On January 4, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Nets against the Grizzlies, before this battle the Nets have suffered consecutive defeats, but the game began the Nets attack is still slow and hot, by the Grizzlies to play a 15-7 start, so continue to fall behind. Durant shot only 5 of 16 at halftime, which led to the Nets could not catch up with the score, durant once scored 7 consecutive points in the third quarter of the game to lead the Nets to counterattack, but the feel could not continue, followed by 6 of 1, after playing the first three quarters the Nets have been 73-86 behind as many as 23 points.
After playing the third quarter, the Nets trailed by 23 points, in addition to Durant's sluggish hand feeling of only 8 of 24, the Grizzlies' outstanding performance of Morant was also affected, and Morante was almost for grabs in the first three quarters, shooting 6 of 10 in the first half and scoring 15 points, constantly leading the Grizzlies to attack.
Throughout the third quarter, Morant's performance was even more terrifying, holding the ball to break through and add three points, proficient in everything, shooting 7 of 11 in a single quarter, cutting 18 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, including a flying dunk in a fast attack, so that the Nets home fans were screaming and directly subduing the opponent fans. Led by Morant in the 18+3+3 single quarter, the Grizzlies hit as many as 40 points in the third quarter, playing a 40-26 net, directly expanding the point difference to more than 20 points and directly breaking the Nets.
After the first three quarters, Morant's personal data was 13 of 21, 4 of 6 from the free throw line, 2 of 3 from three-point range, 33 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds, and played 29 minutes, which was perfect. In the fourth quarter, Morant sat directly on the bench to rest.
It is worth mentioning that before this game, Morant just won a best of the week award, won the NBA Western Conference Player of the Week last week, in the last week's 3 games, Morant averaged 34 minutes per game, averaged 34.7 points, 6.7 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.33 steals per game, shooting 55.7% from the field, and shooting a terrible 80.0% (12 of 15 shots). He scored at least 30 points in all three games.
Previously, during Morant's inability to play, the Grizzlies won consecutive games, fans once ridiculed the "lack of who is embarrassed" terrier, Grizzlies home fans even appeared to boo Morant, but then Morant with excellent personal performance to prove their value, is a leader who can play excellent performance to lead the team to win. Considering Morant is only 22 years old, his future ceiling is immeasurable.
(Lin Xiaoxiang)