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Denver Nuggets vs. Memphis Grizzlies

February 11, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Grizzlies 122-116 on 2026-02-11 at home. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Julian Strawther, and Christian Braun. The Grizzlies started Kyle Anderson, Ty Jerome, GG Jackson, Jaylen Wells, and Jahmai Mashack. Ty Jerome (Grizzlies) scored 7 points (2/5) in his matchups, with Christian Braun as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 20 points (8/16) in his matchups, with Lawson Lovering as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DEN
Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets 122

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Christian Braun GS 39:08 14 7 6 0 0 2 3 6-8 0-0 2-2 +12
Nikola Jokić GS 33:54 26 15 11 0 0 9 2 8-17 0-0 10-14 +8
Jamal Murray GS 33:06 23 6 7 0 1 2 2 7-18 1-5 8-8 0
Cameron Johnson GS 28:48 5 4 1 1 0 0 3 2-7 1-3 0-0 -6
Julian Strawther GS 25:18 11 1 2 1 0 0 3 5-9 1-4 0-0 -9
Bruce Brown 29:05 10 3 2 0 0 0 2 4-6 2-3 0-0 +4
Tim Hardaway Jr. 27:50 21 3 0 0 0 0 2 7-8 4-5 3-4 +12
Jonas Valančiūnas 14:11 9 6 0 0 0 1 2 3-5 0-0 3-4 0
Jalen Pickett 8:41 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 1-2 0-0 +9
Totals 122 46 29 2 1 14 19 43-81 10-22 26-32

Did not play: DaRon Holmes II (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Peyton Watson (DND - Injury/Illness)

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies 116

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
GG Jackson GS 28:13 21 5 3 0 1 1 0 6-12 3-5 6-7 +3
Jaylen Wells GS 24:18 17 1 0 0 1 0 4 7-9 2-3 1-1 +7
Jahmai Mashack GS 21:50 9 3 2 2 1 0 3 4-11 1-5 0-0 +2
Ty Jerome GS 20:58 19 1 7 1 1 0 2 4-11 3-7 8-9 +3
Kyle Anderson GS 18:29 8 3 1 1 0 0 6 4-5 0-0 0-0 +3
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 26:10 5 3 2 2 0 0 0 2-8 1-5 0-0 -8
Olivier-Maxence Prosper 22:58 14 5 0 1 0 0 4 6-7 2-3 0-0 -18
Cam Spencer 21:52 2 2 9 1 0 0 0 1-8 0-3 0-0 -7
Taylor Hendricks 19:55 10 2 1 1 0 2 5 4-8 2-4 0-0 -5
Scotty Pippen Jr. 17:43 8 0 3 1 1 2 5 3-10 1-4 1-2 -7
Lawson Lovering 17:34 3 4 0 2 0 1 3 1-2 0-0 1-2 -3
Totals 116 29 28 12 5 6 32 42-91 15-39 17-21

Did not play: Walter Clayton Jr. (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

DEN
Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies

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.

Nuggets defense

Defender Guarded most
Christian Braun Ty Jerome: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · GG Jackson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nikola Jokić Lawson Lovering: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Olivier-Maxence Prosper: 17 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Jamal Murray Scotty Pippen Jr.: 18 poss., 8 pts (2/6) · Jahmai Mashack: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Bruce Brown Cam Spencer: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Olivier-Maxence Prosper: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Cameron Johnson GG Jackson: 28 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Olivier-Maxence Prosper: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tim Hardaway Jr. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jahmai Mashack: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Julian Strawther Jaylen Wells: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas Kyle Anderson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Lawson Lovering: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Pickett Jahmai Mashack: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cam Spencer: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Grizzlies defense

Defender Guarded most
GG Jackson Cameron Johnson: 25 poss., 7 pts (2/2) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Jamal Murray: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julian Strawther: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Spencer Bruce Brown: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Christian Braun: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Olivier-Maxence Prosper Christian Braun: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jaylen Wells Julian Strawther: 14 poss., 9 pts (3/3) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jahmai Mashack Jamal Murray: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Taylor Hendricks Nikola Jokić: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Christian Braun: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ty Jerome Christian Braun: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/5) · Nikola Jokić: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Scotty Pippen Jr. Jamal Murray: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Bruce Brown: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Lawson Lovering Nikola Jokić: 16 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Jonas Valanciunas: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kyle Anderson Nikola Jokić: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jonas Valanciunas: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)