Memphis Grizzlies (25-55, 12th in the Western Conference) vs. Utah Jazz (21-59, 15th in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n
Salt Lake City; Friday, 9:30 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
BOTTOM LINE: Utah heads into the matchup against Memphis as losers of 10 in a row.<\/p>\n
The Jazz have gone 11-39 against Western Conference opponents. Utah is ninth in the Western Conference in rebounding averaging 43.6 rebounds. Kyle Filipowski paces the Jazz with 7.2 boards.<\/p>\n
The Grizzlies have gone 19-31 against Western Conference opponents. Memphis gives up 120.2 points to opponents while being outscored by 5.2 points per game.<\/p>\n
The Jazz are shooting 46.6% from the field this season, 1.8 percentage points lower than the 48.4% the Grizzlies allow to opponents. The Jazz average 115.0 points per game, 11.3 fewer points than the 126.3 the Jazz allow.<\/p>\n
The teams meet for the fourth time this season. The Grizzlies won 123-114 in the last matchup on Feb. 21. Olivier-Maxence Prosper led the Grizzlies with 23 points, and Isaiah Collier led the Jazz with 24 points.<\/p>\n
TOP PERFORMERS: Filipowski is averaging 11.4 points and 7.2 rebounds for the Jazz. Brice Sensabaugh is averaging 18.1 points and 3.2 assists over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n
Cedric Coward is averaging 13.6 points and 5.9 rebounds for the Grizzlies. Walter Clayton Jr. is averaging 10.6 points and 4.9 assists over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Jazz: 0-10, averaging 117.5 points, 41.6 rebounds, 30.5 assists, 9.2 steals and 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 47.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 136.5 points per game.<\/p>\n
Grizzlies: 1-9, averaging 111.9 points, 34.1 rebounds, 25.3 assists, 9.1 steals and 3.1 blocks per game while shooting 44.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 131.0 points.<\/p>\n
INJURIES: Jazz: Lauri Markkanen: out (hip), Isaiah Collier: day to day (hamstring), Keyonte George: out (leg), Walker Kessler: out for season (shoulder), Jusuf Nurkic: out for season (nose), Ace Bailey: day to day (knee), Elijah Harkless: day to day (hamstring), Jaren Jackson Jr.: out for season (knee).<\/p>\n
Grizzlies: Santi Aldama: out for season (knee), Olivier-Maxence Prosper: out (ankle), Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: out for season (finger), GG Jackson: out (knee), Ja Morant: out for season (elbow), Scotty Pippen Jr.: out for season (toe), Zach Edey: out for season (ankle), Ty Jerome: out (ankle), Jaylen Wells: out for season (toe), Cam Spencer: out (back), Brandon Clarke: out for season (calf), Javon Small: out (thigh).<\/p>\n
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By The Associated Press Memphis Grizzlies (25-55, 12th in the Western Conference) vs. Utah Jazz (21-59, 15th in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":697439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3785],"tags":[7,423,6,422,427,3972],"class_list":{"0":"post-706538","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-utah-jazz","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-jazz","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-utah","12":"tag-utah-jazz","13":"tag-utahjazz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116374430285493530","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706538","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=706538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}