Memphis Grizzlies vs. Denver Nuggets

Mar 3, 2023

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MEM	27	31	22	17	97
DEN	28	22	30	33	113

Game Recap

Nikola Jokic recorded 18 points (7-10 FG), 18 rebounds, and 10 assists for the Nuggets as they defeated the Grizzlies, 113-97. Jamal Murray (22 points, nine assists) and Michael Porter Jr. (26 points, seven rebounds) added a combined 48 points for the Nuggets, while Ja Morant led all scorers with 27 points and 10 assists for the Grizzlies in the losing effort. The Nuggets improve to 45-19 on the season, while the Grizzlies fall to 38-24.

Player Stats

GRIZZLIES	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
24Dillon BrooksSF	33	3-10	2-5	0-0	3	2	1	0	2	2	-20	8
13Jaren Jackson Jr.PF	30	6-13	0-3	3-5	6	1	0	3	1	4	+3	15
2Xavier TillmanC	29	4-8	1-1	2-3	10	4	0	0	0	4	-17	11
22Desmond BaneSG	29	5-13	2-7	7-7	4	0	0	0	2	2	-7	19
12Ja MorantPG	32	8-20	2-3	9-11	4	10	2	0	3	2	-15	27
7Santi Aldama	23	0-4	0-3	1-2	4	2	0	1	2	3	-14	1
10Luke Kennard	18	2-5	2-4	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2	-17	6
46John Konchar	14	1-3	0-1	1-1	3	1	3	2	0	5	0	3
21Tyus Jones	12	0-2	0-1	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	-3	0
15Brandon Clarke	2	0-1	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
3Jake LaRavia	2	1-2	1-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+2	3
6Kenneth Lofton Jr.	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0	+2	0
1Kennedy Chandler	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+2	0
5Vince Williams Jr.	2	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2	3
27David Roddy	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2	0
TOTAL	-	31-8436.9%	11-3234.4%	24-3177.4%	40	24	6	6	10	24	-	97

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	30	8-14	2-7	8-8	8	1	1	0	0	2	+10	26
50Aaron GordonPF	28	5-10	0-2	3-3	5	0	0	0	0	3	+9	13
15Nikola JokicC	35	7-10	0-0	4-6	18	10	0	1	2	5	+16	18
5Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSG	30	2-6	1-3	3-4	0	5	1	0	1	3	+14	8
27Jamal MurrayPG	37	8-19	4-8	2-4	5	9	2	0	2	3	+9	22
7Reggie Jackson	19	0-7	0-6	1-2	2	0	1	0	3	1	+3	1
32Jeff Green	24	1-6	0-2	2-2	4	1	0	3	0	1	+14	4
11Bruce Brown	23	7-12	1-3	0-0	6	1	0	1	0	0	+10	15
13Thomas Bryant	5	0-1	0-0	2-2	3	0	1	0	0	3	-8	2
14Ish Smith	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+1	2
0Christian Braun	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	+1	0
6DeAndre Jordan	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+1	2



