Model expected score: Memphis Grizzlies 121.9 – Utah Jazz 115.7 (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.
MEM
Isaiah StewartDay-To-Day
Quinten PostDay-To-Day
Scotty Pippen Jr.Out
Richie SaundersOut
UTAH
Keyonte GeorgeOut
Lauri MarkkanenDay-To-Day
Jusuf NurkicOut
Jaren Jackson Jr.Out
Prediction vs. Result
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PREGAME WIN PROBABILITY
Grizzlies 73%
ACTUAL RESULT
✓ Grizzlies won by 37
COMBINED SCORE
243
Margin of Victory — Utah Jazz (Home)
Pregame odds for every possible outcome, simulated before tipoff -- the highlighted bar is what actually happened.
Lost ← actual result
67%
Won by 1-3
7%
Won by 4-7
8%
Won by 8-14
10%
Won by 15-21
5%
Won by 21+
3%
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 243.
O/U LINE 210
93% over ✓7% under
O/U LINE 220
82% over ✓18% under
O/U LINE 230
66% over ✓34% under
O/U LINE 240 MODEL'S PICK
45% over ✓55% under
O/U LINE 250
26% over74% under ✓
O/U LINE 260
12% over88% under ✓
Starter Grades
Season-to-date Basketball-Reference stats for each team's starters, minimum 25% of that team's games started.
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).
Ja MorantPG
23.2
Jaren Jackson Jr.C
22.2
Desmond BaneSG
19.2
Jaylen WellsSG
10.4
Scotty Pippen Jr.PG
9.9
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).