Morant scores 23, Grizzlies rout Nuggets in West showdown

— Ja Morant had 23 points and seven rebounds as the Memphis Grizzlies raced to an early lead and coasted to a 112-94 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night in a matchup of the Western Conference’s top teams.
Feb 26, 2023, 04:54 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Vlatko Cancar blocks Jaren Jackson Jr. 's 3-foot two point shot
  • Ja Morant misses two point shot
  • Desmond Bane misses driving floating jump shot
  • Xavier Tillman makes alley oop layup (Dillon Brooks assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 27-foot three point jumper (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Ja Morant misses driving floating jump shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Xavier Tillman makes dunk (Ja Morant assists)
  • Xavier Tillman blocks Jamal Murray's two point shot
  • Xavier Tillman makes 11-foot two point shot (Desmond Bane assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Desmond Bane misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Desmond Bane makes driving floating jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
  • Desmond Bane makes 22-foot three point jumper (Xavier Tillman assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
  • Ja Morant makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Ja Morant misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Desmond Bane misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Desmond Bane misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 2-foot two point shot (Vlatko Cancar assists)
  • Ja Morant makes 1-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes technical free throw
  • Jamal Murray misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
  • Dillon Brooks misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Dillon Brooks misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Ja Morant makes 1-foot two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Ja Morant misses driving layup
  • Vlatko Cancar makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope blocks Luke Kennard's pullup jump shot
  • Vlatko Cancar misses driving floating jump shot
  • Dillon Brooks makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Reggie Jackson misses driving floating jump shot
  • Ja Morant makes 25-foot three point jumper (Xavier Tillman assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Xavier Tillman makes two point shot (Ja Morant assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Santi Aldama misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Reggie Jackson misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Ja Morant makes two point shot
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Bruce Brown misses two point shot
  • Desmond Bane misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Jeff Green makes 24-foot three point jumper (Christian Braun assists)
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Desmond Bane assists)
  • Thomas Bryant misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Bruce Brown makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tyus Jones makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Jeff Green misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Tyus Jones makes 26-foot three point jumper (John Konchar assists)
  • Reggie Jackson misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Desmond Bane makes 4-foot two point shot (Brandon Clarke assists)
  • Bruce Brown misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
  • Tyus Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Brandon Clarke makes tip shot
  • Thomas Bryant misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Brandon Clarke misses layup
  • Christian Braun misses two point shot
  • Desmond Bane makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
  • John Konchar makes two point shot (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Jeff Green makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Tyus Jones makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Jeff Green makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jeff Green makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Xavier Tillman makes 9-foot two point shot (Luke Kennard assists)
  • Tyus Jones makes 27-foot three point jumper (Xavier Tillman assists)
  • Tyus Jones misses 26-foot three point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Santi Aldama makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Luke Kennard misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Bruce Brown misses two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
  • Luke Kennard makes three point jumper (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 20-foot step back jumpshot
  • John Konchar misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Santi Aldama makes two point shot
  • Bruce Brown makes dunk
  • Tyus Jones makes 26-foot three point jumper (Luke Kennard assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Santi Aldama misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses driving floating jump shot
  • Dillon Brooks makes 12-foot two point shot
  • Vlatko Cancar misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Ja Morant makes 15-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Ja Morant makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Desmond Bane blocks Jamal Murray's layup
  • Jamal Murray makes layup
  • Ja Morant misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Santi Aldama misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Vlatko Cancar misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Ja Morant misses driving floating jump shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses running pullup jump shot
  • Xavier Tillman makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Desmond Bane assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Ja Morant makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Ja Morant makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Ja Morant makes 5-foot two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Dillon Brooks makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Ja Morant assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 13-foot jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 15-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. makes alley oop dunk shot (Xavier Tillman assists)
  • Vlatko Cancar misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
  • Desmond Bane misses 31-foot three point shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Ja Morant misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Ja Morant misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Dillon Brooks makes 23-foot three point jumper (Desmond Bane assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Ja Morant misses driving floating jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot two point shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
  • Luke Kennard misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses two point shot
  • Ja Morant misses driving floating jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses tip shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Ja Morant makes two point shot
  • Ja Morant makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Dillon Brooks makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ja Morant assists)
  • Jeff Green makes two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Bruce Brown makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Reggie Jackson assists)
  • Reggie Jackson misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Dillon Brooks misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Ja Morant makes dunk
  • Reggie Jackson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
  • Dillon Brooks misses driving floating jump shot
  • Brandon Clarke makes two point shot
  • Bruce Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Luke Kennard makes 23-foot three point jumper (Santi Aldama assists)
  • Christian Braun makes 1-foot driving floating jump shot (Reggie Jackson assists)
  • Desmond Bane misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Thomas Bryant misses 11-foot jumper
  • Brandon Clarke misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Bruce Brown misses two point shot
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jeff Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. misses two point shot
  • Christian Braun makes 24-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
  • Tyus Jones misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Brandon Clarke makes tip shot
  • Desmond Bane makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Luke Kennard makes 22-foot three point jumper (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Reggie Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jeff Green blocks Desmond Bane's two point shot
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. blocks Christian Braun's driving floating jump shot
  • Thomas Bryant blocks Desmond Bane 's 2-foot two point shot
  • Reggie Jackson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jeff Green assists)
  • Tyus Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Christian Braun misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Christian Braun makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Bruce Brown misses driving floating jump shot
  • Bruce Brown makes 11-foot jump bank shot
  • Brandon Clarke makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Bruce Brown misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tyus Jones misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jeff Green misses driving floating jump shot
  • Thomas Bryant makes two point shot
  • Tyus Jones misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Reggie Jackson misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Luke Kennard makes 27-foot three point jumper (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Reggie Jackson makes two point shot
  • Santi Aldama misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Christian Braun makes 26-foot three point jumper (Reggie Jackson assists)
  • John Konchar misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jeff Green makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jeff Green makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Bruce Brown misses 24-foot jumper
  • Jeff Green misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Tyus Jones makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Peyton Watson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Christian Braun assists)
  • Kennedy Chandler makes layup (Kenneth Lofton Jr. assists)
  • Christian Braun makes driving layup (Jack White assists)
  • Kenneth Lofton Jr. makes 13-foot two point shot (Kennedy Chandler assists)
  • David Roddy misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Kennedy Chandler misses two point shot
  • Jack White makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jack White misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Ziaire Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jack White makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ish Smith assists)
  • David Roddy misses 20-foot two point shot
  • Jack White makes 23-foot three point shot (Ish Smith assists)
  • Ish Smith makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Jack White assists)
  • Jake LaRavia misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kenneth Lofton Jr. misses 28-foot three point jumper
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