Memphis Grizzlies 91, Denver Nuggets 105 — Recap

December 20, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Memphis Grizzlies 91, Denver Nuggets 105. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MEM 14-35 DEN; Q2 MEM 26-20 DEN; Q3 MEM 31-29 DEN; Q4 MEM 20-21 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Ja Morant (MEM) 35 points, 1 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 threes on 12-of-26 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 24 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Bruce Brown (DEN) 16 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-15 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 13 points, 13 rebounds, 13 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; Christian Braun (DEN) 13 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MEM

Ja Morant

35 PTS, 1 REB, 10 AST, 3 3PM · 12-26 FG

Scoring · DEN

Aaron Gordon

24 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 9-16 FG

Scoring · DEN

Bruce Brown

16 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 6-15 FG

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	14	26	31	20		91
DEN	35	20	29	21		105

🧮 How They Scored

MEMDEN

62Points in the paint50

12Fast-break points15

3Second-chance points10

16Points off turnovers14

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

47.5%Effective FG%50.6%

15.1%Turnover %14.5%

16.7%Offensive rebound %27.1%

0.259Free-throw rate0.281

Box Score

Memphis Grizzlies

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ja Morant G	38	35	1	10	0	0	7	12-26	3-6	8-10	-16
Tyus Jones G	30	5	5	4	0	0	1	2-6	0-3	1-1	-6
Steven Adams C	30	4	10	2	1	0	2	2-5	0-0	0-0	-8
Dillon Brooks G-F	29	11	7	1	3	0	1	5-14	0-5	1-1	-21
David Roddy F	23	8	1	1	3	1	1	3-8	1-5	1-4	-2
Jaren Jackson Jr. F-C	22	8	2	1	3	5	1	3-6	1-3	1-2	-13
Ziaire Williams G-F	17	2	4	4	0	0	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	+12
Brandon Clarke F	16	10	5	0	0	1	0	4-7	0-0	2-3	-10
John Konchar G-F	16	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-14
Santi Aldama F	14	6	3	1	1	0	1	3-4	0-1	0-0	-4
Xavier Tillman F	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+4
Jake LaRavia F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4
Kennedy Chandler G	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	38	12	7	1	1	0	3	5-11	2-4	0-0	+17
Nikola Jokic C	37	13	13	13	2	0	4	6-12	1-1	0-1	+13
Bruce Brown G	35	16	5	4	0	2	2	6-15	1-4	3-3	+22
Christian Braun G	29	13	3	1	1	1	1	5-11	2-5	1-2	+9
Aaron Gordon F	28	24	7	4	2	1	1	9-16	1-2	5-7	+22
Jeff Green F	24	9	2	1	2	1	2	4-7	0-3	1-6	+1
Vlatko Cancar F	20	3	7	2	0	0	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	-4
Nah'Shon Hyland G	15	12	1	1	1	0	1	4-15	2-7	2-2	-7
Zeke Nnaji F-C	11	3	2	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	3-4	+1
Ish Smith G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-2
Davon Reed G	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2

🔬 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	38	35	57.6	43.2	-22.5	15.6
Dillon Brooks	Bench	29	11	38.1	22.1	-29.9	6.9
Brandon Clarke	Bench	16	10	60.1	23.5	-28.0	16.9
Jaren Jackson Jr.	Bench	22	8	58.1	17.0	-28.3	8.2
David Roddy	Bench	23	8	41.0	20.4	-4.2	5.7
Santi Aldama	Bench	14	6	75.0	15.6	-13.8	9.9
Tyus Jones	Bench	30	5	38.8	10.8	-10.0	8.7
Steven Adams	Bench	30	4	40.0	9.9	-14.0	6.6
Xavier Tillman	Bench	2	2	100.0	25.0	+100.0	66.7
Ziaire Williams	Bench	17	2	33.3	12.8	+27.3	11.5
John Konchar	Bench	16	0	0.0	2.6	-42.5	1.3
Jake LaRavia	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+100.0	0.0
Kennedy Chandler	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+100.0	16.7

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Aaron Gordon	Bench	28	24	62.9	30.3	+39.4	20.6
Bruce Brown	Bench	35	16	49.0	21.4	+31.3	7.8
Nikola Jokic	Bench	37	13	52.3	18.0	+18.1	17.6
Christian Braun	Bench	29	13	54.7	18.8	+16.2	6.5
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	38	12	54.5	14.9	+22.4	6.8
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	15	12	37.8	42.1	-12.6	0.0
Jeff Green	Bench	24	9	46.7	19.7	+5.7	3.6
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	11	3	85.2	6.9	+4.2	19.4
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	20	3	150.0	8.2	-7.4	9.8
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ish Smith	Bench	2	0	0.0	25.0	-66.7	-33.3
Davon Reed	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-66.7	33.3