“ It was a party on the floor “, describes Desmond Bane thinking back to this evening in December 2021. When the Grizzlies exploded the Thunder by 73 units by scoring 152 points. This franchise record, for the greatest number of points scored in a game, fell last night against the Raptors.
Tennessee players took advantage of one of the worst defenses in the league to score 155 points. And thus assume their status as the most prolific attack in the NBA.
The Raptors held out for a while
“ It's always a pleasure to play here with this team. We always find a way to score. Our team is simply very good », Summarizes Brandon Clarke who, like five other members of his training, was already in the squad during the 2021 match.
From last night's offensive demonstration, we will remember the eight players with 11 points or more, the 72 points scored in the paint, the 29 points on the counterattack, the 36 assists generated (39 for the Raptors!), the 18 award-winning baskets…
The Canadians held the pace for a while, still scoring 70 points in the first period. “ Which was really uncharacteristic (for us), I'm glad our guys responded in the second half “, notes Taylor Jenkins.
“ Compared to the previous match, we managed to get into an offensive rhythm from the first quarter and first half. We were able to maintain this pace throughout the match », Continues the coach whose team had previously scored “only” 110 points against the Clippers.
Zach Edey leaves his mark
This night, after 12 minutes, his players had already scored 43 points. They did the same in the third quarter, and scored 35 and 34 points in the other two periods. “ We could have scored more. I didn't even feel like we played to our full potential and we still scored 155 points, it's kind of crazy ”, dares to blurt out Scottie Pippen Jr..
“ Honestly, I find it crazy “, also says Ja Morant, who was content to score 15 points, like his replacement or like Luke Kennard. But the best scorers came from the inside with Jaren Jackson Jr. (21 points and 11 rebounds) and Zach Edey (21 points and 16 rebounds). The latter left his mark with one of his best matches of his rookie year.
“ He has been an interior force on offense, but also playing outside. It's not just the shooting, it's also the creation, seeing him comfortable in this sector because it creates openings for our group. We knew we could go inside with an open racket », Analyzes his coach.
With his team, the latter has just prepared as best as possible for a “road trip” which promises to be demanding (Pelicans, Thunder, Suns, Kings and Warriors) to the West.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Jaren Jackson, Jr. | 28 | 27.9 | 50.1 | 35.0 | 80.4 | 1.3 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 21.5 |
| Ja Morant | 18 | 28.0 | 44.2 | 30.3 | 83.2 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 7.9 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 21.3 |
| Desmond Bane | 22 | 28.2 | 45.6 | 34.7 | 84.6 | 0.9 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 15.1 |
| Santi Aldama | 30 | 26.4 | 50.6 | 38.8 | 76.7 | 1.5 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 13.3 |
| Jaylen Wells | 30 | 24.5 | 46.4 | 39.3 | 81.6 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 11.4 |
| Scotty Pippen, Jr. | 30 | 22.5 | 48.1 | 36.4 | 65.6 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 10.7 |
| Zach Edey | 18 | 21.3 | 59.4 | 53.3 | 64.9 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 7.5 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 10.6 |
| Marcus Smart | 18 | 21.2 | 37.3 | 33.3 | 83.3 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 9.2 |
| James Huff | 27 | 15.2 | 51.5 | 41.1 | 75.6 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 9.1 |
| Jake Laravia | 30 | 22.9 | 50.3 | 45.7 | 71.9 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 8.7 |
| Brandon Clarke | 29 | 18.3 | 60.7 | 6.3 | 59.1 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 7.3 |
| Luke Kennard | 18 | 19.6 | 43.0 | 45.5 | 78.9 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 6.9 |
| Vincent Williams, Jr. | 3 | 14.9 | 36.8 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 5.3 |
| Cam Spencer | 5 | 11.2 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 4.2 |
| John Konchar | 15 | 12.1 | 48.1 | 39.1 | 75.0 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.5 |
| Colin Castleton | 8 | 2.8 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
| Yuki Kawamura | 14 | 2.9 | 26.7 | 18.2 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
