Game Prediction, Analysis and Breakdown

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES VS. UTAH JAZZ

What’s up guys it’s tommy d with your Wednesday winners in the nba western conference round 1 playoffs. The late nba game tonight is at ten pm eastern time, and Memphis will look to steal a Second win on the road in Utah.

The grizzlies pulled ahead mid second quarter of game 1 and never lost the lead after that, dominating much of the third quarter. Things did get veryyyy interesting late in the game when the jazz erased the entire lead down to a single point with less than a minute to go in regulation.

Dillon Brooks was able to hit the game clinching shot and cap off an impressive 24 point performance. He has been on fire recently averaging 21 points per game over his last 6.

The grizzlies have been getting plenty of contributions from their supporting cast recently like kyle Anderson and Grayson Allen. They’ve complemented the grizzlies’ star players, ja morant and Jonas valenciunas and This is why they’ve been able to be such a tough team to knock off.

They are a gritty team and extremely pesky on defense ranking in the top 10 overall. This was evident in game one where jazz shooters, Jordan Clarkson and joe ingles, were unable to find their rhythm. If it wasn’t for the Hot hand of bogdanovic, the jazz would have gotten blown out

. One missing piece from game 1, and probably the best player on the court, Donovan Mitchell, was a late scratch with a hamstring issue after expecting to see minutes. It has been confirmed he will play in game 2 Wednesday night. This is the only thing of note on the official grizzlies vs jazz injury report and both teams are now at full strength.

The current grizzlies vs jazz odds have Utah By 9 points!! This has gone up since it opened because of Mitchell’s return to the floor. The current game total is 217.5. I think both of these lines are strange considering how game 1 went. The total of game 1 was 221 points and it’s now lower for game 2 even with the jazz getting their leading scorer back..

And surprising line is the nba playoff odds for this series! The jazz down 0-1, are still -320 to win! This price will go up when they win game 2 but this seems extremely high…I wouldn’t touch it!

Now let’s take a look at some trends between these 2 teams.

The jazz are 11-4 in their last 15 games at home including the recent loss to the grizzlies. It would be very surprising to me to see the grizzlies win both games in Utah, which has always been regarded as the toughest place to play for road teams. An 8 seed going up 2-0 over a 1 seed is extremely rare.

Memphis is 13-6 against the spread in their last 19 road games, But against the jazz, They are only 1-6 in their last 7 straight up and 3-4 ats.

Game Prediction and Picks

The jazz should see a burst of energy with Mitchell playing in his first game back in front of fans. He demands defenders’ attention when he has the ball and is able to drive into the paint and dish out to open wing shooters like bogdanovic and ingles. This will be much tougher to defend tonight for the grizz.

The jazz will win this game, but it might be a trap laying the 9 points strictly because Mitchell is playing. The grizzlies also seem to have a knack for covering spreads so I’d take grizz and the points or lay off.

Reading into these lines, I do like the under. The total should be much higher. The grizz have seen the total go under in 7 of their last 10 games, but 5 of the last 5 between these 2 have gone over! Not today!! Taking under 217.5.

My grizzlies and jazz best bet and parlay is to take the under with the jazz money line.

Thanks for watching, I’m tommy d with online sports bet.com. I’ll be back tomorrow with the bucks and heat playoffs game 3 breakdown!