The Warriors conclude their five-game in seven-day road trip against the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night at FedEx Forum.
Warriors at GrizzliesMonday, March 285 p.m.FedEx Forum
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ROAD TRIP FINALE
The Warriors conclude their five-game in seven-day road trip against the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night at FedEx Forum. This will be the fourth and final matchups between the Warriors and Grizzlies in the regular season, with Memphis coming into the game with a 2-1 season series lead. In each of the team’s first three games against each other, Stephen Curry and Ja Morant led their respective team in scoring, but both All-Star point guards are recovering from injuries and will be out of Monday’s contest.
LAST TIME OUT
Though the Warriors remained competitive until the final buzzer, the squad was simply out-splashed by the Washington Wizards in a 123-115 road loss on Sunday. » Full Game Recap
MATCHUP AT A GLANCE
PREVIOUS GAME STARTERS
GSW: Jordan Poole, Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins, Jonathan Kuminga and Draymond Green
MEM: Tyus Jones, Desmond Bane, Dillon Brooks, Jaren Jackson Jr., and Steven Adams
INJURY & ROSTER NOTES
GSW: Stephen Curry (foot), Quinndary Weatherspoon (G League) and James Wiseman (knee) are out. Andre Iguodala (back) is TBD. Team Notes
MEM: TBD. Team Notes
LOONEY OFF THE BENCH
Kevon Looney played and started in the first 73 games for the Warriors this season, but came off the bench for the first time in the Dubs’ defeat to the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night. Looney led the Warriors in plus-minus on Friday, with a plus-11 differential in 24 minutes of action. Moreover, Looney recorded eight points and six rebounds off the bench in Sunday’s game against the Wizards.
TEAM LEADERS
MEMPHIS SCOUTING REPORT
The Grizzlies currently sit in second place of the Western Conference and have won nine of their last 10 games. All-Star point guard Ja Morant, the team’s leading scorer, has missed five of the team’s last six games, the Grizzlies are 5-0 in those games, winning by an average margin of victory of 24.8 points. The team is 17-2 when Morant has been out of the lineup and that will be the case on Monday as he still recovering from a knee injury. Guard De’Anthony Melton scored a team-high 24 points off the bench in Memphis’ 127-102 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night. Tyus Jones, starting in place of Morant, added 13 points and 10 assists, his third time in the past six games recording double-digit assists. The Grizzlies rank first in the NBA in offensive rebounds per game and blocks, led by Steven Adams, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Brandon Clarke.