On January 30, Beijing time, the Grizzlies won three consecutive wins against the Wizards, and the Grizzlies were only 2.5 wins away from the warriors in the second place in the West. The game was a one-sided game in the first quarter of the Grizzlies led the Wizards by as many as 15 points, after half-time to pull open to 22 points, the third quarter of the Grizzlies' concentration declined by the Wizards to narrow the gap of 7 points, the final quarter of the two teams of the point difference hovered around 20 points, into the final 5 minutes is equivalent to garbage time. Morant once again showed his All-Star starting strength.
The match was like Morant's personal runway, Jaren Jackson Jr. lost an aerial relay for Morant, and the result was that the 1.91-meter Morant completed a big windmill's arm dunk, which was breathtakingly physical, and the home fans were all ignited.
In the first quarter, Morant showed a three-pointer, and in the third quarter, he showed a dry three-pointer, and in the first two seasons of his career, Morant was not very good at three-pointers, and this third season three-pointer was already one of his main scoring methods, whether it was to create space with the ball or to catch the ball.
In the first half, Morant was 8 of 13 and 2 of 3 from three points to score 18 points and 1 assist, which can be said to be full of firepower. In the third quarter, he scored 12 minutes in a single quarter, 6 of 12, 2 of 5 from three points, scored 14 points, 1 rebound and 1 steal, and scored 32 points in the third quarter, completing the record of 30+ in 6 games for the first time in his career.
In the final quarter, Morant played 5 minutes, 2 of 1, took 2 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist and was replaced, the whole game was 33 minutes, 15 of 27, 8 of 3 three points, 34 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, shooting 55.6%, he was really defenseless in the three-second zone, like Wei Shao at the peak, this campaign was two more dunks.
1. Morant completed 6 consecutive games to win 30+ in this campaign, continuing to break the record of the first place in team history;
2. This is also the first time in the history of the Grizzlies that anyone has won a record of 30+ in the second game of three-double-doubles (the 30+ triple-doubles are also the most scoring triple-doubles in the history of the Grizzlies). Today, Morant has become the league's most powerful defender.
Text/Yan Xiaobai