Ja Morant had 26 factors, 10 assists and a fourth-quarter dunk over Victor Wembanyama, Desmond Bane added 24 factors and the Memphis Grizzlies used a second-half spurt to beat the San Antonio Spurs 106-98 on Tuesday evening.
Santi Aldama added 13 factors and 11 rebounds for Memphis, which snapped a three-game shedding streak
Wembanyama led the Spurs with 20 factors, seven rebounds and 4 blocks. Keldon Johnson completed with 19 factors, together with six rebounds and 4 assists. Julian Champagnie and Jeremy Sochan scored 12 factors apiece.
Morant introduced the Memphis crowd to its ft with 9:11 left as he drove down the precise facet of the lane, minimize left into the center and dunked on the 7-foot-3 rookie from France, who leads the NBA in blocked photographs. The dunk led to a scream, a shake of the top from Morant and an 88-70 lead for the Grizzlies.
The sport was a matchup between two groups mired on the backside of the Western Convention. The Spurs are attempting to study on the fly with the youngest group within the NBA, centered round Wembanyama, the highest choose within the 2023 draft. In the meantime, Memphis has handled blended leads to discovering a stability and the precise rotations since Morant’s return final month from a 25-game suspension for a displaying a gun on social media.
Memphis is final within the league in common factors scored at 106.8, and the 2 groups rank on the backside in offensive ranking.
The primary half, a low-scoring, poor-shooting two quarters, match the narrative. Each groups went into halftime connecting at lower than 40% from the sector, and Memphis was 5 of 19 from 3-point vary. The Spurs’ situation was a dozen turnovers within the half.
Wembanyama had an impact on the Grizzlies’ taking pictures with 4 blocks within the first half.
Memphis improved its taking pictures within the third quarter, permitting the Grizzlies to construct the result in as many as 18 within the second half.
UP NEXT
Spurs: Host Milwaukee on Thursday.
Grizzlies: Shut a three-game homestand in opposition to the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday.
