{"id":492277,"date":"2025-12-24T02:06:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T02:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/492277\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T02:06:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T02:06:44","slug":"final-injury-report-for-grizzlies-jazz-will-ja-morant-lauri-markkanen-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/492277\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Injury Report for Grizzlies-Jazz, Will Ja Morant, Lauri Markkanen Play?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> are on the road on Tuesday night as they travel to take on the Utah Jazz<\/a> in a Western Conference matchup.<\/p>\n

Memphis enters Tuesday\u2019s game with a 13-16 record after losing on the road to the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> on Monday night.<\/p>\n

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Memphis Grizzlies forward Cedric Coward (23)Wesley Hale-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

In Monday\u2019s loss to the Thunder, Cedric Coward led the way for the Grizzlies as he recorded 16 points, eight rebounds and six assists while Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 16 points and four assists of his own off the bench.<\/p>\n

Now Memphis will try to bounce back on the road on Tuesday as they face off against a struggling Jazz team.<\/p>\n

On the other side, Utah enters Tuesday\u2019s contest with a 10-18 record after losing on the road to the Denver Nuggets<\/a> on Monday night.<\/p>\n

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Utah Jazz guard Keyonte George (3), forward Lauri Markkanen (23), and forward Taylor Hendricks (0)Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Lauri Markkanen led the way for the Jazz in Monday\u2019s loss as he ended the game with 27 points and eight rebounds while Keyonte George recorded 20 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.<\/p>\n

While both teams are looking to pick up a victory in Tuesday night\u2019s matchup, both squads may be without multiple key players due to injuries.<\/p>\n

Grizzlies Injury Report, Will Ja Morant, Cedric Coward Play?<\/p>\n

For the Grizzlies, they have nine players listed on their injury report, including star guard Ja Morant<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant (12).\u00a9 Mark J&period; Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Memphis has ruled out Morant once again due to a left ankle sprain as he will miss his fourth consecutive game.<\/p>\n

With Morant still sidelined, Cam Spencer could be in line for an increased role, especially with the Grizzlies still without guards Vince Williams Jr., Ty Jerome and Scotty Pippen Jr. as they continue to recover from injuries.<\/p>\n

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Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke (15)\u00a9 Jerome Miron-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies have also ruled out Brandon Clarke due to a right calf strain while Zach Edey and John Konchar also remains sidelined.<\/p>\n

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Coward has been listed as questionable with left heel soreness while Javon Small is questionable with turf toe.<\/p>\n

Jazz Injury Report, Will Lauri Markkanen, Jusuf Nurkic Play?<\/p>\n

On the other side, the Jazz have four players listed on their injury report, including their frontcourt duo of Markkanen and Jusuf Nurkic.<\/p>\n

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Lauri Markkanen, Utah JazzChris Nicoll-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n

Utah has ruled out Markkanen due to right groin injury management as he will sit out the second game of their back-to-back.<\/p>\n

The Jazz have also ruled out Nurkic due to rest as he will also miss the second night of their back-to-back.<\/p>\n

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Utah Jazz center Jusuf Nurkic (30)Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

With both Markkanen and Nurkic sidelined, Kyle FIlipowski, Kevin Love and Taylor Hendricks may all be in line for larger roles.<\/p>\n

Walker Kessler and Georges Niang have also been ruled out as they continue to be sidelined while recovering from injuries.<\/p>\n

Fans can catch Tuesday night\u2019s matchup between the Grizzlies and Jazz from Salt Lake City at 9:00 p.m. EST.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Dec 23, 2025, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Memphis Grizzlies are on the road on Tuesday night as they travel to take on the Utah…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,2710,8675,3522,187,32099,499,294,178,3499,423,8396,3419,5088,865,1678,955,1251,976,293,177,4070,6,179,627,4884,181,5592,1201,427,1299,1405,1083],"class_list":{"0":"post-492277","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-memphis-grizzlies","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brandon-clarke","10":"tag-cam-spencer","11":"tag-cedric-coward","12":"tag-denver-nuggets","13":"tag-elijah-harkless","14":"tag-georges-niang","15":"tag-grizzlies","16":"tag-ja-morant","17":"tag-javon-small","18":"tag-jazz","19":"tag-john-konchar","20":"tag-john-tonje","21":"tag-jusuf-nurkic","22":"tag-kentavious-caldwell-pope","23":"tag-kevin-love","24":"tag-keyonte-george","25":"tag-kyle-filipowski","26":"tag-lauri-markkanen","27":"tag-memphis","28":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","29":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","30":"tag-nba","31":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","32":"tag-scotty-pippen-jr","33":"tag-taylor-hendricks","34":"tag-the-grizzlies","35":"tag-the-jazz","36":"tag-ty-jerome","37":"tag-utah-jazz","38":"tag-vince-williams-jr","39":"tag-walker-kessler","40":"tag-zach-edey"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}