Memphis Grizzlies 122, Denver Nuggets 118 — Recap

January 21, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Memphis Grizzlies 122, Denver Nuggets 118. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MEM 37-28 DEN; Q2 MEM 31-35 DEN; Q3 MEM 30-29 DEN; Q4 MEM 24-26 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Ja Morant (MEM) 38 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 15-of-26 shooting; Will Barton (DEN) 27 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 26 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-16 shooting; De'Anthony Melton (MEM) 21 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Jaren Jackson Jr. (MEM) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MEM

Ja Morant

38 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 15-26 FG

Scoring · DEN

Will Barton

27 PTS, 5 REB, 8 AST, 4 3PM · 10-18 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

26 PTS, 11 REB, 12 AST, 2 3PM · 11-16 FG

Season highs

Aaron Gordon · Season-high 9 assists

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
MEM	37	31	30	24		122
DEN	28	35	29	26		118

🧮 How They Scored

MEMDEN

58Points in the paint48

16Fast-break points15

15Second-chance points14

14Points off turnovers17

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.1%Effective FG%54.4%

13.1%Turnover %11.4%

32.5%Offensive rebound %22.2%

0.488Free-throw rate0.253

Box Score

Memphis Grizzlies

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ja Morant G	37	38	6	6	2	0	6	15-26	2-6	6-8	-3
Steven Adams C	34	4	6	3	4	0	2	2-4	0-0	0-2	+4
John Konchar G-F	33	8	5	1	0	2	1	2-6	1-3	3-4	-1
Ziaire Williams G-F	31	17	5	0	2	1	0	6-8	2-3	3-4	+8
Jaren Jackson Jr. F-C	28	20	5	1	0	4	2	8-17	2-4	2-6	-9
De'Anthony Melton G	27	21	9	3	0	0	0	6-13	2-7	7-11	+1
Brandon Clarke F	22	6	5	1	0	3	1	2-4	0-0	2-3	+16
Jarrett Culver G	16	6	4	2	2	0	3	2-3	2-2	0-0	+8
Xavier Tillman F	10	2	3	2	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	2-2	-4

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	40	26	11	12	2	1	0	11-16	2-4	2-3	0
Will Barton G	38	27	5	8	0	1	3	10-18	4-9	3-4	+7
Aaron Gordon F	36	16	6	9	2	1	3	4-11	2-4	6-6	+10
Monte Morris G	33	17	1	0	0	0	2	7-13	3-5	0-0	+14
Jeff Green F	31	15	7	1	0	3	0	6-12	0-0	3-4	+13
Bryn Forbes G	19	9	1	1	0	0	0	4-13	1-3	0-0	-13
Facundo Campazzo G	19	0	2	2	2	0	1	0-3	0-3	0-0	-23
Zeke Nnaji F-C	12	8	1	0	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	5-6	-14
Nah'Shon Hyland G	12	0	3	1	0	0	3	0-3	0-2	0-0	-14

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Ja Morant	Bench	37	38	64.4	39.8	-2.2	17.2
De'Anthony Melton	Bench	27	21	58.9	26.9	+5.2	21.3
Jaren Jackson Jr.	Bench	28	20	50.9	31.0	-14.3	6.2
Ziaire Williams	Bench	31	17	87.1	12.8	+8.1	10.9
John Konchar	Bench	33	8	51.5	11.4	-3.1	6.7
Brandon Clarke	Bench	22	6	56.4	10.9	+35.9	5.1
Jarrett Culver	Bench	16	6	100.0	14.6	+27.0	7.5
Steven Adams	Bench	34	4	41.0	8.4	+3.7	4.4
Xavier Tillman	Bench	10	2	53.2	8.0	-13.8	10.9

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Will Barton	Bench	38	27	68.3	25.6	+11.9	14.9
Nikola Jokic	Bench	40	26	75.1	17.9	+2.9	22.1
Monte Morris	Bench	33	17	65.4	19.0	+23.6	4.9
Aaron Gordon	Bench	36	16	58.7	20.0	+16.7	11.0
Jeff Green	Bench	31	15	54.5	16.7	+16.1	9.3
Bryn Forbes	Bench	19	9	34.6	26.5	-41.0	-2.8
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	12	8	86.2	18.8	-54.3	5.9
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	12	0	0.0	19.4	-56.4	-6.3
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	19	0	0.0	8.7	-54.8	-0.9