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Memphis Grizzlies vs. Utah Jazz

December 12, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Jazz beat the Grizzlies 130-126 on 2025-12-12 on the road against the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies started Jaren Jackson Jr., Ja Morant, Santi Aldama, Jaylen Wells, and Cedric Coward. The Jazz started Jusuf Nurkić, Lauri Markkanen, Svi Mykhailiuk, Keyonte George, and Ace Bailey. Keyonte George (Jazz) scored 18 points (6/9) in his matchups, with Jaylen Wells as his primary defender. Ja Morant (Grizzlies) scored 7 points (3/9) in his matchups, with Svi Mykhailiuk as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies 126

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Santi Aldama GS 35:46 22 7 2 1 1 0 3 8-15 4-8 2-4 -2
Jaylen Wells GS 32:32 19 5 1 1 0 2 2 6-13 2-4 5-5 -2
Cedric Coward GS 29:23 17 12 6 0 0 1 4 7-11 2-4 1-1 +4
Jaren Jackson Jr. GS 26:35 12 5 3 0 1 1 4 6-13 0-3 0-2 -2
Ja Morant GS 25:14 21 4 10 0 1 4 1 7-20 2-5 5-7 +1
Jock Landale 27:19 8 9 1 0 1 0 2 3-7 2-4 0-0 0
Cam Spencer 25:18 20 2 4 0 0 0 4 6-6 6-6 2-2 -7
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 22:29 7 2 5 2 0 1 0 3-10 1-5 0-0 -10
Vince Williams Jr. 15:25 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 0-4 0-2 0-0 -2
Totals 126 49 32 4 5 10 21 46-99 19-41 15-21

Did not play: Brandon Clarke (DND - Injury/Illness), Jahmai Mashack (DNP - Coach's Decision), Olivier-Maxence Prosper (DNP - Coach's Decision)

UTA
Utah Jazz
Utah Jazz 130

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Lauri Markkanen GS 35:36 26 9 2 1 1 5 3 9-22 3-10 5-7 +2
Keyonte George GS 33:48 39 6 8 2 0 3 5 12-20 5-9 10-10 0
Ace Bailey GS 31:27 8 4 0 0 2 1 2 4-12 0-3 0-0 -1
Jusuf Nurkić GS 27:30 13 17 7 1 1 1 2 6-9 0-2 1-3 -2
Svi Mykhailiuk GS 23:42 6 3 3 0 0 1 2 2-5 2-5 0-0 +5
Isaiah Collier 23:58 5 2 8 0 0 2 1 2-6 0-1 1-5 +7
Kevin Love 20:23 20 8 1 1 0 0 3 8-15 4-10 0-0 +6
Kyle Filipowski 18:38 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 1-5 0-1 0-0 +6
Brice Sensabaugh 17:28 11 3 2 1 0 0 1 4-8 3-5 0-0 +2
Walter Clayton Jr. 7:30 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0-2 0-1 0-0 -5
Totals 130 58 33 6 4 13 23 48-104 17-47 17-25

Did not play: Kyle Anderson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Georges Niang (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

UTA
Utah Jazz
Utah Jazz

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
Santi Aldama Jusuf Nurkić: 17 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · Lauri Markkanen: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jaylen Wells Keyonte George: 28 poss., 8 pts (2/5) · Ace Bailey: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Cedric Coward Svi Mykhailiuk: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Keyonte George: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jock Landale Jusuf Nurkić: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kevin Love: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Ja Morant Ace Bailey: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Keyonte George: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Jaren Jackson Jr. Lauri Markkanen: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Kyle Filipowski: 15 poss., 6 pts (3/5)
Cam Spencer Isaiah Collier: 26 poss., 15 pts (5/5) · Keyonte George: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Lauri Markkanen: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Brice Sensabaugh: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Vince Williams Jr. Brice Sensabaugh: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Lauri Markkanen: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Jazz defense

Defender Guarded most
Lauri Markkanen Santi Aldama: 31 poss., 12 pts (4/7) · Jaren Jackson Jr.: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Keyonte George Jaylen Wells: 42 poss., 11 pts (3/5) · Ja Morant: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Ace Bailey Cedric Coward: 26 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Ja Morant: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Jusuf Nurkić Jock Landale: 25 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Jaren Jackson Jr.: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Svi Mykhailiuk Ja Morant: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cedric Coward: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Collier Cam Spencer: 28 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Jaylen Wells: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevin Love Jock Landale: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Jaren Jackson Jr.: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Kyle Filipowski Jaren Jackson Jr.: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Santi Aldama: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Brice Sensabaugh Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Vince Williams Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Walter Clayton Jr. Cam Spencer: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cedric Coward: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)