Jalen Williams scored 26 for the Oklahoma City Thunder; Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 23 for the Memphis Grizzlies.

Oklahoma City Thunder at Memphis Grizzlies

2025-26 · Regular season Fri, Jan 9, 2026 · 8:00 pm EST · All results that day · Oklahoma City Thunder vs Memphis Grizzlies head-to-head · Oklahoma City Thunder schedule · Memphis Grizzlies schedule

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Away

Memphis Grizzlies

116

Venue: FedExForum

Schedule source: whynba · Observed Oct 9, 2026, 06:29 UTC.

Game recap

The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Memphis Grizzlies 117-116 on the road on Friday, January 9, 2026 at FedExForum. Jalen Williams had 26 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Jaren Jackson Jr. had 23 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist for the Memphis Grizzlies.

The Oklahoma City Thunder trailed 65-46 at halftime and came back to win. Their best stretch was the fourth quarter, won 36-22. Double-digit figures in two or more categories: Jock Landale (double-double, Memphis Grizzlies), Jalen Williams (double-double, Oklahoma City Thunder). Bench points: Oklahoma City Thunder 34, Memphis Grizzlies 50. Ajay Mitchell had 23 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists in support for the winners.

Written by the whynba data desk from the licensed final box score and period scores.

Score source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 2026, 06:29:14 UTC. Source update time is unavailable.

Quick answers

Who won Oklahoma City Thunder vs Memphis Grizzlies?: The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Memphis Grizzlies 117-116 on January 9, 2026.
Who led the scoring?: Jalen Williams scored 26 for the Oklahoma City Thunder; Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 23 for the Memphis Grizzlies.

Box score

Score by quarter
Team	q1	q2	q3	q4	Final
Oklahoma City Thunder	25	21	35	36	117
Memphis Grizzlies	35	30	29	22	116

Game leaders

Oklahoma City Thunder

Points: 26 Jalen Williams
Rebounds: 8 Kenrich Williams
Assists: 10 Jalen Williams

Memphis Grizzlies

Points: 23 Jaren Jackson Jr.
Rebounds: 10 Jock Landale
Assists: 11 Cam Spencer

Jalen Williams double-double (26 PTS, 10 AST) · Jock Landale double-double (13 PTS, 10 REB)

Oklahoma City Thunder
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Ajay Mitchell starter	38:01	23	3	6	0	1	2	9-18	2-6	3-5	3	+15
Jalen Williams starter	36:16	26	5	10	1	1	2	9-18	0-3	8-10	4	+2
Luguentz Dort starter	35:10	13	6	4	3	0	0	5-12	1-7	2-2	2	+12
Aaron Wiggins starter	31:53	16	7	1	1	1	1	7-13	1-3	1-1	2	+7
Branden Carlson starter	15:50	5	1	0	1	1	0	2-5	1-3	0-0	2	-16
Kenrich Williams bench	28:54	21	8	0	2	0	0	8-13	3-7	2-3	2	+14
Alex Caruso bench	23:57	7	3	2	1	2	1	2-4	0-1	3-3	3	-3
Isaiah Joe bench	15:33	3	1	0	0	2	0	0-6	0-5	3-4	2	-14
Brooks Barnhizer bench	7:20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	-5
Ousmane Dieng bench	7:06	3	0	1	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	-7

Not available: Cason Wallace, Chet Holmgren, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Isaiah Hartenstein, Thomas Sorber, Nikola Topic

Memphis Grizzlies
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Jaren Jackson Jr. starter	32:21	23	7	1	1	1	2	9-14	2-5	3-3	4	+0
Cam Spencer starter	30:06	7	4	11	1	0	0	2-8	1-4	2-2	4	+5
Jock Landale starter	28:15	13	10	2	0	0	0	5-7	1-3	2-2	1	+5
Jaylen Wells starter	27:52	10	4	3	0	0	4	3-13	1-6	3-4	3	-16
Cedric Coward starter	25:30	13	9	4	0	0	5	3-9	1-3	6-7	4	+4
Santi Aldama bench	28:47	15	7	7	0	0	1	6-9	2-4	1-2	1	+4
Vince Williams Jr. bench	22:32	13	3	5	0	1	1	4-8	3-6	2-2	2	-8
GG Jackson II bench	21:02	18	2	0	1	0	2	7-12	3-8	1-2	4	+1
Christian Koloko bench	13:40	2	5	1	0	2	2	1-4	0-0	0-0	3	-1
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope bench	9:55	2	1	1	1	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	0	+1

