On December 30, Beijing time, the Lakers lost to the Grizzlies 99-104. This game is a contest between Morant and LeBron, it is obvious that Morant wants to show himself in front of old Zhan, he actually wants to cut leBron on the playing field, I feel that he is inspired by Clarkston's gap between old Zhan and his fame, he just wants to block old Zhan, but unfortunately he has not succeeded, but this young man still shows his style, his athletic ability and scoring ability is really terrible. The last game Morant 0.5 seconds to beat the Suns is still on the hot search.
In fact, the opening Morant enthusiasm is full, he breaks through the basket to break the Lakers' weak interior line, but Bradley, who has the ball in defense, cooperates well with Stanley Johnson, and Morant breaks through to be limited to 3 of 9 in the single quarter, 1 of 1 three-pointers to take 7 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, and there is no free throw. His good partner Bane was 3 of 8 in the first quarter, 8 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist on 0 of 2 three points, which can be seen that the Lakers' defense is doing quite well.
There are 2 minutes and 32 seconds left in the second quarter, the Lakers have stretched the score to 13 points, if the Lakers further pull the point difference will be difficult for the Grizzlies to play in the second half, at this time Morant stepped forward, first in front of James, Anthony to complete the layup, he also roared at the old Zhan, and then chased a three-pointer, the Lakers made a mistake after Morant also completed a dunk, 1 minute or so he scored 7 points, 6 of 15 in the half, 2 of 3 points, 2 of 3 points, 16 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.
The beginning and middle of the third quarter are James's performance time, once 5 of 5 + 3 of 3 three points bombed 14 points, but he began to play in the second half, two times iron + low-level mistakes The Grizzlies chased points madly under the leadership of Morant, James was replaced after Morant hit three points, made foul penalties a single quarter also scored 14 points, three quarters after James 29 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, Morant three quarters 30 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, steals and 2 blocks are not inferior to James.
In the last quarter, Morant threw a throw, a three-pointer to overtake the score, Morant wanted to go to the basket across James but was made an offensive foul by James, the Lakers made a mistake Morant hit a three-pointer, Morant scored 9 points in 5 minutes to stop the Lakers, although James hit a three-pointer to narrow the point difference, but Westbrook dunked missed, James did not hit 22.4 seconds of three points, 5.1 seconds before the end James made a mistake, the Grizzlies locked up the win.
Morant shot 13-of-27 and 6-of-7 from three-point range, with 41 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, shooting 48.1 percent from the field and 85.7 percent from three-point range, he was more gorgeous than James's 37 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists. He scored 11 points in the final quarter and James 8 points in the final quarter.
Text/Yan Xiaobai