{"id":669505,"date":"2026-03-20T21:41:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T21:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/669505\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T21:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T21:41:19","slug":"memphis-receives-multiple-injury-updates-for-celtics-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/669505\/","title":{"rendered":"Memphis receives multiple injury updates for Celtics clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/memphis-grizzlies\/grizzlies-news-cedric-coward-upset-win-nuggets-reaction\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Memphis Grizzlies upset the Denver Nuggets 125-118<\/a> on Wednesday, they&#8217;ll once again face a challenging opponent in the <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/boston-celtics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Celtics<\/a> on Friday. The Grizzlies have an extended <a href=\"https:\/\/ak-static.cms.nba.com\/referee\/injury\/Injury-Report_2026-03-20_03_00PM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">injury report<\/a> ahead of the matchup. GG Jackson, dealing with a right knee injury, is listed as doubtful. Taj Gibson, who played in Wednesday&#8217;s 125-118 win, is also doubtful with a sore right foot.<\/p>\n<p>In his return to the NBA, Gibson, 40, who last played for the Charlotte Hornets in 2024-25, joined the Grizzlies midseason. On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/memphis-grizzlies\/grizzlies-news-taj-gibson-ja-morant-derrick-rose\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gibson made a fitting Grizzlies season debut<\/a> against the Chicago Bulls, his former team, which drafted him\u00a0in 2009. He spent the first seven years of his NBA career with the Bulls. Fans at the United Center gave him a standing ovation.<\/p>\n<p>The Grizzlies&#8217; Jackson finished with 16 points, six rebounds, and two blocks in the Grizzlies&#8217; upset win against the Nuggets. Ty Jerome&#8217;s 21 points led the Grizzlies in the win. Oliver-Maxwence Prosper finished with 19 points, including three triples, and two blocks, and GG Jackson II added 16 points, six rebounds, and two blocks.<\/p>\n<p>As for whether GG Jackson or Taj Gibson will play in the Grizzlies&#8217; matchup against the Celtics, the answer is likely not.<\/p>\n<p>Grizzlies injury report<\/p>\n<p>Santi Aldama \u2014 Out \u2014 Right knee; surgery recovery<\/p>\n<p>Kentavious Caldwell-Pope \u2014 Out \u2014 Right 5th finger; surgery recovery<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Clarke \u2014 Out \u2014 Right calf; strain<\/p>\n<p>Zach Edey \u2014 Out \u2014 Left ankle; surgery recovery<\/p>\n<p>Taj Gibson \u2014 Doubtful \u2014 Right foot; soreness<\/p>\n<p>GG Jackson \u2014 Doubtful \u2014 Left knee; soreness<\/p>\n<p>Jahmai Mashack \u2014 Out \u2014 Left ankle; sprain<\/p>\n<p>Celtics injury report<\/p>\n<p>Nikola Vucevic \u2014 Out \u2014 Right ring finger; fracture<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After the Memphis Grizzlies upset the Denver Nuggets 125-118 on Wednesday, they&#8217;ll once again face a challenging opponent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,75,294,293,177,4070,6,14502],"class_list":{"0":"post-669505","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-memphis-grizzlies","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-boston-celtics","10":"tag-grizzlies","11":"tag-memphis","12":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","13":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-nba-injury"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116263681239327677","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669505","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=669505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}