A little earlier, the NBA officially announced the latest issue of the team's combat strength list, surprisingly, in the recent momentum of the Memphis Grizzlies, actually jumped to the top of the list, but the Sun and Warriors, who have been at the top of the list before, are ranked behind them, ranking second and third, it is worth mentioning that on January 5, Beijing time (the 12th week of the NBA), when the Grizzlies were only ranked eighth, and on January 12 (week 13), they rose to the second place, and now they have let themselves overwhelm the Sun in the 14th week The Warriors, the two popular teams in the West, came to the top position, and had to make people sigh, and it is indeed rare that a small ball market like the Grizzlies can have the current achievements.
With the fiery state of just being at the top of the battle list, the Grizzlies sat at home earlier to meet the Challenge of the Bulls, although in the first quarter the two sides played a 20-20 draw, but in the second and third quarters, the Bulls blasted a wave of 72-52 climax, harvesting the game in one fell swoop, and finally defeated the Bulls easily 119-106, and the Bulls scored in double figures throughout the game, once again showing the charm of their team basketball.
Counting the wins in this game, the Grizzlies have only lost 1 in the last 13 games, that is, the last game to the Lone Rangers by 27 points, and this big loss also seems to be a warning for all Of Memphis, so today against the Bulls at the top of the Eastern Conference, the Grizzlies also raised 120% of the spirit and are taking this strong opponent seriously.
Although after sending off the meritorious veteran Conley in 19 years, the Grizzlies were completely caught up in the rebuild, but in the 19th draft they took off Morant as a potential guard, and it was precisely because they found the right cornerstone of reconstruction that they were able to quickly complete the reconstruction, and last season, that is, when Morant ushered in the second year of his career, the Grizzlies defeated the Spurs and Warriors in the playoffs and took the last train of the playoffs as the eighth in the West. Although the Jazz were eliminated 4-1 in the first round, Morant averaged 30.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 8.2 assists in the playoffs. After this playoff baptism, the young Grizzlies seem to have really undergone a strong metamorphosis this season.
In fact, at the beginning of the season, relying on Morant's excellent performance, the Grizzlies once ranked in the top six positions in the West, and as a result, because of the calf injury, he recuperated for a while, and did not think that the Grizzlies had unexpectedly exploded a wave of wins under the leadership of other role players Bane, Dillon, Milton, Little Jaron and others, and during Morant's injury, they only lost 2 games, which gave people a feeling that Morant was not there and the Grizzlies were more competitive. Although the Grizzlies regrettably lost the game in the two games after Morant's return, after their own adjustment, the Grizzlies have since launched a wave of 11 consecutive wins, and Morant's remarks that he is a tumor on the team have disappeared.
As of now, the Grizzlies' offensive and defensive efficiency is the league's top ten (offensive efficiency of 111.6 is the seventh in the league, 108.1 is the tenth in the league), and the average rebounds per game (48.3), steals (10.2), blocks (6.3) are ranked first in the league, in the absence of an All-Star player on the team, this group of "bear cubs" under the tutelage of coach Jenkins, really all the people, played a lively team basketball, if they can stand out this season, For other small ball cities in the NBA, it will undoubtedly play an excellent incentive.