Sacramento Kings – Memphis Grizzlies · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 23 February 2026

SAC123–114MEM

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· The win probability swung between the two teams 25 times
· It stayed close for almost the whole game

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↑ MEM winsSAC wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Russell Westbrook decided it, the Sacramento Kings player with the most points (25, with 2 rebounds and 7 assists; +9 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Keegan Murray's (+11). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

Memphis Grizzlies 114-123 Sacramento Kings (February 23, 2026) was not decided in the closing minutes: the Sacramento Kings went ahead for good in the third quarter (9:36 left), with a jump shot by Precious Achiuwa for 70-68, and never gave up the lead.

The biggest run of Memphis Grizzlies 114-123 Sacramento Kings (February 23, 2026) was a 10-0 run by the Sacramento Kings in the fourth quarter (from 9:46 to 8:47), from 94-91 to 104-91. The Memphis Grizzlies' best was a 8-0 run in the second quarter (from 7:10 to 6:11), from 34-43 to 42-43.

What were the keys of the last Memphis Grizzlies vs Sacramento Kings game?

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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.

This is how the two teams compared in passes and jump shots.

Sacramento made 260 passes and Memphis made 312.
SAC 260312 MEM
Sacramento made 24 of 62 jump shots and Memphis made 20 of 54.
SAC24/62
MEM20/54

Passes come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game: each team's total adds up its players' passes. Jump shots come from ESPN's play-by-play: every field-goal attempt ESPN logs as a jump shot counts, threes included.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · SAC

Murray · Achiuwa · Westbrook · DeRozan · Plowden

Closing lineup · MEM

Wells · Jackson · Spencer · Small · Clayton

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SAC

Keegan Murray

34′ · +11

Precious Achiuwa

33′ · +7

Russell Westbrook

33′ · +9

DeMar DeRozan

29′ · +1

Maxime Raynaud

28′ · +10

Nique Clifford

28′ · +2

Daeqwon Plowden

26′ · -4

Malik Monk

19′ · +3

Killian Hayes

11′ · +6

MEM

Jaylen Wells

26′ · -7

GG Jackson

26′ · -12

Olivier-Maxence Prosper

25′ · -12

Cam Spencer

22′ · -12

Scotty Pippen Jr.

22′ · -9

Rayan Rupert

26′ · -5

Taylor Hendricks

25′ · +3

Javon Small

25′ · -1

Jahmai Mashack

22′ · +5

Walter Clayton Jr.

21′ · +5

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Sacramento Kings

Achiuwa, Murray, Raynaud, Westbrook, and DeRozan played 12.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Monk, Hayes, Achiuwa, Plowden, and Clifford played 5.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Monk, Hayes, Plowden, Clifford, and Raynaud played 5.0 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Memphis Grizzlies

Pippen, Jackson, Prosper, Spencer, and Wells played 10.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Pippen, Rupert, Jackson, Prosper, and Spencer played 10.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Hendricks, Wells, Clayton, Small, and Mashack played 8.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.

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Sacramento Kings

Murray, Clifford, Raynaud, Westbrook, and DeRozan played 4.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Achiuwa, Murray, Plowden, Westbrook, and DeRozan played 4.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Monk, Murray, Clifford, Raynaud, and Westbrook played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Murray, Plowden, Raynaud, Westbrook, and DeRozan played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Monk, Achiuwa, Murray, Plowden, and Clifford played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Achiuwa, Murray, Clifford, Westbrook, and DeRozan played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Monk, Achiuwa, Plowden, Clifford, and DeRozan played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Achiuwa, Murray, Plowden, Clifford, and Westbrook played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Monk, Achiuwa, Plowden, Clifford, and Westbrook played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Memphis Grizzlies

Hendricks, Rupert, Clayton, Small, and Mashack played 6.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Hendricks, Rupert, Wells, Small, and Mashack played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Rupert, Jackson, Prosper, Clayton, and Small played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Hendricks, Prosper, Wells, Clayton, and Small played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Hendricks, Rupert, Jackson, Spencer, and Mashack played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Hendricks, Rupert, Prosper, Clayton, and Small played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Pippen, Hendricks, Rupert, Jackson, and Mashack played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 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.

Keegan Murray covered 3.93 km, more than anyone in the game.

