109 - 126

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: The O2 Arena

Officials: Courtney Kirkland, Marat Kogut, and Scott Twardoski

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Orlando Magic	23	30	28	28	109
Memphis Grizzlies	40	32	28	26	126

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Orlando Magic	109	42-95	44.2%	10-33	30.3%	15-16	93.8%	12	52	30	20	5	17	6
Memphis Grizzlies	126	48-91	52.7%	13-35	37.1%	17-25	68.0%	9	53	31	18	12	12	7

PLAYER STATS


Orlando Magic	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Franz Wagner^SF	25:56	14	5-13	0-2	4-4	1	3	4	3	0	0	0	3	-20
Paolo Banchero^PF	36:02	16	7-20	1-4	1-1	2	6	8	9	0	0	4	0	-7
Wendell Carter Jr.^C	32:58	18	6-11	4-7	2-2	2	5	7	4	2	2	1	3	-15
Desmond Bane^SG	36:30	11	4-12	1-4	2-2	3	1	4	3	2	1	2	4	-20
Anthony Black^PG	37:06	19	7-15	2-6	3-4	0	2	2	6	0	0	4	3	-14
Tristan da Silva	18:28	4	2-5	0-1	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	-7
Goga Bitadze	14:55	9	4-4	0-0	1-1	2	4	6	1	0	2	2	0	-2
Jase Richardson	20:22	11	5-8	1-3	0-0	1	3	4	3	0	0	1	5	7
Tyus Jones	03:08	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	-6
Noah Penda	07:28	5	1-4	1-4	2-2	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	-9
Jonathan Isaac	03:16	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4
Jamal Cain	03:16	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4
Moritz Wagner	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Colin Castleton	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jett Howard	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Orlando Robinson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jalen Suggs	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Memphis Grizzlies	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Jaylen Wells^SF	20:33	10	3-5	3-4	1-2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Jaren Jackson Jr.^PF	30:09	17	7-15	2-4	1-1	0	5	5	0	1	2	2	3	17
Santi Aldama^C	25:10	9	3-5	0-1	3-6	0	5	5	3	0	0	0	1	23
Cedric Coward^SG	23:12	13	6-10	0-3	1-1	1	3	4	3	0	0	1	2	18
Ja Morant^PG	28:24	24	7-13	3-4	7-9	0	5	5	13	1	0	2	2	26
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	17:11	7	3-8	1-4	0-0	0	1	1	1	3	0	1	2	6
Jock Landale	22:39	21	9-11	1-2	2-2	6	2	8	3	1	2	2	3	4
Vince Williams Jr.	19:29	5	2-8	1-6	0-0	0	5	5	2	1	0	1	1	-9
Cam Spencer	18:15	10	4-6	2-4	0-0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	-4
John Konchar	16:45	3	1-3	0-1	1-2	0	3	3	3	5	1	0	4	-4
GG Jackson	17:38	7	3-7	0-2	1-2	1	3	4	0	0	2	2	0	6
Scotty Pippen Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Clarke	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zach Edey	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ty Jerome	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jahmai Mashack	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Olivier-Maxence Prosper	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Javon Small	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

CompellingTaxidriver | Grizzlies

97 | an hour ago

Lost in the Morant stuff, but don’t forget Adam Silver took away the Grizzlies MLK day game for this

Lacabloodclot9 | Grizzlies

59 | an hour ago

Still hate this, Atlanta and Memphis are two teams that should always play that day

Some-Nothing728

7 | an hour ago

Maybe they should be the two teams that have a holiday that day.

MattPatriciasFUPA | Pistons

8 | 39 minutes ago

Boston definitely shouldn’t yet here we are

Broski28of25 | France

3 | 39 minutes ago

As a non American, what makes them so important for MLK day?

fanime34 | NBA

21 | 37 minutes ago

Born in Atlanta. Assassinated in Memphis.

Broski28of25 | France

5 | 35 minutes ago

Oh wow. What a strange decision then

Bard_Wannabe_ | Pistons

3 | 34 minutes ago

King Jr. was killed in Memphis.

Ilikesporks_ | Lakers

12 | an hour ago

why are the grizzlies playing in germany and england anyway? the magic i understand but why the grizzlies?

creamjudge | Grizzlies

18 | an hour ago

Ja’s international star power

Zloggt | Bulls

1 | 27 minutes ago

Plus, they put other Grizzlies/Magic game in Berlin because of the Wagner Bros - so I supposed they were willing to sacrifice this particular east/west matchup to the euro games as a whole…

CompellingTaxidriver | Grizzlies

1 | 24 minutes ago

Would have at least appreciated them giving us a Madrid/Barcelona game because of the Gasols and Aldama instead of a half filled London arena.

