Game ID: 22400070
Memphis Grizzlies @ Utah Jazz
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at 9:00 PM ET
Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
UTA 23 27 36 38 124MEM 29 32 32 33 126
MEM @ UTA ScoutingMEM @ UTA Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
UTA availability going into 10/23 · season opener
full strength
UTA availability going into 10/25 · 1 day's rest
full strength
UTA availability going into 10/28 · 2 days' restOUT Mykhailiuk missed 2 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Potter missed 2 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Tshiebwe missed 2 since 10/23, out tonight
UTA availability going into 10/29 · back-to-backOUT Mykhailiuk missed 3 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Potter missed 3 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Tshiebwe missed 3 since 10/23, out tonight
UTA availability going into 10/31 · 1 day's restOUT Mykhailiuk missed 4 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Potter missed 4 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Tshiebwe missed 4 since 10/23, out tonight
MEM availability going into 10/23 · season opener
full strength
MEM availability going into 10/25 · 1 day's rest
full strength
MEM availability going into 10/26 · back-to-back
full strength
MEM availability going into 10/28 · 1 day's restNEW Huff 12 to 19 min over the last 3
MEM availability going into 10/30 · 1 day's restOUT Konchar missed 2 since 10/26, returns tonight: 19 min (154% of 12)
NEW Huff 12 to 19 min over the last 4
10/23 vs MEM 124-126 — UTA notes
UTA lost 124-126. UTA shot 47% (40 of 85) to MEM's 47%, 10 of 26 from three, and went to the line 45 times to MEM's 32 — 34 points from the stripe to their 23. Markkanen led with 35 (9 of 15, 4 of 7 from three, 13 of 14 at the line); Clarkson added 17, Kessler 16. Q4 was theirs, 38-33, the deficit cut from 7 to 2, but the other 3 periods went 93-86 against them. Sensabaugh's -12 in 12 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/23 @ UTA 126-124 — MEM notes
MEM won 126-124. MEM shot 47% (43 of 91) to UTA's 47%, 17 of 45 from three, and got to the line 32 times to UTA's 45. Aldama led with 27 (10 of 16, 5 of 10 from three); Bane added 24, Morant 22. The hinge was Q1, 29-23: from level to 6 ahead, and the lead reached 17.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
MEMBC B. Clarke
DB D. Bane
JH J. Huff
JK J. Konchar
JL J. LaRavia
JM J. Morant
JW J. Wells
MS M. Smart
SA S. Aldama
SP S. Pippen Jr.
ZE Z. Edey
UTABS B. Sensabaugh
CS C. Sexton
CW C. Williams
JC J. Clarkson
JC J. Collins
KG K. George
LM L. Markkanen
PM P. Mills
TH T. Hendricks
WK W. Kessler
MEM/UTA 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
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
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
Ja Morant has 22 points and 10 assists in return, leads Grizzlies to season-opening win over Jazz
SALT LAKE CITY -- — Ja Morant had 22 points, 10 assists and five rebounds in his return to action to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to a 126-124 victory over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night.
Morant appeared in just nine games last season after serving a 25-game league suspension before suffering a season-ending shoulder injury. Santi Aldama scored 27 points and Desmond Bane added 24 more for the Grizzlies.
Lauri Markkanen had 35 points and nine rebounds for Utah. Jordan Clarkson chipped in for 17 points and seven assists off the bench. Walker Kessler had 16 points and 14 rebounds.
The Jazz erased a double-digit deficit in the fourth quarter and tied it at 116 on Kessler’s tip-in with 2:48 left. Aldama scored back-to-back baskets to put the Grizzlies in front for good.
Takeaways Grizzlies: Memphis cooked the Jazz from the perimeter for the bulk of four quarters. Aldama, Bane, and Jay Huff combined for 12 of the Grizzlies' 17 3-poiners.
Jazz: Sloppiness on offense undermined Utah’s efforts to rally until the fourth quarter. The Jazz committed 16 turnovers, leading to 22 points for Memphis, in the first three quarters.
Key moment After trailing by as many as 17 points in the first half, Utah took a 105-104 lead with 6:45 left after a 17-3 run. Taylor Hendricks and Markkanen combined for two baskets and four free throws in the run to set up a tight finish.
Key stat Huff had 13 points on 4-of-6 shooting, marking just the fourth time in his NBA career – and the first time in two seasons – that he's scored in the double digits.
Up next The Grizzlies visit Houston on Friday, and the Jazz host Golden State on the same night.