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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 30 | 30 | 31 | 27 | 118 |
 Grizzlies | 31 | 29 | 39 | 26 | 125 |
DENTeam statsMEM| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 44-9048.9% | 13-3636.1% | 17-2277.3% | 46 | 34 | 19 |
| MEM | 42-9842.9% | 16-4932.7% | 25-3278.1% | 48 | 22 | 10 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Memphis Grizzlies125| 26 | 16 | 6-15 | 1-4 | 0 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −3.4 | |||||
| 25 | 21 | 8-15 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | +9.9 | |||||||
| 25 | 11 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +1.1 | |||
| 25 | 15 | 4-12 | 0-4 | 7-7 | 0 | +4 | −0.9 | |||||||
| 23 | 19 | 6-9 | 3-5 | 0 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +4.7 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 13 | 6-18 | 1-10 | 0-0 | −4 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 20 | 8 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −3.1 | ||||
| 20 | 8 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | −1 | +0.5 | |||||||
| 20 | 4 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5.1 | |||||
| 13 | 5 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | −2 | +0.4 | |||||
| 10 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | +2 | +6.4 | |||||||
| 9 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +0.6 | |||||
| Team | 125 | 42-9842.9% | 16-4932.7% | 48 | 22 | 10 | 17 | 25-3278.1% | 12 | 12 | 9 | |||
Bench 43 points on 15 for 41 shooting
Denver Nuggets118| 41 | 19 | 6-13 | 2-6 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +4.1 | |||||
| 41 | 26, Season high (his best before, 23) | 11-19 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0 | −5 | +6.9 | |||||||
| 39 | 29 | 11-19 | 2-4 | 5-8 | −4 | +1.6 | ||||||||
| 33 | 20 | 7-13 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 0 | −6 | +1.8 | |||||||
| 27 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −22 | −4.5 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 11 | 3-12 | 2-11 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −6.8 | ||||||
| 20 | 1 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −9.2 | |||||
| 6 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +1.2 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −2.4 | ||||
| Team | 118 | 44-9048.9% | 13-3636.1% | 46 | 34 | 19 | 24 | 17-2277.3% | 7 | 6 | 5 | |||
Bench 18 points on 6 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Tyus Jones, Zeke Nnaji, Jalen Pickett and David Roddy (coach’s decision).
Grizzlies125Nuggets118ClickTap 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.
Ty Jerome scored 21 points (15 on 5 3-pointers), and the Memphis Grizzlies went on a 14-4 run in the third quarter to beat the Denver Nuggets 125-118 to end an 8-game losing streak.
It was tied at 64 when Olivier-Maxence Prosper’s 3-pointer put the Grizzlies ahead for good with 10:31 left in the third quarter. Jerome scored 8 points as they pulled away to a 78-68 lead with 8:20 left in the quarter.
The Nuggets got within 107-105 on Nikola Jokić’s floater with 5:45 to play, but GG Jackson answered with a pull-up 3-pointer, and the Nuggets got no closer.
Taylor Hendricks had 13 points (10 in the paint), a career-high 6 steals and 3 blocks but shot 6 for 18 off the bench.
For the Nuggets, Jokić had 29 points, 14 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 blocks, and Christian Braun added a season-high 26 points and 4 steals. Cameron Johnson scored 20 points with 5 3-pointers. The Nuggets had 3 20-point scorers.
The Nuggets turned it over 19 times, about 5 more than usual for this many possessions. The Grizzlies outscored the Nuggets 43-18 off the bench. The Nuggets’ starters were outscored 39-26 in 10 minutes together.
Memphis GrizzliesDenver NuggetsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
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.
100 points from the field on 98 shots: 6.5 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 15-23 | 65.2% | 67% |
| In the paint | 8-17 | 47.1% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 3-9 | 33.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 1-14 | 7.1% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 15-35 | 42.9% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Braun | 17 | 8 | 3-3 | +1 |
| Bruce Brown | 8 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Spencer Jones | 8 | 3 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Jamal Murray | 7 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 3 | 1-4 | −4 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 56 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Jokić | 21 | 4 | 2-4 | −1 |
| Cameron Johnson | 10 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Jamal Murray | 8 | 2 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Christian Braun | 7 | 8 | 2-2 | +6 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 52 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Jones | 19 | 2 | 0-3 | −3 |
| Christian Braun | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Cameron Johnson | 9 | 6 | 2-5 | +4 |
| Jamal Murray | 7 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 4 | 2-4 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 56 possessions. He usually scores about 16 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.
Score margin over time — positive = MEM leads, negative = DEN leads
MEM Largest Lead
11
Q4 3:51
DEN Largest Lead
3
Q2 2:33
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
MEM 8-0 run
Q3 9:06 – Q3 8:20
+2 → +10
MEM 8-0 run
Q3 3:05 – Q3 2:20
+2 → +10
DEN 8-0 run
Q4 7:50 – Q4 5:45
+10 → +2
MEM 9-0 run
Q4 5:33 – Q4 3:51
+2 → +11
