The Grizzlies faced the powerful opponent Cavaliers at home today. The Cavaliers still showed resilience in the absence of the current guard Donovan Mitchell. They still had a lead of 1 point with less than 1 minute left in the game.
However, the Grizzlies at home at the critical moment relied on Steven Adams to catch the offensive rebound and then added the lead points, and then used solid defense to prevent the other side from counterattack. They narrowly defeated the Cavaliers 115:114, and won 11 consecutive victories.
The Cavalier Mitchell was suspended from the game today because of the left groin strain.
The Cavalier’s first quarter was full of soldiers. The five starters scored points, and the substitute players also contributed.
The Grizzlies scored 8 points. The home team took a slight lead at 31:30 in the first quarter. In the second quarter, Cavaliers Caris LeVert and Darius Garland scored 21 points together, but the others added up to only 10 points.
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The Grizzlies scored 20 points in the backcourt with two shots of Ja Morant and Desmond Bane, and J. Jackson Jr. scored 7 points and substitute Santi Aldama scored 6 points. They played a 37:31 offensive in a single quarter, leading 7 points by 68:61 at the end of the half.
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The Cavaliers counter-attack in the second half, scored 30 points in a single quarter, and lowered the Grizzlies’ overall hit rate to only 37.5%, directly exceeding the score by 2 points with a 30:21 attack. In the fourth quarter of the decisive game, the two sides had exchanges with each other. The Cavaliers played a 6:0 offensive with three minutes left in the game time to get 114:111 lead, but the Grizzly Grizzlies Morant had to catch up to one point difference between the two fouls with 1:01 seconds left. Later, Glenn did not make a jump shot, and Evan Mobley grabbed the offensive rebound. After J. Jackson rewarded Glenn Hotpot, the Cavaliers called a timeout after catching the offensive rebound again.
Unexpectedly, after the timeout, the Cavaliers unexpectedly committed a deadly 5-second violation when serving, and the ball right was directly transferred to the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies’ last wave of attack, Morant did not make a layup, but Adams grabbed the offensive rebound and swung 2 points ahead. The Cavaliers did not pause. Glenn chose to play singles. He was supposed to shoot but was blocked by Dillon Brooks, and Glenn had to pass the ball to Rafter in mid-air to avoid mistakes, After that, Redford passed the ball back to Glenn for the jump shot, and Brooks directly rewarded Glenn with a hot pot, which made the Cavaliers lose the last wave of attack and also guarded the team’s 11 consecutive wins.
Grizzly Barnes scored 25 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Morant scored 24 points and 8 assists, J. Jackson scored 15 points, 7 rebounds and 4 hot pots, Adams scored 13 points and 10 rebounds for the winning point, and the substitute Yaldama scored 16 points; Knight Glenn had 24 points, 5 rebounds and 14 assists, Rafter had 23 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, and Mobley had 18 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 hot pots, but he made six mistakes.
