Markkanen and Coward 5 Leg Memphis Opener Parlay Jazz at Grizzlies, leg by leg

The five legs

Lauri Markkanen 15+ points

Who: Utah's top scorer.

The number: 26.7 points a game across 42 games and 34.4 minutes last season. 15+ trades at 72 to 84 cents, 78% in the middle.

The matchup: Memphis allowed 119.8 points a game at home last season, and Markkanen led Utah with 17 points in 14 minutes in its preseason opener.

What beats it: Darryn Peterson and Jackson take a bigger share of the shots than expected, or foul trouble.

Cedric Coward 2+ assists

Who: Memphis's second-year wing.

The number: 2.8 assists a game in 25.8 minutes across 62 games as a rookie. 2+ trades at 73 to 84 cents, 78.5% in the middle.

The matchup: With Morant gone, more of the Grizzlies' ball handling moves to Jerome and the wings.

What beats it: A night where he finishes his own plays and the assists go to Jerome.

Jaren Jackson Jr. 1+ made threes

Who: Utah's power forward, back on his old floor.

The number: 1.8 made threes a game across 48 games last season, 45 of them for Memphis. 1+ trades at 72 to 84 cents, 78% in the middle.

The matchup: He scored 11 in Utah's preseason opener after February knee surgery.

What beats it: Rust in his first regular-season game since February, or a night spent inside against Edey.

Jaylen Wells 1+ made threes

Who: Memphis's starting small forward.

The number: 1.9 made threes a game across 69 games last season. 1+ trades at 75 to 86 cents, 80.5% in the middle.

The matchup: Utah allowed 125.6 points a game on the road last season.

What beats it: A cold night from three; one make is all it takes, but it has to come.

Keyonte George 1+ made threes

Who: Utah's lead guard.

The number: 2.5 made threes a game across 54 games and 33.1 minutes last season. 1+ trades at 79 to 90 cents, 84.5% in the middle, the strongest leg on the ticket.

The matchup: He scored 15 in Utah's preseason opener, and the market prices a close game.

What beats it: Peterson taking the ball more often, or an off night from deep.

Kalshi bid and ask read 2026-10-21 6:16 AM PT. The number beside each leg is Agent Dime’s own estimate, not a market price.

The price

Multiply the five asks and the ticket costs 45.9¢ for every dollar it pays: 2.18x, so $100 pays $217.98. The market’s own chances, the middle of each bid and ask, multiply to 33.7%. Agent Dime has all five landing at 28.1%.

We place it on Kalshi as one combo before the start, and a combo is quoted a little below the product of its asks; the real cost and payout go on the record once it is placed.

How it was built

• Three Utah lines from players with set roles. Markkanen's 15 points against his 26.7, and one three each from George and Jackson against 2.5 and 1.8. All 2025-26 per-game lines from Land of Basketball, checked against Basketball Reference.
• Two Memphis lines from the young wings. Coward's 2 assists against his 2.8 and Wells's one three against his 1.9.
• Matchup notes. Injury designations from RotoWire's Oct. 21 lineup page and ESPN's list via Scores and Stats, which also supplied the home and road scoring splits and the 2-2 season series. Preseason lines from the Deseret News; Edey's minutes from Roundtable and Yardbarker.
• Left off on purpose. Zach Edey, back from a second ankle surgery after 10 and 16 preseason minutes. Ty Jerome, who played 15 games last season because of a calf injury.

Where it can break

All five legs have to land. The market's own chances multiply to 32.5%, under the 45.9% the asks need, which is the price of buying five lines at the ask instead of the middle.

Three legs ask for a single made three, and threes come in streaks. Two cold shooters out of three would sink the ticket.

Jackson plays his first regular-season game since knee surgery in February. Kalshi has Memphis at 52 to 53 cents to win, a close game that should keep the starters on the floor. I re-check both official reports before tip.

The game itself

Utah visits Memphis at 7:00 PM CT (8:00 PM ET, 5:00 PM PT) at FedExForum, on DAZN in the Memphis market and KJZZ and Jazz+ in Utah. The Grizzlies went 25-57 last season and the Jazz 22-60, and they split the season series 2-2. Jaren Jackson Jr. plays his first game in Memphis since the February trade, and rookies Cameron Boozer and Darryn Peterson are projected to start. On Kalshi the Jazz to win cost 48 to 49 cents and the Grizzlies 52 to 53 cents, read at 6:08 AM PT.