The Grizzlies will not have All-Star point guard Ja Morant in the lineup for at least the next two games. Morant stepped away from the team after he was spotted brandishing a firearm in a live video on Instagram.<\/p>\n
The NBA launched an investigation into the matter, and it’s unknown if Morant will earn a suspension by the league. The Grizzlies are 4-5 without Morant in the lineup this season.<\/p>\n
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Morant issued a public apology. But he\u2019s been the subject of numerous incidents in recent weeks. Morant\u2019s friends flashed a firearm at the Indiana Pacers\u2019 team bus after a game in Memphis earlier this season. Earlier in the week, a police report surfaced that Morant physically assaulted a teenage guest during a pickup basketball game at his house last summer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Grizzlies have 20 more games remaining in the regular season but face the easiest schedule. Their opponents have a combined .465 winning percentage.<\/p>\n
The Kings have the fifth-hardest remaining schedule with 19 games to go, and their opponents have a .524 combined winning percentage.<\/p>\n
The Grizzlies are 26-5 on their home court at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, the second-best home record in the NBA. They’re awful on the road this season, with a 12-19 away record. The Grizzlies need to hold on to the #2 seed and retain home-court advantage in the first two postseason rounds.<\/p>\n
The Grizzlies are finishing up a four-game road trip with consecutive games in Los Angeles, but both opponents are in must-win situations. The Clippers (33-33) lost five games in a row and slipped to eighth place in the conference. Meanwhile, the Lakers (30-34) are currently in the Western Conference playoff bubble in 11th place.<\/p>\n
Betting the Grizzlies Down the Stretch<\/h2>\n On Sunday night, the Clippers are -7 favorites over the banged-up Grizzlies. Both teams have a losing record against the point spread. The Clippers are 32-34 ATS this season, and the Grizzlies are 29-31-2 ATS. Since losing Adams to a knee injury, the Grizzlies are 7-10 ATS.<\/p>\n
The Grizzlies are 10-20-1 ATS as an away team, the second-worst betting record on the road in the NBA this season.<\/p>\n
The Grizzlies are +2000 odds to win the 2022-23 NBA championship, according to DraftKings. Their title odds were +1700 at the start of the week, but oddsmakers made an adjustment after the latest Morant incident.<\/p>\n
The Grizzlies are +800 odds to win the Western Conference and advance to the 2023 NBA Finals. They’re fifth on the futures board even though they’re in second place with the #2 seed.<\/strong><\/p>\nFiveThirtyEight<\/em> estimates the Grizzles have a 20% chance to advance to the NBA Finals, yet only have a 10% chance to win the championship.<\/p>\nThe Grizzlies have the inside track to winning back-to-back Southwest Division titles. They hold a six-game lead over the Dallas Mavericks (33-31), currently occupying sixth place in the Western Conference. The Grizzlies are -1200 odds to win the division, and the Mavs are +650.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Memphis Grizzlies lost center Brandon Clarke to a season-ending Achilles injury. The Clarke injury is huge blow to the Grizzlies, who were already playing without starting center Steven Adams. Adams, the NBA’s top offensive rebounder, sustained a right knee injury in late January. The Grizzlies do not know when Adams will return. Head coach […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":262655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83079,1074],"tags":[85348,83140,81033,83080,82911],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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