets allow.<\/p>\n
The teams meet for the second time this season. The Nuggets won 125-115 in the last matchup on Nov. 25. Jamal Murray led the Nuggets with 29 points, and Jaylen Wells led the Grizzlies with 22 points.<\/p>\n
TOP PERFORMERS: Nikola Jokic is scoring 28.8 points per game with 12.2 rebounds and 10.7 assists for the Nuggets. Murray is averaging 22.3 points and 3.9 rebounds while shooting 47.2% over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
Cedric Coward is averaging 13.3 points and 6.2 rebounds for the Grizzlies. GG Jackson is averaging 12.5 points and 5.3 rebounds over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Nuggets: 5-5, averaging 115.7 points, 44.6 rebounds, 26.5 assists, 7.4 steals and 5.1 blocks per game while shooting 47.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 113.6 points per game.<\/p>\n
Grizzlies: 2-8, averaging 115.2 points, 41.6 rebounds, 27.6 assists, 9.8 steals and 4.7 blocks per game while shooting 47.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 122.2 points.<\/p>\n
INJURIES: Nuggets: Spencer Jones: out (concussion), Tamar Bates: out (foot), Aaron Gordon: out (hamstring), Peyton Watson: out (hamstring).<\/p>\n
Grizzlies: Olivier-Maxence Prosper: out (wrist), Ja Morant: out (elbow), Walter Clayton Jr.: out (calf), Zach Edey: out (ankle), Santi Aldama: out (knee), Lawson Lovering: out (not with team), Brandon Clarke: out (calf).<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Memphis Grizzlies (20-32, 11th in the Western Conference) vs. Denver Nuggets (34-20, third in the Western Conference) Denver;…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3781],"tags":[79566,1297,2889,7,301,187,3943,6,446,302,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-594247","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-nuggets","8":"tag-79566","9":"tag-article","10":"tag-athlete-injuries","11":"tag-basketball","12":"tag-denver","13":"tag-denver-nuggets","14":"tag-denvernuggets","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-nba-basketball","17":"tag-nuggets","18":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116045558062773607","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594247","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=594247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}