Denver Nuggets to take on the Memphis Grizzlies Monday

Updated Oct. 31, 2021 3:02 a.m. ET

Associated Press

Denver Nuggets (4-2, third in the Western Conference) vs. Memphis Grizzlies (3-3, ninth in the Western Conference)

Memphis, Tennessee; Monday, 8 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Memphis Grizzlies face the Denver Nuggets.

Memphis went 38-34 overall and 19-23 in Western Conference play a season ago. The Grizzlies averaged 26.9 assists per game on 42.8 made field goals last season.

Denver finished 47-25 overall and 26-16 in Western Conference play during the 2020-21 season. The Nuggets averaged 8.1 steals, 4.5 blocks and 12.8 turnovers per game last season.

INJURIES: Grizzlies: Dillon Brooks: out (hand).

Nuggets: Vlatko Cancar: out (left hip), Nikola Jokic: day to day (knee), Jamal Murray: out (knee).

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