At 118-121, the Memphis Grizzlies lost to the Los Angeles Lakers on the road, Ja Morant conceded a goal in three free throws in the final moments, and the Grizzlies lost the opportunity to equalize into overtime. However, this is only the first defeat of the Grizzlies in the new season, they lost to the Lakers in the second game of back-to-back, if it is not a back-to-back physical problem, I believe this Grizzlies will make the Lakers more uncomfortable.
37 points, 40 points! After the explosion of Wei Shao, almost let the old Zhan eat up, to be honest, Irving is indeed inferior to you.
121 points is also a new single-game high score for the Lakers in the new season, but even such a high score almost overturned in the home gutter, most of the reasons for this came from Grizzlies guard Ja Morant.
The Lakers had a period of momentum in the second and fourth quarters, and in the second quarter, Wei Shao personally scored 9 points in a single minute of game time, and it is reasonable to say that such an efficient attack wave is enough to destroy a team, not to mention a team that just experienced a big war the night before.
However, it was such a team that could have serious problems with their physical fitness, and they showed infinite vitality in the 48 minutes of the game. Morant and Bane hit three-pointers in succession to help the Grizzlies die in the second quarter.
In the third quarter, when the Lakers took back their starting lineup and entered a slow heat state again, Morant continued to erupt, and they won the Lakers by 9 points in a single quarter, instantly surpassing the score.
In the final quarter, the Lakers, led by James and Anthony, hit three consecutive points to quickly pull the point difference to nearly 10 points, and Anthony also successfully surpassed Moses Malone in the all-time scoring list and ranked ninth in history. Just when everyone thought the Grizzlies were about to surrender, against idol James, Morant erupted with a different energy, he scored consecutive free throws, and in the last moment caused a foul on Kent Bazemore outside the three-point line, Morant had a chance to help the Grizzlies equalize in the final seconds.
Unfortunately, Morant lost the third goal after hitting two consecutive free throws. Anthony took the rebound, hit both free throws, Anderson completed the final steal, and while the Lakers won their first win of the season, the Grizzlies suffered their first defeat of the season.
The defeat is not terrible for the Grizzlies, at least their young leader Morant has improved year by year, in the first three regular season games, Morante bombed 37 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 blocks; 28 points, 2 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 steal, and 40 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists and 3 steals. Morant averaged 35.0 points, 3.7 rebounds, 8.0 assists and 1.3 steals per game, all of which is the stats of a superstar. And his 58.0 percent shooting percentage and 44.4 percent three-point shooting percentage are even more undefendable.
Averaging 35.0 points per game, Morant is temporarily the league's top scorer, while he's also in the league's top 10 assists per game and is a trusted core defender. Morant has been able to quickly move from averaging 19.1 points, 4.0 rebounds and 7.4 assists per game in 2020-2021 to today's superstar-level stats, and the biggest improvement he has improved is the efficiency of the court. Morant improved his shooting percentage from about 45% to 58%, three-point shooting rate increased from early 30% to 44.4%, the outside line stabilized, coupled with excellent athleticism, Morant was unstoppable in this game, Vogel tried Kent Bazemore and Avery Bradley to play against Morant, the two of them are already the two best defensive players on the Lakers' front.
However, both of them can't take Morant, the outside line can't be defended, the inside line rushes in, whether it is Davis or Howard, the same take Morant is no way, on this game alone, although the Grizzlies lost, but Morant can be said to have completed the explosion of Westbrook, the latter in terms of efficiency and scoring has been Opened by Moranta a lot, saying that the mutual explosion is indeed a bit unsatisfactory.
Almost, Morant ruined Anthony's milestone night, and he almost let the Lakers suffer three consecutive losses in the season, embarrassing the old Zhan. In previous interviews, Morant was unabashed about what he considered to be the league's top five point guards.
Stephen Curry, Russell Westbrook, Damian Lillard, Chris Paul and himself. Many Kyrie Owen fans said that Morant was too blind, he had not yet achieved anything, and He could not be compared with Irving.
However, Morant led the Grizzlies into the playoffs when he was in his second year, and was in the highly competitive West, just to lead the team, compared to Morant, Irving is a bit out of reach, and a guard like Luka Doncic, although considered to be outstanding, but has never made a breakthrough, it seems that Morant is going to make a splash this season, let the outside world impress.