The
@NBA
today announced
@JaMorant
was named Western Conference Player of the Week after helping guide
@memgrizz
to a 5-0 week.
Morant is the first player in franchise history and only NBA player this season to win consecutive Player of the Week Awards.
#JaMorant
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#NBAAllStar
Xavier Tillman Sr. will make his first career start tonight.
@Rookiedunker
is averaging 10.3 points (.588 FG/.704 2P), 4.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.75 steals in 20.8 minutes during the
@memgrizz
's current four-game winning streak.
According to
@ESPN
, 21-year-old
@JaMorant
is the fifth-youngest player in
@NBA
history to lead a playoff team in points per game and assists per game during the regular season.
Tonight
@JaMorant
joined Trae Young and Luka Doncic as the only rookies since the start of the 2011-12 season to record 20+ points and 10+ assists in consecutive games.
Yuta Watanabe checks into the game for the
@memgrizz
with 4:31 remaining in the fourth quarter.
@wacchi1013
becomes just the second Japanese-born player in
@NBA
history to appear in a regular season game (other: Yuta Tabuse in 2004-05).
Tonight
@JaMorant
became the second rookie in
@NBA
history to record 27+ points and 14+ assists in a game against the
@Lakers
, joining Oscar Robertson.
The Memphis Grizzlies have recalled Josh Jackson from the NBA G League’s Memphis Hustle.
Jackson has appeared in 26 games for the Hustle this season and has averaged 20.3 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.5 blocks.
With his fifth 3-pointer tonight,
@DBane0625
(203 3PM) has passed
@MikeMiller_13
(202 3PM in 2006-07) for the most 3-pointers made in a single season in
@memgrizz
franchise history.
.
@JaMorant
is shooting 42.0 percent from 3P range (21-50 3P) during the month of April. His 1.6 3PM/G are a career high for any calendar month (min. 10 GP).
Tonight
@JaMorant
recorded his third career triple-double (first this season). Morant's three triple-doubles are tied (with Delon Wright) for second in
@memgrizz
franchise history (behind Marc Gasol's five).
.
@JaMorant
has scored 71 points in his first two career playoff games, the most since the NBL merged with the BAA before the 1949-50 season to create the
@NBA
.
Tonight (at 19 years and 76 days old)
@memgrizz
rookie
@jarenjacksonjr
(36 points) became the 2nd-youngest player in
@NBA
history to score at least 35 points in a game behind only
@KingJames
(who did it three times at a younger age during the 2003-04 season).
30 points
10 rebounds
10 assists
Tonight,
@JaMorant
recorded the highest-scoring triple-double in
@memgrizz
history in a 119-109 win over the Utah Jazz.
The
@memgrizz
overcame a 26-point deficit to defeat the Timberwolves 104-95 in Game 3 of their first round series.
It is the largest come-from-behind win in franchise playoff history and ties the largest comeback victory in club history (including regular season games).
The
@memgrizz
today unveiled new on-court Memphis Classic Edition
@Nike
uniforms in celebration of the franchise’s 20th Season in Memphis in 2020-21.
In addition, the Grizzlies will showcase a new 20th Season logo and an update to their alternate court at
@FedExForum
.
.
@JaMorant
is the second-youngest player in
@NBA
history to average 35.0+ points through the first three games of a season.
The only player to accomplish this feat at a younger age was a 21-year-old
@SHAQ
(38.3 points in the first three games of the 1993-94 season).
.
@JaMorant
is 1 of 13 players ever to record consecutive games with 35+ points, 5+ rebounds and 5+ assists within his first two
@NBA
seasons. Here are the other 12:
Oscar
Rick Barry
Earl the Pearl
Kareem
Bernard King
Jordan
Iverson
LeBron
Dame
Donovan Mitchell
Trae
Luka
.
@memgrizz
status report, Dec. 23 at
@Suns
:
QUESTIONABLE
D. Bane - RT Big Toe Sprain
OUT
K. Chandler - G League Assignment
D. Green - LT Knee Surgery Recovery
J. LaRavia - G League Assignment
K. Lofton Jr. - G League Two-Way Transfer
V. Williams Jr. - G League Two-Way Transfer
250+ points, 20+ steals, 40+ blocks in first 20 career games,
@NBA
history:
@jarenjacksonjr
(2018-19)
David Robinson (1989-90)
Patrick Ewing (1985-86)
Bill Walton (1974-75)
.
@JaMorant
tonight at Wizards:
• First career game with 30+ points and 10+ assists
• Third career 30+ point regular season game
• First
@memgrizz
w/30+ points and 10+ assists since Mike Conley (11/30/2018).
.
@JaMorant
’s 18 points in the fourth quarter of tonight’s come-from-behind victory is the most points from a Grizzlies player in a single quarter in franchise playoff history.
Desmond Bane will make his first career start tonight.
@DBane0625
is averaging 9.7 points this season and shooting 48.6 percent from 3-point range (5th in
@NBA
, 1st among rookies).
With his first block tonight,
@jarenjacksonjr
(170 BLK) has passed
@paugasol
(169 BLK in 2001-02) for the most blocks in a single season in
@memgrizz
franchise history.
Tonight
@JaMorant
scored a career-high and franchise-record 52 points, the first 50-point game in franchise history.
Morant also set the
@memgrizz
franchise record for field goals made (22).
Morant had set the previous regular season team scoring record (46) Saturday.
