Portland Trail Blazers vs Memphis Grizzlies Prediction, 3/2/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Portland Trail Blazers vs Memphis Grizzlies

Date: Saturday, March 2, 2024

Location: FedExForum in Memphis, TN

TV: Bally Sports Southeast-Memphis

The Portland Trail Blazers (15-42) are hitting the road to FedExForum on Saturday where they will meet the Memphis Grizzlies (20-39).

The Trail Blazers stepped onto the hardwood against the Heat and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 106-96 in their last contest. Portland wrapped up the game with a 40.7% FG percentage (35 of 86) and buried 10 of 31 3-point attempts. At the charity stripe, the Trail Blazers knocked down 16 of 19 tries for a percentage of 84.2%. When talking about pulling down rebounds, they compiled 40 with 15 of them being offensive. They also doled out 24 assists in this contest while creating 18 turnovers and getting 9 steals. Pertaining to defending, Portland let their opponent shoot 52.9% from the floor on 37 out of 70 shooting. Miami doled out 29 assists and had 8 steals in this contest. Furthermore, Miami snagged 34 rebounds (6 offensive, 28 defensive) and had 4 blocks. Miami shot 69.2% at the charity stripe by knocking down 18 of their 26 tries. They also buried 14 out of their 26 tries from beyond the arc. With respect to personal fouls, the Trail Blazers ended up finishing with 25 and the Heat totaled 19 personal fouls.

Anfernee Simons is one player who was a major factor for the contest. Simons ended up going 38.5% from the floor and earned 4 assists. He was on the court for 41 mins and collected 1 board. He finished with 26 points on 10 of 26 shooting.

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Portland will play this contest with a win-loss mark of 15-42 on the year. They are averaging 107.2 pts per game (29th in the NBA) while hitting 43.8% from the floor. The Trail Blazers are hitting 34.8% on shots from distance (658 of 1,892) and 79.4% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Portland is snagging 41.7 rebounds per contest and has racked up 1,286 dimes for the campaign, which has them ranked 30th in basketball in terms of passing the rock. They turn the ball over 14.9 times per game and as a unit they commit 20.4 fouls every game.

When they are on defense, the Trail Blazers are forcing their opponents into 14.8 turnovers every game while drawing 18.4 fouls. They concede 34.9% on 3-point attempts while they are 17th in the NBA in opponents points per game (116.3). The Trail Blazers are giving up a FG percentage of 49.6% (2,452 of 4,943) and they relinquish 44.3 boards per contest as a basketball team. They currently rank 17th in the league in giving up assists to the opposition with 1,573 conceded for the season.

The last time they took the court, the Grizzlies took a defeat with a final score of 110-101 when they faced the Timberwolves. The Grizzlies earned 33 defensive rebounds and 17 offensive rebounds for a total of 50 in this contest. They also coughed it up 14 times, while getting 8 steals for the matchup. The Timberwolves earned 19 fouls for the game which got the Grizzlies to the charity stripe for 20 tries. They were able to make 18 of them for a clip of 90.0%. When discussing 3-pointers, Memphis made 11 out of 37 tries (29.7%). Overall, the Grizzlies ended up going 36 out of 93 from the field which had them shooting 38.7%. The Grizzlies allowed the Timberwolves to convert 39 out of their 79 tries from the field which left them with a rate of 49.4% for the contest. They shot 40.0% from three-point range by going 14 of 35 and finished the contest at 18 out of 22 at the free throw line (81.8%). When talking about team rebounding, Memphis permitted Minnesota to collect 39 in all (5 on the offensive side).

Jaren Jackson Jr. was important for the Grizzlies in this game. He converted 11 out of 23 in this matchup for a rate of 47.8%, and had 13 rebounds. Jackson had 33 points in his 38 mins on the hardwood and had 1 assist for the contest.

Memphis has a record of 20-39 this season. The Grizzlies have committed 19.5 fouls per game and they shoot 76.3% from the free throw line. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 25.2 times per game (23rd in the league) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 14.6 times per contest. Memphis has totaled 6,278 points on the season (106.4 per game) and they collect 41.8 boards per contest. As an offense, the Grizzlies are shooting 43.9% from the floor, which is ranked 29th in the NBA.

The Grizzlies on defense are ranked 9th in the NBA in points allowed per game with 112.7. They have forced 15.0 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 47.3% from the floor (16th in the league). The Memphis defense allows 37.8% from downtown (779 of 2,061) and their opposition knocks down 78.5% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have allowed 26.0 dimes and 45.9 total boards per game, which ranks them 10th and 29th in the league.

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Memphis

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