25 Jan 2025; Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant (12) reacts during the fourth quarter against the Utah Jazz at the FedEx Forum. Mandatory credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn images Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 28 points and Zach Edey added 19 points, seven rebounds and four blocks as the host Memphis Grizzlies beat the Utah Jazz 125-103 Saturday for their sixth straight win to tie a season-best.
Utah, which lost its fifth straight and eighth in nine games, was led by Collin Sexton’s 20 points and Svi Mykhailiuk’s 16.
The Grizzlies completed a 4-0 home sweep while improving to 8-2 in his last 10 and improving to 19-5 at home.
Memphis Guard Ja Morant returned after missing Friday’s game against the Pelicans and had 11 points and seven assists. Desmond Bane contributed 17 points, nine rebounds and six assists, Jaylen Wells had 16 and GG Jackson had 15 points and six rebounds.
Despite his all-around numbers, Bane saw his streak of seven straight 20-point games end.
Ahead 65-57 at the half, the Grizzlies pulled away early in the third quarter behind Morant, who buried consecutive 3-pointers in a 25-second span for a 15-point 75-60 lead. The Memphis advantage reached 27 points by the end of the quarter, one in which the Grizzlies outscored the Jazz 36-17.
The first half also saw several minor accidents and one player ejection. Utah’s Drew Eubanks was ejected with 9:10 to go in the second quarter after being assessed a flagrant 2 foul for aggressively pushing Edey in the back. The draft came less than a minute after Morant and Utah’s Keyonte George each received technical fouls for getting into a bit of a shootout after a change of possession.
The Grizzlies led 35-31 after the first quarter and extended the lead to 13 points at several times in the second. Jackson had 11 of his 20 first-half points in the second quarter, including a runner at the buzzer for the eight-point lead at halftime.
Sexton had 13 points for the Jazz in the opening half, nine coming from the free throw line.
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