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Memphis Grizzlies vs. Milwaukee Bucks

December 26, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Grizzlies beat the Bucks 125-104 on 2025-12-26 at home. The Grizzlies started Jaren Jackson Jr., Ja Morant, Santi Aldama, Jaylen Wells, and Cedric Coward. The Bucks started Myles Turner, Bobby Portis Jr., Kyle Kuzma, Kevin Porter Jr., and AJ Green. Ryan Rollins (Bucks) scored 14 points (4/6) in his matchups, with Cam Spencer as his primary defender. Ja Morant (Grizzlies) scored 9 points (2/5) in his matchups, with AJ Green as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies 125

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaren Jackson Jr. GS 30:06 24 9 1 1 5 2 3 9-18 2-6 4-6 +3
Santi Aldama GS 30:01 12 7 3 0 1 1 0 4-10 1-5 3-3 +3
Jaylen Wells GS 29:18 14 2 3 1 0 2 3 4-8 3-6 3-4 +18
Ja Morant GS 25:20 17 4 10 1 0 4 4 6-11 0-0 5-6 +12
Cedric Coward GS 24:57 15 5 2 1 0 0 2 5-9 3-5 2-2 -2
Christian Koloko 28:23 4 3 1 3 1 0 1 2-3 0-0 0-0 +23
Cam Spencer 25:35 19 5 5 1 0 3 1 4-6 3-5 8-8 +14
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 22:06 13 2 2 2 1 1 2 6-10 1-3 0-0 +21
GG Jackson 21:52 7 5 1 2 1 0 3 3-8 0-3 1-3 +10
Javon Small 2:22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 +3
Totals 125 42 28 12 9 13 19 43-85 13-34 26-32

Did not play: Jock Landale (DNP - Injury/Illness), Vince Williams Jr. (DNP - Injury/Illness)

MIL
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks 104

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Bobby Portis GS 34:52 15 12 3 2 0 3 2 7-14 1-5 0-0 -23
AJ Green GS 34:46 20 2 1 2 0 1 3 7-13 6-11 0-0 -23
Kevin Porter Jr. GS 33:12 16 8 5 2 1 7 2 4-15 1-7 7-9 -17
Kyle Kuzma GS 29:46 15 8 2 1 1 2 3 5-10 0-2 5-7 -23
Myles Turner GS 28:00 8 3 1 1 0 2 3 2-11 2-6 2-2 -6
Ryan Rollins 23:26 15 4 5 2 0 2 5 5-12 2-4 3-5 -3
Jericho Sims 18:34 2 5 0 0 0 2 4 1-2 0-0 0-0 +2
Gary Harris 16:30 8 3 1 1 0 0 2 3-3 1-1 1-1 -2
Amir Coffey 7:10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-1 0-0 -2
Thanasis Antetokounmpo 3:26 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Pete Nance 3:26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Andre Jackson Jr. 3:26 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1-2 1-2 0-0 -2
Cole Anthony 3:26 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Totals 104 48 18 11 2 22 25 36-84 14-39 18-24

Lineups

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

MIL
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Grizzlies defense

Defender Guarded most
Jaren Jackson Jr. Myles Turner: 22 poss., 13 pts (5/5) · Jericho Sims: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
Santi Aldama Bobby Portis Jr.: 28 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Myles Turner: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jaylen Wells AJ Green: 22 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Kyle Kuzma: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Ja Morant Kevin Porter Jr.: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · AJ Green: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Christian Koloko Bobby Portis Jr.: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Myles Turner: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Cam Spencer Ryan Rollins: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Kevin Porter Jr.: 12 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Cedric Coward Kyle Kuzma: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Gary Harris: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope AJ Green: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ryan Rollins: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
GG Jackson Kyle Kuzma: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Gary Harris: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Javon Small Cole Anthony: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Thanasis Antetokounmpo: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bucks defense

Defender Guarded most
Kevin Porter Jr. Jaylen Wells: 29 poss., 4 pts (1/7) · GG Jackson: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Bobby Portis Jr. Cedric Coward: 17 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Santi Aldama: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
AJ Green Ja Morant: 24 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Cam Spencer: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Myles Turner Santi Aldama: 18 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Jaren Jackson Jr.: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Kyle Kuzma Jaren Jackson Jr.: 17 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Christian Koloko: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Ryan Rollins GG Jackson: 18 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 10 poss., 3 pts (0/1)
Jericho Sims Santi Aldama: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Christian Koloko: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gary Harris Cam Spencer: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Ja Morant: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Amir Coffey Cedric Coward: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylen Wells: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Thanasis Antetokounmpo Christian Koloko: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Santi Aldama: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pete Nance Jaren Jackson Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Javon Small: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Andre Jackson Jr. Javon Small: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cedric Coward: 1 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Cole Anthony Jaylen Wells: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · GG Jackson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)