With last night’s 111-91 win at Boston, the Grizzlies have extended their current road winning streak to 7 games and have won 4 of their past 5. As of today, the Grizzlies are 3.5 games behind the Portland Trailblazers for the 8th seed and 4.5 games behind the San Antonio Spurs for the 7th seed. With 17 games to go for the Grizzlies, the odds of making the post-season are slim, but there is still a legitimate chance, and I suspect the race will tighten in the coming weeks. Let’s look at the schedules for these three teams the rest of the way:
Memphis: 17 games, 8/9 home/road split. 10 against teams with winning records, 6 against teams with > .600 winning %, 5 against teams with > .650 winning %.
Portland: 16 games, 7/9 home/road split. 8 against teams with winning records, 7 against teams with > .600 winning %, 4 against teams with > .650 winning %.
San Antonio: 20 games, 8/12 home/road split. 14 against teams with winning records, 11 against teams with > .600 winning %, 7 against teams with > .650 winning %.
