Morant 25 points Bain 25 points The Grizzlies sent the Bulls to a four-game losing streak

On January 18, Beijing time, the Grizzlies defeated the Bulls 119-106 at home and avoided a losing streak. Morant had 25 points, four rebounds, Bane 25 points, four assists, Jackson Jr. 14 points, five rebounds and five blocks; the Bulls lost four straight, DeRozan had 24 points and five assists, White had 16 points, six rebounds and five assists, and Dossume had 15 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and two blocks.

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After the opening, White even scored three points to work the bulls in front of the 8 points, the Grizzlies Jackson Jr. also scored on the inside, and then Bane and Morant burst into the inside line, the Grizzlies responded to a wave of 8-0, Dosum cut the basket to stop the bleeding urgently, but Morant killed the inside line to hit 2+1 response, the two sides felt average, the shooting rate was not very high, but the score could not be pulled apart. The timeout returned, the Bulls continued to make mistakes, and Clark also scored a 2+1 on the inside, but DeRozan finally hit a mid-range to catch up with the score, Jones and Jackson Jr. hit a throw separately, and the first quarter ended, and the Grizzlies drew 20-20 with the Bulls.

In the second quarter, Jackson Jr. hit a three-pointer, Bane threw in a row into the mid-range shot, and the Grizzlies regained their advantage 7-0. The timeout came back, the Bulls offense did not go well, Melton scored another three points, then Bain felt hot and hit a throw and then went into the long shot, the Grizzlies directly established a 16-point lead, Malcolm Hill and Troy Brown's three-pointer finally stopped the scoring drought of more than 4 minutes, but Conchar's throw stabilized the situation, White could also throw in three points, and at the end of the half, the Grizzlies led the Bulls by 13 points at 58-45.

In the third quarter, DeRozan hit a mid-range chase, but Morant responded with a mid-range shot, Williams and Bane scored consecutive free throws, and White continued to throw three-pointers to stop the bleeding. Vucevic scored another three points to chase the deficit to single digits, but Jackson Jr. received Morant's clever pass and then played a 2+1 strong response, and the Grizzlies always had the initiative in the game. DeRozan complained that the referee ate the T and turned over the jump shot to make up for it, but the Grizzlies will catch the Bulls' mistakes and continuously attack the inside line to fight back, a wave of 10-2 to pull the score bigger and bigger. By the end of the third quarter, the Grizzlies were 92-72 ahead of the Bulls by 20 points.

In the last quarter of the game, the Grizzlies played 10-2 directly to close to 30 points, but DeRozanri suddenly cut 7 points in a row to chase points, Thomas also responded with consecutive long-range shots, the two joined forces to respond to a wave of 13-2 offensive waves to chase the point difference to within 20 points, the Grizzlies fell into a 3-minute scoring drought, Morant retreated from the middle shot to stop the decline, the two sides around the 20-point difference in a tug-of-war, Morant and Bradley clashed, each side ate a T, Bradledledo a first-degree malicious foul, Morant took consecutive free throws to pull the gap back to 20 points, the Bulls saw no hope of turning over and directly replaced the replacement to surrender, the Grizzlies then switched to the bench training, and finally the Grizzlies took the Bulls 119-106.

Both sides started:

Grizzlies: Morant, Bain, Williams, Clark, Jackson Jr

Bulls: White, Dossum, DeRozan, McKinney, Vucevic

Source: NBA official website