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Washington Wizards vs. Memphis Grizzlies

December 28, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Wizards beat the Grizzlies 116-112 on 2025-12-28 at home. The Wizards started Khris Middleton, CJ McCollum, Bilal Coulibaly, Alex Sarr, and Tre Johnson. The Grizzlies started Jaren Jackson Jr., Ja Morant, Santi Aldama, Jaylen Wells, and Cedric Coward. Ja Morant (Grizzlies) scored 8 points (3/8) in his matchups, with Tre Johnson as his primary defender. Alex Sarr (Wizards) scored 18 points (5/15) in his matchups, with Jaren Jackson Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

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

WAS

Washington Wizards 116

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
CJ McCollum GS	32:31	16	4	5	0	0	4	1	5-12	1-6	5-5	-1
Bilal Coulibaly GS	28:44	14	8	2	3	2	1	4	6-15	0-3	2-2	+3
Alex Sarr GS	26:14	20	9	1	2	6	1	3	9-20	1-6	1-1	+2
Tre Johnson GS	25:32	14	0	4	1	1	1	2	5-11	2-5	2-2	+18
Khris Middleton GS	22:36	10	6	2	1	1	1	1	2-7	0-1	6-6	+6
Bub Carrington	26:55	12	4	7	1	0	8	2	4-9	2-4	2-3	-3
Justin Champagnie	25:22	10	12	0	1	1	2	3	3-8	2-4	2-2	-2
Marvin Bagley III	21:44	14	7	1	0	0	1	1	6-8	0-0	2-2	0
Will Riley	18:55	0	4	4	0	1	0	2	0-5	0-2	0-0	+1
Malaki Branham	11:04	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2-4	0-2	2-2	-4
Jamir Watkins	0:23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		116	54	26	9	12	19	21	42-99	8-33	24-25

Did not play: Sharife Cooper (DNP - Coach's Decision), Anthony Gill (DNP - Coach's Decision), AJ Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tristan Vukcevic (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MEM

Memphis Grizzlies 112

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Santi Aldama GS	35:29	14	10	3	5	0	3	2	5-14	1-4	3-4	-12
Jaren Jackson Jr. GS	35:02	31	8	1	1	4	3	4	11-25	2-7	7-9	+1
Jaylen Wells GS	27:30	11	7	3	0	0	2	2	4-11	2-4	1-2	+5
Ja Morant GS	27:28	21	0	7	0	0	3	0	8-16	3-5	2-2	-22
Cedric Coward GS	22:44	11	6	3	0	0	2	1	4-9	0-3	3-3	-13
Cam Spencer	26:43	8	3	7	2	0	2	3	4-11	0-5	0-0	+13
Christian Koloko	25:29	4	7	1	1	3	0	1	2-5	0-0	0-0	+3
GG Jackson	21:05	5	1	1	4	0	1	3	2-5	0-2	1-1	+12
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	10:44	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	2-5	0-1	0-0	0
Olivier-Maxence Prosper	7:46	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1-2	1-1	0-0	-7
Totals		112	43	27	14	8	16	17	43-103	9-32	17-21

Did not play: Jock Landale (DND - Injury/Illness), Vince Williams Jr. (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

WAS

Washington Wizards

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Khris Middleton · CJ McCollum · Bilal Coulibaly · Alex Sarr · Tre Johnson Starter 16.5 min
Marvin Bagley III · Justin Champagnie · Bub Carrington · Tre Johnson · Will Riley 7.6 min
Marvin Bagley III · Justin Champagnie · Malaki Branham · Bub Carrington · Will Riley 7.5 min
Khris Middleton · CJ McCollum · Bilal Coulibaly · Alex Sarr · Bub Carrington 4.4 min
CJ McCollum · Marvin Bagley III · Justin Champagnie · Bub Carrington · Will Riley 3.8 min

MEM

Memphis Grizzlies

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaren Jackson Jr. · Ja Morant · Santi Aldama · Jaylen Wells · Cedric Coward Starter 10.5 min
Jaren Jackson Jr. · Santi Aldama · GG Jackson · Cam Spencer · Jaylen Wells 3.6 min
Santi Aldama · Christian Koloko · GG Jackson · Cam Spencer · Jaylen Wells 3.3 min
Jaren Jackson Jr. · Ja Morant · Christian Koloko · GG Jackson · Cedric Coward 3.1 min
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope · Santi Aldama · Christian Koloko · Cam Spencer · Jaylen Wells 2.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Wizards defense

Ja Morant 8 pts (3/8) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Tre Johnson (51 %, 5 pts) · Bilal Coulibaly (12 %, 0 pts) · CJ McCollum (10 %, 0 pts)
Jaren Jackson Jr. 17 pts (6/18) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Alex Sarr (37 %, 9 pts) · Will Riley (18 %, 0 pts) · Marvin Bagley III (13 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
CJ McCollum	Jaylen Wells: 40 poss., 8 pts (2/3) · Ja Morant: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Bilal Coulibaly	Santi Aldama: 24 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Cam Spencer: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Alex Sarr	Jaren Jackson Jr.: 28 poss., 9 pts (4/10) · Santi Aldama: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Bub Carrington	GG Jackson: 21 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Cam Spencer: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Johnson	Ja Morant: 30 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Cedric Coward: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Justin Champagnie	Cedric Coward: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Santi Aldama: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Khris Middleton	Santi Aldama: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Cedric Coward: 12 poss., 3 pts (0/1)
Marvin Bagley III	Christian Koloko: 24 poss., 8 pts (4/4) · Jaren Jackson Jr.: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Will Riley	Jaren Jackson Jr.: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Santi Aldama: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Malaki Branham	Cam Spencer: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Olivier-Maxence Prosper: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamir Watkins

Grizzlies defense

Alex Sarr 18 pts (5/15) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Jaren Jackson Jr. (47 %, 10 pts) · Santi Aldama (14 %, 3 pts) · Christian Koloko (12 %, 0 pts)
CJ McCollum 15 pts (7/16) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Jaylen Wells (41 %, 5 pts) · GG Jackson (17 %, 2 pts) · Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (10 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaren Jackson Jr.	Alex Sarr: 27 poss., 10 pts (2/9) · Marvin Bagley III: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Santi Aldama	Khris Middleton: 25 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Justin Champagnie: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylen Wells	CJ McCollum: 29 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Tre Johnson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ja Morant	Bilal Coulibaly: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Tre Johnson: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Cam Spencer	Bilal Coulibaly: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Bub Carrington: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Christian Koloko	Marvin Bagley III: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Justin Champagnie: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cedric Coward	Tre Johnson: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Bilal Coulibaly: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
GG Jackson	CJ McCollum: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Bub Carrington: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	CJ McCollum: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Bub Carrington: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Olivier-Maxence Prosper	Will Riley: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bub Carrington: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)