{"id":8327,"date":"2023-01-17T07:09:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T07:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/top-scorers-meet-in-memphis-vs-cleveland-matchup\/"},"modified":"2023-01-17T07:09:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T07:09:15","slug":"top-scorers-meet-in-memphis-vs-cleveland-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/top-scorers-meet-in-memphis-vs-cleveland-matchup\/","title":{"rendered":"Top scorers meet in Memphis vs. Cleveland matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"a8de9ed6-a096-59c1-8092-423c44811906\" overlaytype=\"article\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\" data-v-dccbf392=\"\">  <!----> <\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">Cleveland Cavaliers (28-17, 5th Eastern Conference) vs. Memphis Grizzlies (30-13, 2nd Western Conference)<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">Memphis, Tennessee.Wednesday, 8:00 PM ET<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">Bottom line: When Memphis and Cleveland go head-to-head, two of the league&#8217;s top scorers face off: Ja Morant and Donovan Mitchell. Morant ranks 10th in the NBA with 27.5 points per game, while Mitchell ranks ninth in the league with 28.4 points per game.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">The Grizzlies are 19-3 on their home court. Memphis has 25.4 assists, led by Morant, who averages 7.9 per game in Memphis, placing him eighth in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">The Cavaliers are 9-13 in road games. Cleveland ranks sixth in the Eastern Conference with a 36.0% 3-point shooting percentage.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">Top performer: Dillon Brooks is averaging 16.5 points while shooting 33.5% on 2.0 3-pointers per game for the Grizzlies. Morant has averaged 21.0 points on 47.5% shooting over his last 10 games for Memphis.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">Darius Garland is averaging 21.4 points and 7.8 assists for the Cavaliers. Mitchell is averaging 23.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 46.7% shooting over his last 10 games with Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">Last 10 games: Grizzlies: 10-0, averaging 125.2 points, 51.3 rebounds, 27.4 assists, 9.4 steals, 7.0 blocks, 50.3% shooting percentage. Opponents are scoring an average of 111.5 points per game.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">Cavaliers: 6-4, averaging 113.2 points, 43.0 rebounds, 24.2 assists, 6.4 steals, 4.0 blocks, 48.6% field goal percentage. Opponents are scoring an average of 112.0 points.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">Injuries: Grizzlies: Danny Green: Injured (knee), John Concher: Days (ill).<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">Cavaliers: Dean Wade: out (shoulder), Dylan Windler: out (ankle).<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">The Associated Press produced this article using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <\/p>\n<hr class=\"story-section-divider\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\"\/>\n<hr class=\"story-section-divider\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\"\/> <!----> <\/p>\n<hr class=\"story-section-divider\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\" data-v-dccbf392=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiU2h0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmZveHNwb3J0cy5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZXMvbmJhL3RvcC1zY29yZXJzLW1lZXQtaW4tbWVtcGhpc2NsZXZlbGFuZC1tYXRjaHVw0gEA?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Cleveland Cavaliers (28-17, 5th Eastern Conference) vs. Memphis Grizzlies (30-13, 2nd Western Conference) Memphis, Tennessee.Wednesday, 8:00 PM ET Bottom line: When Memphis and Cleveland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-sports","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SiteShareImage.vresize.1200.630.high_.0.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}