Not available: Ty Jerome, Ja Morant, Scotty Pippen Jr., Zach Edey, John Konchar

Team statistics
Oklahoma City Thunder	Stat	Memphis Grizzlies
22/28 (78%)	Free throws	20/24 (83%)
34/54 (63%)	2 pointers	27/47 (57%)
9/37 (24%)	3 pointers	14/41 (34%)
43/91 (47%)	Field goals	41/88 (46%)
36	Rebounds	52
26	Defensive rebounds	37
10	Offensive rebounds	15
24	Assists	35
6	Turnovers	17
9	Steals	4
8	Blocks	4
22	Fouls	26
14	Max points in a row	9
3:53	Time spent in lead	42:37
5	Biggest lead	21

Scoring margin by minute (above the line: Memphis Grizzlies ahead)

Largest margin: 21 points.

Game flow

Lead changes: 8
Times tied: 2
Largest lead · Oklahoma City Thunder: 5 Q1 10:17
Largest lead · Memphis Grizzlies: 21 Q3 9:27
Longest run: 14-0 Oklahoma City Thunder · Q4 3:19 to Q4 0:59

Scoring plays

Q1 · 32 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q1
Time left	Team	Play	Oklahoma City Thunder	Memphis Grizzlies
11:34	Oklahoma City Thunder	Ajay Mitchell 2-pt field goal	2	0
11:11	Memphis Grizzlies	Jaren Jackson Jr. 3-pt field goal	2	3
10:33	Oklahoma City Thunder	Luguentz Dort 3-pt field goal	5	3
10:17	Oklahoma City Thunder	Branden Carlson 3-pt field goal	8	3
9:11	Memphis Grizzlies	Cedric Coward 2-pt field goal	8	5
9:11	Memphis Grizzlies	Cedric Coward Free throw	8	6
8:53	Memphis Grizzlies	Jaylen Wells 2-pt field goal	8	8
7:49	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams Free throw	9	8
7:49	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams Free throw	10	8
7:34	Memphis Grizzlies	Jock Landale 3-pt field goal	10	11
7:19	Oklahoma City Thunder	Ajay Mitchell 2-pt field goal	12	11
7:04	Memphis Grizzlies	Jock Landale Free throw	12	12
7:04	Memphis Grizzlies	Jock Landale Free throw	12	13
6:54	Oklahoma City Thunder	Branden Carlson 2-pt field goal	14	13
6:41	Memphis Grizzlies	Vince Williams Jr. 3-pt field goal	14	16
6:19	Memphis Grizzlies	Jock Landale 2-pt field goal	14	18
5:50	Memphis Grizzlies	Jock Landale 2-pt field goal	14	20
4:51	Memphis Grizzlies	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 2-pt field goal	14	22
4:40	Oklahoma City Thunder	Alex Caruso Free throw	15	22
4:40	Oklahoma City Thunder	Alex Caruso Free throw	16	22
4:15	Oklahoma City Thunder	Kenrich Williams 2-pt field goal	18	22
3:17	Memphis Grizzlies	Santi Aldama 3-pt field goal	18	25
2:45	Oklahoma City Thunder	Ajay Mitchell 2-pt field goal	20	25
2:20	Memphis Grizzlies	Jaren Jackson Jr. Free throw	20	26
2:20	Memphis Grizzlies	Jaren Jackson Jr. Free throw	20	27
2:06	Oklahoma City Thunder	Kenrich Williams 2-pt field goal	22	27
1:53	Memphis Grizzlies	Santi Aldama Free throw	22	28
1:18	Memphis Grizzlies	Santi Aldama 2-pt field goal	22	30
0:50	Memphis Grizzlies	Christian Koloko 2-pt field goal	22	32
0:39	Oklahoma City Thunder	Isaiah Joe Free throw	23	32
0:28	Memphis Grizzlies	Cedric Coward 3-pt field goal	23	35
0:04	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams 2-pt field goal	25	35

