New Orleans Pelicans @ Memphis Grizzlies
Friday, November 29, 2024 at 5:00 PM ET
FedExForum, Memphis, TN | Game ID: 22400042
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
MEM 32 35 25 28 120NOP 28 28 26 27 109
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Grizzlies beat Pelicans 120-109 for 1st NBA Cup win in franchise history
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- — Ja Morant had 27 points and seven assists as the Memphis Grizzlies beat the injury-riddled New Orleans Pelicans 120-109 on Friday evening for their first NBA Cup win in franchise history.
Jaren Jackson Jr . had 23 points and eight rebounds for Memphis, while Santi Aldama added 20 points and went 8 of 9 from the field.
CJ McCollum led the Pelicans with 30 points, and Dejounte Murray and Trey Murphy added 21 points apiece.
The win was Memphis' fifth straight, while the Pelicans have lost seven straight and 13 of 14.
New Orleans was playing without key players such as Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram , the Pelicans' top-two scorers, along with Herbert Jones and Jose Alvarado .
Takeaways Pelicans: With major players out with injuries, the Pelicans relied on their backcourt duo. Murray, who called the 26-point loss to Toronto on Wednesday an embarrassment, held up his end with help from McCollum and Murphy, but rookie Yves Missi was the only other player in double figures with 16.
Grizzlies: Memphis racked up 72 bench points in its previous win over Detroit on Wednesday and was already halfway to that total at the midway break. While the Pelicans were dealing with absences, Memphis had 11 players with significant minutes.
Key moment The Pelicans had cut into the double-digit deficit in the third quarter, but a pair of baskets by Jackson and a 3-pointer by Jake LaRavia put Memphis up 15.
Key stat Memphis, which leads the league averaging 30 assists a game, handed out 36 assists on its 47 baskets. The combination allowed the Grizzlies to win their first ever NBA Cup game after going 0-4 in 2023's inaugural tournament.
Up next The Pelicans travel to New York to play the Knicks on Sunday, the same day Memphis ends a four-game homestand against Indiana.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
NOPBB B. Boston
BJ Boston Jr.
CM C. McCollum
DM D. Murray
DT D. Theis
EP E. Payton
JG J. Green
JR J. Robinson-Earl
TM T. Murphy III
YM Y. Missi
MEMBC B. Clarke
DB D. Bane
JH J. Huff
JJ J. Jackson Jr.
JL J. LaRavia
JM J. Morant
JW J. Wells
LK L. Kennard
MS M. Smart
SA S. Aldama
SP S. Pippen Jr.
NOP/MEM the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur