Grizzlies 121-115 Suns (8 Jan, 2024) Play-by-Play

Memphis Grizzlies

13-23, 10-10 away

121

	1	2	3	4	T
MEM	26	32	28	35	121
PHX	32	31	34	18	115

Phoenix Suns

19-17, 11-11 home

115

Grayson Allen misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jusuf Nurkic makes 1-foot hook shot (Kevin Durant assists)
Devin Booker makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
Kevin Durant makes driving dunk
Devin Booker misses running pullup jump shot
Kevin Durant misses 15-foot jumper
Jusuf Nurkic makes layup
Grayson Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bradley Beal assists)
Jusuf Nurkic makes layup (Kevin Durant assists)
Jusuf Nurkic misses 1-foot two point shot
Kevin Durant misses driving floating jump shot
Grayson Allen misses two point shot
Kevin Durant misses 11-foot jumper
Kevin Durant makes 10-foot two point shot (Devin Booker assists)
Devin Booker makes 12-foot step back jumpshot
Grayson Allen makes 28-foot three point jumper (Devin Booker assists)
Devin Booker misses 11-foot two point shot
Josh Okogie misses 27-foot three point jumper
Devin Booker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Josh Okogie assists)
Grayson Allen makes two point shot
Drew Eubanks makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Devin Booker assists)
Josh Okogie makes dunk (Bradley Beal assists)
Bradley Beal makes 21-foot two point shot
Devin Booker misses driving floating jump shot
Drew Eubanks misses layup
Jaren Jackson Jr. blocks Bradley Beal's driving layup
Kevin Durant misses 27-foot three point jumper
Chimezie Metu misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chimezie Metu makes 1-foot driving floating jump shot (Bradley Beal assists)
Chimezie Metu misses 22-foot three point jumper
Bradley Beal makes 10-foot two point shot
Kevin Durant misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
Keita Bates-Diop misses 23-foot three point shot
Keita Bates-Diop makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Durant assists)
Kevin Durant makes 17-foot two point shot (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
Kevin Durant makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
Josh Okogie misses 23-foot three point jumper
Bismack Biyombo blocks Grayson Allen's driving dunk
Jusuf Nurkic misses 1-foot hook shot
Jusuf Nurkic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Keita Bates-Diop assists)
Devin Booker misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jusuf Nurkic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Devin Booker misses 7-foot pullup jump shot
Devin Booker makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
Devin Booker makes 26-foot three pointer
Grayson Allen makes 22-foot three point jumper (Devin Booker assists)
Jusuf Nurkic makes 10-foot two point shot (Devin Booker assists)
Kevin Durant misses layup
Kevin Durant makes two point shot
Bradley Beal makes 21-foot pullup jump shot (Devin Booker assists)
Kevin Durant makes 4-foot two point shot
Devin Booker makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
Grayson Allen makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kevin Durant assists)
Devin Booker makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
Devin Booker makes driving layup (Grayson Allen assists)
Bradley Beal makes dunk (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
Kevin Durant makes 9-foot two point shot (Devin Booker assists)
Jusuf Nurkic makes layup (Kevin Durant assists)
Grayson Allen misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jusuf Nurkic misses 8-foot two point shot
Santi Aldama blocks Jusuf Nurkic 's 2-foot driving layup
Bismack Biyombo blocks Devin Booker 's 1-foot driving layup
Desmond Bane blocks Bradley Beal's driving layup
Devin Booker misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Kevin Durant misses 9-foot two point shot
