It is the biggest victory in NBA history, and therefore the biggest defeat… On December 2, 2021, the Grizzlies won 152-79 against the Thunder, and never had there been such a gap between two teams: 73 points! Yet deprived of Ja Morant, Memphis thus erased from the shelves the record of the Cavaliers, who had won by 68 points against the Heat in 1991.
At halftime, the Grizzlies were already leading by 36 points, and the gap will increase to +78! A one-sided game from start to finish with the Grizzlies obviously rotating their roster extensively to finish with nine players at 10+ points.
COACHES’ REACTIONS
Mark Daigneault : “ Tonight’s game does not necessarily show what we are. I think we’ve proven that from a competitiveness point of view. This defeat is not significant. Obviously, it’s a combination of several things. They put a lot of pace and power. They fired. We didn’t shoot well from the start, and we couldn’t hold on. In any area of the game. »
Taylor Jenkins : “ Franchise records are obviously very good. But I’m obviously proud of my players because they didn’t have them in mind. We were just motivated by the fact of applying our standards of play every night. Tonight, it was a complete demonstration in attack as in defense. »
This NBA record was obviously not the only one of the evening. For the Grizzlies, there are already three franchise records: this gap of 73 points but also 152 points scored, and a skill of 62.5% on shots.
Memphis finished the game with 41 assists and only 10 stray shots, and a total of 82 points in the key. Not a team had reached such a total since 2000. The old records of Memphis were 144 points scored in 2007 against the Warriors, and a victory of 49 points against the Rockets last February.
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