Sports Warm Winter Creation Season
The news of Morant's season reimbursement can be said to have shocked the whole league. The Grizzlies' mission to the Northern Expedition was also halted with Morant's reimbursement. No matter how powerful Mo Xiong is, it is unlikely that he wants to kill it in the west.
But the Grizzlies don't have time to grieve, and no team will pity the Grizzlies, so they can only wave their sleeves and continue their road trip. And their opponent today is the Mavericks led by Doncic and Irving.
With six players missing from injury, including Morant and Jackson, the Grizzlies can't beat the Mavericks today. And the Grizzlies are likely to have launched Plan B, which is to put a bad fight for the champion. But unexpectedly, in the face of the grizzly bear, the Lone Ranger showed his tender side, and the opening game was quite bad, which was extremely unfamiliar. In 5 minutes, the whole team only scored 2 points when the power was off, and the two supergiants, Doncic and Irving, failed to stand up. On the contrary, there was no Mo Xiong, which triggered the passive, Morant was injured and all the people were soldiers, and a wave of 18-2 directly stopped the Mavericks. On the Mavericks' side, it is still the open cards for Doncic and Irving to play alone, but today these two are really tired, and no one around them can stand up and lend a hand.
Seeing this, the Grizzlies played more and more smoothly, and they also forgot about their rotten tasks, and tried their best to win, and the score difference soon came to 20 points. This Grizzlies team is really strange, the fewer people play, the harder they play, Bane and Smart have unlimited shots and are quite powerful, supporting the Grizzlies' offense. Smart, in particular, after throwing 8 three-pointers in the face of the Lakers, seemed to have opened the second pulse of Ren Du, and he is still full of firepower today. Just when Smart was selfless, his former teammate Poison Milk came, Tatum posted a message in the game to praise his old teammate, and then Smart injured his finger and returned to the locker room. Before leaving, Smart scored 23 points on 9-of-16 shooting and 4-of-8 three-point shooting.
But even with a Smart, the Grizzlies can still maintain a double-digit lead. No matter how Doncic and Irving play, the Grizzlies always respond. The Grizzlies' 17 offensive rebounds and 7 steals also proved from the side that they want to win more than the Mavericks and desperately defend. In the end, the Grizzlies defeated the Mavericks 120-103, who was considered to have capsized in the gutter and lost without temper. Smart was injured, as well as Bane, who led the team to victory 32+9 in the whole game. It was an unexpected victory, and for the Grizzlies, it may not change their fortunes this season. But such an inconsistently team could be the x-factor in the league.
On the Mavericks' side, Doncic 31+6+6, Irving 33+8+4, and the two combined to cut 64+14+10, the data is very good, but the efficiency is very average. Coupled with the fact that no one on the team could provide enough help, it became normal for the Mavericks to lose. During this time, without rookie Lively, the Mavericks' interior line has also become quite empty, sometimes good and sometimes bad. You can win first in the West or lose to the Grizzlies. After losing, the Mavericks entered the Western Conference play-off area, and at the same time, there were Rockets, Suns, Lakers, and other traffic teams around them, plus the Warriors behind them.
This wave of traffic is really profitable.