On February 9, Beijing time, the Grizzlies won three consecutive victories over the Clippers 135-109. After this game, the Grizzlies have firmly ranked third in the West, with the Jazz in fourth place in the West having a four-win gap with the Grizzlies, and the Grizzlies and the warriors in second place in the West with a four-win gap. The game was also a one-sided game, with the Grizzlies leading by 11 points in the first quarter, pulling 15 points at halftime, and taking away the game 34-19 in the third quarter.
Although the Clippers have Powell and Covington two instant combat, but the two games in which the two joined the Clippers are big losses, Powell has 16 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists on 6 of 12 in this campaign; Covington has 14 points and 6 rebounds on 4 of 10, both of them have good statistics but are very effective in helping the team, it seems that Tyrenlow has not yet integrated the two 3D players into his system. The Grizzlies played very easily, with 6 players in doubles and 3 in doubles on the bench.
Morant was completely unstoppable, Morant faced the Clippers' 5-man defense a dragon past everyone wanted to dunk, resulting in Marcus Morris directly knocking Morant out of the air, this malicious foul referee directly gave the second level to expel the game, but this foul did not block Morant's footwork, he was still a variety of impact Clippers restricted area.
In just 25 minutes and 53 seconds, Morant was 12 of 19, 1 of 2 of three-pointers, 30 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal, shooting 63.2%, 50% of three-point shooting, and 6 of 6 in the three-second zone. As a 1.91m point guard, it's easier to score a point guard on the inside than a center forward, and he really has the style of peak Westbrook and peak Wade.
It is worth mentioning that Morant has won 30+ in 9 of the past 10 games, and his average score per game has risen to 26.5 points per game in the sixth position in the league, in front of him is Embiid, James, Alphabet Brother, Trae Young, DeRozan, you must know that this is only the third season of Morant's career, and his performance is very similar to MVP Rose.
Previously, the league statistics, Morant averaged 15.6 points per game in the box, the league first, and now Morant has averaged 16.1 points per game in the box to continue to lead the league, alphabet brother, Jokic, Davis, Embiid and other centers are not as good as him.
Stephen A. Smith supported Morant as the top five MVP candidates of the season, and Morant is still in second place, and as a young player he helped the Grizzlies become third in the West.
Text/Yan Xiaobai