Kevin Durant misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Josh Okogie makes two point shot
Bradley Beal misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
Bismack Biyombo blocks Josh Okogie 's 2-foot two point shot
Chimezie Metu misses 25-foot three point jumper
Grayson Allen makes layup (Josh Okogie assists)
Chimezie Metu makes two point shot
Chimezie Metu misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Drew Eubanks makes alley oop dunk shot (Devin Booker assists)
Grayson Allen misses driving layup
Chimezie Metu misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kevin Durant misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
Grayson Allen misses driving floating jump shot
Grayson Allen misses 30-foot three point jumper
Kevin Durant misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
Grayson Allen misses driving layup
Vince Williams Jr. blocks Jusuf Nurkic 's 2-foot two point shot
Jusuf Nurkic misses driving layup
Kevin Durant makes 19-foot jumper (Bradley Beal assists)
Bradley Beal misses two point shot
Kevin Durant misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Kevin Durant makes driving layup (Grayson Allen assists)
Kevin Durant makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
Keita Bates-Diop misses 26-foot three point jumper
Bradley Beal misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
Jusuf Nurkic makes tip shot
Jusuf Nurkic makes 1-foot hook shot
Bradley Beal makes driving layup
Devin Booker makes two point shot (Grayson Allen assists)
Bradley Beal misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kevin Durant makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Bradley Beal assists)
Kevin Durant misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Bradley Beal misses driving layup
Jusuf Nurkic misses tip shot
Vince Williams Jr. blocks Jusuf Nurkic's layup
Devin Booker misses 26-foot three point jumper
Grayson Allen misses 29-foot three point jumper
Marcus Smart misses 25-foot three point jumper
Marcus Smart misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luke Kennard misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
Grayson Allen blocks Xavier Tillman 's 1-foot two point shot
Xavier Tillman misses two point shot
Jaren Jackson Jr. misses two point shot
Desmond Bane misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
Xavier Tillman misses 23-foot three point jumper
Marcus Smart makes 27-foot three point jumper (Desmond Bane assists)
Jaren Jackson Jr. misses two point shot
Marcus Smart misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jaren Jackson Jr. makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Vince Williams Jr. assists)
Marcus Smart makes driving layup
Jaren Jackson Jr. misses 3-foot hook shot
Vince Williams Jr. makes two point shot (Desmond Bane assists)
Desmond Bane makes two point shot (Luke Kennard assists)
Bismack Biyombo misses 3-foot hook shot
Ziaire Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
Santi Aldama misses 23-foot three point jumper
Ziaire Williams makes two point shot
Santi Aldama makes two point shot (Desmond Bane assists)
Santi Aldama misses driving layup
Santi Aldama misses tip shot
Santi Aldama misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jaren Jackson Jr. makes driving layup
Vince Williams Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jaren Jackson Jr. assists)
Ziaire Williams makes 1-foot dunk (Marcus Smart assists)
Marcus Smart misses 48-foot three point jumper
Jaren Jackson Jr. makes 28-foot three point jumper (Ziaire Williams assists)
Santi Aldama misses 32-foot three point jumper
Santi Aldama misses 23-foot three point jumper
Santi Aldama makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jaren Jackson Jr. assists)
