On January 18, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Bulls challenged the Grizzlies away. In this game, Lavine and Ball Brother were both absent, and the Bulls suddenly lost power at the beginning of the second quarter, and were blasted by the Grizzlies to be 16-0 into the role of catcher. The Grizzlies withstood the Bulls' point-chasing momentum and stretched the gap to more than 20 points at one point, and finally the Grizzlies easily beat the Bulls 119-106, giving their opponents four consecutive defeats and winning their 12th of the last 13 games.
Field data
Bulls: DeRozan 24 points and 5 assists, White 16 points, 6 boards and 5 assists, Dosem 15 points, 10 boards, 6 assists, 5 blocks, Brown 14 points, Thomas 13 points, Hill 12 points, 8 boards, Vucevic 7 points, 10 boards, 2 blocks and 2 blocks
Grizzlies: Morant 25 points, Bain 25 points, Clark 15 points and 7 boards, Jackson Jr. 14 points, 5 boards and 5 blocks, Jones 11 points and 8 assists, Melton 10 points and 2 blocks, Adams 2 points, 10 boards and 6 assists and 2 blocks
Star of the Field: Bain + Morant twin stars shine
In this game, Bain and Morant continued to act as Grizzlies cutting points arrows, both of which exploded 20+ and maintained good efficiency, Bane fired 15 points in the second quarter to help the Bulls open up the point difference to establish an advantage, Morant broke out in the second half to help the team withstand the counterattack, and the Grizzlies also won easily under the twin stars.
Game tidbits
Clashes break out! Bradley hugged Morant after the foul to cause dissatisfaction, and after the two clashed, they were pulled apart by their teammates in time, and both of them ate T
DeRozan slipped and almost injured! Fortunately, there is no danger
Highlights of this session
Force a breakout to hit 2+1! Morant started out
Signature jumper! DeRozan hit from mid-range
Press the whistle! Clark sent a violent buckle
Dry pull three points! White opened his hand to hit
Cleverly wired! Morant sent an assist
Game review
In the first quarter, White started with 5 consecutive points, Bane fed the cake Jackson then broke through, Morant sent another strong burst, the Grizzlies returned 8-0, White three-pointers to stop the bleeding, then Morant played 2+1, Thomas hit a shot, and the Grizzlies led 13-12. Clark scored 2+1, deRozan and Bradley scored four consecutive points, and the two sides drew 16. DeRozan played under the basket, Jones sent a breakthrough throw, DeRozan hit two free throws, Jackson threw a shot, and the two sides fought to a 20-point draw into the second quarter.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Jackson and Thomas faced each other for three points, Bane and Jones scored seven consecutive points, then Melton hit a three-pointer, Bain won the hand, Melton made two free throws, Melton sent another three-pointer, and the Grizzlies blasted a 16-0 gap to open the gap of 16 points. Hill stopped bleeding on three points, then Bain made a layup, Brown returned the three-pointer, Dosem hit a shot and the Bulls narrowed the gap to 10 points. Adams and Konchal scored consecutive attacks from the basket, White sent three points, Hill made two free throws, and Konchal and Bane hit three consecutive three-pointers to give the Grizzlies a 53-37 lead. Doxem and Morant scored three-pointers, Hill hit another three-pointer, DeRozan sent a mid-range shot, Clark dunked and the Grizzlies led 58-45.
The fight resumed, DeRozan hit a shot, Morante pulled back, then Bane hit two free throws, White sent a three-pointer, Vucevic hit another three-pointer, and the Bulls chased 57-66. Jackson scored 2+1, DeRozan played, Morant hit two free throws, DeRozan hit a jumper, and the Bulls trailed 63-73. Bain and Morant scored four consecutive points, Anderson threw a throw, the Bulls opened up another 16-point gap, and Clark sent a dunk to give the Bulls an 83-65 lead by 18 points. Brown threw to stop the bleeding, Jones hit both free throws, Clark sent a dunk, Melton hit a three-pointer, the Bulls blasted a 7-0 to open the 23-point gap, Dosem shot to stop the bleeding, then Jones sent a throw, Brown hit a three-pointer, and the Bulls trailed 20 points 72-92 into the final quarter.
In the final quarter, Clark threw a shot, Jones sent a three-pointer, Jackson slammed one-arm dunk, and the Grizzlies opened a 27-point gap. White broke through to stop the bleeding, Melton sent three points and the Grizzlies led 102-74. DeRozan played from the basket, Thomas sent a three-pointer, then DeRozan hit another shot and made a 2+1, Anderson ate T to send DeRozan a free throw, and the Bulls blasted a 13-2 wave to narrow the gap to 17 points. Morant threw a throw to stop the bleeding, Bradley and Morant clashed and both ate T, and then Morant hit a free throw to open the 21-point gap between the Grizzlies. After the timeout, Jackson threw and hit again, then Thomas hit a three-pointer, Morant broke through, Dosem threw a shot, the Grizzlies still led by 18 points in the last 3 minutes, the two sides successively took the bench, the game completely entered garbage time, and the Grizzlies won a big victory.
Both sides started
Bulls: Kobe White, DeRozan, Dorsam, McKinney, Vucevic
Grizzlies: Morant, Bain, Zaire Williams, Jarren Jackson Jr., Adams