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Watch: Jaren Jackson Jr. fouls out with flagrant on De'Aaron Fox
Jaren Jackson Jr. entered the fourth quarter of Friday's game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Sacramento Kings with zero fouls. By the end of the game, he'd committed six and been disqualified, with an ugly flagrant capping off the quarter.
De'Aaron Fox takes a hard spill after Jaren Jackson Jr. fouls out. Domantas Sabonis and DeMar DeRozan took exception. Officials review and determine the foul is upgraded to a flagrant 1. pic.twitter.com/9w0xTflui2
— Sean Cunningham (@SeanCunningham) January 4, 2025
Jackson became the first player since Tyrese Haliburton in April 2021 to commit six fouls in a single quarter. His final foul came with 43 seconds to go, when De'Aaron Fox drove to the basket and Jackson undercut him in midair, knocking him to the ground on a scary play.
After some jawing between the two teams, Jackson left the floor, and the referees assessed a flagrant foul. Fox stayed in the game and sank two free throws, then DeMar DeRozan dunked to give Sacramento a 10-point lead in a game that ended up a 138-133 Kings win.
DeMar with the PUNCTUATION.
— NBA (@NBA) January 4, 2025
Bench LOVING IT. pic.twitter.com/t9sWkc4h1t
Fox committed his own flagrant foul earlier in the quarter when he grabbed Scotty Pippen Jr. by the hair on his drive to the hoop.
De'Aaron Fox is issued a flagrant foul after this play on Scotty Pippen Jr. pic.twitter.com/TX8JH7Upbt
— Grizzlies On FanDuel Sports Network (@FDSN_Grizzlies) January 4, 2025
But it was Jackson who showed off the diversity of his foul game. He fouled Fox twice on two-pointers, fouled DeRozan on a three-pointer, fouled on a rebound, fouled on a reach-in and committed a charge. The charge was his fourth, personally getting the Kings into the bonus five minutes into the quarter.
The fouling tour de force came one day after Jackson was named Western Conference Defensive Player of the Month for December. He had 28 points and six rebounds at the time of his final foul.
The Western Conference @Kia Defensive Player of the Month for December is Jaren Jackson Jr.! #KiaDPOTM pic.twitter.com/TmmSiqhGMh
— NBA (@NBA) January 2, 2025
Even with Jackson's big fourth quarter, the Memphis Grizzlies took 36 free throws to the Kings' 23. But they also turned the ball over 17 times to Sacramento's nine. Jackson had four of the turnovers.
It was a promising night for Jackson and the Grizzlies for three quarters. But then everything turned foul.
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