2023-12-20 17:25:12
I Morant He had a dream comeback this Tuesday after serving a 25-game suspension for appearing with a weapon in a video on social media and scored 34 points, with a decisive basket at the buzzer, to give the team a 115-113 victory. Memphis Grizzlies in the field of New Orleans Pelicans.
Morant He scored 34 points, six rebounds and eight assists and led an epic comeback by the Grizzlies, who trailed by 24 points in the second period.
Headline in the quintet Taylor Jenkins, Morant He scored 27 of his 34 points in the second half and thirteen of them in a monumental fourth quarter, in which he pushed the Los Angeles defense to the limit. Pelicans with his agility, speed and acrobatic plays.
He won the match for the Grizzlies with a wonderful play against Herbert Jonesturning around in the paint and connecting the shot at the buzzer.
It was the cherry on top of an outstanding performance. She missed the court and, although his last match was at the end of April, she returned with astonishing brilliance.
The NBA is a movie.
Ja Morant returns. He scores 34 + 6 + 8 and wins the game with this basket. Hard to get over. pic.twitter.com/EXfxdn1MK8
— Jose (@jsaenzdetejada) December 20, 2023
“It was the perfect ending, the perfect day, to come back and hit the winning shot. I put a lot of trust in God, I know he has a plan for me,” he said. Morant at the press conference after the match New Orleans, in which he finished with 34 points, six rebounds and eight assists.
“I prepared for this for almost 8 months. 8 months passed without playing, I had confidence in my work,” he stated.
It made the great night bitter Brandon Ingramwho scored 34 points, with six rebounds and eight assists, and knocked down some Pelicans who had four consecutive victories.
Jonas Valančiūnas scored 22 points and CJ McCollum He contributed 18 and six triples, but the Pelicans They lost their seventh game after gaining a lead of ten or more points.
For the Grizzliesthe Spanish Santi Aldama He contributed eight points, all in the first period. Years Jackson scored 24 points and Desmond Bane got 21.
Spectacular reaction
It was a defeat for Pelicanswho had taken a 24-point lead in the second quarter, when CJ McCollum He led the team with 12 points. Willie Green in a devastating 28-2 partial.
But everything changed in the second half, in which I Morant He skyrocketed his level after signing seven points in the first two quarters, with 27 points.
Los Grizzlies They came within seven points in the third quarter (64-71). It was a warning to the Pelicanswho managed to maintain a ten-point margin to start the fourth period thanks to 15 points of Brandon Ingram already some excellent plays Zion Williamson.
The push of the Grizzlies It continued in the fourth quarter, with a 10-0 run that brought them within four points at 96-92.
He is back. pic.twitter.com/LcShARDQQG
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Morant took the defense of the Pelicans. In an entry before Jose Alvarado He also celebrated his basket by calling his rival supposedly ‘too short’ to contain him.
A basket by Morant increased the score to 111-109 and gave the first advantage to the Grizzlies from 31-30 in the second period, after a 9-1 run.
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The two teams exchanged blows and Grizzlieswith 9.6 seconds left and tied 113-113, called a timeout to draw the play.
The ball went to Morantwhich faced Jonesturned around in the paint, and sealed the winning basket to certify a dream comeback for him and the Grizzlies.
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