KsubiSam | Grizzlies

5 | an hour ago

Ja is a star and it was the first time Bane played the Grizzlies as a member of the Magic.

hunterwolves18 | Grizzlies Bandwagon

10 | 40 minutes ago

They robbed Bane of his video tribute in Memphis for this

_19911118 | Raptors

3 | 36 minutes ago

Wtf that’s disgusting

Imallvol7 | Grizzlies

1 | 18 minutes ago

Agreed but I really think the Grizzlies can grow their overseas fanbase especially since Memphis is such a recognizable city over there…. Hopefully making keeping the grizzlies in Memphis valuable to the NBA.

bartomatic | Nuggets

44 | an hour ago

Morant haters ⁹⁄₁₁

moby323 | 76ers

5 | an hour ago

I think Morant would be really great on the Raptors and I think they should trade for him.

madtolive | Raptors

1 | 18 minutes ago

It’s a problematic fit. Doubt he wants to be here. Spacing would be nonexistent. Can’t see why Memphis would want a package headlined by IQ’s contract.

That said Ja is a really good passer who thrived in Darko’s offense when he was an assistant with the Grizzlies, so I wouldn’t hate it if it happened for the right price. Teams like the Raps have to improve through risky buy low moves like this to get to the next level. I just don’t see what the benefit is for Memphis to trade him for what we’d be offering.

sloBrodanChillosevic | Supersonics

0 | an hour ago

Always thought if he looked to pass more rather than take the middies & threes given to him freely (which tbf he hit today), he could lead the league in assists. Draws secondary defender attention on nearly every drive still, even tho he doesn’t finish as well or as often as he used to.

preddevils6 | Grizzlies

23 | an hour ago

He does. He’s a pass first pg. he always has been. People really don’t watch us

CompellingTaxidriver | Grizzlies

10 | an hour ago

Before his first injury this year he was only behind Jockic in terms of potential assists on about 5 fewer mpg. He even did the same behind the back from post position pass Jokic did to ice us earlier in the year this game.

hunterwolves18 | Grizzlies Bandwagon

8 | an hour ago

He always does, he’s one of the few true playmaker and one of the best facilitator of the league and he showed today.

No-Ranger3356

-6 | an hour ago

why, cuz he had 24 points?

raccoonwillnotforget

7 | 35 minutes ago

‘I didn’t watch the game’

Imallvol7 | Grizzlies

27 | an hour ago

Always so proud of this team playing great basketball against good teams even though we’re still very injured

What the narrative against the Grizzlies today r/nba?

spacejambroni | Grizzlies

12 | an hour ago

Probably repeating the same thing about Ja’s stats even though Ja’s wings were shooting sub 25% from three when he was playing earlier in the season. My man had no room to operate the first 12 games. He was chucking too, but the washed jokes were wrong in the first place.

Impossible_Break698

1 | 10 minutes ago

This! The rosters around Ja whether that be due to injury or Kleinman being Kleinman have not been up to par. So much wasted time with this man having to play 30 minutes with guys like xavier tillman, jock landale, luke kennard, jaylen wells, etc. If we ever get to see Ja on the court with edey, jaren, and coward at the same time he will be the superstar he always was.

Adha6303 | Vancouver Grizzlies

7 | an hour ago

Uhhh didn’t actually watch the game so I gotta check the box score /s

Did Jaren get enough rebounds to be considered good??

adc1369 | Grizzlies

7 | an hour ago

Probably going to shit on Jaren now

Lakers going to send us a package around Knecht and salary filler

Wehavecrashed | Grizzlies

1 | 16 minutes ago

Laker fans think we are going to send them Jaren and a FRP for Reaves.

CrippledBanana | Canada

4 | 37 minutes ago

Any idea when the grizz players get to escape the hospital? I actually forgot Ty Jerome is technically on this team and pippen exists. I just wanna see this team healthy for once…

Imallvol7 | Grizzlies

3 | 32 minutes ago

We’re still down Edey and Brandon Clark too!

No idea they keep getting re-evaluated.

