Ja Morant leads Memphis in scoring at a shade under 20 points per game. The Grizzlies will need their star, and face of the franchise to step up and take the team on his shoulders if they want to get out of the Play-In and into the first round of the playoffs. They host the Spurs tonight, after winning six of their final eight games to secure a spot in the Play-In Tournament. The Grizzlies ended the season on a high note putting together their second longest winning streak of the year right before the end of the regular season. Memphis end of season streak has them at home tonigjht “Pop” will certainly not be pleased at how the Spurs ended the regular season, losing ten of their last twelve but if DeMar DeRozan and Dejounte Murray can find their form the Spurs could be a dangerous team with Popovic at the helm.ĭeRozan leads the team in scoring at 21.6 ppg, and Murray is netting 15.7 a game, while pulling down a team over 7 boards a game. But one thing that can't be overlooked is they still have Greg Popovich. The San Antonio Spurs are not the Spurs of yesteryear that we became so accustomed to seeing run after run to the NBA title. Spurs are always dangerous with Pop no the sideline AS English will be bringing you live coverage, updates, highlights and stats of tonight’s game between the San Antonio Spurs and the Memphis Grizzlies. Hello everyone and welcome to the FedEx Forum, for the first Western Conference matchup in the inaugural Play-In Tournament. They will square up against the loser of tonight’s Warriors-Lakers game on Sunday.
The Memphis Grizzlies move on to the second round of the Play-In Tournament. Jonas Valanciunas had 23 points and 23 rebounds for yet another double double in what has been a career season. Brooks led the way, but Valanciunas was dominantĭillon Brooks led all scorers with 24, but more importantly locked down DeRozan on the defensive end. The Memphis defense kept DeMar DeRozan and Dejounte Murray to 9-38 from the field, DeRozan ended the game with 21, and Murray had 17. But Memphis was able to withstand the Spurs run, in large part by keeping San Antonio’s stars quiet. The Grizzlies led for almost all 48 minutes, just briefly letting go of their lead in the fourth quarter. The Spurs punched back in the second quarter, with a 17-0 run that tightened the Grizzlies advantage before halftime. The Grizzlies jumped out to a large early lead after Jonas Valanciunas nearly registered a double double in the first quarter, and the home team were almost immediately up by 20. The first half was defined by big runs by both teams.
The Memphis Grizzlies are off to the next round of the Play-In Tournament after knocking off the San Antonio Spurs 100-96 at the FedEx Forum. Rudy Gay is a 35-year old American professional basketball player who plays at the Power Forward or Small Forward position for the Utah Jazz in the NBA.