After a close-to-win over the Warriors, the Memphis Grizzlies took a break and returned home to a strong, three-game winning streak against the Heat.
In the Grizzlies, the team has followed the previous regular starter, and the young players led by Morant + Jarren Jackson Jr., whether this campaign can withstand the pressure to defend the home court, has undoubtedly become a major attraction of this game.
On the Heat side, the team's inner line was absent due to injury, and veteran Dedmund won the favor of head coach Spollstra, promoted to starting partner Butler + Lowry, trying to help the team win on the road!
Finally, after 4 quarters of competition, with the excellent play of Butler + Lowry + Big Morris, in the first half, the Heat, which was dominated by the guest, pressed the Grizzlies at both ends of the attack and defense, and once achieved a lead of nearly 16 points.
Coupled with the return of the second half, Duncan Robinson suddenly ushered in the third quarter, hitting four three-pointers in a single quarter and taking 12 points alone to lead the Heat to widen the score gap on the court.
At the end of the final game, the tenacious Grizzlies, led by Melton, tried to launch a counterattack.
But at the critical moment, there are always players on the Heat side who can stand up and score, and finally the Heat team, who are full of enthusiasm, also won 129-103 on the road to the Grizzlies, which is worth the trip at the same time, but also won a wave of 4 consecutive wins!
In this game, the Heat not only did not change their previous tough style, but the whole team played a team performance of 6 people scoring in double figures.
In the case of Duncan Robinson + Hiroshi + Martin + Strus and other tigers, continuing to perform steadily, Butler as the core of the team, and the play of team commander Lowry are particularly critical!
Butler was very efficient in this game, starting 28 minutes, shooting more than 60% of the 12 shots, hitting 1 three-pointer from the outside, 10 of 11 free throws, cutting a game-high 27 points, plus 5 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals.
And he scored 23 points in the first half, and his performance in the third quarter of the clock-in game not only became a difficult existence for the opponent to solve, but also made the Grizzlies' offense miserable with a tough defensive attitude!
In addition, as the brain of the team, core defender Kyle Lowry's performance in this game is also indispensable.
In this game, Lowry felt hot, appeared in 28 minutes, shot 5 of 8 from the middle and outside the line and hit 4 three-pointers, contributing 15 points + 5 rebounds + 8 assists + 3 steals.
It not only provides strong firepower and vitality for the team's guard line, but also revitalizes the heat's overall offense, successfully disrupts the Grizzlies' defensive deployment, and makes a great contribution to the team's winning game!
And we have to admit that considering the performance of Lowry during the team's 4-game winning streak, rationally speaking, poaching Lowry from the Raptors this summer offseason is definitely the most sensible and cost-effective reinforcement operation for the Heat management!
On the other hand, on the Grizzlies side, although the team has home advantage in this game, the performance of the game that was crushed at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends of the 4th quarter of the game obviously needs to be examined.
In the case of cores such as Morant + Bain + Melton + Kyle Anderson, all have different degrees of bright performance, as a young player whose team management focuses on cultivating, the play of Jalen Jackson Jr. is indeed to blame!
After all, in the absence of Adebayor with the Heat, Jalen Jackson Jr. only shot 3 of 12 in this campaign, and completely lost the sluggish performance of the crosshairs on 8 of 8 three-pointers from the outside, compared to his four-year worth of $105 million, it is indeed unreasonable.
Obviously, for the young Grizzlies, if the team wants to make a breakthrough in the new season, it is obvious that they cannot completely rely on morant's performance, and how to help Jalan Jackson Jr. adjust to his state and regain the feeling of playing is undoubtedly a top priority for the Grizzlies management and coaching staff!