Although the Grizzlies lost to the Lakers at home today, their performance was still very good, with four players scoring 20 points in the whole game, especially Pippen Jr., the son of NBA legend Pippen, scored 28 points in this game, which also created the highest score of his personal career.
Before this game was played, almost everyone thought that the Lakers would win easily, because the Grizzlies had no chance of entering the play-offs, and at the same time, the main team was almost all injured, so they could only send two or even three teams to play this game, but people did not expect that the Grizzlies, these young players, performed very well and dared to play on the court, creating a lot of trouble for the Lakers, especially the point guard Pippen Jr., who showed his all-round ability.
Not only can he shoot three points, but he can also break through the dunk, and defensively, he can also steal James and assist his teammates to score, he handed over perfect statistics in this game, scoring 28 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals, with a plus/minus of 9, ranking second on the team.
Some fans may have forgotten that the team that Pippen Jr. has been playing for before was the Lakers, when he was not selected in the 2022 draft, and then he signed a two-way contract with the Lakers and officially joined the NBA, however, during the Lakers period, he did not get many opportunities, only made 6 bench appearances in total, and averaged 5.3 points per game.
At the beginning of this season, Pippen Jr. was sent to the Development League by the Lakers, and in January this year, after his contract with the Lakers expired, he signed a two-year two-way contract with the Grizzlies.
Pippen Jr. also seized this opportunity, playing 19 games for the Grizzlies, averaging 12 points per game, as well as 3.1 rebounds and 4.5 assists, especially today's game with the Lakers, which can be described as a battle to become famous, he said in an interview after the game: Although many people think that we are playing meaningless games, but you don't know, there are many players on the team who are fighting for the opportunity to play, which is our motivation!