Jaren Jackson Jr. makes 5-foot two point shot
Marcus Smart makes 29-foot three point shot (Santi Aldama assists)
Jaren Jackson Jr. makes two point shot (Marcus Smart assists)
Marcus Smart misses 25-foot three point shot
Luke Kennard misses two point shot
Jaren Jackson Jr. makes 27-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
Ziaire Williams misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Santi Aldama misses 23-foot three point jumper
Desmond Bane makes driving layup (Bismack Biyombo assists)
Santi Aldama misses 23-foot three point jumper
Saben Lee blocks Desmond Bane 's 3-foot driving layup
Jaren Jackson Jr. makes layup
Vince Williams Jr. makes layup (Luke Kennard assists)
Vince Williams Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luke Kennard assists)
Luke Kennard makes 28-foot three point jumper (Desmond Bane assists)
Marcus Smart misses driving floating jump shot
Marcus Smart makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
Marcus Smart misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Desmond Bane makes driving layup (Marcus Smart assists)
Luke Kennard makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jaren Jackson Jr. assists)
Desmond Bane makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Marcus Smart assists)
Devin Booker blocks Desmond Bane 's 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Marcus Smart misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jaren Jackson Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
Marcus Smart makes 6-foot two point shot
Vince Williams Jr. misses driving layup
Jusuf Nurkic blocks Vince Williams Jr. 's 1-foot two point shot
Marcus Smart makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bismack Biyombo assists)
Luke Kennard makes 24-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
Bismack Biyombo misses 9-foot two point shot
Desmond Bane makes 5-foot two point shot
Marcus Smart makes 13-foot two point shot
Desmond Bane makes 27-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
Marcus Smart makes 11-foot two point shot
Desmond Bane misses 22-foot three point shot
Santi Aldama misses 1-foot tip shot
Ziaire Williams misses 28-foot three point shot
Kevin Durant blocks Ziaire Williams 's 7-foot two point shot
Vince Williams Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
Vince Williams Jr. misses 17-foot two point shot
John Konchar misses 26-foot three point jumper
Vince Williams Jr. makes driving layup
Ziaire Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jaren Jackson Jr. assists)
Jaren Jackson Jr. makes two point shot
Jaren Jackson Jr. makes 27-foot three point shot (Ziaire Williams assists)
Marcus Smart misses 25-foot three point jumper
Vince Williams Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
Jaren Jackson Jr. misses 29-foot three point shot
Jaren Jackson Jr. misses driving layup
Ziaire Williams makes 2-foot dunk (Desmond Bane assists)
Marcus Smart makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jaren Jackson Jr. assists)
Marcus Smart misses 2-foot hook shot
Desmond Bane misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Marcus Smart misses 27-foot three point jumper
Desmond Bane makes dunk
Jaren Jackson Jr. makes driving layup
Desmond Bane misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jaren Jackson Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ziaire Williams misses 22-foot three point jumper
Vince Williams Jr. misses two point shot
Jaren Jackson Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
Desmond Bane makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jaren Jackson Jr. assists)
Jaren Jackson Jr. makes driving layup (Ziaire Williams assists)
Jaren Jackson Jr. misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
Grayson Allen blocks Ziaire Williams 's 1-foot two point shot

