Grizzlies lock in 2nd place

In the East, as in the West, certain positions are frozen, and since last night, we know that the Grizzlies will finish 2nd in the Western Conference since they won 137-114 in Milwaukee this night. Faced with private Bucks of Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jrue Holiday, Khris Middleton and Brook Lopez, Ja Morant’s teammates waited until the start of the 2nd half to wake up, including a monstrous “poster dunk” attempt by Ja Morant on Meyers Leonard. With 3-pointers, Jaren Jackson Jr leads the way and Desmond Bane follows suit, and the Grizzlies sign a 23-0 to kill the game: 102-79. The Bucks only scored 15 points in the 3rd quarter, and Memphis seriously finished the game to win by around twenty points.

WHAT YOU MUST REMEMBER

Memphis seeded number 2. Dolphins of the Nuggets, the Grizzlies will face the 1st team to come out of the “play-in”. For the moment, impossible to know who it will be but given the results of the night, and the program of the last day, we should be heading towards an opposition against the winners of the play-off between the Pelicans and the Lakers .

The fright of Ja Morant. Before missing the “poster dunk” of the year, the Grizzlies point guard injured his right wrist after a collision with Jae Crowder. He was able to come back into play, and the x-rays revealed no fractures. But he left the room, his arm in a sling.

Giannis celebrated. Before the game, the Bucks paid tribute to Giannis Antetokounmpo, in the presence of Paul Pressey. This season, the Greek became the number 1 in franchise history in points, assists and games played.

TOPS & FLOPS

✅Jaren Jackson Jr. He finished the season with a bang, and he became the 1st option in attack. His 3rd quarter is dazzling on both sides of the field!

✅Luke Kennard. He brings so much with his 3-point skill, and he creates spaces for everyone.

✅Jae Crowder. He still has some good leftovers with this 10 of 12 shots in just 24 minutes.

⛔Marjon Beauchamp. The rookie played a lot, he tried a lot, but he also missed a lot…

THE FOLLOWING

Milwaukee (58-23) : last practice game Sunday in Toronto.

Memphis (51-30) : game for butter Sunday at OKC.

Milwaukee / 114 Shots Bounces Players Minimum Shots 3 points LF O D T pd party Int bp CT +/- Points Rating J.Crowder 24 10/12 4/5 0/0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 -15 24 24 Mr Beauchamp 43 3/12 3/8 4/4 1 5 6 4 2 2 3 2 -18 13 15 Mr Leonard 26 3/9 1/5 2/2 3 4 7 0 4 0 3 0 -4 9 7 L. Wigginton 41 10/20 4/10 1/1 0 5 5 11 3 0 5 1 -27 25 27 A. Green 15 2/6 2/5 0/0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 +3 6 6 T. Antetokounmpo 38 6/11 0/2 0/2 3 5 8 4 3 0 1 0 -31 12 16 G. Dragic 26 4/11 4/8 2/2 3 3 6 4 0 0 3 0 -6 14 14 J Carter 22 3/10 3/6 0/0 0 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 -13 9 9 W. Matthews 6 1/1 0/0 0/0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 -4 2 3 42/92 21/49 9/11 11 27 38 30 15 5 17 3 114 121

Memphis / 137 Shots Bounces Players Minimum Shots 3 points LF O D T pd party Int bp CT +/- Points Rating J.Jackson Jr. 27 12/18 5/6 7/8 2 2 4 2 3 1 3 3 +8 36 36 D. Brooks 31 4/13 1/8 2/2 1 3 4 2 3 0 0 1 +19 11 9 J Morant 24 5/8 0/1 2/5 0 6 6 8 1 0 4 0 +11 12 16 L. Kennard 32 7/9 5/7 0/0 0 4 4 5 2 0 0 0 +21 19 26 D. Bane 31 6/12 4/9 0/0 0 8 8 6 3 0 2 0 +11 16 22 X.Tillman 18 4/7 0/0 0/0 2 5 7 2 1 2 0 1 +13 8 17 K.Lofton Jr. 3 1/1 1/1 0/0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 +2 3 3 D. Roddy 16 2/4 0/1 0/0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 +2 4 5 T.Jones 22 4/9 2/4 0/0 0 0 0 9 1 1 0 0 +10 10 15 J.Konchar 30 6/8 1/3 0/0 3 4 7 3 2 5 0 0 +10 13 26 V.Williams Jr. 3 1/2 1/2 0/0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 +4 3 2 K.Chandler 3 1/2 0/0 0/0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 +4 2 2 Total 53/93 20/42 11/15 11 33 44 39 20 9 12 6 137 179

How to read the stats? Min = Minutes; Shots = Shots made / Shots attempted; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; O = offensive rebound; D= defensive rebound; T = Total Bounces; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost bullets; Ct: Counters; +/- = Point differential when the player is on the field; Points = Points; Eval: player evaluation calculated from positive actions – negative actions.