Memphis is coming on winning six of its last seven. The Grizzlies have covered 10 of their last 12 home games and have scored at least 101 points in each of their past seven games.

Since December, the Grizzlies' defensive statistics would rank among the top three. Sacramento ranks last defensively surrendering an NBA-worst 107.9 points per contest. That's nine more points per game than Memphis allows. The Kings are in terrible form, too, yielding an average of 118.3 points in their last three games.

This marks the Kings' third consecutive road game. They've lost their last two by an average of 12 points falling to the Pelicans - who were missing three starters - and to the Trail Blazers. Sacramento returns home to face the Bucks on Monday so focus may be an issue for a team that has a history of being weak on the road and lacking maturity.

The Kings have dropped their last 10 games at Memphis. Sacramento has been minus its second-leading scorer, Rudy Gay, for the last two games because of an eye injury. Gay, however, is likely to play against the Grizzlies. Kings coach George Karl also wasn't at practice on Friday because of gastroenteritis.