After swallowing two consecutive defeats, the Nets, who are in desperate need of a win, are back on the home side and are facing the challenge of the Grizzlies during their four-game winning streak.
On the Nets side, Aldridge was absent due to injury, Clarkston + Bembry entered the starting lineup, and head coach Nash tried to win by surprise and defend the home to end the losing streak.
On the other hand, on the Grizzlies side, Morant is in hot form, coupled with Bane + Jalan Jackson Jr. ready to go, the Grizzlies are also ready to take advantage of the chase and win 5 consecutive wins!
Finally, after four quarters of competition, with a perfect start of 7-0, the Grizzlies, who were dominated by the opponents, overpowered the Nets in the first half and occupied the initiative on the court.
Coupled with the return of the second half, Morant ushered in the third quarter, leading the Grizzlies to a wave of 25-6 offensive frenzy, completely widening the score gap.
Despite the garbage time in the final quarter, the Nets bench played well, blasting a 27-9 counterattack frenzy that successfully closed the score gap.
But there was not much time left, and Morant + Bain scored consecutive points, completely ending the suspense of the game.
In the end, the Grizzlies also won 118-104 on the road to the Nets, which was worth the trip to win 5 consecutive wins, but also gave the opponent Nets 3 consecutive losses!
In this game, the Grizzlies will be in a hot state, playing a team attack with 5 people scoring in double figures and multi-point blossoming.
In the case of Clark + Jones + Culver and other main players, continuing to perform steadily, the team's star Morant, and the play of Tiger Bain, are particularly critical!
In this game, Morant continued his previous fiery state, starting 32 minutes, shooting more than 60% of the 14-of-22 shooting, and even bombed a game-high 36 points, plus 6 rebounds and 8 assists.
Among them, in the third quarter, his heroic performance of scoring 18 points in a single quarter not only helped the Grizzlies smoothly open the score gap, but also became a difficult existence for the Nets to solve at both ends of the attack and defense!
More importantly, after cutting 30+ in this game, Morant also scored 30+ in four consecutive games, becoming the longest player in Grizzlies history to cut 30+ in a row, setting a great team record.
In addition, as the team's new star, defender Desmond Bain's performance in this game is also great.
In this game, Bane swept the slump of the previous game, shooting five three-pointers, contributing an all-round performance of 29 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.
And Bain's key performance of 10 points in the final quarter, while successfully disrupting the Nets' defensive rhythm and deployment, almost single-handedly affected the trend of the game!
On the other hand, on the Nets side, the team's offensive and defensive ends of this game were comprehensively crushed, and finally swallowed a 14-point defeat + 3 consecutive losses, which was obviously difficult for home fans to accept.
After all, under the performance of Durant + Harden's two main players, 26+3+6+3+3, and 19+4+8+1+1, the play of the demon guard Mills, who was highly expected by the team, was indeed a bit unsatisfactory!
Mills was slightly sluggish in this game, starting 28 minutes, 6 shots 0 feel cold, not to mention the outside line of the good three-point shot is 5 shots 0 completely lost the crosshairs.
At the same time, after the whole game, Mills personally did not score a score, only sent 1 assist, facing the young Grizzlies, the veteran Mills can be described as in no state!
In the face of Morant + Bane, who has gone crazy, Durant + Harden, who has worked hard for a whole game, seems to have no choice but to drink and hate.
As for whether the Nets, which lack major generals after suffering 3 consecutive defeats, can get back on track after ushering in Irving's return, we seem to have to wait and see!