TOTAL	-	40-8746.0%	8-3125.8%	25-3180.6%	53	28	6	5	8	21	-	113

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterMEMDEN

(11:56) Jump Ball N. Jokic vs. J. Jackson Jr.: Tip to A. Gordon
+2 (11:42) N. Jokic driving bank Hook (2 PTS)
02
(11:20) MISS D. Brooks 25' 3PT
(11:18) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:10) MISS J. Murray 27' 3PT
(11:08) X. Tillman REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:03) MISS J. Morant 8' driving floating Shot
(11:00) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(10:58) N. Jokic bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(10:58) D. Brooks STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (10:55) D. Bane 27' 3PT pullup (3 PTS) (J. Morant 1 AST)
32
(10:32) MISS J. Murray 10' driving floating Shot - blocked
(10:32) J. Jackson Jr. BLOCK (1 BLK)
(10:30) D. Bane REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:27) MISS D. Bane 28' running pullup 3PT
(10:25) D. Bane REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(10:24) MISS D. Bane 27' 3PT
(10:21) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(10:05) MISS M. Porter Jr. 25' 3PT
(10:01) X. Tillman REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (9:48) J. Morant cutting DUNK (2 PTS) (J. Jackson Jr. 1 AST)
52
+2 (9:30) N. Jokic 6' driving floating bank Jump Shot (4 PTS) (K. Caldwell-Pope 1 AST)
54
(9:25) J. Morant bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(9:25) J. Murray STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (9:13) A. Gordon driving Layup (2 PTS) (K. Caldwell-Pope 2 AST)
56
+2 (8:53) D. Brooks 11' pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (J. Morant 2 AST)
76
(8:38) MISS K. Caldwell-Pope 17' pullup Shot
(8:37) J. Jackson Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:29) M. Porter Jr. personal FOUL (1 PF)
(8:24) MISS J. Morant 9' driving floating Shot
(8:22) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(8:15) MISS A. Gordon driving Layup
(8:15) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(8:15) J. Jackson Jr. personal FOUL (1 PF)
+2 (8:08) M. Porter Jr. 20' pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (J. Murray 1 AST)
78
+3 (7:50) X. Tillman 3PT (3 PTS) (J. Morant 3 AST)
108
+2 (7:36) A. Gordon DUNK (4 PTS) (N. Jokic 1 AST)
1010
+2 (7:17) J. Jackson Jr. driving finger roll Layup (2 PTS) (X. Tillman 1 AST)
1210
(7:17) A. Gordon shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Jackson Jr. 1 FT)
+1 (7:17) J. Jackson Jr. Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
1310
(7:07) J. Morant shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Jokic 2 FT)
(7:07) MISS N. Jokic Free Throw 1 of 2
(7:07) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+1 (7:07) N. Jokic Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
1311
(6:54) MISS J. Jackson Jr. 3PT
(6:54) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (6:43) N. Jokic turnaround Jump Shot (7 PTS) (M. Porter Jr. 1 AST)
1313
(6:31) MISS D. Brooks 7' pullup Shot
(6:30) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(6:30) DEN Timeout
(6:25) MISS X. Tillman 10' floating Shot
(6:21) X. Tillman REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+3 (6:20) J. Morant 3PT (5 PTS) (X. Tillman 2 AST)
1613
(5:58) MISS M. Porter Jr. 26' 3PT
(5:58) X. Tillman REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
+2 (5:45) J. Morant driving finger roll Layup (7 PTS)
1813
+2 (5:24) M. Porter Jr. cutting DUNK (4 PTS) (J. Murray 2 AST)
1815
(4:54) MISS D. Bane 26' fadeaway 3PT
(4:52) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(4:47) S. Aldama shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Porter Jr. 2 FT)
+1 (4:47) M. Porter Jr. Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
1816
+1 (4:47) M. Porter Jr. Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)
1817
+2 (4:38) J. Morant 12' driving floating Jump Shot (9 PTS) (D. Brooks 1 AST)
2017
(4:25) MISS R. Jackson 3PT
(4:23) S. Aldama REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:16) MISS D. Brooks 13' step back Shot
(4:14) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
+2 (4:08) K. Caldwell-Pope running finger roll Layup (2 PTS) (N. Jokic 2 AST)
2019
(4:03) J. Morant bad pass TURNOVER (2 TO)
(4:03) R. Jackson STEAL (1 STL)
(3:47) MISS J. Green 3PT
(3:47) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(3:47) L. Kennard loose ball personal FOUL (1 PF)
(3:42) R. Jackson bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
+3 (3:25) J. Morant 3PT (12 PTS) (S. Aldama 1 AST)
2319
+2 (3:01) B. Brown driving Layup (2 PTS) (J. Green 1 AST)
2321
(2:50) MISS J. Konchar 26' 3PT
(2:48) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:5)
+2 (2:45) B. Brown running finger roll Layup (4 PTS) (N. Jokic 3 AST)
2323
(2:45) MEM Timeout
(2:22) S. Aldama lost ball out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
(2:07) X. Tillman personal FOUL (1 PF) (Jokic 2 FT)
+1 (2:07) N. Jokic Free Throw 1 of 2 (8 PTS)
2324
(2:07) MISS N. Jokic Free Throw 2 of 2
(2:05) J. Konchar REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (1:54) L. Kennard 25' 3PT (3 PTS) (J. Konchar 1 AST)
2624
+2 (1:31) J. Green cutting DUNK (2 PTS) (N. Jokic 4 AST)
2626
(1:06) MISS B. Clarke 12' floating Shot
(1:05) J. Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:58) J. Murray lost ball TURNOVER (1 TO)
(0:58) J. Konchar STEAL (1 STL)
(0:55) MISS J. Konchar running finger roll Layup - blocked
(0:55) J. Green BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:51) J. Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:48) J. Konchar shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Jokic 2 FT)
+1 (0:48) N. Jokic Free Throw 1 of 2 (9 PTS)
2627
+1 (0:48) N. Jokic Free Throw 2 of 2 (10 PTS)
2628
(0:33) MISS T. Jones 30' 3PT - blocked
(0:33) B. Brown BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:30) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:6)
(0:28) MISS J. Murray running Layup - blocked
(0:28) J. Konchar BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:28) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(0:11) MISS T. Jones 11' driving floating Shot
(0:09) B. Clarke REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(0:09) T. Bryant shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Clarke 2 FT)
+1 (0:09) B. Clarke Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2728
(0:09) MISS B. Clarke Free Throw 2 of 2
(0:07) T. Bryant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:00) MISS J. Green reverse Layup - blocked
(0:00) J. Konchar BLOCK (2 BLK)
(0:00) T. Jones REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

MEM

DEN

97Points113

31-84(36.9%)Field Goal(%)40-87(46.0%)

11-32(34.4%)3-Point(%)8-31(25.8%)

24-31(77.4%)Free Throw(%)25-31(80.6%)

40(10)Rebounds(Offensive)53(13)

24Assists28

6Steals6

6Blocks5

10Turnovers8

24Fouls21

36Pts In The Paint58

7Fast Break Pts19

13Pts Off Turnovers8

17Bench Pts26

11Largest Lead21

Game Details

Friday, March 3, 2023 · 10:00 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 19,641 (102.8%)

tv: ESPN