Yesterday's regular season, the Grizzlies defeated the Western Conference leaders 116-108 at home, this game the Grizzlies almost led the whole game, at most at one point 49-31 led by 18 points, although the third quarter was chased back by the Warriors, but in the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies once again played a wave of 29-18, successfully won the victory.
Since Christmas, the Grizzlies have won ten straight games, and since Christmas, the Grizzlies have not lost a game, during which the opponents won include the Suns, Nets, Warriors, Lakers (twice), Cavaliers, Clippers, etc., which can be described as full of gold.
Zooming in to the last 24 games, the Grizzlies have won 20 of them, the league-first and second-place Jazz "only" won 15 games.
After December, the Grizzlies performed incredibly well:
- The record is 18 wins and 4 losses, the first place in the league
- 12.6 points per 100 rounds, the first in the league
- Defensive efficiency 102.6, the league first
- Rebounding rate of 54.0%, the league first
— 34.7 percent offensive rebounding percentage, no. 1 in the league
- Fast Attack scored 17.4 points, the first in the league
- The penalty area scored 57.1 points, the league first
- Second offense scored 19.0 points, the league first
- Limit the opponent's secondary offense score of 11.0 points, the league first
- Opponent turnover rate of 16.5%, the league first
- Using opponent errors to score 20.7 points, the league first
After a ten-game winning streak, the Grizzlies have now moved up to fourth in the West with a record of 29-14 and 3.5 wins away from the First Suns in the West (31 wins and 9 losses), and for comparison, ESPN's forecast for the Grizzlies before the start of the season was only 42 wins and 40 losses, ranking ninth in the West.
You can see that the Grizzlies are in very good shape, and there are many surprising players in this team, such as second-year rookie Bane, Jalan Jackson Jr., and Dillon have also played well, but the best one has to be Morant.
In the case of this wave of ten consecutive wins, Morant played nine of them, and none of them pulled his crotch:
— Playing warriors, 29 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 blocks
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- Playing pistons, 22 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists
—Playing the Cavaliers, 26 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists
- Playing the Nets, 36 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists
—Playing against the Spurs, 30 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists
- Playing lakers, 41 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks
- Playing the Suns, 33 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals
- Playing kings, 18 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists
In nine games, Morant averaged 27.9 points, 6.2 rebounds and 6.4 assists per game, shooting 52.2 percent from the field, 46.9 percent from three-point range, and 60.0 percent from the field.
So far this season, Morant's average per game is 24.9 points, 5.7 rebounds and 6.7 assists, the three shooting rates are 48.9%/37.9%/76.7%, and the true shooting rate is 57.5%, for comparison, last season, Morante averaged 19.1 points per game and a true shooting rate of 53.7%.
Morant's impact is very strong, in fact, you can say that he is the strongest point guard in the active duty, during the ten-game winning streak, Morant has taken over the game with impact many times - he once used a layup against the Suns to complete the kill, against the Cavaliers, and finally took over the game with 8 consecutive points, and the last victory over the Warriors, also Morant, scored "2+1" in the last moment, killing the game.
Listen to what the outside world said about Morant and the Grizzlies after this game:
Warriors coach Steve Kerr twice praised the Grizzlies as one of the league's strongest teams: "They're a well-trained team, very cohesive, playing with great confidence. ”
— Curry on Morant: "He's improved a lot this year, and as a point guard who watches games, it's cool to see that. ”
—NBA reporter Keith Smith: "Morant is a superstar, don't say All-Star. He's definitely going to be in the middle of the schedule, and it's time to start discussing how many teams he should be in the Best Team. ”
This is true, with Morant's performance this season, as long as he is not injured, he will appear on this year's All-Star stage, not only that, he may also be selected for the best team, and even enter the MVP discussion range, in the future, he is entirely likely to become the facade of the league point guard.
Back to the Grizzlies, every year the league will always have some spoilers, this year's Grizzlies are such a role, not only that, they have fully proved that they are a strong team, if there is no accident, they are bound to appear on this year's playoff stage, just like that year, whoever touches them in the playoffs will have to peel off their skin.