Memphis Grizzlies 119, Denver Nuggets 136 — Recap

April 8, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Memphis Grizzlies 119, Denver Nuggets 136. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MEM 33-37 DEN; Q2 MEM 39-31 DEN; Q3 MEM 22-39 DEN; Q4 MEM 25-29 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Cedric Coward (MEM) 27 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 26 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Cameron Johnson (DEN) 18 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Taylor Hendricks (MEM) 16 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-8 shooting; Walter Clayton Jr. (MEM) 15 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MEM

Cedric Coward

27 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 10-17 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

26 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 5 3PM · 8-17 FG

Scoring · DEN

Cameron Johnson

18 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 8-12 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

MEM 8 largest lead Q2 6:16 (MEM 56, DEN 48) · 10-0 run, Q2 0:30–Q3 10:48

DEN 21 largest lead Q4 8:05 (MEM 98, DEN 119) · 10-0 run, Q3 2:27–Q3 1:06

Swings 10 lead changes Tied 6 times

Ahead for good: Cameron Johnson makes driving layup (Aaron Gordon assists) (Q3 7:15, MEM 81, DEN 82).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MEM	33	39	22	25		119
DEN	37	31	39	29		136

🧮 How They Scored

MEMDEN

32Points in the paint66

5Fast-break points19

4Second-chance points15

10Points off turnovers11

0Bench points58

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.7%Effective FG%66.7%

5.4%Turnover %10.8%

6.5%Offensive rebound %39.1%

0.255Free-throw rate0.233

Box Score

Memphis Grizzlies

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jahmai Mashack G	33	9	3	7	0	0	1	4-12	1-4	0-2	-30
Cedric Coward G	22	27	6	2	1	0	0	10-17	3-7	4-5	+14
Taylor Hendricks F	22	16	6	1	1	1	1	6-8	2-3	2-2	+14
Walter Clayton Jr. G	22	15	2	3	0	0	1	5-10	2-5	3-3	+14

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	35	26	7	5	0	0	3	8-17	5-10	5-5	+18
Nikola Jokic C	31	14	16	10	2	0	2	5-8	0-1	4-5	+24
Cameron Johnson F	30	18	3	2	1	0	1	8-12	2-4	0-0	+7
Christian Braun G	27	14	2	1	1	0	1	7-10	0-2	0-1	+21
Bruce Brown G	26	13	7	2	2	1	1	5-7	0-1	3-5	+4
Aaron Gordon F	22	6	2	6	0	1	0	2-6	0-2	2-2	+17
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	19	13	4	2	0	0	0	5-10	3-8	0-0	+13
Julian Strawther G	15	10	2	1	0	1	0	4-6	2-3	0-0	-8
Jonas Valanciunas C	13	14	4	0	0	2	3	6-6	0-0	2-3	0
Zeke Nnaji F-C	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-9
Jalen Pickett G	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	-2
DaRon Holmes II F	3	3	4	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	0
K.J. Simpson G	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0
Curtis Jones G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Cedric Coward	Starter	22	27	70.3	36.5	+32.0	22.9
Taylor Hendricks	Starter	22	16	90.1	19.2	+32.0	15.7
Walter Clayton Jr.	Starter	22	15	66.3	23.1	+32.0	12.6
Jahmai Mashack	Starter	33	9	34.9	18.7	-42.5	2.9
GG Jackson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Olivier-Maxence Prosper	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cam Spencer	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jamal Murray	Starter	35	26	67.7	27.2	+21.4	14.2
Cameron Johnson	Starter	30	18	75.0	17.3	+12.3	12.2
Nikola Jokic	Starter	31	14	68.6	16.2	+35.1	19.1
Christian Braun	Starter	27	14	67.0	18.0	+33.8	8.4
Aaron Gordon	Starter	22	6	43.6	13.5	+33.7	5.8
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	13	14	95.6	31.0	0.0	20.0
Bruce Brown	Bench	26	13	70.7	16.1	+7.1	11.6
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	19	13	65.0	20.8	+29.1	13.8
Julian Strawther	Bench	15	10	83.3	16.2	-19.7	10.8
Jalen Pickett	Bench	06	5	83.3	23.1	-18.2	13.8
DaRon Holmes II	Bench	03	3	75.0	25.0	0.0	55.6
Tyus Jones	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	07	0	0.0	6.7	-54.9	-4.8
K.J. Simpson	Bench	03	0	0.0	25.0	0.0	-11.1
Curtis Jones	Bench	03	0	0.0	12.5	0.0	-11.1