The two teams that have high hopes this season, the Grizzlies and the Suns, have not played a satisfactory performance in the regular season so far, but with Morant's return to the firing line, the Grizzlies see the hope of quickly improving their record and catching up with the last train of the playoffs, and the Suns, who have a luxury squad of the Big Three, are also hovering on the edge of the playoffs, and they definitely want to further improve the rankings, after all, the ultimate goal of the Suns is to win the championship, and a higher ranking means a relatively easy playoff schedule! On this game day, the Suns led by the Big Three, sat at home to face Morant's Grizzlies, after the game started, Smart who replaced Morant into the starting lineup performed well, relying on his excellent performance, the Grizzlies and the Suns on the road were also inseparable, and the final quarter was a wave of 14-1 to reverse the trend of the game, and finally the Grizzlies defeated the Suns 121-115!
Smart performed well, beating the Suns 14-1 in the final quarter.
Despite being absent for a long time this season, Morant quickly showed his super individual strength after his return, and under his leadership, the Grizzlies also re-let fans see the hope of impacting the playoffs, but Morant did not enter the game squad in this game, and Smart, who replaced him, played a good performance, hitting 9 of 20 shots and contributing 25 points. 6 rebounds and 8 assists, single-handedly carried the offensive banner, and also revitalized the team's offense, under his combing, the Grizzlies also had 4 players score double-doubles.
But at the critical moment, Smart's stability and Morant are too far apart, which is why the Grizzlies always lose power at the end of the single quarter and are scored by the Suns, but as soon as the fourth quarter came up, the Grizzlies seized the opportunity of the Suns' carelessness and directly blasted out a wave of 14-1, instantly overtaking, and the Grizzlies, who were full of momentum, did not drop the chain at the decisive moment of the fourth quarter and successfully reversed the Suns.
Nurkic is so fragrant, and the Big Three have become a laughing stock
In order to be able to make themselves more likely to win the championship, the Suns sent away the champion Lang Ayton, who couldn't be supported, and got Nurkic and Allen, facing the Grizzlies in this game, the two new signings played a good performance, Allen hit 4 three-pointers and scored 16 points, Nurkic is more organization, offense and rebounding, single-handedly played 18 + 19 + 5 comprehensive personal data.
In the case of a good performance of role players, the Suns' Big Three did not play a role in turning the tide at critical moments, Durant contributed 23 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists on 11-of-23 shooting, Booker played 26 points and 8 assists, and Beal, who did not have a strong offensive desire, scored 12 points in 12 shots, and the three of them did not play dominant, which was also the root cause of the team's reversal.
Like all Big Three, the Suns will have to get Durant, Beal and Booker both played dominance on both offensive and defensive ends, obviously the performance of the three of them was not up to par, and the Grizzlies were able to complete a 13-point reversal game to defeat the Suns in the absence of the absolute core Morant, once again proving the potential of this team, for the Suns, such a defeat has a very big impact on morale, once there is a problem in the locker room, they will not see the possibility of winning the championship at all!