Model expected score: Utah Jazz 114.0 – Memphis Grizzlies 124.1 (no market line posted for this game yet -- see Margin/Totals below)
Injury Report
Live ESPN injury status for both teams, polled fresh each run.
UTAH
Keyonte GeorgeOut
Lauri MarkkanenDay-To-Day
Jusuf NurkicOut
Jaren Jackson Jr.Out
MEM
Isaiah StewartDay-To-Day
Quinten PostDay-To-Day
Scotty Pippen Jr.Out
Richie SaundersOut
Prediction vs. Result
We keep every prediction permanently so we can always show our work.
PREGAME WIN PROBABILITY
Grizzlies 81%
ACTUAL RESULT
✓ Grizzlies won by 7
COMBINED SCORE
237
Margin of Victory — Memphis Grizzlies (Home)
Pregame odds for every possible outcome, simulated before tipoff -- the highlighted bar is what actually happened.
Lost
24%
Won by 1-3
7%
Won by 4-7 ← actual result
11%
Won by 8-14
20%
Won by 15-21
17%
Won by 21+
22%
Total Score — Over / Under
Combined score across 100,000 simulated versions of this game, against six fixed lines (no market total posted for this game yet -- the highlighted line is this model's own pick, not a sportsbook number). The real combined score was 237.
O/U LINE 210
93% over ✓7% under
O/U LINE 220
83% over ✓17% under
O/U LINE 230
66% over ✓34% under
O/U LINE 240 MODEL'S PICK
46% over54% under ✓
O/U LINE 250
27% over73% under ✓
O/U LINE 260
13% over88% under ✓
Starter Grades
Season-to-date Basketball-Reference stats for each team's starters, minimum 25% of that team's games started.
UTAH
Points Per GamePoints scored per game.
Player Efficiency RatingPlayer Efficiency Rating (John Hollinger) -- a per-minute rating summing a player's positive contributions and subtracting the negative, league-adjusted so 15.0 = average.
Win Shares Per 48 MinutesAn estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player per 48 minutes (league average is approximately .100).
John CollinsPF
19.0
Lauri MarkkanenPF
19.0
Collin SextonSG
18.4
Keyonte GeorgePG
16.8
Walker KesslerC
11.1
MEM
Points Per GamePoints scored per game.
Player Efficiency RatingPlayer Efficiency Rating (John Hollinger) -- a per-minute rating summing a player's positive contributions and subtracting the negative, league-adjusted so 15.0 = average.
Win Shares Per 48 MinutesAn estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player per 48 minutes (league average is approximately .100).