The
@memgrizz
scored 55 points in the 3Q tonight against the Pelicans, a franchise record for any quarter.
It marks the fourth-most points by any
@NBA
team in a single quarter since 1955.
.
@jarenjacksonjr
(20 years, 89 days) is the youngest player in
@NBAHistory
to record 9 3PM in a game. He is the only
@NBA
player under the age of 21 to accomplish the feat.
Jackson is the youngest player to score 40+ points since Brandon Jennings (55 pts, 20y-052d, 11/14/2009).
The NBA today announced
@memgrizz
's 2022-23 regular season schedule.
🏀 Regular season opener on 10/19 vs
@nyknicks
at FedExForum.
📺 Franchise-record 18 national TV games on ABC, ESPN and TNT.
🎟️ Tickets for all single games go on sale today at 5 p.m. on .
Jaren Jackson Jr. set a new career high with eight blocks tonight against Atlanta.
Jackson Jr. now shares the single-game
@memgrizz
franchise record with Marc Gasol, Pau Gasol and Stromile Swift.
The
@NBA
today announced that
@memgrizz
Head Coach Taylor Jenkins was named the NBA Western Conference Coach of the Month for December 2021.
Jenkins guided the Grizzlies to a 12-4 record in December.
.
@JaMorant
(17 points, 10 assists) recorded his first double-double of the season in
@memgrizz
's 108-104 win over
@Suns
in the 19th Annual
#MLKDay
Celebration Game.
.
@JaMorant
turns 21 years old today. He is on pace to become 1 of 4 players in
@NBA
history to post the following numbers before his age-21 season:
17+ PPG
7+ APG
50 eFG%
The others players are
@MagicJohnson
(1979-80),
@KingJames
(2003-04) and
@luka7doncic
(2019-20, pending).
.
@JaMorant
is the fourth player in
@NBA
history to score 100+ points over his first three playoff appearances.
He joins Wilt Chamberlain (116 points in 1960), George Mikan (107 points in 1949) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (102 points in 1970).
According to
@Sportradar
, the
@memgrizz
are the second team in the last 25
@NBA
seasons to win five straight games without ever trailing (including ties after 0-0).
The Grizzlies have been tied after 0-0 just once during their five-game winning streak: 2-2 tonight at Miami.
.
@JaMorant
is 1 of 9 players (since 1984) under the age of 22 to score 25+ points in his
@NBA
Playoffs debut.
He joins Stephon Marbury, Tim Duncan, Tracy McGrady, LeBron James, Derrick Rose, Brandon Jennings, Donovan Mitchell and Luka Dončić.
@Stathead
:
Dillon Brooks is the seventh player in the last 10 postseasons to score 30+ points in his
@NBA
Playoffs debut, joining Trae Young (2021), Devin Booker (2021), Luka Dončić (2020), Kyrie Irving (2015), Anthony Davis (2015) and Damian Lillard (2014).
The
@memgrizz
have recalled
@nextlevel_03
from the
@MemphisHustle
.
Carter totaled 30 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals for the Hustle earlier today. He is expected to be available for the Grizzlies' game tonight against the
@nyknicks
.
Tonight Xavier Tillman Sr. recorded his first career double-double.
Tillman has 14 points and a career-high tying 10 rebounds with 8:05 left in the 4Q.
Tonight the
@memgrizz
improved to 30-14 this season.
This is the second-fewest number of games needed to reach 30 wins in a season in franchise history.
.
@memgrizz
status report, First Round Game 3 vs
@Lakers
:
QUESTIONABLE
Ja Morant - RT Hand Soreness
OUT
Steven Adams - RT Knee PCL Sprain
Brandon Clarke - LT Achilles Tear
Jake LaRavia - RT Calf Soreness
The
@NBA
today announced that
@memgrizz
guard
@JaMorant
was named the NBA Western Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, Dec. 27, through Sunday, Jan. 2.
This is the first career Player of the Week Award for Morant, who helped guide the Grizzlies to a 3-0 week.
.
@brandonclarke23
finished his first season shooting 61.8% from the field, setting an
@NBA
rookie record for field goal percentage (qualified for the NBA’s FG% leaderboard).
The previous record was held by Steve Johnson, who shot 61.3% for the Kansas City Kings in 1981-82.
Jaren Jackson Jr. has 39 blocks in his last 10 games, the
@memgrizz
franchise record for any 10-game span.
@jarenjacksonjr
tied his season high with six blocks in tonight's win at San Antonio.
With tonight's win at Dallas,
@memgrizz
are the first
@NBA
team in the last 25 seasons (when play-by-play data was first tracked) to record a streak of 4+ wire-to-wire wins, defined by
@EliasSports
as wins in which the team never trailed and the score was never tied after 0-0.
Justise Winslow (back soreness) will be assigned to the Memphis Hustle today to participate in practice and will be recalled to the Grizzlies immediately thereafter.
The
@memgrizz
today announced the team signed Kenneth Lofton Jr. to a multi-year contract.
In related moves, the Grizzlies signed Jacob Gilyard to a two-way contract and waived Kennedy Chandler.
Desmond Bane is the sixth player in NBA history to make 200+ 3P and shoot 40%+ from 3P range in his first 100 career games.
Bane joins Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Duncan Robinson, Voshon Lenard and Landry Shamet.
The
@memgrizz
have won seven straight games.
The Grizzlies are 17-4 in their last 21 games and are outscoring opponents by an NBA-leading 13.3 points over that span.