Los Angeles Lakers 99, Memphis Grizzlies 104 — Recap

December 29, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Los Angeles Lakers 99, Memphis Grizzlies 104. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAL 30-23 MEM; Q2 LAL 24-25 MEM; Q3 LAL 29-30 MEM; Q4 LAL 16-26 MEM.

Top performers (box score): Ja Morant (MEM) 41 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 13-of-27 shooting; LeBron James (LAL) 37 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, 8 threes on 13-of-25 shooting; Desmond Bane (MEM) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-18 shooting; Russell Westbrook (LAL) 16 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Jaren Jackson Jr. (MEM) 15 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MEM

Ja Morant

41 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 6 3PM · 13-27 FG

Scoring · LAL

LeBron James

37 PTS, 13 REB, 7 AST, 8 3PM · 13-25 FG

Scoring · MEM

Desmond Bane

20 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 6-18 FG

Season highs

Ja Morant · Season-high 41 pointsLeBron James · Season-high 8 threesJa Morant · Season-high 6 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
LAL	30	24	29	16		99
MEM	23	25	30	26		104

🧮 How They Scored

LALMEM

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.1%Effective FG%47.1%

16.7%Turnover %10.9%

18.9%Offensive rebound %28.9%

0.093Free-throw rate0.341

Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Russell Westbrook G	40	16	10	12	0	0	5	7-16	2-4	0-0	+1
LeBron James F	38	37	13	7	2	2	5	13-25	8-14	3-3	0
Avery Bradley G	33	7	0	0	0	0	1	3-8	1-5	0-0	+1
Malik Monk G	31	15	3	1	1	0	1	6-9	2-5	1-1	+12
Carmelo Anthony F	30	5	4	1	0	0	2	2-11	1-8	0-0	-15
Stanley Johnson F	23	7	3	0	1	2	2	3-5	1-3	0-0	-18
Talen Horton-Tucker G	19	4	5	2	0	1	1	2-7	0-2	0-0	-7
Dwight Howard C	16	6	1	1	0	0	0	2-3	0-0	2-4	+17
Darren Collison G	11	2	0	0	1	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	-16

Memphis Grizzlies

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ja Morant G	36	41	10	2	2	2	6	13-27	6-7	9-12	+3
Desmond Bane G	35	20	4	2	1	1	2	6-18	3-10	5-5	-9
Jaren Jackson Jr. F-C	33	15	4	1	3	1	1	5-14	1-4	4-6	-1
Kyle Anderson F	30	8	4	2	0	0	0	3-5	0-2	2-2	+10
Steven Adams C	26	4	6	1	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+1
Tyus Jones G	23	4	3	7	2	0	1	2-6	0-3	0-0	+20
Killian Tillie F-C	20	0	6	1	2	0	0	0-4	0-2	0-0	+2
Brandon Clarke F	18	4	4	1	0	0	1	2-4	0-1	0-0	+2
Xavier Tillman F	12	6	0	0	2	1	0	1-2	0-0	4-4	-3
Shaq Buchanan G	7	2	2	1	1	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LeBron James	Bench	38	37	70.3	35.6	0.0	29.2
Russell Westbrook	Bench	40	16	50.0	23.1	-3.0	12.5
Malik Monk	Bench	31	15	79.4	14.7	+18.0	13.5
Avery Bradley	Bench	33	7	43.8	11.7	+1.5	-3.3
Stanley Johnson	Bench	23	7	70.0	12.7	-45.7	6.3
Dwight Howard	Bench	16	6	63.0	14.3	+45.1	1.3
Carmelo Anthony	Bench	30	5	22.7	17.6	-24.6	-4.0
Talen Horton-Tucker	Bench	19	4	28.6	18.2	-17.9	2.2
Darren Collison	Bench	11	2	50.0	10.7	-72.1	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Ja Morant	Bench	36	41	63.5	47.6	+4.2	21.9
Desmond Bane	Bench	35	20	49.5	27.8	-11.3	8.8
Jaren Jackson Jr.	Bench	33	15	45.1	22.7	+2.0	6.7
Kyle Anderson	Bench	30	8	68.0	8.8	+15.2	8.1
Xavier Tillman	Bench	12	6	79.8	13.8	-12.5	26.8
Steven Adams	Bench	26	4	100.0	3.3	+4.0	8.4
Tyus Jones	Bench	23	4	33.3	12.7	+45.0	17.9
Brandon Clarke	Bench	18	4	50.0	11.4	+5.6	9.3
Shaq Buchanan	Bench	7	2	33.3	21.1	0.0	11.6
Killian Tillie	Bench	20	0	0.0	8.0	+6.9	5.3