{"id":445892,"date":"2026-02-03T04:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T04:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/445892\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T04:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T04:27:10","slug":"grizzlies-137-128-timberwolves-feb-2-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/445892\/","title":{"rendered":"Grizzlies 137-128 Timberwolves (Feb 2, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — \u2014 Jaren Jackson Jr<\/a>. scored 30 points, Ty Jerome<\/a> added 19 and Memphis built a 20-point lead in the second half and held on for a 137-128 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Memphis maintained a double-digit advantage through much of the fourth quarter. Minnesota, behind Donte DiVincenzo<\/a> and Anthony Edwards<\/a>, seemed poised to overtake Memphis, but the Grizzlies never let the Timberwolves within nine points and snapped a six-game losing streak.<\/p>\n

Jaylen Wells<\/a> scored 18 points for Memphis, while Cam Spencer<\/a> and Vince WIlliams Jr. added 16 points apiece.<\/p>\n

Edwards led Minnesota with 39 points and seven rebounds. Jaden McDaniels<\/a> scored 29 points and DiVincenzo finished with 21, including 13 in the fourth. Minnesota had its four-game win streak halted.<\/p>\n

The Timberwolves defeated Memphis 131-114<\/a> on Saturday in the first of consecutive games between the teams. In that one, Edwards scored 33 and Julius Randle<\/a> added 27, and Minnesota had four players with at least 20 points.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Memphis made one of its first 18 3-point attempts. On Monday, the Grizzlies used long-range shooting to build a double-digit lead in the first half. Memphis was 8 of 15 from beyond the arc, and the lead reached 14 points. The Grizzlies lwere ahead 66-58 at the half.<\/p>\n

Memphis led 98-86 after three quarters and extended its advantage to 109-89 by making its first four shots of the fourth, including three 3-pointers.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Timberwolves: Visit Toronto on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Grizzlies: Begin a five-game trip in Sacramento on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NBA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MEMPHIS, Tenn. — \u2014 Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 30 points, Ty Jerome added 19 and Memphis built a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-445892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}