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Memphis Grizzlies vs. Charlotte Hornets

January 28, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Grizzlies 112-97 on 2026-01-28 on the road against the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies started Jaren Jackson Jr., Jock Landale, Cam Spencer, Jaylen Wells, and Cedric Coward. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 4 points (2/5) in his matchups, with Jaylen Wells as his primary defender. Jaren Jackson Jr. (Grizzlies) scored 28 points (10/16) in his matchups, with Moussa Diabaté as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies 97

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaren Jackson Jr. GS 33:10 26 4 4 2 0 2 2 10-20 4-9 2-2 -8
Cam Spencer GS 28:00 4 0 6 1 0 2 1 1-8 0-6 2-2 -22
Cedric Coward GS 26:50 17 2 5 0 0 1 0 6-9 3-4 2-2 -4
Jock Landale GS 25:57 10 3 0 0 1 1 1 4-9 1-4 1-2 -26
Jaylen Wells GS 25:23 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 3-8 0-3 0-0 -17
John Konchar 24:30 8 6 3 2 2 1 0 3-3 2-2 0-0 +3
GG Jackson 24:29 12 4 1 1 2 2 1 5-8 1-2 1-2 -11
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 21:10 0 2 4 3 0 1 1 0-5 0-3 0-0 -11
Vince Williams Jr. 20:00 10 5 4 0 1 0 1 4-9 2-6 0-0 +7
Olivier-Maxence Prosper 10:31 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1-2 1-1 1-2 +14
Totals 97 29 27 10 7 12 10 37-81 14-40 9-12

Did not play: Ty Jerome (DND - Injury/Illness), Scotty Pippen Jr. (DND - Injury/Illness)

CHA
Charlotte Hornets
Charlotte Hornets 112

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Moussa Diabaté GS 33:05 18 19 2 2 1 3 1 8-9 1-1 1-2 +30
Brandon Miller GS 29:45 26 1 3 0 0 3 0 9-17 4-8 4-4 +31
Miles Bridges GS 28:23 20 6 3 0 0 1 1 8-11 4-7 0-0 +32
Kon Knueppel GS 25:52 10 1 6 0 0 0 2 4-8 2-5 0-0 +23
LaMelo Ball GS 23:26 16 1 4 2 0 2 1 6-14 4-9 0-0 +32
Sion James 22:08 5 2 2 0 0 2 2 2-5 1-2 0-0 -8
Grant Williams 19:37 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1-5 0-2 0-0 -17
Collin Sexton 17:21 6 4 4 1 0 2 4 2-10 0-3 2-2 -14
Josh Green 16:24 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0-4 0-3 0-0 -12
Ryan Kalkbrenner 14:56 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 3-3 0-0 0-0 -15
Liam McNeeley 6:06 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-0 0-0 -3
Tre Mann 2:58 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 1-2 0-0 -4
Totals 112 43 25 5 1 17 11 44-90 17-42 7-8

Did not play: Pat Connaughton (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tidjane Salaün (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

CHA
Charlotte Hornets
Charlotte Hornets

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. Moussa Diabaté: 25 poss., 10 pts (4/9) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 6 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Cam Spencer Sion James: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Brandon Miller: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jock Landale Miles Bridges: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Moussa Diabaté: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylen Wells LaMelo Ball: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Liam McNeeley: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cedric Coward Kon Knueppel: 15 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Grant Williams: 4 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
John Konchar LaMelo Ball: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Sexton: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
GG Jackson Miles Bridges: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Brandon Miller: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Brandon Miller: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Green: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Vince Williams Jr. Collin Sexton: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Sion James: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Olivier-Maxence Prosper Ryan Kalkbrenner: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Grant Williams: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hornets defense

Defender Guarded most
Moussa Diabaté Jock Landale: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaren Jackson Jr.: 18 poss., 9 pts (4/4)
Miles Bridges GG Jackson: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jaren Jackson Jr.: 11 poss., 9 pts (3/4)
Brandon Miller Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cedric Coward: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Kon Knueppel Cam Spencer: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Cedric Coward: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Sion James Cam Spencer: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cedric Coward: 5 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
LaMelo Ball Jaylen Wells: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · John Konchar: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Collin Sexton Vince Williams Jr.: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · John Konchar: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Grant Williams John Konchar: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · GG Jackson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Green Cedric Coward: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Kalkbrenner Jaren Jackson Jr.: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jock Landale: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Liam McNeeley Jaylen Wells: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cedric Coward: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann Jaylen Wells: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cedric Coward: 1 poss., 3 pts (1/1)