(10 ET, League Pass<\/a>).<\/p>\nThey\u2019ve been neck and neck: Last season ended with both teams finishing 48-34, and squaring off in a Play-In game. The Warriors were victorious in that matchup 121-116, as Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler combined for 75 points. They\u2019ll have matching records again when they meet Monday night, with each team sitting at 2-1.
\nRookies making an impact: Memphis got a lot of help from then-rookie Jaylen Wells last season, and they\u2019re getting a good amount from 2025\u2019s No. 11 pick, Cedric Coward. He\u2019s averaging 19.0 points per game through three contests on a robust 70.4% shooting from the floor. It\u2019s not only Coward, though; Javon Small (Pick No. 48 in the 2025 Draft) has earned a role, while Scotty Pippen Jr. has been sidelined. He\u2019s added 8.3 points and 5.7 assists in 20.3 minutes per game.
\nHe\u2019s still got it: Curry has been hot out of the gates, averaging 33.3 points on 45.7% long-range shooting thus far. Although it\u2019s still extremely early, Curry hasn\u2019t averaged over 30 PPG since the 2020-21 season. Although it\u2019s unlikely to be a sustainable output, there\u2019s no question that Curry and the Warriors have played better since acquiring Butler at last season\u2019s trade deadline.
\nBattle on the inside: Memphis and Golden State were top-7 rebounding teams last season, but each has found less success on the glass so far. They\u2019re also both in the bottom five in points allowed in the paint. It\u2019s still very early, but in the context of this game, whoever manages to make strides in protecting the paint may have the edge when it comes to who gets the victory.
\nCan Memphis end skid?: Including last season\u2019s Play-In game, Memphis has lost three straight to the Warriors, including five of their last six. They\u2019ll look to snap the losing streak and turn the tide against a conference foe tonight on NBA League Pass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Star point guards Ja Morant and Stephen Curry will continue a tightly contested rivalry when the Grizzlies and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,145575,590,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-244646","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-league-pass-game-of-the-day-grizzlies-vs-warriors","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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