On January 12, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season continued, and the Golden State Warriors played away to the Memphis Grizzlies. After the whole game, the Warriors lost 108-116 to the Grizzlies, who have won 10 consecutive victories after winning.
In this campaign, Ja Morant still scored 29 points and 8 assists under strict defense, and sealed the victory with a breakthrough and a 2+1 in the final period.
In recent times, Morant has undoubtedly been one of the most powerful players in the entire league. Because of his outstanding performance and the team’s outstanding record, his name even appeared in the discussion of MVP candidates.
It is conceivable that in this game, the Morant Warriors must have been heavily deployed. But after the opening, Morant completely ignored the Warriors’ defense.
In the early part of the first quarter, Morant changed his tactics to attack the basket. His first 6 points scored in 6 completely different ways. In the first attack, Morant made 2 of 2 free throws and made a foul. In the second attack, he seized the space in the Warriors’ inside line, and he broke through and entered the net directly.
Next, Morant extended the offensive position to the outside line, and his three-point shot was a steady hit. After that, Morant completed the alley-oop dunks on the counterattack, and then attacked the Warriors position with dunks and projectiles. In just half a quarter, Morant scored 13 points.
So, after that, every time Morant attacked, the Warriors were like a big enemy. It is also because of the increase in defensive intensity that Morant is not easy to attack the basket again. During this period, he broke through and attempted to shoot twice, and both got a hot pot hat, and his flameout also briefly gave the Warriors a chance to breathe.
In the second quarter, Morant assisted Bane with an assist, made a layup, and boosted the offense again. With the efforts of his teammates, at this time, the Grizzlies had a big lead. But on the offensive end, Morant encountered the death entanglement of Peyton II, making it difficult to make moves.
The Warriors limited Morant, and thus got a good opportunity to counterattack. Before halftime, relying on Klay Thompson’s buzzer three-pointer, they chased the point difference to single digits.
But after more than two years of training, Morant has become more calm now. Although the Warriors once overtook the score in the third quarter, he always had a confident smile on his face.
This confidence has also become a guarantee for the Grizzlies to win. In the final quarter, when the Warriors launched their final counterattack, it was Morant who stood up again and hit key layups in a row.
Although, for Morant’s breakthrough, the Warriors’ defense has long been predicted, but it is clear that the four quarters of fierce battle have brought the physical fitness of the Warriors to the limit. So, in the face of Morant, who has better physical strength and excellent waist and abdomen strength, although the Warriors wanted to stop him, there was nothing he could do. After the latter made a layup and scored 2+1, the suspense was completely killed. In the face of the Grizzlies, the Warriors once again swallowed the defeat helplessly. (Poirot)Return to Sohu, see more
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