The Memphis Grizzlies come home on the second night of a back-to-back. They played the New Orleans Pelicans Friday night and they’ll look to get another win over the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Memphis Grizzlies look to pick up another win in the grindhouse over the Los Angeles Lakers. The 15-9 Grizzlies host the 15-10 Lakers on Saturday night.
The Lakers have struggled in recent years but the addition of Lebron James has been as good as they expected.
They struggled to start the season but they have gotten back on track by playing well on both ends of the court.
Los Angeles will be without two key players in Rajon Rondo and Brandon Ingram due to injury. The Grizzlies should have the depth advantage despite having some injuries of their own.
This team still isn’t a great three-point shooting team but they have been able to hit enough shots from beyond the arc to get by.
The defense was terrible to start the season but they have started to gel which has led to them becoming one of the best defensive teams in the NBA.
The addition of big man Tyson Chandler played a big part of that. The Lakers now have a defensive rating of 106.9 which is 12th best in the NBA.
Obviously anytime you face a guy as talented as James they will be your focus defensively. He’s gonna get his one way or another but they need to make sure they do a good job defensively on the rest of the Lakers even more so than Lebron.