Mikeyfreshonetime2 | Grizzlies

1 | 24 minutes ago

KCP played today

Imallvol7 | Grizzlies

1 | 23 minutes ago

Edit my post 🤣

Mikeyfreshonetime2 | Grizzlies

1 | 9 minutes ago

It’s SPJ that’s still in reevaluation mode and his name is also an acronym just like KCP so I can see how it was confused plus I’m dyslexic

thepeachgod | Celtics

21 | an hour ago

Desmond Bane over the last 2 games - 71 minutes, 24 points, ⁹⁄₂₅, ²⁄₉, ⁴⁄₄ shooting splits, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 turnovers

Imallvol7 | Grizzlies

18 | an hour ago

I love bane. Will never wish anything bad for him. He’s a great dude.

preddevils6 | Grizzlies

10 | an hour ago

Fuck them picks!

2106au | Grizzlies

12 | an hour ago

On the other side we are happy with Cedric.

adc1369 | Grizzlies

6 | an hour ago

That offense is just dog shit and doesn’t flow well. Great individual pieces, doesn’t fit.

With PHX playing well, wish we had gotten AB instead of that pick or something, but still happy with Ced and the rest of the return.

CompellingTaxidriver | Grizzlies

3 | an hour ago

Coming in to these two games there was nothing I was more certain of than a Des 50 piece, taking a page from Dillon and taking like 8 straight shots in 3 minutes and ultimately killing us

SubduedChaos | Grizzlies

4 | an hour ago

The Magic never give him the ball. He is just standing in the corner most of the time.

onelegonedream | Grizzlies

2 | 33 minutes ago

Nah Magic’s offense runs thru Paolo’s brickfest

BushyBrowz | Knicks

2 | an hour ago

Nelson laugh

2106au | Grizzlies

2 | 41 minutes ago

Is the magic shooting curse similar to the grizzly injury curse?

We can take durable players and have them experience injury after injury.

Orlando can take a career 40% shooter and have him shooting 33%.

classicslayer | Magic

1 | 5 minutes ago

Mosley is a dogshit coach with no offensive system.

heat_fan_ | Raptors

12 | an hour ago

Ja heard the haters and said trade who? Lol

Imallvol7 | Grizzlies

8 | an hour ago

Lol. I felt like that was the 4th game he’s played this year. So weird how everyone calling him a bum when he’s barely played.

Meta4ors | Canada

12 | an hour ago

I’d be very scared regarding the future with Paolo if I was a Magic fan

I know his “potential is high” but this is year 4 and he looks like the same player he’s always been while statistically being even worse

gggriz19 | Grizzlies

8 | an hour ago

Ahh the Jaren Jackson sunk cost fallacy

Kennyc1234 | Wizards

7 | an hour ago

At least Jaren plays defense lol

2106au | Grizzlies

7 | an hour ago

Jaren has things he is very good at.

Paolo is primarily a scorer. However, his scoring efficiency is very poor.

moby323 | 76ers

2 | an hour ago

Yeah and there are so many good young players that he is falling far back into the crowd

Christian_Bale23

-1 | an hour ago

You’re looking at the regular season performances?

For the Magic, it’s the playoffs that’s matters and Paolo has delivered every time.

Meta4ors | Canada

8 | an hour ago

The magic haven’t won a playoff series since 2010 what are you taking about lmao

Thegoodking666 | Lakers

1 | 21 minutes ago

No he hasn’t lol. Despite getting hot from 3 he’s somehow managed to have lower efficiency in the playoffs than the regular season.

Christian_Bale23

1 | 20 minutes ago

Above 40% from fg and the 3P is lower efficiency to you?

Neveraththesmith

1 | 13 minutes ago

When 3s are only a small part of the volume and you need to be 47% or above to be above league average and you have a negative relative to yeah.

Christian_Bale23

1 | 11 minutes ago

With his TS % pretty much being 54% average in the 12 games he’s played, it’s very hard for me to look at him and say that he was inefficient during this.

Neveraththesmith

1 | 9 minutes ago

Yeah but average ts% in the NBA is like 56+% if your 54% you are below average at scoring. And for being a bad scorer who main “value is being a bad scoring, you aren’t a positive impacting nba player

Christian_Bale23

1 | 8 minutes ago

It’s actually 54% in the playoffs.

Which is coincidentally what Paolo averaged in his 12 games in the playoffs :)

Neveraththesmith

1 | 5 minutes ago

So perfectly average even when having 3p% variance in his favor and he shoots hot, that is bad sign since he most NBA first options should be 2-5% better than league average ts which means Paolo is a not good enough as a first option to be a positive impact of his team.

