Grizzlies @ Raptors

Who will WIN this matchup?

Memphis Grizzlies (33-33)

@ Toronto Raptors (27-40)

Current odds:

Memphis Grizzlies: (-250)

Toronto Raptors: (+210)

• The line for this game is Memphis by 6 points.

• The Memphis Grizzlies will wrap up a three-game trip Saturday night with a visit to Tampa to face the Toronto Raptors. The Grizzlies (33-33) will try not to squander a chance to improve their position in the Western Conference playoff chase, as they did on Thursday by losing to the lowly Detroit Pistons 111-97. Memphis missed a chance to move to eighth in the conference and instead fell back to ninth — a half-game behind the Golden State Warriors.

• Ja Morant had 20 points, and Jonas Valanciunas had 19 points and 16 rebounds to lead Memphis, which scored a combined 38 points in the second and third quarters in the second game of their ninth back-to-back set since the All-Star break.

• Memphis has only six games remaining with which to solidify its place in the play-in tournament. After facing Toronto, the Grizzlies will close with four of five games at home, facing New Orleans, Dallas, Sacramento (twice) and visiting Golden State — all of which are in playoff or play-in contention.

• Memphis will face Toronto (27-40), which is on the brink of elimination following a frustrating 131-129 overtime loss to the Washington Wizards on Thursday.

• The Raptors, whose season has been marred by injuries and COVID-19 issues, have lost five of their past six games and are four games behind the Wizards for the final play-in spot with five games to play. Three of those five losses have come by five points or less. Should the Raptors be eliminated, it will snap a string of seven consecutive seasons of making the playoffs.

• Pascal Siakam tied his career-high with 44 points and Fred VanVleet hit a tying 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds left in regulation to send the game to overtime.

• But in OT, the Raptors went through one stretch of about 14 seconds during which they could have cut a four-point deficit and given themselves a better chance to win down the stretch. Toronto collected three offensive rebounds yet missed three consecutive second-chance opportunities, including three from 3-point range.

• Memphis’ Grayson Allen (left abdominal soreness), Sean McDermott (left-foot soreness) and Xavier Tillman (illness) were out against Detroit.

• Toronto’s Chris Boucher (knee) missed his eighth game in a row while OG Anunoby (strained left calf) missed his third in a row. Kyle Lowry (rest) sat out for the third time in the past four games.