This NBA season, there are a handful of surprising teams — for better or for worse — and two of those trending upward face off for a second time on Friday evening.
The Memphis Grizzlies lost to the Sacramento Kings on October 24th. This dropped the Grizz to 2-2 in 2018-19. Creeping up on one month since the loss, the Grizzlies have gone 6-3 (8-5 overall) and the league is starting to take notice. Similarly, the Kings own an 8-6 record.
Prior to the start of the regular season, most NBA experts had Memphis and Sacramento back in the NBA Draft Lottery discussion.