Los Angeles Lakers @ Memphis Grizzlies
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 8:00 PM ET
FedExForum, Memphis, TN | Game ID: 22400174
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
MEM 35 24 36 36 131LAL 27 26 28 33 114
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Morant, Wells, Jackson Jr. score 20 apiece as Grizzlies beat Lakers 131-114
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- — Ja Morant scored 20 points before leaving in the third quarter with a right hamstring injury and the Memphis Grizzlies used their 3-point shooting to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 131-114 on Wednesday night.
Rookie Jaylen Wells and Jaren Jackson Jr . also scored 20 points each for the Grizzlies. There was no immediate word on the extent of Morant's injury.
LeBron James led the Lakers with 39 points, while Austin Reaves added 19 despite going 2 for 9 from 3-point range.
The Lakers played without starting center Anthony Davis , who was suffering from left heel soreness. Rui Hachimura was also out with an illness, givig rookie Dalton Knect from Tennessee his first NBA start.
Meanwhile, Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins missed the game because of a death in the family. Assistant coach Tuomas Iisalo led the team.
Takeaways Lakers: With Davis out, Los Angeles was missing 32.6 points and 11.6 rebounds a game and a dominant force in the middle. James tried to make up for the scoring but got little help.
Grizzlies: Davis' absence in the middle helped the Grizzlies stay right at their average scoring 60 points in the paint.
Key moment Memphis held a 72-68 lead in the third quarter when reserve Jay Huff , a 7-foot-1 center, connected on three consecutive 3-pointers, then capped the run off with an offensive rebound leading to a reverse dunk. The rally took the Grizzlies' advantage to 85-71.
Key stat Neither team attempts a lot of 3-pointers compared to the rest of the league, but Memphis was shooting 48% from outside the arc at the midway point of the fourth period. Meanwhile, the Lakers were stuck at 25%.
Up next Lakers host Philadelphia on Friday while the Grizzlies host Washington,.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
MEMBC B. Clarke
CC C. Castleton
JH J. Huff
JJ J. Jackson Jr.
JL J. LaRavia
JM J. Morant
JW J. Wells
LK L. Kennard
SA S. Aldama
SP S. Pippen Jr.
YK Y. Kawamura
ZE Z. Edey
LALAR A. Reaves
BJ B. James
CK C. Koloko
CR C. Reddish
DK D. Knecht
DR D. Russell
GV G. Vincent
JH J. Hayes
LJ L. James
MC M. Christie
MEM/LAL 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