Ja Morant put his team, the Memphis Grizzlies, back on the road to victory when he led him to a victory over his guest Indiana Pacers (112-100), achieving a “Triple Double”, while the Milwaukee Bucks continued their revival by defeating their guest New Orleans Pelicans 135-110 thanks to 50 points for their Greek star Yannis Antetokounmpo in the Premier League. American Professional Basketball.
In the first game, Morant imposed himself as a star, scoring 27 points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds, and put the Grizzlies back on the winning streak after five consecutive defeats. It is the second time in a row that Morant has achieved a “Triple Double”, after the first in the Minnesota Timberwolves basket on Saturday, and the fifth this season.
Jackson Jr. contributed to the victory of the Grizzlies, second in the Western Region, by scoring 28 points with eight rebounds, and Brandon Clark added 13 points.
Indiana had the advantage in the first half, as it advanced by 12 points (62-50) after winning the first quarter (32-23) and the second (30-27), but the Grizzlies turned the tables in the third quarter and won it by 13 points (30-17). In the end, he advanced by one point (80-79), before continuing his control in the last quarter (23-21), ending the match in his favor by 12 points (112-100).
And he emerged among the losers, substitute Benedict Mathurin, by scoring 27 points with eight rebounds, which were not enough to spare his eleventh-placed team in the Eastern Province the third loss in a row and the 28th this season.
“We needed to win,” Morant said, adding in a televised interview after the match: “We had to fight. We were playing with energy, but we gave them spaces to play. They scored easily and we had to turn things around.”
In the second, the Milwaukee Bucks, the champions of the season before last and the third in the eastern region, continued their revival and achieved their fourth successive victory when they beat their guest New Orleans Pelicans 135-110.
Two-time league MVP, Antetokounmpo put in an impressive performance, scoring 50 points, 13 rebounds and four assists.
Milwaukee hit hard at the start of the match and settled the first quarter by 18 points (37-19), including 29 for Antitokounempo, but faced great resistance from the guests in the second and third quarters, as they imposed a tie 25-25 and 44-44, respectively, before regaining control in the fourth quarter and ending it. In favor 29-22. Gro Holiday scored 17 goals, and Brook Lopez added 15 points for the Bucks, who reached the 130-point barrier in five of their last seven games.
