Jazz fall 110-105 to Grizzlies as Markkanen and Jackson leave with injuries

The Utah Jazz lost 110-105 to the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night at the Delta Center, and forwards Lauri Markkanen and Jaren Jackson Jr. both left the game with injuries and did not return. ^[1][2][6]

Markkanen went to the locker room holding his right wrist with 5:58 left in the first quarter after his arm was caught between Jackson and Memphis's Cam Boozer; he had two points in six minutes. Jackson left early in the second quarter with a right knee injury after six points in 10 minutes. Coach Will Hardy said after the game, "We'll know more tomorrow once they get some imaging." ^[1][2] The Jazz said Tuesday afternoon that Jackson has a torn MCL in his right knee and will be re-evaluated in six weeks, and that Markkanen has a right wrist sprain and is day-to-day. ^[7]

Memphis led by as many as 16 in the third quarter before Utah used a 15-3 run to get within 102-101 in the fourth, but the Grizzlies held on. Cedric Coward had 16 points and 11 rebounds for Memphis, and Mo Bamba had 14 points and seven rebounds for Utah in his season debut. Darryn Peterson scored 14 points on 5-of-18 shooting. ^[4] The official box score matches those lines. ^[5] Center Jusuf Nurkic is out with a foot injury and Jaxson Hayes was ruled out about an hour before tipoff with a shoulder injury. ^[2][3]