- Match Date: Wednesday, February 05, 2020
- What Time: 8:30 PM (ET)
- Where Is It Being Played: American Airlines Center
- TV Channel: FSSW, FSSE
The Memphis Grizzlies (26-25) demolish the Dallas Mavericks (31-20), 121-107 to go above .500 for the first time this season.
We have a Southwestern Division NBA matchup to consider when the Memphis Grizzlies meet the Dallas Mavericks for game two of their four-game season series. The Grizzlies are 25-25 this season and enter this matchup hoping to extend a one-game winning streak. The Mavericks are 31-19 this season and are hoping to extend a two-game winning streak when they host the Grizzlies.
Memphis Downs Detroit
The Grizzlies have won four of their last five games and are 13 games behind the Los Angeles Lakers for the top spot in the Western Conference. Wednesday marks game one of a three-game road trip and is 10-12 as the away team. Memphis has won three of its last five home games and is currently the eighth seed in the Western Conference.
Memphis scores 113.1 points while allowing 115 points per game and is shooting 47.4 percent from the field, 35.5 percent from downtown and 78 percent from the charity stripe this season.
The Grizzlies have five players scoring in double figures and are led by forward Jaren Jackson Jr. Jackson scores an average of 17.6 points per game with 4.7 caroms and 1.4 assists per game. Jackson drains 40.3 percent of his triple attempts this season and scored 14 points with five rebounds and two assists in the Grizzlies home victory over the Detroit Pistons.
Mavericks Two Game Winning Streak
The Mavericks have won three of their last five games and if the regular season were to end today, Dallas would be the sixth seed in the Western Conference. Wednesday marks a one-off home game followed by a two-game road trip and Dallas is 14-12 at American Airlines Center this season. Luka Doncic has been ruled out for this game and at least a few more with an ankle injury.
Dallas scores 116.3 points while allowing 110 points per game and is shooting 46 percent from the field, 36.7 percent from downtown and 77.2 percent from the charity stripe this season.
The Mavericks have four players scoring in double figures and without Doncic are led by forward Kristaps Porzingis. Porzingis scores an average of 17.8 points per game with 9.1 caroms and a team high 1.7 blocked shots per game. Porzingis drains 34.6 percent of his triple attempts this season and scored 38 points with 12 rebounds in the Mavericks road win over the Indiana Pacers.
The Dallas Mavericks (often referred to as the Mavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas, Texas. The Mavericks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league’s Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home games at the American Airlines Center, which it shares with the National Hockey League’s Dallas Stars.
As of the 2017 season, the Mavericks have sold out 707 consecutive games since December 15, 2002, the longest currently running sellout streak in North American major league sports.[5]
Since their inaugural 1980–81 season, the Mavericks have won three division titles (1987, 2007, 2010), two conference championships (2006, 2011), and one NBA championship (2011).
Memphis Downs Detroit
The Grizzlies have won four of their last five games and are 13 games behind the Los Angeles Lakers for the top spot in the Western Conference. Wednesday marks game one of a three-game road trip and is 10-12 as the away team. Memphis has won three of its last five home games and is currently the eighth seed in the Western Conference.
Memphis scores 113.1 points while allowing 115 points per game and is shooting 47.4 percent from the field, 35.5 percent from downtown and 78 percent from the charity stripe this season.
The Grizzlies have five players scoring in double figures and are led by forward Jaren Jackson Jr. Jackson scores an average of 17.6 points per game with 4.7 caroms and 1.4 assists per game. Jackson drains 40.3 percent of his triple attempts this season and scored 14 points with five rebounds and two assists in the Grizzlies home victory over the Detroit Pistons.
Mavericks Two Game Winning Streak
The Mavericks have won three of their last five games and if the regular season were to end today, Dallas would be the sixth seed in the Western Conference. Wednesday marks a one-off home game followed by a two-game road trip and Dallas is 14-12 at American Airlines Center this season. Luka Doncic has been ruled out for this game and at least a few more with an ankle injury.
Dallas scores 116.3 points while allowing 110 points per game and is shooting 46 percent from the field, 36.7 percent from downtown and 77.2 percent from the charity stripe this season.
The Mavericks have four players scoring in double figures and without Doncic are led by forward Kristaps Porzingis. Porzingis scores an average of 17.8 points per game with 9.1 caroms and a team high 1.7 blocked shots per game. Porzingis drains 34.6 percent of his triple attempts this season and scored 38 points with 12 rebounds in the Mavericks road win over the Indiana Pacers.
The Dallas Mavericks (often referred to as the Mavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas, Texas. The Mavericks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league’s Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home games at the American Airlines Center, which it shares with the National Hockey League’s Dallas Stars.
As of the 2017 season, the Mavericks have sold out 707 consecutive games since December 15, 2002, the longest currently running sellout streak in North American major league sports.[5]
Since their inaugural 1980–81 season, the Mavericks have won three division titles (1987, 2007, 2010), two conference championships (2006, 2011), and one NBA championship (2011).