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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Grizzlies | 37 | 31 | 30 | 24 | 122 |
 Nuggets | 28 | 35 | 29 | 26 | 118 |
MEMTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEM | 43-8252.4% | 11-2544.0% | 25-4062.5% | 48 | 19 | 15 |
| DEN | 43-9147.3% | 13-3240.6% | 19-2382.6% | 37 | 34 | 13 |
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Memphis Grizzlies122| 37 | 38 | 15-26 | 2-6 | 6-8 | 0 | −3 | +7.9 | |||||||
| 34 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | +4 | −1.0 | |||||||
| 33 | 8 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −4.0 | ||||||
| 31 | 17 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | +8 | +5.2 | ||||||
| 28 | 20 | 8-17 | 2-4 | 2-6 | 0 | −9 | −1.1 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 21 | 6-13 | 2-7 | 0 | 0 | 7-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +4.6 | |||
| 22 | 6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | +16 | −0.4 | |||||||
| 16 | 6 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −0.9 | ||||||
| 10 | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −4 | +1.4 | ||||||
| Team | 122 | 43-8252.4% | 11-2544.0% | 48 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 25-4062.5% | 13 | 11 | 10 | |||
Bench 35 points on 10 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Yves Pons, Killian Tillie, Dakota Mathias, Shaquille Harrison and Santi Aldama (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets118| 40 | 26 | 11-16 | 2-4 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | +17.7 | |||||||
| 38 | 27 | 10-18 | 4-9 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +5.9 | ||||||
| 36 | 16 | 4-11 | 2-4 | 6-6 | +10 | +6.5 | ||||||||
| 33 | 17 | 7-13 | 3-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +14 | −3.7 | ||||
| 31 | 15 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −0.9 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 19 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | −23 | −3.9 | |||||||
| 19 | 9 | 4-13 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −5.7 | |||||
| 12 | 8 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −0.9 | ||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −7.0 | ||||
| Team | 118 | 43-9147.3% | 13-3240.6% | 37 | 34 | 13 | 25 | 19-2382.6% | 10 | 6 | 6 | |||
Bench 17 points on 5 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Austin Rivers, Davon Reed, Markus Howard and DeMarcus Cousins (coach’s decision).
Grizzlies122Nuggets118ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Ja Morant scored 38 points (22 in the paint), and the Memphis Grizzlies went on a 19-7 run in the third quarter to beat the Denver Nuggets 122-118.
The Nuggets went on a 19-6 run to lead 84-78 with 5:53 left in the third quarter. Morant’s driving layup put the Grizzlies ahead for good with 2:18 left in the quarter. De'Anthony Melton scored 8 points and Morant added 6 during the run. The Grizzlies led 97-91 with 1:01 left in the quarter and by as many as 14 in the fourth quarter.
Melton had 21 points and 9 rebounds off the bench, and Jaren Jackson Jr. added 20 points (12 in the paint) and 4 blocks. The Grizzlies had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Nuggets, Will Barton had 27 points and 8 assists, and Nikola Jokić added 26 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists on 11 for 16 shooting, his 68th career triple-double. Aaron Gordon had 16 points and a season-high 9 assists.
The Grizzlies shot 52.4% from the field and 44.0% from 3 to the Nuggets’ 47.3% and 40.6%. The Nuggets gave up 13 offensive rebounds, about 4 more than usual for the shots the Grizzlies missed. The Nuggets’ starters outscored the Grizzlies 66-49 in 23 minutes together. Jeff Green fouled out.
Memphis GrizzliesDenver NuggetsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
97 points from the field on 82 shots: 10.3 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 19-26 | 73.1% | 65% |
| In the paint | 10-24 | 41.7% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 3-7 | 42.9% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 3-5 | 60.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-20 | 40.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Gordon | 33 | 10 | 4-5 | −3 |
| Monte Morris | 10 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Nikola Jokić | 9 | 22 | 10-14 | +18 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 7 | 1 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 13 | 6-10 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 48 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 29 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Barton | 12 | 2 | 0-3 | −1 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 11 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Bryn Forbes | 10 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 5 | 0 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 7 | 3-5 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 55 possessions. He usually scores about 12 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Green | 23 | 7 | 2-6 | 0 |
| Aaron Gordon | 12 | 2 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 8 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Nikola Jokić | 8 | 6 | 3-6 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 6 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 57 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
DEN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
MEM
50/50
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Highest Leverage Moments
Morant 1' Driving Layup (31 PTS)
Q3 2:18
10.6%
54→43
Green 2' Dunk (12 PTS) (Jokic 7 AST)
Q3 8:00
10.4%
62→73
Jackson Jr. 3' Reverse Layup (11 PTS) (Adams 2 AST)
Q3 7:40
10.4%
73→62
Williams Tip Layup Shot (14 PTS)
Q4 10:41
10.4%
24→14
Jokic 28' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Barton 4 AST)
Q2 0:11
10.2%
29→40