Christian_Bale23

1 | 4 minutes ago

If he wasn’t shooting like that, the Magic would’ve lost way sooner.

Paolo is Magics most impactful player when it matters most

Thegoodking666 | Lakers

1 | 11 minutes ago

40% FG is putrid lol.

How about we actually get specific:

He averages 53.7% TS and 49.8% EFG in the playoffs vs 54.8% TS and 49.8% EFG in the regular season of those two years, and thats with his efficiency being propped up by getting hot from 3. He’s inefficient.

Christian_Bale23

1 | 9 minutes ago

That’s with the playoff intensity so him being at leave average is impressive.

Thegoodking666 | Lakers

1 | 6 minutes ago

Thats not league average in the playoffs lol. He has a TS+ of 93 and EFG+ of 91, he’s actually pretty significantly below average.

Christian_Bale23

1 | 5 minutes ago

League average is at 54% and he’s pretty much right there sooo

myhellcatgotRepod | Hawks

1 | 7 minutes ago

He uncharacteristically shot 40% from 3 vs the Celtics in the playoffs and still had a worse TS% than Franz in that series

Christian_Bale23

1 | 6 minutes ago

He uncharacteristically shot above 40% from 3 in two consecutive playoffs appearances…

It’s like you haters aren’t even hearing yourselves

VariableBooleans | Grizzlies

12 | an hour ago

Somebody needs to get Ja on SSRIs man cause by god this guy is so good when he’s not in his feelings lol (or hurt)

suuushi-roll | 76ers

8 | an hour ago

7-20

sheesh Paolo has been pretty buns this season

wavefree3

15 | an hour ago

Paolo Banchero has never had a season with…

A positive net rating
A positive on-off
Above avg 2P%
Above avg 3P%
Above avg FT%
Above avg eFG%
Above avg TS%

Jarxzz | United States

4 | an hour ago

Not only is he not a star but Banchero isn’t even a positive impact player.

He’s gonna be making 50 mil a season soon

JamrockDetective

1 | 14 minutes ago

Gonna be the worst contract in the league once it goes into effect

Adorable-Bike-9689

2 | 43 minutes ago

What is considered league average?

Jec1027 | Warriors

7 | an hour ago

Hes been good for a couple games then came baxk to this again lol

Christian_Bale23

1 | an hour ago

He’s been averaging 21, 9, and 5 for the past month and the Magic been .500 during the stretch.

But casuals like you will look at one game and use it as the end of the argument.

Edit: Some people don’t watch ball and it’s obvious

Jarxzz | United States

5 | an hour ago

I mean for the season he’s averaging 21/9/5

That isn’t particularly impressive for a franchise player once you factor in efficiency and every other aspect of the game

Christian_Bale23

-2 | an hour ago

It’s impressive considering the amount of injuries the Magic have been carrying.

They would be far worse in the standings if Paolo wasn’t playing at all

Jarxzz | United States

3 | an hour ago

The only problem with that is this is the 4th consecutive season where the magic are objectively performing better when he’s not on the court

Christian_Bale23

1 | 44 minutes ago

Let’s see if they play better when it really matters in the playoffs.

Paolo has delivered every time when it actually matters

Jarxzz | United States

2 | 40 minutes ago

Are you implying the regular season doesn’t matter because it very much does

His last playoff series he had terrible efficiency and averaged like 5 TO’s a game

Christian_Bale23

0 | 39 minutes ago

A stretch in the regular season doesn’t matter.

Because you guys will see one bad Paolo game and jump immediately and then conveniently ignore the game before this where he had 26, 13, 4, 4.

Terrible efficiency while he was the only one actually making a difference in making it not a sweep.

Btw, “terrible efficiency” where he’s averaged above 40% fg and from 3 with 53% TS in the playoffs shows how wrong you are

the-big-dingo | 76ers

3 | 36 minutes ago

Isn’t your first comment in this chain talking about his stats over a month long stretch in the regular season?

Christian_Bale23

-1 | 35 minutes ago

I define stretch as a few days to a week. Not an entire month

suuushi-roll | 76ers

3 | 34 minutes ago

He’s been averaging 21, 9, and 5 for the past month and the Magic been .500 during the stretch.

but you told me

A stretch in the regular season doesn’t matter.

LMAO

Christian_Bale23

1 | 34 minutes ago

Bro blocked me and then unblocked me when he stopped crying

Jarxzz | United States

1 | 34 minutes ago

This isn’t a stretch in the regular season. This has been his entire career - 4 years.

