For more than three quarters, De’Aaron Fox had taken over Ja Morant. For his return, the leader of the Grizzlies thus displayed his usual activity, but also waste.
Before he came back into play in the fourth quarter, he was 15 points at 5/12 shooting, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 stray bullets. Opposite, his Kings counterpart was much cleaner, with 28 points at 10/19 shooting, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals and no stray balls…
Sacramento had the game under control and were heading for a seventh straight win, a first since the Webber/Stojakovic era. Except that the Kings and their leader panicked in the final, narrowly missing the disaster.
“These last two [victoires] weren’t pretty, but you know, there are games like that in the NBA and the most important thing is to go for that win.”reacted Domantas Sabonis. “It was not our game plan. I feel like it happened like that. They made us rush. It was a first for us in this kind of situation and we will watch the film, improve and be ready next time. »
Accustomed to defeats, the Kings indeed discover the management of the end of the match in advance. It takes learning, but the energy released by this group, led by a De’Aaron Fox (32 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals) who joined the elite at his post, has nothing to do with that of previous years.
| De’Aaron Fox | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2017-18 | BAG | 73 | 28 | 41.2 | 30.7 | 72.3 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 11.6 |
| 2018-19 | BAG | 81 | 31 | 45.8 | 37.1 | 72.7 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 7.3 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 17.3 |
| 2019-20 | BAG | 51 | 32 | 48.0 | 29.2 | 70.5 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 6.8 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 21.1 |
| 2020-21 | BAG | 58 | 35 | 47.7 | 32.2 | 71.9 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 7.2 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 25.2 |
| 2021-22 | BAG | 59 | 35 | 47.3 | 29.7 | 75.0 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 23.2 |
| 2022-23 | BAG | 14 | 32 | 55.8 | 38.2 | 84.5 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 25.4 |
| Total | 336 | 32 | 46.6 | 32.3 | 73.0 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 19.4 | |
