The victory in Dallas did not erase all the problems of the grizzly greeks, and the meeting of the night on the prosecution of New Orleans made it possible to note. Laborious from start to finish, faced with Pelicans, however deprived of Dejounte Murray, CJ McCollum, Herb Jones or Zion Williamson, Memphis trembled to the end, saved in extremis by his day-over duo who surpassed to avoid a new disillusionment to the men of Taylor Jenkins.
Taken in his throat by the aggressiveness of Jose Alvarado and Yves Missi, the grizzlies first had to make the round back in a first quarter marked by the extraordinary finish of Trey Murphy III on an alley-oop sent by his leader. It was he who also scored the last 7 points of his team over the period to keep his own in mind despite the rise of Desmond Bane (27-26).
The 3/3 of Antonio Reeves, followed in his momentum by Karlo Matkovic and Jamal Cain, then placed Memphis, relegated to 14 points, in embarrassment (47-33). Despite a complicated start, and two 3-point baskets in a row completely open, but missed, Ja Morant resumed by going to find a 2+1 acrobatic near the circle. Enough to restore momentum to Memphis, who chained a 10-2 with Jay Huff in X factor to support the morant-base tandem (60-57).
Everything had to be redone for New Orleans, especially since the second half resumed with the same dynamic in favor of the grizzlyats, authors of a scathing 14-2 concluded by the 3 points of Desmond Bane and Jaylen Wells, then the Dunk of Zach Edey after offensive rebound (66-71). JA MORANT finally found the impact, brilliant with scoring or pass, and despite the efforts of Trey Murphy III, author of 12 of the last 13 points of his team to finish the third quarter, Memphis was able to attack the last act with 10 points ahead (79-89).
Jose Alvarado and Kelly Olynyk fail in the last second
Willie Green's men have put all their strengths in the battle to spend a 17-2 and regain their heads after six minutes of play in the fourth quarter, based on the Alvarado-Reeves-Olynyk (96-91) trio.
On the verge of sinking, Memphis was able to count on the aggressiveness of Ja Morant to resurface. The 8 points of the leader, including a 3-point that relieved a whole group, and the precious basket of Jaylen Wells from afar, then allowed the Grizzlies to regain control of the match (98-104). But it was still necessary to wait for the last second to secure the victory, the fault of a 3-point of Jordan Hawkins and a missed launch of JA Morant who left the threat (104-107).
So that during the last possession, the Pelicans had two open opportunities to equalize at 3-point, but the attempts by Jose Alvarado and Kelly Olynyk did not find the target. Again, Memphis was very hot, and will be able to savor this 40th success of the season at its fair value (104-107).
What to remember
– The last possession. A little like the Pelicans season, which have often narrowly failed in matches in the similar scenario. On the latest measure, Jose Alvarado then Kelly Olynyk benefited from “clean” situations to equalize, without success. Note that Kelly Olynyk also missed two ultra-important throws in the “money-time”, which cost very expensive.
– The action of the match. But what did Trey Murphy III come out? The Pelicans winger concluded an alley-oop following an 180 degrees executed in the air! The player ended up on the ground and had to take a few seconds to achieve what he had just accomplished … An action worthy of a Ja MORANT who almost returned to him in the second half, narrowly missing his poster Dunk on Trey Murphy III.
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– Ja dying between two waters. Penalized by faults in the first quarter, angry with his 3-point shot (0/5 to start), JA MORANT alternated the good and the least good on this match, catching up in the “money-time” by going to seek important points while his team suddenly found himself relegated to -5. Despite his second half with a much better quality, he still missed a throw that could have revived everything 6 seconds from the end. As with the rest of his team, the balance remains very, very fragile.
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How to read the stats? Min = minutes; Shots = successful shots / tempted shots; 3pts = 3-point / 3-point attempted; LF = Successful free throws / tempted free throws; O = offensive rebound; D = defensive rebound; T = total rebounds; PD = assists; FTE: Personal faults; Int = interceptions; BP = lost bullets; CT: against; +/- = Differential points when the player is on the field; Pts = points; EVAL: evaluation of the player calculated from positive actions – negative actions.
