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Memphis Grizzlies vs. Denver Nuggets

November 24, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Grizzlies 125-115 on 2025-11-24 on the road against the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies started Jaren Jackson Jr., Vince Williams Jr., Zach Edey, Jaylen Wells, and Cedric Coward. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Peyton Watson, and Spencer Jones. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 23 points (11/19) in his matchups, with Jock Landale as his primary defender. Jaren Jackson Jr. (Grizzlies) scored 16 points (7/16) in his matchups, with Peyton Watson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies 115

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaylen Wells GS 33:24 22 5 3 1 0 0 1 8-13 4-8 2-4 +7
Jaren Jackson Jr. GS 28:35 16 6 4 0 0 3 4 7-16 1-8 1-1 -27
Cedric Coward GS 26:40 5 3 2 1 0 1 2 2-6 1-4 0-0 -2
Vince Williams Jr. GS 23:54 6 5 7 1 2 1 1 2-8 2-6 0-0 -3
Zach Edey GS 5:41 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0
Santi Aldama 32:41 12 6 6 2 2 1 1 5-16 0-5 2-2 +2
Jock Landale 30:53 26 10 2 0 0 1 3 10-18 3-6 3-3 -1
Cam Spencer 28:57 18 2 4 0 0 1 0 6-10 3-6 3-3 -10
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 21:20 8 0 3 0 0 3 2 2-3 2-2 2-2 -8
John Konchar 7:55 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0-2 0-2 0-0 -8
Totals 115 40 33 6 4 11 16 43-93 16-47 13-15

Did not play: Kobe Bufkin (DNP - Coach's Decision), GG Jackson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jahmai Mashack (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN
Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets 125

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jamal Murray GS 37:11 29 3 8 0 0 1 1 11-21 6-9 1-2 +6
Cameron Johnson GS 36:32 18 6 1 1 0 3 3 6-10 3-4 3-3 +4
Nikola Jokić GS 33:43 17 10 16 2 0 3 1 5-9 3-4 4-5 +1
Peyton Watson GS 32:54 27 5 3 1 1 1 4 11-22 5-12 0-0 +3
Spencer Jones GS 15:02 0 5 0 0 0 1 2 0-2 0-2 0-0 -8
Bruce Brown 28:20 9 3 2 0 0 2 1 3-8 1-2 2-2 +15
Tim Hardaway Jr. 27:25 13 2 1 0 1 0 0 5-10 2-7 1-2 +15
Zeke Nnaji 14:36 6 6 0 0 1 2 2 2-3 2-3 0-0 +5
Jonas Valančiūnas 14:17 6 6 1 1 0 1 1 3-6 0-0 0-0 +9
Totals 125 46 32 5 3 14 15 46-91 22-43 11-14

Did not play: Tamar Bates (DNP - Coach's Decision), DaRon Holmes II (DNP - Coach's Decision), Curtis Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hunter Tyson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

DEN
Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets

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
Jaylen Wells Jamal Murray: 31 poss., 7 pts (2/4) · Cameron Johnson: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Santi Aldama Peyton Watson: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Jamal Murray: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jock Landale Nikola Jokić: 26 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jonas Valanciunas: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Cam Spencer Bruce Brown: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Peyton Watson: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jaren Jackson Jr. Peyton Watson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Spencer Jones: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Cedric Coward Cameron Johnson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Spencer Jones: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Vince Williams Jr. Peyton Watson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cameron Johnson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Tim Hardaway Jr.: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bruce Brown: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
John Konchar Jonas Valanciunas: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Zeke Nnaji: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zach Edey Nikola Jokić: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Spencer Jones: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

Defender Guarded most
Jamal Murray Jaylen Wells: 42 poss., 9 pts (3/6) · Cedric Coward: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Cameron Johnson Vince Williams Jr.: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Jaylen Wells: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nikola Jokić Jock Landale: 26 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Santi Aldama: 13 poss., 5 pts (1/3)
Peyton Watson Santi Aldama: 19 poss., 17 pts (7/9) · Jaren Jackson Jr.: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/5)
Bruce Brown Cam Spencer: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jaren Jackson Jr.: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Tim Hardaway Jr. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaren Jackson Jr.: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Spencer Jones Cedric Coward: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Vince Williams Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji Jaren Jackson Jr.: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Santi Aldama: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas Jock Landale: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaren Jackson Jr.: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)