Memphis Grizzlies host the San Antonio Spurs, while the Golden States Warriors visit the Los Angeles Lakers
Lebron James against Stephen Curry. Two legends of today’s basketball face to face for a decisive confrontation in a single match. The teams face each other at 23h (Brasília time), at the Staples Center. The LA city team comes from a good five-game winning streak in the League, but in a different campaign from 2019/20, ranking only in seventh place in the Western Conference, with 42 wins and 30 losses over 72 games and qualifying for the competition’s Play-Ins.
The San Francisco team comes from a recent form of six wins in a final sprint of the North American basketball league, where they finished the regular season in eighth place, with 39 wins and 33 losses over the 72 games played. To face the Lakers away from home, coach Steve Kerr has some doubts, like Damion Lee and James Wiseman.
Los Angeles Lakers regular season 2020/21 statistics
. 0.583% win rate
. Average of 109.5 points per game; +2.8 difference
Average of 44.2 rebounds, 24.7 assists and 19.1 fouls
Golden States Warriors regular season 2020/21 statistics
. 0.542% wins
. Average of 113.7 points per game; +1.1 difference
. Average of 43.0 rebounds, 27.7 assists and 21.2 fouls
Earlier, at 7 pm (GMT), Grizzlies and Spurs clash at FedExForum. The Memphis Grizzlies ended the regular season with a campaign of 38 wins and 34 losses, in 9th place in the Western Conference. The team ended on a high, winning 5 of the last 6 games they played, and therefore cheers the fans to the confrontation against the Spurs. The cast is young and led by rising star Ja Morant. In his second year in the league, the point guard averaged 19.1 PPG and 7.4 APG, leading the Grizzlies on both fundamentals. In the bottle, the experience of Jonas Valanciunas can be fundamental.
With a campaign of 33 wins and 39 losses, San Antonio finished in 10th place in the West, guaranteeing its presence in the play-in. However, to go to the playoffs, you need to win two games away from home. The good news is that the team won more as a visitor than as a principal in the season, having a 50% advantage when playing away from San Antonio. The bad news is that the Spurs closed the regular season losing 10 of the last 12 games. Gregg Popovich’s team is also very young, but is betting on the experience of winger DeMar DeRozan, who led the team in points (21.6 PPG) and assists (6.9 APG).
Memphis Grizzlies statistics for the 2020/21 regular season
. 38 wins, 34 losses (.528)
. Average of 113.3 points scored per game
. Average of 112.3 points conceded per game
. Average of 46.5 rebounds per game
. Average of 26.9 assists per game
San Antonio Spurs regular season statistics 2020/21
. 33 wins, 39 losses (.458)
. Average of 111.1 points scored per game
. Average of 112.8 points conceded per game
. Average of 43.9 rebounds per game
. Average of 24.4 assists per game