Q2 · 25 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q2
Time left	Team	Play	Oklahoma City Thunder	Memphis Grizzlies
11:46	Memphis Grizzlies	Jaren Jackson Jr. 3-pt field goal	25	38
11:13	Memphis Grizzlies	Jaren Jackson Jr. 2-pt field goal	25	40
11:13	Memphis Grizzlies	Jaren Jackson Jr. Free throw	25	41
10:57	Oklahoma City Thunder	Ousmane Dieng 3-pt field goal	28	41
10:16	Memphis Grizzlies	GG Jackson II 3-pt field goal	28	44
9:54	Memphis Grizzlies	GG Jackson II 2-pt field goal	28	46
8:48	Memphis Grizzlies	Jaren Jackson Jr. 2-pt field goal	28	48
8:41	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams Free throw	29	48
8:41	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams Free throw	30	48
7:57	Oklahoma City Thunder	Luguentz Dort 2-pt field goal	32	48
7:18	Memphis Grizzlies	GG Jackson II 2-pt field goal	32	50
6:12	Oklahoma City Thunder	Aaron Wiggins 2-pt field goal	34	50
6:00	Memphis Grizzlies	Vince Williams Jr. 3-pt field goal	34	53
4:59	Oklahoma City Thunder	Aaron Wiggins 2-pt field goal	36	53
4:59	Oklahoma City Thunder	Aaron Wiggins Free throw	37	53
4:09	Oklahoma City Thunder	Kenrich Williams 2-pt field goal	39	53
3:31	Memphis Grizzlies	Santi Aldama 3-pt field goal	39	56
3:12	Oklahoma City Thunder	Aaron Wiggins 2-pt field goal	41	56
2:12	Memphis Grizzlies	Jaren Jackson Jr. 2-pt field goal	41	58
1:48	Memphis Grizzlies	Jaren Jackson Jr. 2-pt field goal	41	60
1:38	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams 2-pt field goal	43	60
1:23	Oklahoma City Thunder	Kenrich Williams Free throw	44	60
0:55	Oklahoma City Thunder	Alex Caruso 2-pt field goal	46	60
0:49	Memphis Grizzlies	GG Jackson II 3-pt field goal	46	63
0:03	Memphis Grizzlies	Jaylen Wells 2-pt field goal	46	65

Q3 · 36 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q3
Time left	Team	Play	Oklahoma City Thunder	Memphis Grizzlies
11:39	Memphis Grizzlies	Cedric Coward Free throw	46	66
10:52	Oklahoma City Thunder	Luguentz Dort 2-pt field goal	48	66
10:01	Memphis Grizzlies	Cam Spencer Free throw	48	67
10:01	Memphis Grizzlies	Cam Spencer Free throw	48	68
9:41	Oklahoma City Thunder	Aaron Wiggins 2-pt field goal	50	68
9:27	Memphis Grizzlies	Cam Spencer 3-pt field goal	50	71
9:19	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams 2-pt field goal	52	71
9:19	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams Free throw	53	71
9:05	Memphis Grizzlies	Jaren Jackson Jr. 2-pt field goal	53	73
8:52	Oklahoma City Thunder	Kenrich Williams 3-pt field goal	56	73
8:31	Memphis Grizzlies	Jaren Jackson Jr. 2-pt field goal	56	75
8:06	Memphis Grizzlies	Jaylen Wells Free throw	56	76
8:06	Memphis Grizzlies	Jaylen Wells Free throw	56	77
7:50	Oklahoma City Thunder	Luguentz Dort 2-pt field goal	58	77
7:25	Oklahoma City Thunder	Ajay Mitchell 2-pt field goal	60	77
6:57	Oklahoma City Thunder	Ajay Mitchell Free throw	61	77
6:57	Oklahoma City Thunder	Ajay Mitchell Free throw	62	77
6:45	Memphis Grizzlies	Jaylen Wells 3-pt field goal	62	80
6:19	Oklahoma City Thunder	Luguentz Dort 2-pt field goal	64	80
5:47	Oklahoma City Thunder	Aaron Wiggins 2-pt field goal	66	80
5:24	Oklahoma City Thunder	Ajay Mitchell 2-pt field goal	68	80
5:07	Memphis Grizzlies	Vince Williams Jr. 3-pt field goal	68	83
4:50	Oklahoma City Thunder	Aaron Wiggins 3-pt field goal	71	83
4:39	Memphis Grizzlies	Santi Aldama 2-pt field goal	71	85
4:17	Oklahoma City Thunder	Kenrich Williams 2-pt field goal	73	85
3:21	Memphis Grizzlies	Jaren Jackson Jr. 2-pt field goal	73	87
1:24	Memphis Grizzlies	GG Jackson II 2-pt field goal	73	89
1:13	Oklahoma City Thunder	Alex Caruso 2-pt field goal	75	89
1:13	Oklahoma City Thunder	Alex Caruso Free throw	76	89
1:00	Memphis Grizzlies	Vince Williams Jr. Free throw	76	90
1:00	Memphis Grizzlies	Vince Williams Jr. Free throw	76	91
0:40	Memphis Grizzlies	Santi Aldama 2-pt field goal	76	93
0:35	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams 2-pt field goal	78	93
0:35	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams Free throw	79	93
0:19	Memphis Grizzlies	GG Jackson II Free throw	79	94
0:06	Oklahoma City Thunder	Ajay Mitchell 2-pt field goal	81	94

