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After a slow and early one minute break from head coach Taylor Jenkins, the Grizzlies managed to rebound and eliminate a 7-point deficit in the middle of the first half. Valančiūnas made a significant contribution to this, scoring 6 points and 6 rebounds in the first six minutes.
Lithuania’s successful start became the basis for his brutal performance. Even before the long break, JV managed to score 18 points and 14 rebounds (in 8 attacks) and demonstrate the intact precision of the fight against the coronavirus: Utena scored her 10 free throws in the first two quarters.
The Grizzlies lost 94:85 towards the end of the third half, and the guests were left without head coach Nick Nurse, who was ejected from the field. The Toronto captain was forced to leave the field due to a stormy reaction to the episode, during which Valančiūnas hit rival player Fred VanVleet in the elbow.
However, the loss of the strategist became a spark that ignited the winning streak: from that moment, the Raptors accelerated 25: 6 and took control of the game.
Valančiūnas, who appeared on the field for the second time after a five-game break, finished the game in 34 minutes with 27 points (8/12 double, 11/12 penalty), 20 rebounds, 3 assists and errors, and one intercepted ball and block.
Utena scored at least 20 points and 20 rebounds for the third time in her NBA career. All three times, the tall man has already done it in the Memphis Grizzlies outfit. In Jonas’ first duel with the Toronto team, which took place on August 9 of last year, the Lithuanian left the field without points.
Having won the NBA title in 2019, the Raptors have tackled the challenges of Memphis rivals in recent years without much trouble. This latest win became the Canadians’ eighth consecutive game against the Grizzlies and the ninth win in the last ten games.
In addition to the head coach and Kyle Lowry, who did not finish the game due to back pain, the remaining guests were led to victory by former friends of the Valančiūnas team, