The Grizzlies success is not sustainable and I think that they'll start slowing falling back into the lottery in the upcoming weeks. Gasol and Conley have been playing at a really high level. However, the minutes they're receiving is going to have an effect as the season continues. Gasol is turning 34 in 2 months and he's averaging 35.1 MPG and 37.3 MPG over his last 10 games. Conley, who missed a lot of games the last couple of seasons, is at 33.6 MPG for the year and 35.7 MPG over his last 10 games. Conley has especially been asked to do a lot of heavy lifting in terms of chasing guards around the floor and during crunch time situations the ball is always in his hands looking for him to create. Again, those are some tough minutes even with a slower paced system.
The Grizzlies have lost 3 straight games (2 at home) and have a difficult upcoming schedule through the end of the calendar year.
Away - Nets
Away - Sixers
Home - Clippers
Away - Pelicans
Home - Lakers (second night of a back to back)
Away - Nuggets (third game in four days)
Home - Blazers (fourth game in six days)
Home - Heat (fifth game in eights days)
Home - Rockets (sixth game in nine days)
Away - Warriors
Away - Blazers
Away - Kings
Away - Lakers
Home - Cavs
Home - Celtics
Away - Rockets