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Denver Nuggets vs. Memphis Grizzlies

April 8, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Grizzlies 136-119 on 2026-04-08 at home. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. The Grizzlies started Taylor Hendricks, Walter Clayton Jr., Cedric Coward, Jahmai Mashack, and Toby Okani. Cedric Coward (Grizzlies) scored 8 points (4/6) in his matchups, with Bruce Brown as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 33 points (13/27) in his matchups, with Toby Okani as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets 136

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jamal Murray GS 34:47 26 7 5 0 0 3 0 8-17 5-10 5-5 +18
Nikola Jokić GS 31:02 14 16 10 2 0 2 0 5-8 0-1 4-5 +24
Cameron Johnson GS 29:43 18 3 2 1 0 1 1 8-12 2-4 0-0 +7
Christian Braun GS 26:35 14 2 1 1 0 1 0 7-10 0-2 0-1 +21
Aaron Gordon GS 22:16 6 2 6 0 1 0 3 2-6 0-2 2-2 +17
Bruce Brown 26:06 13 7 2 2 1 1 4 5-7 0-1 3-5 +4
Tim Hardaway Jr. 19:28 13 4 2 0 0 0 1 5-10 3-8 0-0 +13
Julian Strawther 14:45 10 2 1 0 1 0 3 4-6 2-3 0-0 -8
Jonas Valančiūnas 12:45 14 4 0 0 2 3 5 6-6 0-0 2-3 0
Zeke Nnaji 6:55 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 -9
Jalen Pickett 5:56 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 2-3 1-2 0-0 -2
DaRon Holmes II 3:14 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 1-2 0-0 0
Curtis Jones 3:14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0
KJ Simpson 3:14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 136 52 31 6 5 12 20 53-90 14-36 16-21

Did not play: Tyus Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision)

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Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies 119

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jahmai Mashack GS 32:49 9 3 7 0 0 1 3 4-12 1-4 0-2 -30
Toby Okani GS 32:49 15 0 2 1 0 0 1 5-10 4-7 1-4 -30
Taylor Hendricks GS 21:54 16 6 1 1 1 1 3 6-8 2-3 2-2 +14
Cedric Coward GS 21:54 27 6 2 1 0 0 2 10-17 3-7 4-5 +14
Walter Clayton Jr. GS 21:54 15 2 3 0 0 1 0 5-10 2-5 3-3 +14
Adama Bal 38:49 12 6 5 2 0 1 1 3-10 2-6 4-4 -18
Lucas Williamson 36:38 16 6 1 0 0 2 4 6-12 3-8 1-1 -20
Dariq Whitehead 28:16 7 7 3 0 0 0 5 2-10 2-10 1-2 -30
Taj Gibson 4:57 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1-3 0-0 0-0 +1
Totals 119 38 24 5 1 6 20 42-92 19-50 16-23

Did not play: GG Jackson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Olivier-Maxence Prosper (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cam Spencer (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

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Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

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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
Jamal Murray Jahmai Mashack: 22 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Lucas Williamson: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Nikola Jokić Toby Okani: 28 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Taylor Hendricks: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Cameron Johnson Dariq Whitehead: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Lucas Williamson: 11 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Bruce Brown Adama Bal: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Walter Clayton Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Christian Braun Lucas Williamson: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jahmai Mashack: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Aaron Gordon Adama Bal: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jahmai Mashack: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Tim Hardaway Jr. Dariq Whitehead: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Lucas Williamson: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Julian Strawther Adama Bal: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Lucas Williamson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas Taylor Hendricks: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Toby Okani: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Zeke Nnaji Adama Bal: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Taylor Hendricks: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Pickett Lucas Williamson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cedric Coward: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DaRon Holmes II Taylor Hendricks: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Adama Bal: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
KJ Simpson Walter Clayton Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cedric Coward: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Curtis Jones Lucas Williamson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cedric Coward: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Grizzlies defense

  • Nikola Jokić 33 pts (13/27) in 66 possessions

    Guarded by: Toby Okani (39 %, 14 pts) · Taylor Hendricks (14 %, 7 pts) · Jahmai Mashack (9 %, 3 pts)

  • Jamal Murray 8 pts (3/12) in 73 possessions

    Guarded by: Lucas Williamson (21 %, 3 pts) · Toby Okani (18 %, 0 pts) · Adama Bal (17 %, 3 pts)

Defender Guarded most
Adama Bal Bruce Brown: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Jamal Murray: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Lucas Williamson Cameron Johnson: 16 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Jamal Murray: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Toby Okani Nikola Jokić: 25 poss., 14 pts (5/9) · Jamal Murray: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jahmai Mashack Christian Braun: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Dariq Whitehead Tim Hardaway Jr.: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cameron Johnson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cedric Coward Cameron Johnson: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Bruce Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Walter Clayton Jr. Bruce Brown: 11 poss., 7 pts (2/2) · Julian Strawther: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Taylor Hendricks Jonas Valanciunas: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Nikola Jokić: 9 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Taj Gibson Nikola Jokić: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jamal Murray: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)