Russell Westbrook touched the ball 68 times, a game high.
Russell Westbrook made 50 passes, a game high.
Keegan Murray defended 7 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 3.
Maxime Raynaud had 13 rebound chances, a game high.

▸See what was measured for each player

Sacramento Kings

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Keegan Murray	3.93	6.9	41	32
Precious Achiuwa	3.81	7.0	41	25
Nique Clifford	3.48	7.4	36	33
Maxime Raynaud	3.43	7.4	35	31
Russell Westbrook	3.33	6.1	68	50
Daeqwon Plowden	3.15	7.4	35	22
DeMar DeRozan	3.06	6.4	39	27
Malik Monk	2.27	7.1	32	18
Killian Hayes	1.38	7.7	21	22

Memphis Grizzlies

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Rayan Rupert	3.41	7.8	38	29
Olivier-Maxence Prosper	3.31	7.9	30	23
Jaylen Wells	3.14	7.3	27	15
Taylor Hendricks	3.12	7.4	30	23
GG Jackson	3.11	7.3	54

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

This is how each team's plays were shared among its players.

Sacramento Kings

Player	Min	Usage (%)
Keegan Murray	34:05	14.8
Russell Westbrook	32:45	30.4
Precious Achiuwa	32:42	21.7
DeMar DeRozan	28:52	17.1
Nique Clifford	28:13	14.5
Maxime Raynaud	27:41	12.9
Daeqwon Plowden	25:42	20.9
Malik Monk	19:12	29.4
Killian Hayes	10:48	12.9

Memphis Grizzlies

Player	Min	Usage (%)
Rayan Rupert	26:20	15.6
Jaylen Wells	25:41	22.2
GG Jackson	25:35	23.4
Taylor Hendricks	25:27	18.0
Olivier-Maxence Prosper	25:23	15.9
Javon Small	25:00	18.3
Jahmai Mashack	22:03	13.0
Cam Spencer	21:59	12.7
Scotty Pippen Jr.	21:58	31.5

Usage is the NBA's official figure (NBA.com) for this game: out of every 100 team plays while he was on the floor, how many he finished with a shot, a turnover or free throws.

Who guarded whom

Jaylen Wells guarded DeMar DeRozan for 4.5 minutes, over 21 possessions.
In that time, DeMar DeRozan scored 9 points and made 3 of 4 shots.
Olivier-Maxence Prosper guarded Maxime Raynaud for 4.0 minutes, over 21 possessions.
In that time, Maxime Raynaud scored 0 points and made 0 of 2 shots.
Maxime Raynaud guarded Olivier-Maxence Prosper for 3.7 minutes, over 22 possessions.
In that time, Olivier-Maxence Prosper scored 4 points and made 2 of 3 shots.

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Sacramento Kings defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
Raynaud	Prosper	3.7	22	4 (2/3)
DeRozan	Wells	3.6	21	6 (2/3)
Achiuwa	Hendricks	2.3	13	2 (1/4)
Murray	Wells	2.2	10	2 (1/2)
Achiuwa	Jackson	2.2	11	5 (2/4)
Clifford	Rupert	2.1	13	0 (0/1)

Memphis Grizzlies defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
Wells	DeRozan	4.5	21	9 (3/4)
Prosper	Raynaud	4.0	21	0 (0/2)
Mashack	Achiuwa	2.5	11	0 (0/1)
Spencer	Murray	2.2	10	0 (0/2)
Pippen	Westbrook	2.2	13	5 (2/4)

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.

Sacramento Kings

Russell Westbrook recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 60 games.
He ranks 19 of 399 in the league.
Nique Clifford drew 0.12 charges per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 20 of 399 in the league.
Maxime Raynaud contested 7.5 shots per game over his 74 games.
He ranks 29 of 399 in the league.

Memphis Grizzlies

Walter Clayton Jr. drew 0.06 charges per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 56 of 399 in the league.
GG Jackson contested 5.0 shots per game over his 52 games.
He ranks 95 of 399 in the league.
Rayan Rupert deflected 2.1 passes per game over his 54 games.
He ranks 100 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 Memphis Grizzlies have won 50 of their 91 games against the Sacramento Kings.

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Game context

Attendance

14.176

79.7% of capacity

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Scoring

237

combined points

5.8 above the season average (231.2)