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This was only the seventh time in J. Valančiūnas’ NBA career, when center finished the game with no points on his account.
For the last time with a zero JV, he finished the match twice in the 2017-2018 season, and four more times in the 2012-2013 debut season. season.
This year, the Lithuanian tall team had scored at least 4 points.
Photo by Scanpix / Jonas Valančiūnas
Although the Canadian team has a strong defensive pillar Marcas Gasolis in their ranks, from the first minutes of the game only when J.Valančiūnas brought the ball to the basket, he was greeted by a double defense.
Uteniškis had nothing left to throw the ball to his teammates.
The Raptors were constantly pushing the penalty area and holding up their opponents perfectly, so Jon failed to score points either from the rebounds on the attack or from the two-on-two game with Ja Morant.
However, the Lithuanian midfielder, along with other “grizzlies”, worked successfully on defense in the first half and missed just 20 points and hit 7 long shots.
The NBA champions caught fire in the second quarter, scoring twice as many points as in the first and building up a tangible advantage.
Following a break, the Raptors, once again at half time, earned 15 points (77:62) and became the hosts, leading a record difference (88:71) in the final second before the deciding quarter after the Lowry’s throw-in.
In the last quarter, thanks to Ja Moranto’s “Grizzlies” who flew in quick attacks, the team scored just three points (92:95) at a time, but at the end of the match, P. Sziakamas, who scored two triples in cold blood, victory was assured.
J.Valančiūnas spent 27 minutes on the floor in this match, but lost a colon and three points and both fines and did not score a point. The tallest bounced 10 balls, made 1 effective pass, took over once and blocked the ball, but made 4 errors.
Toronto Raptors: Pascal Siakam 26, Norman Powell 16, Kyle Lowry 15 (7 res., 8 res., 4 res.), Fred VanVleet 14 (5 res., 4 res.), Sergei Ibaka 12 (12th ed.).
Memphis Grizzlies: Dillon Brooks 25 (Rev. 6), Grayson Allen 20, Ja Morant 17 (Rev. 10), Brandon Clarke 16 (Rev. 9).
In next Sunday’s game, the Oklahoma City Thunder faced the Washington Wizards 121: 103 and further increased the pressure on Houston’s fourth-place missiles.
Darius Bazley, a rookie with 23 points, played Danilo Gallinari, 18 – Shai Gilgegous-Alexander.
Jerome Robinson scored 19 points for Wizards and Isaac Bonga for 14 points.
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