The NBA regular season continued, with the Grizzlies playing at home against the Pelicans, the former locking in second place in the West, and the latter also getting play-off tickets, a game that had no impact on rankings, but the Grizzlies still took the game seriously, and Morant came back. In the first quarter of the game, the first half of the two sides played more glue, but the second half of the Grizzlies began to exert force, the inside and outside team quickly opened up the point difference, the first quarter ended the Grizzlies led by 12 points; in the second quarter, the Grizzlies continued the feel of the end of the first quarter, the point difference continued to open, and more importantly, the outside line was also thrown, and the Pelicans trailed by 17 points in the first half. The third quarter became the Grizzlies' show, Morant and Bane's hands were hot, the Grizzlies blossomed more across the team, the Pelicans' defense was like a fake, and the Grizzlies bombed 55 points in this section! The point difference also widened to 39 points, and the game had lost suspense ahead of time; the key fourth quarter became garbage time, although the Pelicans recovered 12 points in a single quarter, but the pit in the third quarter was too big, and the two sides fought in four quarters, and in the end, the Grizzlies won by 27 points.
In this game, the Grizzlies truly achieved the goal of being a soldier for all, with 7 members of the team scoring in double figures. Morant, Dillon and Clark scored 20+ points, Bain and Williams combined to score 37 points, and Jaren Jr. and Melton Jr. also scored 12 points each. More importantly, the Grizzlies broke a number of records, first, the 55 points in a single quarter not only broke the team's history single-quarter scoring record, but also ranked fourth in the history of the NBA; second, the Grizzlies gave 41 assists and created a team record; third, after the game, the Grizzlies achieved a 56-win record, which also equaled the best result in team history, and the next game against the Celtics, the Grizzlies are expected to break the team history record. After the game, Morant said why the team performed well, saying that "attention to detail and focus" is fundamental to winning. In addition, he said he needed 1 or 2 more games to find the rhythm before the injury.
Relatively speaking, the Pelicans' offense is very weak, although five people scored in double figures, but none of the players scored more than 20 points, the highest score is McCollum's 16 points. One thing to say is that if the Pelicans don't get McCollum through a trade in the middle of the season, it will be difficult for the team to get a play-off spot. It is worth mentioning that the 7th-placed Timberwolves in the West and the 10th-ranked Spurs are 12 wins apart, which is the biggest gap since the implementation of the play-off format. It also means there won't be much to see in the playoffs this season, with the Timberwolves and Clippers getting playoff spots, and the Pelicans and Spurs having little chance of upsetting. Personally, I think the Playoffs in the West will be the Suns vs. Timberwolves, the Grizzlies vs. Clippers, the Warriors vs. Nuggets, the Lone Rangers vs. Jazz, and from the standpoint, the odds of a first-round upset are also small.