The game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Denver Nuggets will take place at FedExForum on Saturday, February 25 at 8:00 PM ET.
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The Memphis Grizzlies will welcome the Denver Nuggets to FedExForum for an NBA game on Saturday. The Memphis Grizzlies won 117-111 in their last game over the Jazz. Jaren Jackson had 26 points, nine rebounds and four blocks and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Utah Jazz 117-111 on Wednesday night in the last game for both teams before the All-Star break. Desmond Bane scored 24 points and Ja Morant had 20 points — on 8-of-26 shooting — and nine assists. Jackson also had five steals.
Kelly Olynyk led the Jazz with 28 points and 14 rebounds, and Jordan Clarkson had 20 points, nine rebounds and six assists. Utah, which trailed by 24 in the first half, cut the Memphis lead to 111-110 when Ochai Agbaji (17 points) scored on a dunk with 1:28 left. But Morant scored the next three points for Memphis and the Grizzlies held on for their second straight victory. “Being up 24, you definitely don’t want to go into the All-Star break after losing a (big) lead, but we survived,” Memphis coach Taylor Jenkins said.
Jackson said there were several key factors that helped Memphis hold on. He said the performance “wasn’t great,” but the Grizzlies had enough left at the end to escape the Utah comeback. “I can’t tell you what it was,” Jackson said. “I’m just happy they missed some shots late, and we made some shots late. We got the ball to who we wanted to get it to and finished it out.”
The Denver Nuggets on the other hand won 118-109 against the Mavericks in their last game. Reserve Jeff Green scored a season-high 24 points, Nikola Jokic notched his 21st triple-double of the season and the Denver Nuggets headed into the All-Star break with a 118-109 victory over the short-handed Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night. Nikola Jokic finished with 14 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for the Western Conference-leading Nuggets, who moved to an NBA-best 27-4 at home this season.
Michael Porter Jr. hit five 3-pointers and finished with 22 points. “For us to continue to find ways to win and have different guys step up every night, I think it speaks to our chemistry, our depth,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. “We’ve got a really good team in there.” Luka Doncic had 37 points in leading a banged-up Dallas team that was missing guard Kyrie Irving due to lower-back tightness. Doncic and Irving have played alongside each other in two games since Irving was acquired as part of a deal with Brooklyn on Feb. 6.
The Nuggets led by 21 in the fourth quarter, only to see the Mavericks cut it to 105-95 with 5:50 remaining on Christian Wood’s layup. Soon after, Porter blocked a shot on one end, raced back and hit a 3-pointer on the other to gain some breathing room. Where it really got away from the Mavs, coach Jason Kidd conceded, was in the second, when the Nuggets broke open a one-point game with a 35-19 quarter. “You’re sitting in a good place against the best team in the West and so we have to look at doing a better job,” Kidd said.
Memphis Grizzlies: Dillon Brooks, Jaren Jackson Jr., Brandon Clarke, Ja Morant, Desmond Bane
Denver Nuggets: Michael Porter Jr., Vlatko Cančar, Nikola Jokić, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Bruce Brown Jr.
Memphis Grizzlies: Luke Kennard , Steven Adams
Denver Nuggets: Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon, Collin Gillespie, Zeke Nnaji
The game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Denver Nuggets will take place at FedExForum on Saturday, February 25 at 8:00 PM ET.
The match between the Memphis Grizzlies and Denver Nuggets will be telecast live on Altitude, TNT.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Altitude, TNT. | February 25 (8:00 PM ET) |
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