Jazz at Grizzlies
The Utah Jazz have matched their season-best winning streak and look to extend it to seven games when they visit the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday for the finale of their four-game road trip. The Jazz won the first three games of the trek by an average of 21.7 points and also have recorded a 30-point home win over Golden State during their overall winning streak.
Utah rolled to a 133-109 victory over New Orleans on Monday behind 58.4 percent shooting, including a 14-for-21 effort from 3-point range. "We're just playing good basketball. There's no secret to it," Jazz coach Quin Snyder told reporters. "We haven't sat here and beat our chests like we've done anything. We haven't. We've just won a couple games." Memphis is sliding in the wrong direction as it has lost four straight and six of its last seven, leaving Marc Gasol peeved after Tuesday's 108-82 setback against lowly Atlanta. "We got hit and we lay down," Gasol told reporters. "You've got to care more about the team's success than your own success. ... Worry about 'Me first,' that's not going to cut it."
TV: 8 p.m. ET, AT&T SportsNet-Rocky Mountain (Utah), FS Southeast (Memphis)
ABOUT THE JAZZ (25-28): Donovan Mitchell should be close to full health after missing Saturday's game against San Antonio due to the flu and being limited to 19 minutes on Monday, when he scored just two points on 1-of-6 shooting. Mitchell's illness opened the door for backup Rodney Hood, who exploded for 30 points on 12-of-14 shooting and drained all four of his 3-point attempts in his second game back from a leg injury. "I told (Snyder) I'd let him know if my leg started to hurt," Hood told reporters. "It gave me a little bit of problems, but for the most part, I was fine. The ball just found me. I started feeling it."
ABOUT THE GRIZZLIES (18-35): Memphis was careless Tuesday, committing a season-worst 27 turnovers that led to 38 Atlanta points, and coach J.B. Bickerstaff described the performance as "a very immature effort on our part." The Grizzlies went 0-4 on a road trip that began with them sending leading scorer Tyreke Evans (19.5) home as the club attempts to trade him prior to Thursday's deadline. "It's a difficult situation for him, obviously wanting to play," Bickerstaff told reporters before the game. "He didn't ask to be moved, so he wanted to be a part of this group. So it is a difficult situation for him. ... We just hope it works out in the end."
BUZZER BEATERS
1. The Grizzlies have won four of the last five meetings.
2. Memphis SF Dillon Brooks has scored in double digits in seven straight games and 11 of his last 12.
3. Utah has scored 120 or more points in four consecutive contests for the third time in franchise history (1982, 1984).