GRIZZLIES

SUNS

TIME		MEM	PHX
12:00	Jaren Jackson Jr. vs. Jusuf Nurkic (Bradley Beal gains possession)	0	0
11:44	Grayson Allen misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:40	Marcus Smart defensive rebound	0	0
11:29	Marcus Smart misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:26	Xavier Tillman offensive rebound	0	0
11:23	Marcus Smart misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:19	Jusuf Nurkic defensive rebound	0	0
11:10	Jusuf Nurkic makes 1-foot hook shot (Kevin Durant assists)	0	2
10:59	Luke Kennard misses 9-foot pullup jump shot	0	2
10:56	Xavier Tillman offensive rebound	0	2
10:55	Grayson Allen blocks Xavier Tillman 's 1-foot two point shot	0	2
10:55	Xavier Tillman offensive rebound	0	2
10:53	Xavier Tillman misses two point shot	0	2
10:53	Jusuf Nurkic defensive rebound	0	2
10:53	Xavier Tillman personal foul	0	2
10:46	Devin Booker makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Jusuf Nurkic assists)	0	4
10:36	Jusuf Nurkic defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)	0	4
10:36	Desmond Bane makes technical free throw	1	4
10:30	Bradley Beal personal foul	1	4
10:23	Jaren Jackson Jr. misses two point shot	1	4
10:23	Grizzlies offensive team rebound	1	4
10:12	Desmond Bane misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot	1	4
10:10	Suns defensive team rebound	1	4
10:01	Kevin Durant makes driving dunk	1	6
9:46	Xavier Tillman misses 23-foot three point jumper	1	6
9:43	Kevin Durant defensive rebound	1	6
9:40	Devin Booker misses running pullup jump shot	1	6
9:38	Grizzlies defensive team rebound	1	6
9:23	Jaren Jackson Jr. offensive foul	1	6
9:23	Jaren Jackson Jr. turnover	1	6
9:14	Kevin Durant misses 15-foot jumper	1	6
9:11	Jusuf Nurkic offensive rebound	1	6
9:08	Jusuf Nurkic makes layup	1	8
9:06	Grizzlies Full timeout	1	8
9:06	Vince Williams Jr. enters the game for Xavier Tillman	1	8
8:49	Marcus Smart makes 27-foot three point jumper (Desmond Bane assists)	4	8
8:32	Grayson Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bradley Beal assists)	4	11
8:13	Jaren Jackson Jr. misses two point shot	4	11
8:11	Jusuf Nurkic defensive rebound	4	11
8:01	Jusuf Nurkic makes layup (Kevin Durant assists)	4	13
8:01	Luke Kennard shooting foul	4	13
8:01	Jusuf Nurkic misses free throw 1 of 1	4	13
7:59	Vince Williams Jr. defensive rebound	4	13
7:51	Marcus Smart misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot	4	13
7:48	Vince Williams Jr. offensive rebound	4	13
7:44	Jaren Jackson Jr. makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Vince Williams Jr. assists)	6	13
7:25	Jusuf Nurkic misses 1-foot two point shot	6	13
7:22	Jaren Jackson Jr. defensive rebound	6	13
7:16	Marcus Smart makes driving layup	8	13
6:58	Kevin Durant misses driving floating jump shot	8	13
6:56	Jaren Jackson Jr. defensive rebound	8	13
6:49	Jaren Jackson Jr. misses 3-foot hook shot	8	13
6:47	Bradley Beal defensive rebound	8	13
6:41	Grayson Allen misses two point shot	8	13
6:39	Luke Kennard defensive rebound	8	13
6:36	Vince Williams Jr. makes two point shot (Desmond Bane assists)	10	13
6:24	Kevin Durant misses 11-foot jumper	10	13
6:24	Luke Kennard defensive rebound	10	13
6:17	Desmond Bane makes two point shot (Luke Kennard assists)	12	13
6:17	Suns Full timeout	12	13
6:17	Ziaire Williams enters the game for Luke Kennard	12	13
6:17	Bismack Biyombo enters the game for Jaren Jackson Jr.	12	13
6:06	Marcus Smart shooting foul	12	13
6:06	Bradley Beal makes free throw 1 of 2	12	14
6:06	Bradley Beal misses free throw 2 of 2	12	14
6:04	Vince Williams Jr. defensive rebound	12	14
5:54	Desmond Bane offensive foul	12	14
5:54	Desmond Bane turnover	12	14
5:54	Josh Okogie enters the game for Bradley Beal	12	14
5:54	Santi Aldama enters the game for Marcus Smart	12	14
5:45	Kevin Durant makes 10-foot two point shot (Devin Booker assists)	12	16
5:28	Bismack Biyombo misses 3-foot hook shot	12	16
5:26	Jusuf Nurkic defensive rebound	12	16
5:16	Devin Booker makes 12-foot step back jumpshot	12	18
