• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar

LA Sports Today

Los Angeles Sports News continuously updated

  • Football
    • Chargers
    • Rams
    • Wildcats
  • Baseball
    • Angels
    • Dodgers
  • Basketball
    • Clippers
    • Lakers
    • Sparks
  • Hockey
    • Ducks
    • Kings
  • Soccer
    • Angel City FC
    • Galaxy
    • Galaxy 2
    • LA FC
    • Orange County FC
  • College
    • UCLA
    • USC

Clippers vs. Grizzlies Preview: Get the Easy Win

January 14, 2024 by 213 Hoops

213hoops.com
Clippers vs. Grizzlies Preview: Get the Easy Win

The Clippers will try to push their winning streak to three games against an injury riddled Grizzlies squad.

Game Information

Where: FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tennessee

When: 5:00 PM PT

How to Watch: Bally Sports SoCal, AM 570

Projected Starting Lineups

Clippers: James Harden – Paul George – Terance Mann – Kawhi Leonard – Ivica Zubac

Grizzlies: Jacob Gilyard – Luke Kennard – Desmond Bane – Vince Williams Jr. – Jaren Jackson Jr.

Injuries

Clippers: Moussa Diabate Out (Hand)

Grizzlies: Ja Morant Out (Shoulder), Marcus Smart Out (Finger), Steven Adams Out (Knee), Brandon Clarke Out (Achilles), Santi Aldama Out (Knee), Derrick Rose Out (Thigh)

The Big Picture

The Clippers have won two games in a row and are looking to
start stringing together another long winning streak. Their stretch of strong play
is now long enough to be legitimate – this team is very, very good as long as they
can stay healthy. Despite their winning ways, they’re still just 4th
in the West, but have pulled to within two games of the top-seeded Timberwolves.
Another winning streak and some timely losses by their top-of-the-West competitors
and the Clips could be in the top two. They’ve come a long way from their 3-7
start and miserable early season losses.

The Antagonist

The Grizzlies have somehow won three games in a row, but received twin hammer blows this week with the news that Ja Morant would miss the rest of the season and Marcus Smart will be out for six weeks. Already down a number of key players, these updates essentially mean the Grizzlies’ season is over. They still have Jaren Jackson Jr., Desmond Bane, and a handful of role players, but they are going to be extremely bad until Smart returns at the very least.

Notes

Don’t Let Up: The Clippers already lost to a Ja
Morant-less Grizzlies team earlier this season. While that team did have Smart
(who made a couple huge game-winning plays down the stretch), the Clippers
still should have won that game and didn’t. They can’t let the Grizzlies have
hope, and should try to come out of the gates roaring hot to put them away
early. The Grizzlies simply don’t have the firepower to come back from a large
deficit, so if the Clippers can get a lead of 15 or so points in the first
half, I’d feel confident in their ability to win. They need to win regardless,
but ending this game early would make it much more comfortable.

Rotation Check-Up: After a few games where Ty Lue
tried to play Hardn and Russ together more, he’s once again split them up the
past couple games by bringing in Russ for Harden instead of for Terance Mann. While
I get why the Clippers want to try to get Russ and Harden – and Russ alongside
the Big 3 in general – to work, I think keeping them apart as much as possible
makes sense. That said, if the Clippers do get up an early lead and have the
game fairly well in hand, I’d be interested in seeing Ty toggle the lineups a
bit. Maybe he even gives Mason Plumlee more of a shot in the rotation to see
how he fits next to the new, Harden-driven Clippers.

Clippers vs. Grizzlies Preview: Get the Easy Win
Robert Flom

Filed Under: Clippers

Primary Sidebar

Recent Posts

  • No. 2 prospect Hope doubles twice, plates three runs at High-A
  • Dodgers beat White Sox for 8th win in their past 10 games
  • Angels put away Braves with 4 runs in 8th inning
  • Ducks add veteran forward Mikael Granlund on 3-year, $21M deal
  • Kings add Corey Perry among several others on first day of free agency

Categories

Archives

Our Partners

All Sports

  • 247 Sports
  • Bleacher Report
  • LA Sports Hub
  • Los Angeles Daily News
  • Los Angeles Times
  • Los Angeles Sports Nation
  • Orange County Register
  • OurSports Central
  • The Sports Daily
  • The Sports Fan Journal
  • The Spun
  • USA Today

Baseball

  • MLB.com - Dodgers
  • MLB.com - Angels
  • Dodger Blue
  • Dodger Insider
  • Dodgers Nation
  • Dodgers Way
  • Halo Hangout
  • Halos Heaven
  • Last Word On Baseball - Angels
  • Last Word On Baseball - Dodgers
  • MLB Trade Rumors - Angels
  • MLB Trade Rumors - Dodgers
  • Think Blue LA
  • Think Blue PC
  • True Blue LA

Basketball

  • NBA.com - Clippers
  • NBA.com - Lakers
  • Amico Hoops - Clippers
  • Amico Hoops - Lakers
  • 213 Hoops
  • Clipperholics
  • Clips Nation
  • Forum Blue And Gold
  • High Post Hoops
  • Hoops Hype - Clippers
  • Hoops Hype - Lakers
  • Hoops Rumors - Clippers
  • Hoops Rumors - Lakers
  • Lake Show Life
  • Lakers Nation
  • Lakers Outsiders
  • Lakerholics.net
  • Last Word On Pro Basketball - Clippers
  • Last Word On Pro Basketball - Lakers
  • Pro Basketball Talk - Clippers
  • Pro Basketball Talk - Lakers
  • Real GM - Clippers
  • Real GM - Lakers
  • Silver Screen And Roll

Football

  • Los Angeles Chargers
  • Los Angeles Rams
  • Bolt Beat
  • Bolts From The Blue
  • Chargers Gab
  • Chargers Wire
  • Last Word On Pro Football - Chargers
  • Last Word On Pro Football - Rams
  • NFL Trade Rumors - Chargers
  • NFL Trade Rumors - Rams
  • Our Turf Football - Chargers
  • Our Turf Football - Rams
  • Pro Football Focus - Chargers
  • Pro Football Focus - Rams
  • Pro Football Rumors - Chargers
  • Pro Football Rumors - Rams
  • Pro Football Talk - Chargers
  • Pro Football Talk - Rams
  • Ramblin Fan
  • Rams Gab
  • Rams Nation
  • Rams Wire
  • Turf Show Times

Hockey

  • Anaheim Calling
  • Elite Prospects - Ducks
  • Elite Prospects - Kings
  • Jewels From The Crown
  • Last Word On Hockey - Ducks
  • Last Word On Hockey - Kings
  • My NHL Trade Rumors - Anaheim Ducks
  • My NHL Trade Rumors - LA Kings
  • Pro Hockey Rumors - Ducks
  • Pro Hockey Rumors - Kings
  • Pro Hockey Talk - Ducks
  • Pro Hockey Talk - Kings
  • Pucks Of A Feather
  • Rink Royalty
  • The Hockey Writers - Ducks
  • The Hockey Writers - Kings

Soccer

  • Angels On Parade
  • LAG Confidential
  • Last Word On Soccer - LA Galaxy
  • Last Word On Soccer - Los Angeles FC
  • MLS Multiplex

College

  • Bruins Nation
  • Busting Brackets
  • College Football News
  • College Sports Madness
  • Conquest Chronicles
  • Go Joe Bruin
  • Last Word On College Football - UCLA
  • Last Word On College Football - USC
  • Reign Of Troy
  • Saturday Blitz
  • Zags Blog

Copyright © 2025 · Magazine Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in