Defeated in the final moments of the match on a 3-point clutch from Klay Thompson, the Grizzlies threw a lot of forces into the battle last night and had been able to count on a Jaren Jackson Jr. determined to make the Splash Bros look like shooters of operetta. The boy gave everything, giving us a crazy performance and a great promise for the rest of the series.
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Opening series between Memphis and Golden State, we all say before the game that the doublet of crazy shooters from the Warriors will want to light the flamethrower to let everyone know that business will not be done without them. Steph planted five from the parking lot, three for Klay, but get dressed guys cause the best sniper in the game is called Jaren Jackson Jr. 33 points at 10/18 in shooting including 6/9 from 3-pointers, record of the man in Playoffs exploded. Nothing predestined JJJ to send such a crazy line before half-time, but the general runaway in the third quarter allowed him to catch fire and send four long-distance arrows on only five attempts, that’s 80% if you didn’t snore in maths class and that especially allowed Memphis to hang on, since opposite it was Poole party. We told you at the beginning that we weren’t especially expecting Jaren? Indeed, because once once more the man had once more been bothered by the faults at the start of the match, not especially of his doing but more of that of the refereeing body, very severe with the triple J last night.
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And if he was there, our potential X factor of this series? In any case, it will be necessary to confirm from the second game, already crucial for the future of the Grizzlies in the series. Untenable at the post, Jaren did a lot of damage to the Warriors in the paint by taking advantage of the very small game of the Californians and the ejection of Draymond Green before half-time for a somewhat badass shirt pulling. We weren’t particularly expecting JJJ in an external register, but the boy also proved to Steve Kerr that the latter was going to have to give himself a headache to imagine a defense system behind the arc. The Grizzlies were in any case able to appreciate this welcome help, in particular because Desmond Bane, the most reliable scorer for the Oursons since the start of the Playoffs, did not have a big evening. Ja Morant also had a good time with his buddy’s game, because compiled at his 34 points and 10 assists, this makes them the second duo aged 22 and under to finish at least 30/10 at the end of a game. , the first doublet to have achieved this sweetness being composed of a certain Russell Westbrook and his friend Kevin Durant. No fire either, but we greatly appreciate the evening and we give encouragement for the rest.
Quite a night for Jaren! A jack of all trades offensively, he was able to support a Ja Morant left at first sight quite alone by the rest of his band. We must now build on this performance to build the sequel, because without players capable of showing this kind of face, the series might turn out shorter than we think on the Memphis side.
