Memphis Grizzlies top NBA.com's latest power rankings
The Memphis Grizzlies' 11 game winning streak came to an end on Friday night with a 112-85 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. But that didn't keep the Grizzlies from rising to the top of NBA.com's latest power rankings. Memphis was No. 2 last week in the power rankings. They passed the Phoenix Suns for the […]
The Memphis Grizzlies' 11 game winning streak came to an end on Friday night with a 112-85 loss to the Dallas Mavericks.
But that didn't keep the Grizzlies from rising to the top of NBA.com's latest power rankings.
Memphis was No. 2 last week in the power rankings. They passed the Phoenix Suns for the No. 1 spot this week.
Here's what NBA.com had to say about the Grizzlies and their decision to put them at No. 1 this week.
The Grizzlies’ 11-game winning streak came to an end on Friday with their least efficient offensive performance of the season (85 points on 99 possessions). But, given that it was their eighth game (and the second game of their third back-to-back) in 12 days, it doesn’t register as a real blemish on a resume that now includes two wins over the Warriors. The Grizzlies ranked fourth offensively over the winning streak and are seventh offensively overall.
Shooting is the most important component of any offense. In the 25 seasons (prior to this one) for which we have play-by-play data, only eight teams have ranked in the top 10 in offensive efficiency while ranking in the bottom 10 in effective field goal percentage. And none of them have ranked as high as the Grizzlies in the former (seventh) while ranking as low in the latter (23rd). The Grizzlies are one of three teams — New Orleans and Washington are the others — that rank in the bottom 10 in both 3-point percentage (22nd) and the percentage of their shots that have come from 3-point range (27th).
After playing the Chicago Bulls on Monday, the Grizzlies will play 10 of their next 13 games on the road.
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