nba games today Morant continues to shine and leads Memphis to 10th consecutive victory
nba games today Morant continues to shine and leads Memphis to 10th consecutive victory
nba games today Morant continues to shine and leads Memphis to 10th consecutive victory
Young Ja Morant continued his brilliance with the Memphis Grizzlies and led him to his 10th consecutive NBA victory after beating the Golden State Warriors 116-108 with 29 points, including five in the final minute.
Morant has been a great player this season, particularly against big teams, scoring 30 points or more in the Phoenix Suns, Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers.
“I’ve shown combat since the beginning of the game,” Morant said. “We’ve got one of the best teams in the league this season and our opponent has been able to get back in the game and even progress (in the third quarter), but we kept fighting and playing.”
“It was like a cat-and-mouse game, we had to take advantage of any defensive mistake for the opposing team,” he said.
nba games today Morant continues to shine and leads Memphis to 10th consecutive victory
Warriors star Stephen Currie, meanwhile, scored 27 points with 10 assists and rebounds. Klay Thompson, who was playing his second game after an absence since June 2019, scored 14 points in just 20 minutes in the match that saw Draymond Green miss the loser.
Suns halt Raptors series
The Phoenix Suns halted a six-game winning streak for the Toronto Raptors and beat them 99-95 in a game decided by Devin Booker in the final seconds when he scored the lead basket 62 seconds before the end of the game and then made two free throws six seconds before the end, raising his tally to 16 points. The best scorer in the winner’s ranks was teammate Jay Crowder with 19 points.
“It was like a battle from the beginning to the end,” Booker said.
In contrast, O.J. Anonobi was Toronto’s best scorer with 25 points and Cameroon’s Pascal Siakam added 22 points.
nba games today Morant continues to shine and leads Memphis to 10th consecutive victory
The Chicago Bulls suffered a heavy loss to the Detroit Pistons 133-87 thanks to 22 points for Montenegrin Nikola Vočević and 20 points for Demar de Rozan. Eight Chicago players finished the game by crossing the 10-point mark, most notably Lonzo Ball (189) and Kobe White (139.
Chicago hit hard early in the third quarter with 17 points in the second half, scoring 72 points in the second half and only 35 for a wide victory.
The win is the 10th for the Bowles in their last 11 games.
The Los Angeles Clippers overturned a 25-point deficit against the Denver Nuggets to take an 87-85 lead thanks to Reggie Jackson, who scored 11 of his 13 points in the fourth quarter.
The Clippers got off to a slow start, particularly in the second quarter, scoring only 12 points to end the first half with 13 points (41-28), but the fourth quarter was crucial because the Clippers scored 32 points to 19 for their opponents.
nba games today Morant continues to shine and leads Memphis to 10th consecutive victory
The best scorer among the losers was Aaron Gordon with 30 points and Serbian Nikola Jokic added 21 points.
In two more games, the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 128-125, and the Washington Wizards beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 122-118.