{"id":689695,"date":"2026-03-29T07:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T07:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/689695\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T07:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T07:42:12","slug":"phoenix-visits-memphis-on-4-game-road-slide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/689695\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix visits Memphis on 4-game road slide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phoenix Suns<\/a> (41-33, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> (25-49, 11th in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n

Memphis, Tennessee; Monday, 8 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Phoenix will attempt to stop its four-game road losing streak when the Suns play Memphis.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies have gone 19-29 against Western Conference teams. Memphis has a 6-31 record against teams above .500.<\/p>\n

The Suns have gone 26-21 against Western Conference opponents. Phoenix has a 7-10 record in one-possession games.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies are shooting 45.8% from the field this season, 1.3 percentage points lower than the 47.1% the Suns allow to opponents. The Suns’ 45.4% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.4 percentage points lower than the Grizzlies have allowed to their opponents (47.8%).<\/p>\n

The teams meet for the third time this season. The Suns won 117-98 in the last matchup on Jan. 8.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Cedric Coward<\/a> is scoring 13.5 points per game with 6.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists for the Grizzlies. Olivier-Maxence Prosper<\/a> is averaging 15.0 points and 4.6 rebounds while shooting 53.9% over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Collin Gillespie<\/a> is averaging 13.1 points and 4.8 assists for the Suns. Devin Booker<\/a> is averaging 28.4 points and 3.7 rebounds while shooting 46.1% over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Grizzlies: 2-8, averaging 110.6 points, 36.8 rebounds, 24.7 assists, 10.5 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 43.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 124.9 points per game.<\/p>\n

Suns: 4-6, averaging 116.5 points, 41.7 rebounds, 25.6 assists, 8.5 steals and 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 46.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 112.1 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Grizzlies: DeJon Jarreau: day to day (elbow), Santi Aldama: out for season (knee), Taylor Hendricks<\/a>: day to day (thumb), Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: out for season (finger), Ja Morant: out for season (elbow), Scotty Pippen<\/a> Jr.: out for season (toe), Zach Edey: out for season (ankle), Ty Jerome<\/a>: day to day (ankle), Jaylen Wells<\/a>: day to day (toe), Taj Gibson<\/a>: day to day (foot), Cam Spencer: day to day (back), Brandon Clarke<\/a>: out for season (calf).<\/p>\n

Suns: Dillon Brooks: out (hand), Mark Williams<\/a>: out (foot), Haywood Highsmith: day to day (knee), Amir Coffey<\/a>: day to day (ankle).<\/p>\n

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Phoenix Suns (41-33, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. Memphis Grizzlies (25-49, 11th in the Western Conference) Memphis,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":50800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,57180,5643,1587,52410,1340,21595,7196,255655,229622,15946,3135,37352,101839,1589,1721,195285,34304,141801,25874,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-689695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-phoenix","tag-america","tag-amir-coffey","tag-arizona","tag-az","tag-brandon-clarke","tag-cedric-coward","tag-collin-gillespie","tag-devin-booker","tag-event_preview","tag-jaylen-wells","tag-mark-williams","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-national-basketball-association","tag-olivier-maxence-prosper","tag-phoenix","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-scotty-pippen-jr","tag-taj-gibson","tag-taylor-hendricks","tag-ty-jerome","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116311342825579964","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}