Will Jackson Jr. step back into the breach?
Memphis gets a visit from the bottom of the Western Conference standings in Houston. The Rockets are also the weakest team in the West away from home with a bonsai win percentage of 17.6 percent!
Memphis Grizzlies – Statistics & current form
The Grizzlies have been without their top guard Ja Morant since the beginning of the month. The 23-year-old remains suspended and without him, head coach Taylor Jenkins’ team recorded six wins and three losses. The record shows that the basket ball hunters from the “Bluff City” are coping quite well with the loss so far.
One reason is Jaren Jackson Jr, who averaged 22.6 points in the time without Morant and is well above his seasonal figure of 17.7 points. The home side can also now rely on their home strength: Only five of the 35 completed home games this season were lost from the Grizzlies’ point of view – best record in the West!
Houston Rockets – statistics & current form
The Texans bounced back in the meantime and recently recorded a series of three wins in a row. They had not achieved such a sequence in the whole of last year, but it was probably not more than a small flash in the pan.
They then lost again to New Orleans and the champions Golden State. One of their shortcomings this season is their poor defensive effort: only four teams in the NBA allow more points per game to their opponents. The 1994 and 1995 champions, for example, have a value of around 118 points in this respect.
Memphis Grizzlies – Houston Rockets Tip
For the duel between the Memphis Grizzlies and Houston Rockets on 23.03.2023, the tip and odds on more than 18.5 points by Jaren Jackson Jr. offer themselves. The home side’s power forward has been particularly successful so far in filling in for suspended guard Ja Morant on the offensive end.
The 23-year-old has scored at least 19 points in seven of the nine games without Morant.
The strength of his current form can also be seen in the fact that Jackson Jr. has scored around three points more since the All-Star Break.
