NBA Christmas games are here! It's going to be a very interesting evening and the 4th game is going to be between Golden State Warriors and Memphis Grizzlies. The current champs are playing terribly this season, and with 15 wins and 18 losses, they are just the 11th-best team in the Western Conference while the Grizzlies are 2nd-best with 20 wins and 11 losses. In this game, I'm picking Memphis to win.

In the last 6 games, the Warriors have only 1 win and that was in Toronto. The biggest loss was against the Pacers when Stephen Curry got injured. He's expected to miss a couple of weeks and that isn't a good sign. Without him, the champs have won only 1 game in 7 tries this season. In the last 2 away games, the Warriors were smacked by the Knicks and Nets. In the last 5 games, the Warriors have only the 25th-best offense (110.1), the worst defense (122.7) and the 2nd-worst net rating (-12.6). Andrew Wiggins won't be playing while Draymond Green is questionable.

The Grizzlies are in different shape as they have 8 wins in the last 10 games. Yes, they lost two road games against the Thunder and Nuggets but they crushed the Suns in the last game before Christmas. They received a Christmas gift as well because Desmond Bane returned from an injury and he was great with 17 points. In the last 5 games, the Grizzlies have the 8th-best offense (116.2), the best defense (102.1) and the best net rating (14.1).

Last season the Warriors won the 2nd round matchup against the Grizzlies. Memphis players are motivated to get revenge and this is going to be their first meeting since the playoffs. Without Curry, the Warriors don't have the power on offense. If we speak about their depth, we can finally see that it isn't so good because many wins the team got because of Curry.

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NBA圣诞赛来了!这将是一个非常有趣的夜晚，第四场比赛将在金州勇士队和孟菲斯灰熊队之间进行。目前的总冠军本赛季表现糟糕，15胜18负，他们只是西部第11强的球队，而灰熊以20胜11负排名西部第二。这场比赛，我选灰熊赢。

在过去的6场比赛中，勇士队只赢了一场，而且还是在多伦多。最大的失利是对阵步行者，当时斯蒂芬·库里受伤了。他预计将缺席几周，这不是一个好迹象。没有他，本赛季冠军在7次尝试中只赢了1场比赛。在最近的两场客场比赛中，勇士分别被尼克斯和篮网击败。在过去的5场比赛中，勇士队的进攻(110.1分)排名全联盟第25，防守(122.7分)排名全联盟第二，净效率(-12.6分)排名全联盟第二。安德鲁·维金斯将不会上场，而德拉蒙德·格林也不确定。

灰熊的状态不同，他们在过去的10场比赛中赢了8场。是的，他们输掉了两场客场对阵雷霆和掘金的比赛，但他们在圣诞节前的最后一场比赛中击败了太阳。他们也收到了一份圣诞礼物，因为德斯蒙德·贝恩伤愈复出，他砍下了17分。在过去的5场比赛中，灰熊拥有第8好的进攻(116.2)，最好的防守(102.1)和最好的净效率(14.1)。

上赛季，勇士在第二轮对阵灰熊的比赛中获胜。灰熊的球员们都有报复的动机，这将是他们自季后赛以来的第一次会面。没有库里，勇士就没有进攻的力量。如果我们谈论他们的深度，我们最终可以看到，这并不好，因为球队的许多胜利都是因为库里。