Him shooting that well from 3 and still having 53 TS% (which is bad) is even more concerning since he’s been a very bad shooter his whole career. He got hot from 3 and still had bad efficiency

Christian_Bale23

0 | 33 minutes ago

Got hot from 3 in two consecutive playoff appearances?

You haters are just getting more and more funny

triforceofcourage | Spurs

1 | 25 minutes ago

That was two seasons ago that he had 4.6 turnovers per in his playoff series, but you’re right that he was inefficient last year’s playoffs.

suuushi-roll | 76ers

2 | an hour ago

Or you can look at his season stats instead of a month and see hes not doing good.

But flairless casuals like you only look at a month sample size instead of the season.

hunterwolves18 | Grizzlies Bandwagon

1 | 41 minutes ago

Look at who they played tho. Last 10 games Charlotte, Jokic-less Nuggets, 2x Toronto, 2x Indiana, Chicago, Washington, Brooklyn, Pelicans, 76ers and Grizz. He’s maybe the 4th best player of his team.

pianoandbeer | Grizzlies

8 | an hour ago

Ja really said you wanna trade WHO?!? No first round pick for WHO?!?

moby323 | 76ers

3 | an hour ago

So are you hoping that he stays or hoping that his trade value goes up?

Waffleshuriken | Grizzlies

5 | 37 minutes ago

He’s pretty beloved despite everything and most people would want him to stay.

I wouldnt mind either, but trying to load up on picks with good drafts coming up with Edey and Coward isnt a bad idea either IMO.

Impossible_Break698

1 | 8 minutes ago

Really? The casuals on our subreddit seem to want to build around Jaylen Wells. More fans of Kleinman in our sub than Ja… It is disgusting.

creamjudge | Grizzlies

4 | 43 minutes ago

I think most people want things to work out and for him to stay

pianoandbeer | Grizzlies

1 | 17 minutes ago

Yes.

DestinysLostSoul | Grizzlies

7 | an hour ago

Are the grizzlies better with Ja? regardless of his future with us, love to see it.

fantasnick | Knicks

6 | an hour ago

I know it was within 20 but it felt like a 50 point blowout

Zloggt | Bulls

1 | 20 minutes ago

A proper cheeky domination, I’d say!

Imallvol7 | Grizzlies

6 | an hour ago

I hope Ja got his mojo back today. I think he goes down a dark rabbit hole online too often. Seeing he even has huge support overseas and still tons of fans in Memphis has to feel better and may be understand he has people on his side

It’s just not this subreddit lol

gigachadspeciman

5 | an hour ago

Obviously Morant is still good lol. It takes some time for athletes to start rolling again from injury and legal issues

Imallvol7 | Grizzlies

6 | an hour ago

What is this? A levelheaded take?

gottahackit

5 | an hour ago

seems like a LOT of empty seats

Imallvol7 | Grizzlies

3 | 43 minutes ago

The prices were astronomical.

sloBrodanChillosevic | Supersonics

4 | an hour ago

Bane rarely seen or heard from this international trip against his former team

Nausicaataos | Grizzlies

3 | an hour ago

Good Ja

I-Am-A-Nice-Cool-Kid | Raptors

3 | an hour ago

If we can get ja on the wings instead of Pedro Neto we might be in business, heard he’s available

TitoFlavors215 | PHI

3 | an hour ago

A true masterpiece of dog shit from the 2022 number one overall pick. Kid is brutal.

PD_SkyNative | Grizzlies

2 | an hour ago

Paolo 2 assists and 1 rebound from one of the worst triple doubles I could’ve witnessed

fanime34 | NBA

2 | an hour ago

Alright. Time to see if the Houston Texans will make my weekend better or worse.

Renegadeforever2024 | Raptors

2 | 42 minutes ago

price has gone up

KsubiSam | Grizzlies

1 | 38 minutes ago

I work with Ja’s cousin. Moodiness runs in their family. 😂

Handsome_Hippy | Grizzlies

1 | 27 minutes ago

Remain thou on that side, and come not over!

TakeItToTheRiver | Grizzlies

1 | 21 minutes ago

Magic really need to trade Banchero before it’s too late. Dude is washed and trade stock is also plummeting. Also Des a -20, glad he finally got out of that dungeon.

classicslayer | Magic

1 | 2 minutes ago

Trade him for what though? No one is trading a better player for him.

The Memphis Grizzlies (18-23) defeat the Orlando Magic (23-19), 126-109 in the NBA London Game.