Jazz vs Grizzlies

The Grizzlies face the Jazz. Our NBA odds series has our Grizzlies Jazz prediction, odds and pick for Saturday night.

The Jazz have a very good chance of putting together a strong offensive game and winning outright. If Desmond Bane continues to be a potent scorer as the 1-B to Morant’s 1-A, the Grizzlies should be in very good shape for this game and for the whole of their season. Memphis’ defense has not been very good this season, and Utah has the shooting to exploit the Grizzlies while they settle into their season. They know that Ja will lead them in the playoffs, but they need other guys to carry the workload through the regular season so that Morant will be physically and mentally fresh in April. The Jazz have been a really good story in the first two weeks of the NBA season, but they don’t have the athletes or the rugged interior players to keep pace with the Grizzlies if Memphis is getting contributions up and down the roster. A lot of new pieces on a roster means a lot of reconfiguring and reimagining.