Memphis Grizzlies – Utah Jazz · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 22 November 2021

MEM119–118UTA

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 82% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes

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↑ UTA winsMEM wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when UTA leads and falls when MEM does.

This is how the game was decided.

Ja Morant decided it, the Memphis Grizzlies player with the most points (32, with 4 rebounds and 7 assists; +1 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Desmond Bane's (+15). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Utah Jazz 118-119 Memphis Grizzlies (November 22, 2021) was hit by Jaren Jackson Jr.: a three-pointer with 6.7 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Memphis Grizzlies up 119-118. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Utah Jazz 118-119 Memphis Grizzlies (November 22, 2021) was a 9-0 run by the Memphis Grizzlies in the third quarter (from 5:01 to 3:55), from 73-80 to 82-80. The Utah Jazz' best was a 8-0 run in the first quarter (from 7:37 to 6:42), from 6-11 to 14-11.

What were the keys of the last Utah Jazz vs Memphis Grizzlies game?

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Play: Jaren Jackson Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ja Morant assists).

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Jaren Jackson Jr. decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 6.7 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 3 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Jackson decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

22 November 2021 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401360085:683; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · MEM

Morant · Jackson · Bane · Williams · Clarke

Closing lineup · UTA

Mitchell · Gobert · Bogdanovic · Conley · Ingles

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MEM

Ja Morant

37′ · +1

Jaren Jackson Jr.

34′ · -2

Desmond Bane

34′ · +15

Steven Adams

24′ · +4

Kyle Anderson

23′ · +2

Ziaire Williams

29′ · -8

Brandon Clarke

26′ · -1

John Konchar

21′ · -6

Tyus Jones

11′ · 0

UTA

Donovan Mitchell

36′ · -11

Rudy Gobert

33′ · +10

Bojan Bogdanovic

30′ · -4

Mike Conley

30′ · +13

Royce O'Neale

30′ · -4

Joe Ingles

24′ · -6

Hassan Whiteside

15′ · -11

Jordan Clarkson

23′ · +7

Rudy Gay

18′ · +3

Trent Forrest

2′ · -2

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. MEM and UTA.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Memphis Grizzlies

Jackson, Morant, Bane, Adams, and Anderson played 10.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Morant, Clarke, Bane, Williams, and Adams played 8.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Jackson, Morant, Clarke, Bane, and Williams played 7.5 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Utah Jazz

O'Neale, Mitchell, Conley, Bogdanovic, and Gobert played 19.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Gay, Conley, Gobert, Clarkson, and Ingles played 10.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 12 points.
O'Neale, Mitchell, Whiteside, Bogdanovic, and Ingles played 5.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 9 points.

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Memphis Grizzlies

Jones, Jackson, Konchar, Bane, and Anderson played 5.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Morant, Clarke, Konchar, Williams, and Adams played 3.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Jones, Jackson, Konchar, Williams, and Anderson played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Jones, Jackson, Clarke, Konchar, and Williams played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Jackson, Morant, Konchar, Williams, and Anderson played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Morant, Clarke, Konchar, Bane, and Adams played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Jackson, Morant, Clarke, Williams, and Anderson played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Utah Jazz

Mitchell, Gay, Whiteside, Clarkson, and Ingles played 4.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
O'Neale, Mitchell, Whiteside, Bogdanovic, and Clarkson played 4.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Forrest, Gay, Gobert, Clarkson, and Ingles played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Mitchell, Gay, Gobert, Clarkson, and Ingles played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Ja Morant covered 4.22 km, more than anyone in the game.

Ja Morant touched the ball 96 times, a game high.
Mike Conley made 53 passes, a game high.
Steven Adams defended 6 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 6.
Rudy Gobert had 23 rebound chances, a game high.

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Memphis Grizzlies

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Ja Morant	4.22	6.5	96	52
Desmond Bane	4.10	6.8	63	39
Jaren Jackson Jr.	4.02	6.7	49	28
Ziaire Williams	3.43	6.6	16	9
Brandon Clarke	3.30	7.2	31	24
Steven Adams	2.90	6.8	35	31
Kyle Anderson	2.77	6.7	35	27
John Konchar	2.65	7.2	22	17
Tyus Jones	1.43	7.1	25	23

Utah Jazz

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Rudy Gobert	3.89	6.7	30	14
Donovan Mitchell	3.83	6.1	74	46
Bojan Bogdanovic	3.60	6.8	37	21
Royce O'Neale	3.57	6.8	53	46
Mike Conley	3.52	6.6	70	53

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2021-22 regular season, not this game.

Memphis Grizzlies

Jaren Jackson Jr. defended 5.1 shots at the rim per game over his 78 games, and opponents made 14 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 2 of 131 in the league.
Ja Morant recovered 1.1 loose balls per game over his 57 games.
He ranks 12 of 386 in the league.
Steven Adams contested 9.0 shots per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 26 of 386 in the league.

Utah Jazz

Rudy Gobert contested 13.1 shots per game over his 66 games.
He ranks 2 of 386 in the league.
Donovan Mitchell recovered 1.0 loose balls per game over his 67 games.
He ranks 23 of 386 in the league.
Hassan Whiteside contested 8.4 shots per game over his 64 games.
He ranks 36 of 386 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Utah Jazz have won 51 of their 95 games against the Memphis Grizzlies.

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Game context

Attendance

18.306

100% of capacity

Delta Center · Salt Lake City

Scoring

237

combined points

15.8 above the season average (221.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

24 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Loose Ball · 00:00.6

Jaren Jackson Jr. → Rudy Gobert

Jackson Jr. (MEM) wraps his arm around Gobert's (UTA) back while also grabbing his arm, which restricts Gobert's ability to pursue the rebound.

Turnover: Traveling · 01:20.0

Ja Morant → Jazz

Morant (MEM) slides his pivot foot to create space from the defensive pressure.