Q4 · 33 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q4
Time left	Team	Play	Oklahoma City Thunder	Memphis Grizzlies
11:47	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams 2-pt field goal	83	94
11:29	Memphis Grizzlies	Cam Spencer 2-pt field goal	83	96
11:15	Oklahoma City Thunder	Isaiah Joe Free throw	84	96
11:15	Oklahoma City Thunder	Isaiah Joe Free throw	85	96
10:20	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams Free throw	86	96
10:05	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams 2-pt field goal	88	96
9:47	Memphis Grizzlies	GG Jackson II 2-pt field goal	88	98
9:10	Memphis Grizzlies	Jock Landale 2-pt field goal	88	100
8:40	Oklahoma City Thunder	Kenrich Williams 3-pt field goal	91	100
7:43	Memphis Grizzlies	Cedric Coward Free throw	91	101
7:43	Memphis Grizzlies	Cedric Coward Free throw	91	102
7:36	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams 2-pt field goal	93	102
7:15	Memphis Grizzlies	Cedric Coward 2-pt field goal	93	104
7:07	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams 2-pt field goal	95	104
6:49	Memphis Grizzlies	Vince Williams Jr. 2-pt field goal	95	106
6:16	Memphis Grizzlies	GG Jackson II 3-pt field goal	95	109
5:25	Oklahoma City Thunder	Ajay Mitchell 3-pt field goal	98	109
4:21	Memphis Grizzlies	Santi Aldama 2-pt field goal	98	111
4:13	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams 2-pt field goal	100	111
4:13	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams Free throw	101	111
3:58	Memphis Grizzlies	Jaylen Wells Free throw	101	112
3:47	Oklahoma City Thunder	Aaron Wiggins 2-pt field goal	103	112
3:32	Memphis Grizzlies	Cedric Coward Free throw	103	113
3:32	Memphis Grizzlies	Cedric Coward Free throw	103	114
3:19	Oklahoma City Thunder	Ajay Mitchell 2-pt field goal	105	114
3:19	Oklahoma City Thunder	Ajay Mitchell Free throw	106	114
2:52	Oklahoma City Thunder	Kenrich Williams 2-pt field goal	108	114
2:52	Oklahoma City Thunder	Kenrich Williams Free throw	109	114
2:26	Oklahoma City Thunder	Ajay Mitchell 3-pt field goal	112	114
1:07	Oklahoma City Thunder	Kenrich Williams 3-pt field goal	115	114
0:59	Oklahoma City Thunder	Luguentz Dort Free throw	116	114
0:59	Oklahoma City Thunder	Luguentz Dort Free throw	117	114
0:38	Memphis Grizzlies	Jock Landale 2-pt field goal	117	116

2025-26 season series

After this game: Oklahoma City Thunder 3-0. Final series: Oklahoma City Thunder 3-0.

Nov 9: Oklahoma City Thunder 114 at Memphis Grizzlies 100
Dec 22: Memphis Grizzlies 103 at Oklahoma City Thunder 119
Jan 9: Oklahoma City Thunder 117 at Memphis Grizzlies 116 (this game)

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