San Antonio Spurs – Memphis Grizzlies · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 1 March 2025

SAS130–128MEM

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

This is how the game was decided.

Stephon Castle decided it, the San Antonio Spurs player with the most points (24, with 3 rebounds and 7 assists; +13 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Julian Champagnie's (+28). 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 Memphis Grizzlies 128-130 San Antonio Spurs (March 1, 2025) was hit by De'Aaron Fox: a jump shot with 2.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the San Antonio Spurs up 130-128. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Memphis Grizzlies 128-130 San Antonio Spurs (March 1, 2025) was a 10-0 run by the San Antonio Spurs in the second quarter (from 11:34 to 10:09), from 31-30 to 41-30. The Memphis Grizzlies' best was a 9-0 run between the second quarter and the third quarter, from 56-77 to 65-77.

With 42 points, this is Jaren Jackson Jr.'s highest-scoring game of the 2024‑25 regular season.

What were the keys of the last Memphis Grizzlies vs San Antonio Spurs game?

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Play: De'Aaron Fox makes 20-foot step back jumpshot.

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.

It is compared by points with all his official NBA box scores in that scope; it is the same criterion the Analyst uses.

De'Aaron Fox 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 9 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Fox 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.

1 March 2025 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401705429:676; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · SAS

Fox · Vassell · Sochan · Castle · Johnson

Closing lineup · MEM

Wells · Aldama · Jackson · Pippen · Edey

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SAS

De'Aaron Fox

35′ · -2

Devin Vassell

33′ · -21

Chris Paul

20′ · -12

Harrison Barnes

18′ · -11

Bismack Biyombo

18′ · +3

Jeremy Sochan

30′ · -1

Stephon Castle

32′ · +13

Keldon Johnson

30′ · +13

Julian Champagnie

23′ · +28

MEM

Jaylen Wells

39′ · +6

Santi Aldama

37′ · +15

Jaren Jackson Jr.

35′ · +10

Scotty Pippen Jr.

28′ · -6

John Konchar

17′ · +9

Zach Edey

26′ · -5

Luke Kennard

24′ · -5

GG Jackson

10′ · -10

Cam Spencer

5′ · -15

Jay Huff

3′ · -15

Lamar Stevens

16′ · +6

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

San Antonio Spurs

Paul, Fox, Vassell, Sochan, and Barnes played 9.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Fox, Johnson, Champagnie, Sochan, and Castle played 7.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 11 points.
Fox, Johnson, Vassell, Sochan, and Castle played 6.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 11 points.

Memphis Grizzlies

Jackson, Konchar, Aldama, Pippen, and Wells played 10.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 10 points.
Kennard, Jackson, Stevens, Aldama, and Wells played 5.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Jackson, Aldama, Pippen, Edey, and Wells played 4.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.

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San Antonio Spurs

Paul, Fox, Vassell, Biyombo, and Barnes played 5.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Johnson, Vassell, Champagnie, Castle, and Biyombo played 4.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Fox, Johnson, Champagnie, Castle, and Biyombo played 4.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.
Johnson, Vassell, Champagnie, Sochan, and Castle played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Paul, Johnson, Champagnie, Castle, and Biyombo played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Fox, Vassell, Sochan, Castle, and Barnes played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Paul, Vassell, Sochan, Castle, and Barnes played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Memphis Grizzlies

Kennard, Aldama, Pippen, Edey, and Wells played 4.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 9 points.
Kennard, Jackson, Stevens, Jackson, and Edey played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Kennard, Stevens, Aldama, Edey, and Wells played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Kennard, Jackson, Konchar, Jackson, and Edey played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Kennard, Konchar, Aldama, Edey, and Wells played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Jackson, Pippen, Huff, Jackson, and Spencer played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Jackson, Stevens, Aldama, Pippen, and Wells played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Aldama, Pippen, Edey, Spencer, and Wells played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Kennard, Aldama, Jackson, Edey, and Wells played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Jackson, Stevens, Pippen, Edey, and Wells 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.

Jaylen Wells covered 5.02 km, more than anyone in the game.

De'Aaron Fox touched the ball 85 times, a game high.
De'Aaron Fox made 60 passes, a game high.
Zach Edey defended 7 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 4.
Jeremy Sochan had 20 rebound chances, a game high.

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San Antonio Spurs

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
De'Aaron Fox	4.52	7.2	85	60
Devin Vassell	4.10	6.8	60	39
Stephon Castle	4.05	6.9	80	55
Jeremy Sochan	3.77	7.0	45	30
Keldon Johnson	3.64	6.7	43	27
Julian Champagnie	2.90	7.0	30	22
Harrison Barnes	2.41	7.6	28	21
Bismack Biyombo	2.27	7.1	26	21
Chris Paul	2.16	6.0	51	42

Memphis Grizzlies

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Jaylen Wells	5.02	7.2	37	21
Santi Aldama	4.84	7.3	74	56
Jaren Jackson Jr.	3.99	6.4	60	28
Scotty Pippen Jr.	3.72	7.3	74	59
Luke Kennard	3.07	7.2	46

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 2024-25 regular season, not this game.

San Antonio Spurs

De'Aaron Fox deflected 3.1 passes per game over his 62 games.
He ranks 17 of 388 in the league.
Chris Paul recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 26 of 388 in the league.
Stephon Castle recovered 0.7 loose balls per game over his 80 games.
He ranks 58 of 388 in the league.

Memphis Grizzlies

Jaren Jackson Jr. defended 4.7 shots at the rim per game over his 73 games, and opponents made 14 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 4 of 138 in the league.
Zach Edey contested 7.7 shots per game over his 65 games.
He ranks 27 of 388 in the league.
Scotty Pippen Jr. deflected 2.7 passes per game over his 79 games.
He ranks 33 of 388 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 46 of their 123 games against the San Antonio Spurs.

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Game context

Attendance

16.822

94.5% of capacity

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Scoring

258

combined points

30.3 above the season average (227.7)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

20 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Shooting · 01:52.7

Zach Edey → Devin Vassell

Edey (MEM) brings his right hand down and makes contact with Vassell's (SAS) left arm, which affects his jump shot attempt.