On February 9, Beijing time, the Grizzlies defeated the Clippers at home with a score of 135-109 to win three consecutive games. The Grizzlies performed well in this game, with the team taking an 11-point lead in the first quarter, and in the second quarter, the team again outplayed their opponents by 4 points, and they held a 15-point lead in the half. In the third quarter, the Grizzlies once again blasted a wave of 34-19 offense, winning by 15 points in a single quarter, and at the end of the third quarter, the Grizzlies held a 30-point lead, and the game lost suspense. In the end, the Grizzlies won at home with great ease and continued to remain in third place in the West, while the Clippers suffered two consecutive losses.
In this game, the Overall Performance of the Clippers was not ideal, they played poorly on the defensive end, and at the same time they could not match the rhythm of the Grizzlies on the offensive end, did not play a wave of high-quality counter-attacks in the game, and the whole game was suppressed by the Grizzlies. The overall performance of the whole team is sluggish, which is the main reason for the team's fiasco to the Grizzlies.
Since the completion of the trade with the Blazers, the Clippers have suffered two consecutive losses, Powell and Covington have not fully integrated into the team's tactical system, and the other Clippers players have not yet adapted to the way these two players play, which has led to the team's current losing streak. For coach Tyron Lu, after the change in the lineup, he needs to get the team back on track, so that new signings can be integrated into the team's tactical system, while other players can play the same performance as before the game, how to make the team find the feeling of winning, this is the most important problem for Coach Tyron Lu to solve at present.
On the Grizzlies side, their play is still very good, the core of the team Morant performed well, he only played 26 minutes, played three quarters, got 30 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists of the full data, personal 19 shots 12, shooting efficiency is very high.
During the game, although Morant was maliciously pulled by Morris Jr. during a breakthrough, and then fell heavily to the ground, after this time, Morris Jr. ate a second-degree malicious foul and was directly expelled from the game. Although he was fouled by Morris Jr., this did not affect Morant's play, he was fouled by Morris Jr., he played better and better in the game, he only used the first three quarters of the game to get 30+7+5 data, personal play is very good and efficient, he became the key player of the team to win this battle.
In addition to Morant, the Grizzlies had five players in the double-double, with Jaren Jackson contributing a double-double of 26 points and 11 rebounds, Williams 10 points, Anderson 11 points and 8 rebounds, Clark with 18 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, and Conchar with 10 points and 5 rebounds. The team as a whole played well, with several players scoring in double figures, playing a very fluid team offense during the game, and the Grizzlies finally had the last laugh against the Clippers, who had an incomplete lineup, and they won a 26-point victory at home to continue to rank third in the West.