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Grizzlies Snap 4 game loss series, yes Morant achieved 31 in 122-111 victory against Mavericks

Grizzlies Snap 4 game loss series, yes Morant achieved 31 in 122-111 victory against Mavericks

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Yes Morant returned after missing two games with a shoulder injury to score 31 points to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to a 122-111 victory against the Dallas Mavericks. The victory achieved a defeat for the grizzlies with four games, which are in a four-team fight for number 2 in the Western Conference classification.

When Memphis lost eight of his last 11 games on Friday on Friday and the team had 38: 24 to the number 4 in the west, only half a game in front of the Houston Rockets. The grizzlies have not won two games since a winning streak with four games from 30th to February. 5. These four victories were part of a route in which Memphis won 10 of 11.

The next opponents of the Grizzlies include three of the worst teams in the NBA in the New Orleans Pelicans (17-46), Phoenix Suns (29-33) and Utah Jazz (15-48). This could enable them to join some victories in front of a Matchup with the NBA-Best Cleveland Cavaliers (52-10).

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Desmond Bane added 27 points with 16 rebounds for Memphis, followed by 17 points and eight boards by Brandon Clarke. Rookie Zach Edey got a total of 10 offensive rebound and 13.

Morant fought with his outer shot, perhaps because of his shoulder and shot 1 of 5 to 3 points, but issued eight templates. During a postgame interview, he joked to Espn's Cassidy Hubbarth that he “got help” to go through the injury but he was “ready to sit down”.

Although the Mavericks five of their last six and without key players like Kyrie Irving and Anthony Davis played, they exhibited a fight and looked as if they could extend Memphis' loss series to five. Dallas ended the first quarter with a lead of 31: 22 and held half of a three-point lead at half. At the end of the third, Dante Exum met a deep 3 pointer that looked as if Fortune was on the Mavs side.

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A victory would have helped the fading playoff chances of the Mavericks. Dallas came on Friday with 32-31 with a 2.5 game lead against the Suns for the No. 10 seed and a berth in the NBA-Play-in tournament. But the MAVs were exceeded in the fourth quarter with 33-17 when Bane and Morant took control to close the game.

Brandon Williams led Dallas from the bank with 31 points. He is currently in a two-way contract with the MAVS. Naji Marshall followed with 29 points and 17 rebounds, while Klay Thompson added 15.

Since Irving's season was over, Davis was still playing and Luka Dončić was now playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, head coach Jason Kidd after the game that it is a puzzle game every evening to find a top goal option.

“We have no No. 1 or No. 2, we are currently not being built that way,” said Kidd. “It will be a group effort every night, someone will be different, and that can mean that we can be dangerous. 'Then nobody can load a person, and we have to take advantage of it.”

Next for the Mavs is a Sunday matinee with the sun. Later in the evening the grizzlies visit the pelicans.

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