{"id":611259,"date":"2026-02-19T08:43:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T08:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/611259\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T08:43:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T08:43:21","slug":"grizzlies-face-the-jazz-on-4-game-skid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/611259\/","title":{"rendered":"Grizzlies face the Jazz on 4-game skid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Utah Jazz<\/a> (18-38, 13th in the Western Conference) vs. Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> (20-33, 11th in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n

Memphis, Tennessee; Friday, 7 p.m. EST<\/p>\n

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Grizzlies -4.5; over\/under is 241.5<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Memphis will try to break its four-game slide when the Grizzlies play Utah.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies have gone 16-21 against Western Conference opponents. Memphis is sixth in the league with 28.7 assists per game. Cam Spencer<\/a> leads the Grizzlies averaging 5.6.<\/p>\n

The Jazz are 10-25 in Western Conference play. Utah allows 125.9 points to opponents and has been outscored by 7.6 points per game.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies average 13.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.0 fewer makes per game than the Jazz allow (15.5). The Jazz average 118.3 points per game, 0.8 more than the 117.5 the Grizzlies allow.<\/p>\n

The teams square off for the third time this season. The Grizzlies won the last matchup 137-128 on Dec. 24, with Santi Aldama<\/a> scoring 37 points in the win.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Aldama is shooting 47.9% and averaging 14.0 points for the Grizzlies. GG Jackson<\/a> is averaging 13.1 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Keyonte George<\/a> is averaging 23.8 points and 6.5 assists for the Jazz. Brice Sensabaugh<\/a> is averaging 2.5 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Grizzlies: 2-8, averaging 114.1 points, 39.8 rebounds, 27.0 assists, 10.6 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 46.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 121.1 points per game.<\/p>\n

Jazz: 3-7, averaging 114.8 points, 45.5 rebounds, 29.0 assists, 10.1 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 47.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 117.3 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Grizzlies: Ja Morant: out (elbow), Walter Clayton<\/a> Jr.: day to day (calf), Zach Edey: out (ankle), Cedric Coward: day to day (knee), Santi Aldama: day to day (knee), Brandon Clarke<\/a>: out (calf).<\/p>\n

Jazz: Keyonte George: day to day (ankle), Oscar Tshiebwe: day to day (concussion), Walker Kessler: out for season (shoulder), Jaren Jackson<\/a> Jr.: out for season (knee).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Utah Jazz (18-38, 13th in the Western Conference) vs. Memphis Grizzlies (20-33, 11th in the Western Conference) Memphis,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,2710,10511,8675,78812,1265,294,496,955,293,177,4070,1407,6,1185,427,2130],"class_list":{"0":"post-611259","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-brice-sensabaugh","11":"tag-cam-spencer","12":"tag-event_preview","13":"tag-gg-jackson","14":"tag-grizzlies","15":"tag-jaren-jackson-jr","16":"tag-keyonte-george","17":"tag-memphis","18":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","19":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","20":"tag-national-basketball-association","21":"tag-nba","22":"tag-santi-aldama","23":"tag-utah-jazz","24":"tag-walter-clayton-jr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116096415017823084","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611259","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=611259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}