The green army is fully mainly engaged
In the first game of Morant's return, the Grizzlies set a team-high single-quarter 55 points, once again giving us a glimpse of the cap of this young team. Perhaps, the Grizzlies are not the strongest team in the West, but they are definitely the most dangerous team. Young coupled with talent, really anything can happen. Equally dangerous teams, as well as the Boston Celtics in the East, are equally young and talented. In the final game of the NBA regular season, two top teams from the East and West met.
The Celtics did not adopt a rotational rest strategy, the full main lineup played, which is a manifestation of strength and self-confidence, no matter who the opponent is, they are fearless. As for the Grizzlies, the ranking has no impact, so they directly took a set of starting lineups, allowing the team to take the second team with three teams to meet the Boston Celtics.
There is no suspense in the race
With such a lineup gap, the game naturally has no suspense. At the beginning of the first quarter, Tatum shot 5-of-7 and shot 14 points and 1 rebound, Brown also had 5 points and 1 rebound, the Celtics scored 32 points in a single quarter, and the Grizzlies only scored 25 points, but this was just the beginning. After returning from the second quarter, the Celtics' offense was even better, with Tatum shooting 4-of-4, 3-of-3 three-pointers, and 12 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Horford also had 7 points and 1 rebound, White had 6 points and 3 rebounds, and the team fired another 40 points in a single quarter.
Against the Celtics' unstoppable offense, the Grizzlies' roster talent is limited, and they only scored 24 points in this quarter. So, at the end of the half, the Celtics led the Grizzlies by as many as 23 points at 72-49. In the second half, the Grizzlies finally regained a little face, Williams had 13 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist on 5-of-10 shooting, leading the Grizzlies to 30 points in a single quarter, but the Celtics bombed down another 32 points, Brown had 10 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, and the difference between the two teams reached 25 points.
Such a huge point difference, the last quarter also loses suspense. The Celtics didn't play the main players again, but even so, the point difference showed no signs of narrowing, and the team's third team played well on the court and still helped the team get 35 points, while the Grizzlies scored 31 points. In the end, the Boston Celtics beat the Memphis Grizzlies 139-110 on the road and managed to move to second place in the East.
The Bucks successfully picked an opponent
In order to avoid the Nets, the Bucks suspended all the main players in the final round, and finally lost to the Cavaliers by a big score. As a result, they moved to third place in the East and managed to avoid the Nets. After the Celtics won the game, the top six in the East were all determined, namely the Heat, Celtics, Bucks, 76ers, Raptors and Bulls. It also means that the two groups are determined, with the Bucks playing the Bulls in the first round and the 76ers playing the Raptors in the first round. I have to say that the 76ers really encountered hard stubble, and it is not so easy to beat the Raptors.
Tatum clocked out of work in the third quarter, 11 of 14 shooting with 31 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, in terms of scoring ability, he is definitely the top of the league. Brown had 18 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Horford had 13 points and 6 rebounds, and Theis had 11 points and 10 rebounds, and the team gave 34 assists and hit 18 three-pointers. On the Grizzlies side, there are still 7 people scoring in double figures, and Aldama, who likes that bench, got a team-high 20 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, Conchar got a triple-double of 17 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, and Anderson had 16 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, filling the data column.