{"id":208714,"date":"2026-03-07T07:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T07:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/208714\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T07:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T07:51:07","slug":"memphis-faces-los-angeles-aims-to-stop-home-slide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/208714\/","title":{"rendered":"Memphis faces Los Angeles, aims to stop home slide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Clippers<\/a> (30-32, ninth in the Western Conference) vs. Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> (23-38, 11th in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n

Memphis, Tennessee; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST<\/p>\n

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Clippers -6; over\/under is 226.5<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Memphis hosts Los Angeles looking to break its three-game home losing streak.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies are 18-25 in Western Conference games. Memphis averages 14.7 turnovers per game and is 12-16 when it turns the ball over less than its opponents.<\/p>\n

The Clippers are 19-19 against conference opponents. Los Angeles ranks fourth in the Western Conference shooting 36.1% from 3-point range.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies average 115.6 points per game, 3.5 more points than the 112.1 the Clippers give up. The Clippers are shooting 48.1% from the field, 0.9% higher than the 47.2% the Grizzlies’ opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n

The two teams square off for the fourth time this season. The Grizzlies defeated the Clippers 121-103 in their last meeting on Dec. 16. Cam Spencer<\/a> led the Grizzlies with 27 points, and Kawhi Leonard<\/a> led the Clippers with 21 points.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Cedric Coward<\/a> is averaging 13.3 points and 6.1 rebounds for the Grizzlies. GG Jackson<\/a> is averaging 17.0 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Leonard is averaging 27.9 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists and two steals for the Clippers. Brook Lopez<\/a> is averaging 1.7 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Grizzlies: 3-7, averaging 117.1 points, 37.1 rebounds, 29.2 assists, 12.4 steals and 5.4 blocks per game while shooting 48.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 119.2 points per game.<\/p>\n

Clippers: 5-5, averaging 112.7 points, 42.5 rebounds, 23.3 assists, 9.7 steals and 5.2 blocks per game while shooting 48.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 108.9 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Grizzlies: Santi Aldama: out (injury management), Taj Gibson<\/a>: out (reconditioning), Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: out for season (finger), Ja Morant: out (elbow), Zach Edey: out for season (ankle), Brandon Clarke<\/a>: out (calf).<\/p>\n

Clippers: Yanic Konan Niederhauser<\/a>: out for season (foot), Bradley Beal<\/a>: out for season (hip), John Collins<\/a>: out (arm), Darius Garland<\/a>: out (toe).<\/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":"Los Angeles Clippers (30-32, ninth in the Western Conference) vs. Memphis Grizzlies (23-38, 11th in the Western Conference)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[26752,43417,80727,52937,88583,58698,80631,79632,33538,1953,48,8693,52,51,47,50,49,7016,20784,96181,68642],"class_list":{"0":"post-208714","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-bradley-beal","9":"tag-brandon-clarke","10":"tag-brook-lopez","11":"tag-cam-spencer","12":"tag-cedric-coward","13":"tag-darius-garland","14":"tag-event_preview","15":"tag-gg-jackson","16":"tag-john-collins","17":"tag-kawhi-leonard","18":"tag-la","19":"tag-la-clippers","20":"tag-la-headlines","21":"tag-la-news","22":"tag-los-angeles","23":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","24":"tag-los-angeles-news","25":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","26":"tag-national-basketball-association","27":"tag-taj-gibson","28":"tag-yanic-konan-niederhauser"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}