SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz will take on the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday in the fourth contest for both teams in the bubble.
The Memphis squad, after back-to-back losses to the Spurs and Pelicans on Sunday and Monday, are 0-3 in the bubble and desperate for a win, and their situation became drastically more dire on Tuesday when ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Memphis forward Jaren Jackson Jr. will miss the rest of the season because of a meniscus tear in his left knee.
Unless the Grizzlies, currently the eighth seed in the Western Conference, can create some separation from the trailing Portland Trail Blazers in ninth and Spurs close behind in 10th, they are destined for the newly created play-in tournament that could see them tossed from playoff contention.