{"id":508871,"date":"2026-01-01T02:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T02:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/508871\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T02:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T02:02:10","slug":"cedric-coward-joins-gasols-in-history-after-last-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/508871\/","title":{"rendered":"Cedric Coward joins Gasols in history after last game"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> rookie Cedric Coward registered a new season high in scoring and rebounding on Tuesday and joined some franchise legends in the history books afterward.<\/p>\n

Coward finished with 28 points, 16 rebounds and four assists in a 139-136 overtime loss to the Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> at FedExForum. He went 10-of-16 from the field, including 2-of-4 from 3-point range, and was a team-high plus-14 in nearly 37 minutes of work.<\/p>\n

The 11th pick became the fifth Grizzlies rookie<\/a> to record at least 25 points and 15 rebounds in a game, joining the likes of Pau Gasol, Marc Gasol and Shareef Abdur-Rahim. His 16 rebounds are the most by a rookie this season<\/a>, surpassing his own mark of 14.<\/p>\n

Coward is averaging 13.9 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists while shooting 32.9% from 3-point range in 32 appearances with the Grizzlies. He is fifth among all first-year players in scoring and is tied for the lead in double-doubles (6).<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old has started the past 19 games for the Grizzlies, emerging as a key player on both ends of the court.\u00a0He has showcased his versatility and poise already at a high level, enabling him to have productive outings for the group.<\/p>\n

Coward has fit in well with the Grizzlies through the first half of the season and has earned the trust of his teammates and coaches. He has stepped up amid a chaotic year and is contributing in any role the team asks of him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Memphis Grizzlies rookie Cedric Coward registered a new season high in scoring and rebounding on Tuesday and joined…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3795],"tags":[679,7,294,293,177,4070,6,67,61,134,678,207,132,66,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-508871","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-memphis-grizzlies","8":"tag-76ers","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-grizzlies","11":"tag-memphis","12":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","13":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-overall","17":"tag-overall-positive","18":"tag-philadelphia","19":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","20":"tag-positive","21":"tag-sports","22":"tag-sports-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115817384851605295","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508871","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=508871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}