Memphis Grizzlies – Phoenix Suns · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 29 October 2025

MEM114–113PHX

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 93% of NBA games since 2017

· The win probability swung between the two teams 34 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.

↑ PHX winsMEM wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when PHX 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 (28, with 8 rebounds and 7 assists; +13 with him on the floor). 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 Phoenix Suns 113-114 Memphis Grizzlies (October 29, 2025) was hit by Ja Morant: a jump shot with 7.6 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Memphis Grizzlies up 114-113. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Phoenix Suns 113-114 Memphis Grizzlies (October 29, 2025) was a 10-0 run by the Phoenix Suns in the first quarter (from 6:32 to 4:23), from 11-15 to 21-15. The Memphis Grizzlies' best was a 7-0 run in the first quarter (from 1:44 to 38.2 s), from 20-26 to 27-26.

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Play: Ja Morant makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Santi Aldama 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.

Ja Morant decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 7.6 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 7 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Morant 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.

29 October 2025 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401809992:733; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · MEM

Morant · Jackson · Wells · Aldama · Coward

Closing lineup · PHX

Booker · Allen · O'Neale · Williams · Gillespie

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MEM

Ja Morant

32′ · +13

Jaren Jackson Jr.

32′ · -2

Jaylen Wells

29′ · -2

Jock Landale

24′ · 0

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

19′ · +6

Santi Aldama

31′ · +8

Cedric Coward

28′ · +4

John Konchar

17′ · -13

Javon Small

10′ · -15

Cam Spencer

19′ · +6

PHX

Devin Booker

36′ · +4

Grayson Allen

36′ · -2

Royce O'Neale

35′ · +7

Ryan Dunn

28′ · +4

Mark Williams

28′ · +6

Collin Gillespie

31′ · +1

Oso Ighodaro

12′ · -7

Nigel Hayes-Davis

14′ · -9

Isaiah Livers

8′ · -12

Nick Richards

12′ · +3

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 PHX.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Memphis Grizzlies

Jackson, Landale, Morant, Wells, and Caldwell-Pope played 7.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Landale, Morant, Konchar, Spencer, and Wells played 6.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Jackson, Konchar, Aldama, Coward, and Small played 5.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 13 points.

Phoenix Suns

Booker, O'Neale, Allen, Williams, and Dunn played 14.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Booker, O'Neale, Allen, Williams, and Gillespie played 6.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
O'Neale, Allen, Richards, Gillespie, and Ighodaro played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.

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Memphis Grizzlies

Jackson, Morant, Aldama, Wells, and Coward played 4.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Landale, Morant, Aldama, Wells, and Coward played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.
Jackson, Aldama, Spencer, Coward, and Small played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Jackson, Morant, Aldama, Coward, and Caldwell-Pope played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Jackson, Morant, Aldama, Wells, and Caldwell-Pope played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Landale, Aldama, Spencer, Wells, and Coward played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Jackson, Morant, Aldama, Spencer, and Coward played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Jackson, Morant, Aldama, Spencer, and Caldwell-Pope played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Landale, Morant, Konchar, Wells, and Caldwell-Pope played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Landale, Konchar, Coward, Small, and Caldwell-Pope played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Jackson, Konchar, Aldama, Spencer, and Coward played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Jackson, Aldama, Spencer, Wells, and Coward played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

Phoenix Suns

Booker, O'Neale, Gillespie, Ighodaro, and Dunn played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
O'Neale, Allen, Richards, Gillespie, and Dunn played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Booker, Hayes-Davis, Livers, Williams, and Dunn played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Hayes-Davis, Allen, Livers, Gillespie, and Ighodaro played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Booker, Hayes-Davis, Livers, Gillespie, and Ighodaro played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
O'Neale, Hayes-Davis, Allen, Richards, and Gillespie played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Booker, Hayes-Davis, Allen, Richards, and Gillespie played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Booker, Hayes-Davis, Williams, Gillespie, and Dunn played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Booker, Allen, Williams, Gillespie, and Dunn played 1.3 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.

Grayson Allen covered 4.14 km, more than anyone in the game.

Ja Morant touched the ball 82 times, a game high.
Mark Williams defended 5 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 4.
Mark Williams had 20 rebound chances, a game high.

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Memphis Grizzlies

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Santi Aldama	3.64	7.3	55	42
Ja Morant	3.60	7.0	82	48
Jaren Jackson Jr.	3.48	6.8	58	37
Jaylen Wells	3.44	7.3	32	22
Cedric Coward	3.43	7.4	49	34
Jock Landale	2.48	6.8	22	15
Cam Spencer	2.14	7.2	33	28
John Konchar	1.98	7.8	25	21
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	1.96	6.7	35	21
Javon Small	1.27	7.9	17	13

Phoenix Suns

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Grayson Allen	4.14	7.1	63	45
Devin Booker	3.91	6.7	70	34
Royce O'Neale	3.91	7.0	70	55
Collin Gillespie	3.78	7.6	73	55
Mark Williams	3.19	7.1	53

How far does Grayson Allen run per game?

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 guarded whom

Jaylen Wells guarded Devin Booker for 4.5 minutes, over 24 possessions.
In that time, Devin Booker scored 2 points and made 0 of 5 shots.
Jock Landale guarded Mark Williams for 4.0 minutes, over 21 possessions.
In that time, Mark Williams scored 2 points and made 1 of 2 shots.
Royce O'Neale guarded Santi Aldama for 4.0 minutes, over 17 possessions.
In that time, Santi Aldama scored 0 points and made 0 of 1 shots.

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Memphis Grizzlies defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
Wells	Booker	4.5	24	2 (0/5)
Landale	Williams	4.0	21	2 (1/2)
Coward	Booker	4.0	24	18 (6/8)
Morant	Allen	3.5	16	7 (2/3)
Jackson	Williams	3.4	17	0 (0/0)
Aldama	O'Neale	3.2	17	9 (3/4)
Aldama	Dunn	2.9	14	2 (1/3)
Coward	Allen	2.8	17	0 (0/1)
Wells	Allen	2.2	15	0 (0/1)
Landale	Richards	2.1	12	0 (0/0)

Phoenix Suns defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
O'Neale	Aldama	4.0	17	0 (0/1)
Allen	Wells	3.9	18	0 (0/1)
Booker	Coward	3.6	18	0 (0/1)
Williams	Jackson	3.5	15	5 (2/6)
Williams	Landale	3.4	17	2 (1/1)

Matchups come from the NBA's tracking (NBA.com) for this game: how long each defender guarded each attacker and what the attacker produced in that time. Only matchups of two minutes or more are shown.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2025-26 regular season, not this game.

Memphis Grizzlies

Cedric Coward recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 62 games.
He ranks 4 of 399 in the league.
Jaren Jackson Jr. contested 9.1 shots per game over his 48 games.
He ranks 11 of 399 in the league.
John Konchar deflected 2.8 passes per game over his 53 games.
He ranks 32 of 399 in the league.

Phoenix Suns

Collin Gillespie recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 80 games.
He ranks 5 of 399 in the league.
Mark Williams contested 8.4 shots per game over his 60 games.
He ranks 16 of 399 in the league.
Devin Booker recovered 0.7 loose balls per game over his 64 games.
He ranks 24 of 399 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 Phoenix Suns have won 48 of their 93 games against the Memphis Grizzlies.

48-45record of the Phoenix Suns · NBA 2001-02 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

2-1in 2025-26

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 2001-02 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

17.071

100% of capacity

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Scoring

227

combined points

4.2 below the season average (231.2)