MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Coming off one of their best nights of the season, the Memphis Grizzlies return home Saturday to face the Brooklyn Nets at FedExForum, with tipoff set for 7 p.m. Central.
For all its success on the road, Memphis has struggled in its own building. The Grizzlies carry an 8-4 record and sit sixth in the Western Conference, but they have dropped four straight at home and want to end that slide against one of the East’s weaker clubs.
The visitors have won just three of 11 games so far, leaving them 13th in the East. The Nets were 20-62 a year ago and won only eight of 41 road games, while Memphis finished 25-57 last season and went 14-27 at home.
The quick turnaround follows a big Friday in New Orleans, where Memphis routed the Pelicans 142-111 and improved to 6-0 on the road, a franchise-best start away from home.
Several Grizzlies are listed as day to day: Quinten Post, who is in concussion protocol, Scotty Pippen Jr. with a back problem, Zach Edey with an ankle issue and Richie Saunders with a knee concern. Edey has not yet been cleared for both ends of back-to-back games after last season’s ankle surgery, so his availability on the second night of a back-to-back is worth watching. For Brooklyn, Mikel Brown Jr. is day to day with an illness and Nolan Traore is day to day with a calf issue.
Last season the Grizzlies scored 114.7 points per game. The Nets handed out 25 assists per game a year ago.
A win would give Memphis momentum at home and keep the Grizzlies near the top half of a crowded Western Conference race.
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