5:01	Bismack Biyombo out of bounds bad pass turnover	12	18
4:52	Grayson Allen makes 28-foot three point jumper (Devin Booker assists)	12	21
4:50	Grizzlies Full timeout	12	21
4:31	Ziaire Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper	12	21
4:27	Jusuf Nurkic defensive rebound	12	21
4:19	Ziaire Williams personal foul	12	21
4:12	Devin Booker misses 11-foot two point shot	12	21
4:09	Santi Aldama defensive rebound	12	21
4:08	Santi Aldama bad pass (Devin Booker steals)	12	21
4:05	Devin Booker bad pass (Santi Aldama steals)	12	21
4:04	Drew Eubanks enters the game for Jusuf Nurkic	12	21
4:04	Chimezie Metu enters the game for Kevin Durant	12	21
4:04	Josh Okogie personal foul	12	21
3:50	Santi Aldama misses 23-foot three point jumper	12	21
3:47	Ziaire Williams offensive rebound	12	21
3:47	Ziaire Williams makes two point shot	14	21
3:47	Josh Okogie shooting foul	14	21
3:47	Ziaire Williams misses free throw 1 of 1	14	21
3:45	Drew Eubanks defensive rebound	14	21
3:34	Josh Okogie misses 27-foot three point jumper	14	21
3:30	Desmond Bane defensive rebound	14	21
3:24	Santi Aldama makes two point shot (Desmond Bane assists)	16	21
3:24	Chimezie Metu shooting foul	16	21
3:24	Santi Aldama makes free throw 1 of 1	17	21
3:05	Devin Booker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Josh Okogie assists)	17	24
2:49	Santi Aldama misses driving layup	17	24
2:46	Santi Aldama offensive rebound	17	24
2:46	Santi Aldama misses tip shot	17	24
2:45	Drew Eubanks defensive rebound	17	24
2:41	Grayson Allen makes two point shot	17	26
2:29	Santi Aldama misses 25-foot three point jumper	17	26
2:29	Drew Eubanks defensive rebound	17	26
2:15	Devin Booker offensive charge	17	26
2:15	Devin Booker turnover	17	26
2:15	Bradley Beal enters the game for Grayson Allen	17	26
2:15	Jaren Jackson Jr. enters the game for Bismack Biyombo	17	26
2:05	Drew Eubanks personal foul	17	26
2:05	Jaren Jackson Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2	18	26
2:05	Marcus Smart enters the game for Desmond Bane	18	26
2:05	Jaren Jackson Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2	18	26
2:03	Chimezie Metu defensive rebound	18	26
1:51	Drew Eubanks makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Devin Booker assists)	18	28
1:39	Marcus Smart kicked ball turnover	18	28
1:30	Chimezie Metu out of bounds bad pass turnover	18	28
1:24	Chimezie Metu shooting foul	18	28
1:24	Santi Aldama misses free throw 1 of 2	18	28
1:24	Grizzlies offensive team rebound	18	28
1:24	Santi Aldama makes free throw 2 of 2	19	28
1:15	Josh Okogie makes dunk (Bradley Beal assists)	19	30
1:04	Jaren Jackson Jr. makes driving layup	21	30
37.1	Bradley Beal makes 21-foot two point shot	21	32
31.0	Vince Williams Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jaren Jackson Jr. assists)	24	32
16.1	Devin Booker misses driving floating jump shot	24	32
13.1	Drew Eubanks offensive rebound	24	32
13.1	Drew Eubanks misses layup	24	32
13.1	Marcus Smart defensive rebound	24	32
7.2	Ziaire Williams makes 1-foot dunk (Marcus Smart assists)	26	32
4.0	Jaren Jackson Jr. blocks Bradley Beal's driving layup	26	32
4.0	Marcus Smart defensive rebound	26	32
0.0	Marcus Smart misses 48-foot three point jumper	26	32
0.0	Grizzlies offensive team rebound	26	32
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	26	32

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 2-1

Suns
110
Grizzlies
89

Game 1

24/11

Grizzlies
109
Suns
116

Game 2

3/12

Grizzlies
121
Suns
115

Game 3

8/1

Footprint Center

1:00 AM, 8 January 2024

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 17,071

Referees:
Curtis Blair
Kevin Cutler
Leon Wood

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	4	2	.667	-	W1
Memphis	4	3	.571	0.5	W2
San Antonio	3	3	.500	1	W2
Houston	3	3	.500	1	L1
New Orleans	3	4	.429	1.5	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Phoenix	5	1	.833	-	W4
Golden State	5	1	.833	-	W3
LA Lakers	4	2	.667	1	W1
Sacramento	3	3	.500	2	L1
LA Clippers	2	4	.333	3	L3

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