Denver Nuggets 97, Memphis Grizzlies 106 — Recap

November 1, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 97, Memphis Grizzlies 106. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 26-31 MEM; Q2 DEN 32-29 MEM; Q3 DEN 15-22 MEM; Q4 DEN 24-24 MEM.

Top performers (box score): Ja Morant (MEM) 26 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 12-of-22 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 23 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; Tyus Jones (MEM) 17 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-9 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 15 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; Xavier Tillman (MEM) 12 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists on 5-of-7 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MEM

Ja Morant

26 PTS, 7 REB, 8 AST, 1 3PM · 12-22 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

23 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 9-15 FG

Scoring · MEM

Tyus Jones

17 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 6-9 FG

Season highs

Aaron Gordon · Season-high 10 reboundsTyus Jones · Season-high 5 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	26	32	15	24		97
MEM	31	29	22	24		106

🧮 How They Scored

DENMEM

40Points in the paint58

11Fast-break points13

7Second-chance points14

13Points off turnovers12

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

49.4%Effective FG%52.1%

11.3%Turnover %10.7%

12.0%Offensive rebound %24.4%

0.170Free-throw rate0.072

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Michael Porter Jr. F	36	10	8	3	1	1	1	4-9	0-3	2-4	+3
Nikola Jokic C	33	23	7	7	0	4	3	9-15	2-6	3-4	0
Will Barton G	29	4	4	4	2	0	2	1-8	0-2	2-2	-14
Aaron Gordon F	28	15	10	1	0	0	1	6-12	2-5	1-3	+5
Monte Morris G	28	11	1	6	1	0	1	5-12	1-5	0-0	+2
Jeff Green F	20	8	4	3	0	0	2	3-7	0-2	2-2	-14
PJ Dozier G-F	19	7	1	1	1	1	0	3-6	1-4	0-0	-10
Nah'Shon Hyland G	16	8	1	1	2	0	0	3-10	2-6	0-0	+2
Facundo Campazzo G	16	2	1	0	0	1	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	-10
JaMychal Green F	15	9	3	1	1	1	1	4-6	1-3	0-0	-9

Memphis Grizzlies

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ja Morant G	35	26	7	8	1	0	4	12-22	1-3	1-2	+2
Desmond Bane G	32	11	6	2	0	0	2	5-11	1-5	0-0	+3
Steven Adams C	31	6	7	1	1	2	1	3-8	0-0	0-0	+2
Tyus Jones G	27	17	8	4	2	0	1	6-9	5-7	0-0	+7
Kyle Anderson F	26	9	9	3	1	0	0	4-10	1-4	0-0	+3
De'Anthony Melton G	25	9	7	1	1	0	1	3-11	1-5	2-2	+6
Jaren Jackson Jr. F-C	18	11	4	0	1	1	1	4-7	3-4	0-0	+3
Xavier Tillman F	17	12	5	0	1	0	2	5-7	0-0	2-3	+7
Ziaire Williams G-F	16	5	2	0	0	1	0	2-11	1-5	0-0	+6
John Konchar G-F	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+6

🔬 Advanced Stats

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	33	23	68.6	25.7	+1.5	18.7
Aaron Gordon	Bench	28	15	56.3	21.9	+6.9	12.8
Monte Morris	Bench	28	11	45.8	20.6	+5.3	9.6
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	36	10	46.5	15.0	+5.4	9.7
JaMychal Green	Bench	15	9	75.0	21.2	-29.0	16.5
Jeff Green	Bench	20	8	50.8	22.7	-33.3	9.3
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	16	8	40.0	28.6	+6.5	7.4
PJ Dozier	Bench	19	7	58.3	14.6	-23.0	10.0
Will Barton	Bench	29	4	22.5	16.2	-22.6	3.0
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	16	2	33.3	11.8	-26.0	-2.0

Memphis GrizzliesTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Ja Morant	Bench	35	26	56.8	32.1	+0.1	18.3
Tyus Jones	Bench	27	17	94.4	15.2	+10.9	23.8
Xavier Tillman	Bench	17	12	72.1	24.4	+22.8	12.2
Jaren Jackson Jr.	Bench	18	11	78.6	19.0	+16.0	8.6
Desmond Bane	Bench	32	11	50.0	16.7	+4.4	5.3
Kyle Anderson	Bench	26	9	45.0	15.6	+7.3	16.5
De'Anthony Melton	Bench	25	9	37.9	20.6	+11.1	6.0
Steven Adams	Bench	31	6	37.5	11.8	0.0	6.7
Ziaire Williams	Bench	16	5	22.7	27.5	+18.2	-5.2
John Konchar	Bench	12	0	0.0	3.2	+23.1	-3.7