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Memphis Grizzlies vs. Denver Nuggets

March 18, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Grizzlies beat the Nuggets 125-118 on 2026-03-18 at home. The Grizzlies started Ty Jerome, GG Jackson, Olivier-Maxence Prosper, Jaylen Wells, and Cedric Coward. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Christian Braun, and Spencer Jones. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 18 points (7/22) in his matchups, with Taylor Hendricks as his primary defender. Ty Jerome (Grizzlies) scored 14 points (6/11) in his matchups, with Christian Braun as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MEM

Memphis Grizzlies 125

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
GG Jackson GS	25:54	16	6	0	0	2	1	1	6-15	1-4	3-6	+9
Ty Jerome GS	24:51	21	9	9	0	1	2	1	8-15	5-8	0-0	+5
Jaylen Wells GS	24:39	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	3-6	2-4	3-4	+12
Cedric Coward GS	24:33	15	7	1	1	0	1	3	4-12	0-4	7-7	+4
Olivier-Maxence Prosper GS	23:10	19	1	0	2	0	1	1	6-9	3-5	4-6	+12
Taylor Hendricks	24:10	13	2	1	6	3	2	3	6-18	1-10	0-0	-4
Cam Spencer	20:09	8	1	0	0	0	1	1	2-5	2-5	2-2	-1
Walter Clayton Jr.	19:43	4	2	4	0	0	1	2	1-6	0-3	2-2	0
Javon Small	19:43	8	4	2	0	1	1	1	3-6	2-3	0-0	-1
Tyler Burton	13:20	5	3	0	2	1	0	2	1-4	0-3	3-3	-2
DeJon Jarreau	10:22	4	4	4	1	1	0	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	+2
Taj Gibson	9:26	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	-1
Totals		125	48	22	12	9	10	17	42-98	16-49	25-32

DEN

Denver Nuggets 118

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	41:07	19	8	12	0	0	1	3	6-13	2-6	5-5	+3
Christian Braun GS	40:38	26	7	5	4	0	1	5	11-19	2-5	2-2	-5
Nikola Jokić GS	38:35	29	14	9	1	3	10	4	11-19	2-4	5-8	-4
Cameron Johnson GS	33:29	20	6	3	1	0	2	3	7-13	5-6	1-2	-6
Spencer Jones GS	26:50	6	5	0	0	1	1	3	3-5	0-2	0-0	-22
Tim Hardaway Jr.	27:47	11	2	2	0	0	1	2	3-12	2-11	3-3	+5
Bruce Brown	20:14	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	0-4	0-2	1-2	-7
Jonas Valančiūnas	5:47	4	3	0	0	1	0	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	-1
Julian Strawther	5:33	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		118	46	34	6	5	19	24	44-90	13-36	17-22

Did not play: Tyus Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision), David Roddy (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MEM

Memphis Grizzlies

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Ty Jerome · GG Jackson · Olivier-Maxence Prosper · Jaylen Wells · Cedric Coward Starter 9.8 min
Tyler Burton · Taylor Hendricks · Cam Spencer · Walter Clayton Jr. · Javon Small 7.6 min
Ty Jerome · DeJon Jarreau · Tyler Burton · Taylor Hendricks · Jaylen Wells 3.7 min
Taj Gibson · Ty Jerome · GG Jackson · Cedric Coward · Javon Small 3.1 min
Taylor Hendricks · Olivier-Maxence Prosper · Cam Spencer · Jaylen Wells · Javon Small 2.8 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun · Spencer Jones Starter 10.5 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun 10.4 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Christian Braun · Spencer Jones 4.0 min
Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun 3.6 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Christian Braun · Spencer Jones 3.6 min

Who guarded whom

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

Grizzlies defense

Nikola Jokić 18 pts (7/22) in 87 possessions

Guarded by: Taylor Hendricks (28 %, 5 pts) · Olivier-Maxence Prosper (24 %, 4 pts) · Jaylen Wells (10 %, 1 pts)
Jamal Murray 14 pts (4/8) in 85 possessions

Guarded by: Jaylen Wells (23 %, 3 pts) · Cedric Coward (16 %, 2 pts) · Olivier-Maxence Prosper (9 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cedric Coward	Jamal Murray: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Cameron Johnson: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
GG Jackson	Spencer Jones: 19 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Christian Braun: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ty Jerome	Christian Braun: 17 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Bruce Brown: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Olivier-Maxence Prosper	Nikola Jokić: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Cameron Johnson: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Jaylen Wells	Jamal Murray: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Cameron Johnson: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Taylor Hendricks	Nikola Jokić: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/10) · Jamal Murray: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Spencer	Christian Braun: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bruce Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Javon Small	Bruce Brown: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Walter Clayton Jr.	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Christian Braun: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyler Burton	Cameron Johnson: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Christian Braun: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
DeJon Jarreau	Jamal Murray: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cameron Johnson: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Taj Gibson	Nikola Jokić: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jonas Valanciunas: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

Ty Jerome 14 pts (6/11) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Christian Braun (32 %, 4 pts) · Spencer Jones (18 %, 2 pts) · Cameron Johnson (13 %, 3 pts)
GG Jackson 14 pts (6/10) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Spencer Jones (41 %, 4 pts) · Cameron Johnson (15 %, 2 pts) · Christian Braun (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Christian Braun	Cam Spencer: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ty Jerome: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Nikola Jokić	Taylor Hendricks: 32 poss., 10 pts (4/7) · Olivier-Maxence Prosper: 32 poss., 10 pts (4/5)
Jamal Murray	Jaylen Wells: 33 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Cedric Coward: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Cameron Johnson	Cedric Coward: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Tyler Burton: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Spencer Jones	GG Jackson: 24 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Ty Jerome: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Walter Clayton Jr.: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Javon Small: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Bruce Brown	Javon Small: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Walter Clayton Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Strawther	Ty Jerome: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Javon Small: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas	Taj Gibson: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Taylor Hendricks: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)