In the absence of Jaren Jackson Jr, Ja Morant was forced to find a new lieutenant but, after five games this season, it seems that Desmond Bane already have the stuff. With 22.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 5.6 assists on average, at 47% success at 3-pts, he actually made a rather solid start to the year.
Nevertheless, it should not be forgotten to note that the back of the Grizzlies needed three games to get into his campaign and especially find his shot. Thus, over this period, it first turned to 14.7 points on average, but only 27% on shots and 29% at 3-pts…
Except that, this week, Desmond Bane then managed to (finally) set the target: 64% on shots and 74% at 3-pts! Which of course did not fail to hurt the defense of the Nets (38 points, its new career high) then the Kings (31 points)…
“ The shots fall in », summarized simply the interested party, concerning its current form. ” At first [de la saison]I was getting similar shooting positions but, now, I kind of got my legs back and my shots are going in. »
Memphis at the top of the West
Two scoring cards which in any case allowed Memphis to win twice and now point to four wins in five games this season. To the delight of his teammates, leaders of the Western Conference (tied with Portland and Utah).
” These two successive performances show how good he is. I don’t think I need to say it when you can see it for yourselves “, delivered for example Ja Morant, his partner in the backcourt of the Grizzlies.
For his part, Taylor Jenkins also wanted to highlight the defensive performances of his player, who had never before experienced such an offensive heat stroke in the NBA.
“ These are two great performances “, reacted the coach of the franchise of Tennessee. ” He is playing very well this season. I also think his defense is really good. When he’s in such a zone, he’s hard to stop. »
His 38 points against Brooklyn
His 31 points against Sacramento
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29rCWyM7W4Y
| Desmond Bane | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2020-21 | SAME | 68 | 22 | 46.9 | 43.2 | 81.6 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 9.2 |
| 2021-22 | SAME | 76 | 30 | 46.1 | 43.6 | 90.3 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 18.2 |
| 2022-23 | SAME | 4 | 33 | 38.6 | 41.0 | 85.7 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 20.5 |
| Total | 148 | 27 | 46.0 | 43.3 | 88.1 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 14.1 | |
