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Memphis Grizzlies vs. Phoenix Suns

January 7, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Suns beat the Grizzlies 117-98 on 2026-01-07 on the road against the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies started Jaren Jackson Jr., Jock Landale, GG Jackson, Cam Spencer, and Jaylen Wells. The Suns started Devin Booker, Royce O'Neale, Dillon Brooks, Mark Williams, and Collin Gillespie. Devin Booker (Suns) scored 15 points (5/14) in his matchups, with Jaylen Wells as his primary defender. Jaren Jackson Jr. (Grizzlies) scored 10 points (4/16) in his matchups, with Ryan Dunn as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies 98

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaren Jackson Jr. GS 29:12 19 4 1 1 1 0 1 9-19 0-3 1-2 -15
Jaylen Wells GS 27:24 9 7 1 0 0 2 0 4-12 1-6 0-1 -10
Cam Spencer GS 27:22 14 3 5 2 0 3 0 5-11 4-6 0-0 -8
GG Jackson GS 25:13 11 5 1 3 0 5 2 3-7 2-4 3-3 -14
Jock Landale GS 21:00 0 8 4 1 0 0 0 0-5 0-4 0-0 -3
Olivier-Maxence Prosper 26:16 8 7 0 1 0 2 1 4-8 0-2 0-0 +3
Santi Aldama 22:14 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 3-8 0-3 1-2 -18
Javon Small 20:33 14 3 7 1 1 5 5 5-8 3-4 1-2 -9
Christian Koloko 20:08 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 1-3 0-0 0-2 -10
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 16:41 14 3 2 0 0 1 1 5-10 2-4 2-2 -10
Jahmai Mashack 3:57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -1
Totals 98 47 23 9 2 18 11 39-92 12-37 8-14

Did not play: John Konchar (DND - Injury/Illness)

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns 117

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Devin Booker GS 30:31 13 1 8 2 0 2 2 6-15 1-5 0-1 +16
Collin Gillespie GS 27:39 10 8 3 1 0 2 1 4-6 2-4 0-0 +12
Royce O'Neale GS 26:52 12 6 4 2 1 1 1 4-9 4-9 0-0 +9
Mark Williams GS 26:36 12 12 1 1 1 2 1 5-6 0-0 2-2 +13
Dillon Brooks GS 24:58 21 7 3 1 0 1 2 8-22 5-12 0-0 +13
Jordan Goodwin 22:42 11 8 6 2 1 0 0 4-12 3-8 0-1 +8
Ryan Dunn 22:21 2 1 2 0 0 1 2 0-5 0-4 2-2 +6
Grayson Allen 20:44 19 0 1 0 1 3 3 7-13 5-10 0-0 +10
Oso Ighodaro 17:27 5 3 2 1 1 2 3 2-2 0-0 1-2 +5
Rasheer Fleming 9:07 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 3-4 2-3 0-0 0
Nick Richards 3:57 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2-2 0-0 0-0 +1
Khaman Maluach 3:57 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 +1
Isaiah Livers 3:09 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +1
Totals 117 51 31 11 5 16 17 45-97 22-56 5-8

Did not play: Nigel Hayes-Davis (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns

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 Devin Booker: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Royce O'Neale: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jaren Jackson Jr. Ryan Dunn: 12 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Royce O'Neale: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Cam Spencer Collin Gillespie: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Dillon Brooks: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
GG Jackson Collin Gillespie: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Royce O'Neale: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Olivier-Maxence Prosper Jordan Goodwin: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Rasheer Fleming: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Santi Aldama Royce O'Neale: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Goodwin: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jock Landale Mark Williams: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Oso Ighodaro: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Christian Koloko Mark Williams: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Oso Ighodaro: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Javon Small Grayson Allen: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ryan Dunn: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Grayson Allen: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Dillon Brooks: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jahmai Mashack Jordan Goodwin: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Livers: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Suns defense

Defender Guarded most
Devin Booker Jaylen Wells: 34 poss., 10 pts (5/8) · Cam Spencer: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dillon Brooks Jaren Jackson Jr.: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/7) · Olivier-Maxence Prosper: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Collin Gillespie GG Jackson: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cam Spencer: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Royce O'Neale Santi Aldama: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Cam Spencer: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Mark Williams Jock Landale: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Christian Koloko: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Dunn Jaren Jackson Jr.: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Grayson Allen Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Cam Spencer: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/5)
Jordan Goodwin Olivier-Maxence Prosper: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/5) · Santi Aldama: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Oso Ighodaro Jock Landale: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Christian Koloko: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rasheer Fleming Jaren Jackson Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · GG Jackson: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Khaman Maluach Christian Koloko: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jahmai Mashack: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Livers Jahmai Mashack: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Javon Small: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nick Richards Christian Koloko: 3 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Javon Small: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)