In today's regular season, the Grizzlies beat the Nuggets 106-97 at home. In this game, Grizzlies guard Ja Morant played 35 minutes, shooting 12-of-22 from the field, with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.
Official Grizzlies data shows morant surpassing 1,000 total assists in his career. He thus became the sixth-fastest player in NBA history to have at least 2,500 points and 1,000 assists in just 137 games; the five faster than him were Oscar Robertson, Magic Johnson, Isaiah Thomas, Damon Stoudemire and Trae Young.