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Memphis Grizzlies vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

January 9, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Grizzlies 117-116 on 2026-01-09 on the road against the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies started Jaren Jackson Jr., Jock Landale, Cam Spencer, Jaylen Wells, and Cedric Coward. The Thunder started Luguentz Dort, Aaron Wiggins, Jalen Williams, Ajay Mitchell, and Branden Carlson. Jalen Williams (Thunder) scored 21 points (5/8) in his matchups, with Cedric Coward as his primary defender. Jaren Jackson Jr. (Grizzlies) scored 14 points (5/22) in his matchups, with Luguentz Dort as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MEM

Memphis Grizzlies 116

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaren Jackson Jr. GS	32:21	23	7	1	1	1	2	4	9-14	2-5	3-3	0
Cam Spencer GS	30:06	7	4	11	1	0	0	4	2-8	1-4	2-2	+5
Jock Landale GS	28:15	13	10	2	0	0	0	1	5-7	1-3	2-2	+5
Jaylen Wells GS	27:52	10	4	3	0	0	4	3	3-13	1-6	3-4	-16
Cedric Coward GS	25:30	13	9	4	0	0	5	4	3-9	1-3	6-7	+4
Santi Aldama	28:47	15	7	7	0	0	1	1	6-9	2-4	1-2	+4
Vince Williams Jr.	22:32	13	3	5	0	1	1	2	4-8	3-6	2-2	-8
GG Jackson	21:02	18	2	0	1	0	2	4	7-12	3-8	1-2	+1
Christian Koloko	13:40	2	5	1	0	2	2	3	1-4	0-0	0-0	-1
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	9:55	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	+1
Totals		116	52	35	4	4	17	26	41-88	14-41	20-24

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

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder 117

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ajay Mitchell GS	38:01	23	3	6	0	1	2	3	9-18	2-6	3-5	+15
Jalen Williams GS	36:16	26	5	10	1	1	2	4	9-18	0-3	8-10	+2
Luguentz Dort GS	35:10	13	6	4	3	0	0	2	5-12	1-7	2-2	+12
Aaron Wiggins GS	31:53	16	7	1	1	1	1	2	7-13	1-3	1-1	+7
Branden Carlson GS	15:50	5	1	0	1	1	0	2	2-5	1-3	0-0	-16
Kenrich Williams	28:54	21	8	0	2	0	0	2	8-13	3-7	2-3	+14
Alex Caruso	23:57	7	3	2	1	2	1	3	2-4	0-1	3-3	-3
Isaiah Joe	15:33	3	1	0	0	2	0	2	0-6	0-5	3-4	-14
Brooks Barnhizer	7:20	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5
Ousmane Dieng	7:06	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	-7
Totals		117	36	24	9	8	6	22	43-91	9-37	22-28

Did not play: Jaylin Williams (DND - Injury/Illness), Chris Youngblood (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MEM

Memphis Grizzlies

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaren Jackson Jr. · Jock Landale · Cam Spencer · Jaylen Wells · Cedric Coward Starter 9.0 min
Jaren Jackson Jr. · Jock Landale · GG Jackson · Cam Spencer · Cedric Coward 6.3 min
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope · Santi Aldama · Christian Koloko · Vince Williams Jr. · Jaylen Wells 4.5 min
Santi Aldama · Christian Koloko · Vince Williams Jr. · GG Jackson · Jaylen Wells 3.1 min
Jaren Jackson Jr. · Santi Aldama · Cam Spencer · Jaylen Wells · Cedric Coward 3.0 min

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Luguentz Dort · Aaron Wiggins · Jalen Williams · Ajay Mitchell · Branden Carlson Starter 6.7 min
Alex Caruso · Kenrich Williams · Luguentz Dort · Aaron Wiggins · Ajay Mitchell 5.6 min
Kenrich Williams · Luguentz Dort · Aaron Wiggins · Jalen Williams · Ajay Mitchell 5.1 min
Kenrich Williams · Luguentz Dort · Isaiah Joe · Jalen Williams · Ajay Mitchell 3.5 min
Alex Caruso · Kenrich Williams · Aaron Wiggins · Jalen Williams · Ajay Mitchell 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Grizzlies defense

Jalen Williams 21 pts (5/8) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Cedric Coward (23 %, 4 pts) · Jaylen Wells (16 %, 2 pts) · GG Jackson (14 %, 5 pts)
Ajay Mitchell 12 pts (5/13) in 77 possessions

Guarded by: Cam Spencer (28 %, 0 pts) · Jaylen Wells (16 %, 0 pts) · Vince Williams Jr. (16 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaren Jackson Jr.	Luguentz Dort: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Kenrich Williams: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Cam Spencer	Ajay Mitchell: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Aaron Wiggins: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylen Wells	Aaron Wiggins: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Ajay Mitchell: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Santi Aldama	Alex Caruso: 19 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Luguentz Dort: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jock Landale	Branden Carlson: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Kenrich Williams: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cedric Coward	Jalen Williams: 16 poss., 4 pts (0/1) · Luguentz Dort: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Vince Williams Jr.	Ajay Mitchell: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jalen Williams: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
GG Jackson	Jalen Williams: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Aaron Wiggins: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Christian Koloko	Kenrich Williams: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ajay Mitchell: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Aaron Wiggins: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Alex Caruso: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Thunder defense

Jaren Jackson Jr. 14 pts (5/22) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Luguentz Dort (41 %, 2 pts) · Alex Caruso (13 %, 0 pts) · Kenrich Williams (12 %, 6 pts)
GG Jackson 17 pts (6/8) in 38 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Williams (32 %, 8 pts) · Ajay Mitchell (29 %, 0 pts) · Luguentz Dort (12 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Ajay Mitchell	Jaylen Wells: 26 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · GG Jackson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Williams	Cedric Coward: 26 poss., 3 pts (1/7) · GG Jackson: 12 poss., 8 pts (3/5)
Luguentz Dort	Jaren Jackson Jr.: 27 poss., 2 pts (0/5) · Santi Aldama: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Aaron Wiggins	Cam Spencer: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Vince Williams Jr.: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kenrich Williams	Jock Landale: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Christian Koloko: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Alex Caruso	Santi Aldama: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jaren Jackson Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Branden Carlson	Jock Landale: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Santi Aldama: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Joe	Cam Spencer: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ousmane Dieng	Cedric Coward: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · GG Jackson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brooks Barnhizer	Jaren Jackson Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Christian Koloko: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)