The 122-114 victory over the league's no. 1 Suns is also the Grizzlies' 7-game winning streak after Morant's absence, and in this wave of wins, the Grizzlies, who are not favored by more people, have beaten the Nets by 12 points, the Bucks by 25 points, the Bucks by 28 points, and the Suns by 8 points.
The four teams that the Grizzlies have beaten are all recognized as title favourites this season, including the most vocal Suns and Bucks, which is enough to prove how good the Grizzlies are today.
Just as well as the record, the Grizzlies have played and can play too many players this season, so far this season, Morant, Dillon Brooks, Bain, Jalan Jackson Jr., Melton and Brandon Carrack have averaged more than double-digit points per game, with two people averaging more than 15 points per game and 3 players with an average of more than 18+. Morant has averaged 27.6 points per game, which will also allow the Grizzlies to maintain the league's first points per game this season (115.4 points), and their offensive ability is no less than that of teams such as the Warriors and Suns.
More importantly, the Grizzlies are now very much like the Thunder team that once had the "three youngsters" and the Ibaka era, all of which are very young and have strong strength and potential in the league. The Grizzlies have consistently made nine rotations this season, with Morant 22, Dillon 26, Bain 23, Jalan Jr. 22, Melton 23, Clark 25, Jones 25, Zaire Williams 20, Anderson 28 and Adams 28. The biggest of them are Anderson and Adams, but they are only 28 years old, several core Morant, Jalen Jr. and Bain are all around 22 years old, and even 20-year-old future star Zaire Williams, this Grizzlies is worth looking forward to both now and in the future.
As the NBA's largest "dark horse" team this season, the Grizzlies men's basketball team has locked the second place position in the West after defeating the Suns, and it is also the second place position in the league, and only one team in the entire league has a better record than itself, but the direct confrontation between the two teams has almost allowed a set of starting Grizzlies to still defeat the team ranked first in the league, which may be able to boost the morale of the Grizzlies and let them add enough confidence. Let yourself know that you have become a strong team in the league, and be able to wrench your wrist with other championship-winning favorites.
It is good to have so many excellent young players, but the most deficient point of young players is the lack of playoff experience, looking at this Grizzlies team, the most experienced in the playoffs is the team center Adams, several core players on the outside are inexperienced, last year's playoff first round was eliminated by the Jazz early, if the Grizzlies want to go further this year, the problem of experience is definitely much more headache than the problem of strength.
Do you think the Grizzlies will be able to reach the Finals and even win the championship this season?