{"id":614161,"date":"2026-02-20T18:21:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/614161\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T18:21:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:21:33","slug":"is-keyonte-george-playing-tonight-jazz-vs-grizzlies-injury-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/614161\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Keyonte George playing tonight? Jazz vs. Grizzlies injury report"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Utah Jazz<\/a> and Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> return from the All-Star break against each other at the FedEx Forum on Friday night. Both teams have lengthy injury reports, with the Jazz being particularly concerned with Keyonte George, who suffered an ankle injury<\/a> before the break. Here is everything we know about Keyonte George’s injury and his playing status against the Grizzlies.<\/p>\n

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Keyonte George injury status vs. Grizzlies\"JazzKen Blaze-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Given the recent controversy regarding the Jazz sitting key players, their injury reports<\/a> will be monitored closely for the rest of the season. That includes Friday’s game against the Grizzlies, for which Utah lists Jaren Jackson Jr., Lauri Markkanen, Walker Kessler and George as out.<\/p>\n

The Jazz expected to be without Jackson and Kessler. Jackson’s recent surgery ruled him out for the year, while Kessler has not played since undergoing shoulder surgery in November.<\/p>\n

George and Markkanen were questionable for the game throughout the week. Utah had hoped to get both players back after the All-Star break, but neither appears ready to return. George will miss another game with an ankle sprain, and Markkanen was a late addition to the report with an illness.<\/p>\n

Despite the recent scrutiny, both players are dealing with legitimate injuries. George has only appeared in one game in February, ending a three-game absence, only to injure his ankle against the Orlando Magic.<\/p>\n

Without George, the Jazz will continue rolling with Isaiah Collier as their starting point guard<\/a>. Ace Bailey, Brice Sensabaugh, Cody Williams and Kyle Filipowski rounded out the starting lineup in their last game without Jackson and Markkanen.<\/p>\n

Jazz injury report<\/p>\n

Keyonte George \u2014 OUT, Right ankle sprain<\/p>\n

Jaren Jackson Jr. \u2014 OUT, Left knee surgery<\/p>\n

Walker Kessler \u2014 OUT, Left shoulder injury recovery<\/p>\n

Lauri Markkanen \u2014 Questionable, Illness<\/p>\n

Jusuf Nurkic \u2014 OUT, Nose injury management<\/p>\n

Oscar Tshiebwe \u2014 Questionable, Concussion<\/p>\n

Grizzlies injury report<\/p>\n

Santi Aldama \u2014 OUT, Right knee injury management<\/p>\n

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope \u2014 OUT, Right finger surgery recovery<\/p>\n

Brandon Clarke \u2014 OUT, Right calf strain<\/p>\n

Walter Clayton Jr. \u2014 Doubtful, Right calf contusion<\/p>\n

Cedric Coward \u2014 OUT, Right knee hyperextension<\/p>\n

Zach Edey \u2014 OUT, Left ankle stress reaction<\/p>\n

Ty Jerome \u2014 OUT, Right calf injury management<\/p>\n

Ja Morant \u2014 OUT, Left elbow UCL sprain<\/p>\n

Scotty Pippen Jr. \u2014 OUT, Left toe injury management<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Utah Jazz and Memphis Grizzlies return from the All-Star break against each other at the FedEx Forum…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,294,955,293,177,4070,6,14502,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-614161","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-memphis-grizzlies","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-grizzlies","10":"tag-keyonte-george","11":"tag-memphis","12":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","13":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-nba-injury","16":"tag-utah-jazz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116104350518734710","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614161","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=614161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}