Memphis Grizzlies – Golden State Warriors · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 25 January 2023

MEM120–122GSW

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 96% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 37 times
· It stayed close for almost the whole game

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ GSW winsMEM wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Stephen Curry decided it, the Golden State Warriors player with the most points (34, with 2 rebounds and 3 assists; -3 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Jordan Poole'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 Golden State Warriors 122-120 Memphis Grizzlies (January 25, 2023) was hit by Jordan Poole: a layup with 2.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Golden State Warriors up 122-120. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Golden State Warriors 122-120 Memphis Grizzlies (January 25, 2023) was a 9-0 run by the Golden State Warriors in the fourth quarter (from 3:53 to 1:55), from 107-113 to 116-113. The Memphis Grizzlies' best was a 9-0 run in the third quarter (from 7:42 to 6:07), from 69-68 to 78-68.

What were the keys of the last Golden State Warriors vs Memphis Grizzlies game?

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Play: Jordan Poole makes 4-foot layup (Donte DiVincenzo 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.

Jordan Poole decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 2.1 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 Poole 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.

25 January 2023 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401468881:777; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · MEM

Morant · Bane · Clarke · Brooks · Williams

Closing lineup · GSW

Thompson · Green · Poole · DiVincenzo · Lamb

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MEM

Ja Morant

35′ · +1

Desmond Bane

34′ · +8

Brandon Clarke

32′ · -5

Dillon Brooks

31′ · +1

Jaren Jackson Jr.

28′ · +7

Ziaire Williams

24′ · -19

Santi Aldama

21′ · +2

Tyus Jones

19′ · -1

Xavier Tillman

13′ · -5

David Roddy

3′ · 0

GSW

Stephen Curry

35′ · -3

Klay Thompson

34′ · +6

Draymond Green

32′ · +2

Jordan Poole

31′ · +15

Jonathan Kuminga

24′ · -16

Donte DiVincenzo

34′ · +7

Kevon Looney

20′ · -6

JaMychal Green

10′ · -2

Anthony Lamb

19′ · +7

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 GSW.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Memphis Grizzlies

Brooks, Jackson, Morant, Clarke, and Bane played 13.7 minutes together.
Jones, Jackson, Tillman, Bane, and Williams played 9.7 minutes together.
Brooks, Morant, Clarke, Williams, and Aldama played 6.0 minutes together.

The plus-minus of each Memphis Grizzlies lineup is not shown: its rotation stints do not add up with each other.

Golden State Warriors

Poole, Kuminga, Curry, Thompson, and Green played 11.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Looney, DiVincenzo, Poole, Thompson, and Green played 4.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Looney, DiVincenzo, Lamb, Curry, and Thompson played 4.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.

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Memphis Grizzlies

Brooks, Morant, Clarke, Bane, and Aldama played 3.9 minutes together.
Brooks, Morant, Clarke, Aldama, and Roddy played 2.9 minutes together.
Jones, Tillman, Bane, Williams, and Aldama played 2.9 minutes together.
Brooks, Jackson, Morant, Clarke, and Williams played 2.1 minutes together.
Jones, Jackson, Morant, Bane, and Aldama played 1.8 minutes together.
Jones, Brooks, Morant, Clarke, and Bane played 1.7 minutes together.
Jones, Morant, Clarke, Williams, and Aldama played 1.4 minutes together.

Golden State Warriors

DiVincenzo, Poole, Curry, Thompson, and Green played 3.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 11 points.
Looney, DiVincenzo, Poole, Lamb, and Green played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Looney, DiVincenzo, Lamb, Curry, and Green played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
DiVincenzo, Kuminga, Lamb, Curry, and Green played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
DiVincenzo, Lamb, Curry, Green, and Green played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Looney, Poole, Kuminga, Curry, and Thompson played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
DiVincenzo, Poole, Kuminga, Lamb, and Green played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
DiVincenzo, Kuminga, Curry, Thompson, and Green played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
DiVincenzo, Poole, Kuminga, Thompson, and Green played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Looney, DiVincenzo, Kuminga, Curry, and Thompson played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Looney, DiVincenzo, Poole, Thompson, and Green played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.

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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.

Donte DiVincenzo covered 4.31 km, more than anyone in the game.

Ja Morant touched the ball 88 times, a game high.
Draymond Green made 67 passes, a game high.
Draymond Green defended 10 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 5.
Draymond Green had 17 rebound chances, a game high.

▸See what was measured for each player

Memphis Grizzlies

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Ja Morant	4.15	6.4	88	54
Desmond Bane	4.14	6.6	66	45
Brandon Clarke	4.05	7.0	47	35
Dillon Brooks	3.72	6.6	38	28
Jaren Jackson Jr.	3.48	6.9	38	20
Ziaire Williams	2.77	6.5	22	14
Santi Aldama	2.64	7.0	24	19
Tyus Jones	2.43	7.0	39	32
Xavier Tillman	1.64	6.7	23	18
David Roddy	0.40	6.8	3	2

Golden State Warriors

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Donte DiVincenzo	4.31	6.9	62	53
Stephen Curry	4.17	6.6	71	44
Klay Thompson	4.05	6.5	58	30
Jordan Poole	3.62	6.5	74	45
Draymond Green	3.51	6.0	80

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 2022-23 regular season, not this game.

Memphis Grizzlies

Jaren Jackson Jr. contested 10.8 shots per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 7 of 382 in the league.
Ja Morant recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 61 games.
He ranks 10 of 382 in the league.
Xavier Tillman defended 4.5 shots at the rim per game over his 59 games, and opponents made 8 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 16 of 149 in the league.

Golden State Warriors

Stephen Curry recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 56 games.
He ranks 14 of 382 in the league.
Draymond Green deflected 2.8 passes per game over his 73 games.
He ranks 16 of 382 in the league.
Kevon Looney contested 9.4 shots per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 20 of 382 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 Golden State Warriors have won 54 of their 102 games against the Memphis Grizzlies.

54-48record of the Golden State Warriors · NBA 2001-02 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Game context

Attendance

18.064

100% of capacity

Chase Center · San Francisco

Scoring

242

combined points

12.6 above the season average (229.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

36 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Offensive · 00:17.2

Draymond Green → Dillon Brooks

Green (GSW) continues to re-establish himself following the initial contact with Brooks (MEM) and he creates further contact with Brooks that affects Brooks' ability to move around the screen.