The Lakers are fat and happy after opening their road trip with an overtime victory against the Mavericks this past Saturday.

The Grizzlies have been playing better. They are are 3-2 in their five home games, but off an 87-78 road loss to Denver. That game was on Friday and ended the Grizzlies' string of six straight games of scoring triple-digits. The Grizzlies were idle during the weekend and should be ready for this early-start MLK Day matchup.

Memphis is the stronger defensive club. The Grizzlies have defeated the Lakers the past six times at home.

The Lakers are playing for the fourth time in seven days. They won't be helped by an earlier start time than normal for them. LA also is banged-up as both Lonzo Ball and Brandon Ingram are questionable.