Memphis Grizzlies (23-43, 11th in the Western Conference) vs. Chicago Bulls (27-40, 12th in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n
Chicago; Monday, 8 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
BOTTOM LINE: Memphis travels to Chicago looking to stop its four-game road skid.<\/p>\n
The Bulls are 16-18 on their home court. Chicago ranks second in the Eastern Conference with 28.8 assists per game led by Tre Jones averaging 5.5.<\/p>\n
The Grizzlies are 11-23 in road games. Memphis ranks third in the Western Conference with 28.5 assists per game led by Cam Spencer averaging 5.5.<\/p>\n
The Bulls\u2019 14.6 made 3-pointers per game this season are only 0.7 more made shots on average than the 13.9 per game the Grizzlies give up. The Grizzlies average 13.7 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.2 fewer makes per game than the Bulls allow.<\/p>\n
TOP PERFORMERS: Matas Buzelis is averaging 15.9 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.5 blocks for the Bulls. Josh Giddey is averaging 2.6 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
Cedric Coward is averaging 13.3 points and 6.3 rebounds for the Grizzlies. GG Jackson is averaging 14.6 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Bulls: 3-7, averaging 112.1 points, 47.5 rebounds, 27.3 assists, 7.0 steals and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 45.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 118.4 points per game.<\/p>\n
Grizzlies: 2-8, averaging 117.1 points, 37.3 rebounds, 27.1 assists, 9.6 steals and 5.4 blocks per game while shooting 46.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 121.7 points.<\/p>\n
INJURIES: Bulls: Anfernee Simons: day to day (wrist), Jalen Smith: day to day (calf), Isaac Okoro: day to day (knee), Noa Essengue: out for season (shoulder), Jaden Ivey: out (knee), Zach Collins: out for season (toe), Collin Sexton: day to day (leg).<\/p>\n
Grizzlies: Santi Aldama: day to day (knee), Jaylen Wells: day to day (shoulder), Walter Clayton Jr.: day to day (ankle), Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: out for season (finger), Ja Morant: out (elbow), Scotty Pippen Jr.: out for season (toe), Zach Edey: out for season (ankle), GG Jackson: day to day (foot), 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 (23-43, 11th in the Western Conference) vs. Chicago Bulls (27-40, 12th in the Eastern Conference) Chicago;…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3795],"tags":[4329,2889,7,2710,8675,3522,919,329,1585,76733,26721,294,8382,2048,3891,1018,2291,2597,965,865,293,177,4070,6,446,1185,1623,66,575,689,483,6277,951,4104,1083],"class_list":["post-659756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-memphis-grizzlies","tag-anfernee-simons","tag-athlete-injuries","tag-basketball","tag-brandon-clarke","tag-cam-spencer","tag-cedric-coward","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-collin-sexton","tag-data-skrive","tag-gregory-jackson","tag-grizzlies","tag-il-state-wire","tag-illinois","tag-isaac-okoro","tag-jaden-ivey","tag-jalen-smith","tag-jaylen-wells","tag-josh-giddey","tag-kentavious-caldwell-pope","tag-memphis","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-memphisgrizzlies","tag-nba","tag-nba-basketball","tag-santi-aldama","tag-scotty-pippen","tag-sports","tag-temetrius-morant","tag-tennessee","tag-tn-state-wire","tag-tre-jones","tag-walter-clayton","tag-zach-collins","tag-zach-edey"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659756","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=659756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}