The Utah Jazz and Memphis Grizzlies will have a tank-off their first game post all-star break and it will be mostly a competition of young guys in this one.
The flattened odds that Adam Silver set up are to blame for this game and situation. The Grizzlies would likely not care about losing games if it didn’t have real value to them to fall. Now the Jazz, who have a much worse record, have to tank hard to just lose this game for lottery positioning. And if you don’t think the positioning matters, it definitely does. The Mavericks are one game back of the Jazz in the lottery standings so every win or loss matters.
The injury reports reflect the importance of the tank-off game tonight.
The Memphis Grizzlies are missing … everyone.
Taylor Hendricks will definitely be playing so that makes this one fun. Can he have a revenge game and do Jazz fans one more solid?
The Jazz are also making changes based on the actions of Adam Silver and his unrivaled foresight.
This means that the Jazz will be having a likely big game from Isaiah Collier and Kyle Filipowski. We’ll see how tonight goes and who can come away with tanking glory. Utah NEEDS to lose these types of games because that pick protection is looming large. Utah also has a chance to jump closer to the top of the lottery the better they do with these games.
How to watch Utah Jazz vs Memphis Grizzlies
Channel: Jazz+, KJZZ
Where: FedExForum, Memphis, TN
When: 5:00 PM MT