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Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> (25-54, 13th in the Western Conference) vs. Denver Nuggets<\/a> (51-28, third in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n

Denver; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Denver will try to keep its nine-game home win streak alive when the Nuggets face Memphis.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets are 33-16 against conference opponents. Denver leads the Western Conference with 121.8 points and is shooting 49.5%.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies are 19-30 against Western Conference opponents. Memphis is eighth in the Western Conference scoring 115.0 points per game and is shooting 45.8%.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets are shooting 49.5% from the field this season, 1.2 percentage points higher than the 48.3% the Grizzlies allow to opponents. The Grizzlies average 13.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.3 more makes per game than the Nuggets allow.<\/p>\n

The teams play for the fourth time this season. The Grizzlies won the last matchup 125-118 on March 19, with Ty Jerome<\/a> scoring 21 points in the victory.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Jamal Murray<\/a> is shooting 48.3% and averaging 25.4 points for the Nuggets. Nikola Jokic<\/a> is averaging 26.7 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

GG Jackson<\/a> is shooting 49.6% and averaging 12.5 points for the Grizzlies. Walter Clayton Jr.<\/a> is averaging 1.9 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Nuggets: 9-1, averaging 128.8 points, 45.3 rebounds, 33.4 assists, 6.0 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 51.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 121.5 points per game.<\/p>\n

Grizzlies: 1-9, averaging 110.1 points, 33.7 rebounds, 24.9 assists, 9.6 steals and 3.1 blocks per game while shooting 44.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 129.8 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Nuggets: Zeke Nnaji: day to day (hip), Peyton Watson<\/a>: out (hamstring), Spencer Jones<\/a>: day to day (hamstring).<\/p>\n

Grizzlies: Santi Aldama: out for season (knee), Jahmai Mashack: day to day (neck), Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: out for season (finger), Taylor Hendricks<\/a>: day to day (thumb), Ja Morant: out for season (elbow), Scotty Pippen<\/a> Jr.: out for season (toe), Zach Edey: out for season (ankle), Ty Jerome: day to day (ankle), Jaylen Wells<\/a>: out for season (toe), Taj Gibson<\/a>: day to day (foot), Brandon Clarke<\/a>: out for season (calf), Javon Small<\/a>: day to day (thigh).<\/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":"Memphis Grizzlies (25-54, 13th in the Western Conference) vs. Denver Nuggets (51-28, third in the Western Conference) Denver;…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,2710,187,78812,1265,294,762,3499,2597,293,177,4070,1407,6,253,1146,627,26517,7915,4884,1201,2130],"class_list":{"0":"post-702879","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-denver-nuggets","11":"tag-event_preview","12":"tag-gg-jackson","13":"tag-grizzlies","14":"tag-jamal-murray","15":"tag-javon-small","16":"tag-jaylen-wells","17":"tag-memphis","18":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","19":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","20":"tag-national-basketball-association","21":"tag-nba","22":"tag-nikola-jokic","23":"tag-peyton-watson","24":"tag-scotty-pippen-jr","25":"tag-spencer-jones","26":"tag-taj-gibson","27":"tag-taylor-hendricks","28":"tag-ty-jerome","29":"tag-walter-clayton-jr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116362350919959246","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702879","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=702879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}