Memphis Grizzlies 112, Washington Wizards 116 — Recap

December 28, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Memphis Grizzlies 112, Washington Wizards 116. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MEM 27-25 WAS; Q2 MEM 32-35 WAS; Q3 MEM 29-24 WAS; Q4 MEM 24-32 WAS.

Top performers (box score): Jaren Jackson Jr. (MEM) 31 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-25 shooting; Ja Morant (MEM) 21 points, 0 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Alexandre Sarr (WAS) 20 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-20 shooting; CJ McCollum (WAS) 16 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-12 shooting; Santi Aldama (MEM) 14 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MEM

Jaren Jackson Jr.

31 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 11-25 FG

Scoring · MEM

Ja Morant

21 PTS, 0 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 8-16 FG

Scoring · WAS

Alexandre Sarr

20 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM · 9-20 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

MEM 10 largest lead Q3 1:55 (MEM 88, WAS 78) · 19-0 run, Q3 5:48–Q3 1:55

WAS 9 largest lead Q3 7:02 (MEM 69, WAS 78) · 10-0 run, Q4 10:36–Q4 8:33

Swings 19 lead changes Tied 17 times

Ahead for good: Justin Champagnie makes 1-foot reverse layup (Bub Carrington assists) (Q4 10:09, MEM 91, WAS 92).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MEM	27	32	29	24		112
WAS	25	35	24	32		116

🧮 How They Scored

MEMWAS

62Points in the paint58

28Fast-break points14

12Second-chance points23

29Points off turnovers24

24Bench points42

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

46.1%Effective FG%46.5%

12.5%Turnover %14.7%

20.4%Offensive rebound %31.3%

0.204Free-throw rate0.253

Box Score

Memphis Grizzlies

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaren Jackson Jr. F-C	35	31	8	1	1	4	3	11-25	2-7	7-9	+1
Santi Aldama F	35	14	10	3	5	0	3	5-14	1-4	3-4	-12
Jaylen Wells F	28	11	7	3	0	0	2	4-11	2-4	1-2	+5
Ja Morant G	27	21	0	7	0	0	3	8-16	3-5	2-2	-22
Cam Spencer G	27	8	3	7	2	0	2	4-11	0-5	0-0	+13
Christian Koloko C	25	4	7	1	1	3	0	2-5	0-0	0-0	+3
Cedric Coward G	23	11	6	3	0	0	2	4-9	0-3	3-3	-13
GG Jackson F	21	5	1	1	4	0	1	2-5	0-2	1-1	+12
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	11	4	1	1	0	1	0	2-5	0-1	0-0	0
Olivier-Maxence Prosper F	8	3	0	0	1	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	-7

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
CJ McCollum G	32	16	4	5	0	0	4	5-12	1-6	5-5	-1
Bilal Coulibaly G	29	14	8	2	3	2	1	6-15	0-3	2-2	+3
Carlton Carrington G	27	12	4	7	1	0	8	4-9	2-4	2-3	-3
Alexandre Sarr C	26	20	9	1	2	6	1	9-20	1-6	1-1	+2
Tre Johnson G	25	14	0	4	1	1	1	5-11	2-5	2-2	+18
Justin Champagnie F	25	10	12	0	1	1	2	3-8	2-4	2-2	-2
Khris Middleton F	23	10	6	2	1	1	1	2-7	0-1	6-6	+6
Marvin Bagley III F	22	14	7	1	0	0	1	6-8	0-0	2-2	0
Will Riley F	19	0	4	4	0	1	0	0-5	0-2	0-0	+1
Malaki Branham F	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	2-4	0-2	2-2	-4
Jamir Watkins F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	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
Jaren Jackson Jr.	Starter	35	31	53.5	34.0	-2.9	11.2
Ja Morant	Starter	27	21	62.2	24.4	-37.9	12.1
Santi Aldama	Starter	35	14	44.4	18.6	-18.7	11.6
Jaylen Wells	Starter	28	11	46.3	17.3	+6.2	7.7
Cedric Coward	Starter	23	11	53.3	19.7	-33.5	9.8
Cam Spencer	Bench	27	8	36.4	18.3	+17.5	9.7
GG Jackson	Bench	21	5	46.0	10.9	+25.5	4.5
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	11	4	40.0	15.2	0.0	7.0
Christian Koloko	Bench	25	4	40.0	7.5	+3.5	8.7
Olivier-Maxence Prosper	Bench	08	3	75.0	11.1	-38.9	9.8
Jock Landale	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Vince Williams Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Washington WizardsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Alexandre Sarr	Starter	26	20	48.9	29.6	+5.1	16.3
CJ McCollum	Starter	32	16	56.3	21.2	-2.8	9.6
Bilal Coulibaly	Starter	29	14	44.1	20.8	+6.1	10.2
Tre Johnson	Starter	25	14	58.9	17.8	+26.1	7.7
Khris Middleton	Starter	23	10	51.9	16.1	+11.3	10.7
Marvin Bagley III	Bench	22	14	78.8	17.9	+6.3	18.3
Carlton Carrington	Bench	27	12	58.1	24.3	-4.8	7.1
Justin Champagnie	Bench	25	10	56.3	16.7	+1.3	12.4
Malaki Branham	Bench	11	6	61.5	17.2	-12.9	9.8
Anthony Gill	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sharife Cooper	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tristan Vukcevic	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
AJ Johnson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Will Riley	Bench	19	0	0.0	9.6	-0.1	1.8
Jamir Watkins	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	33.3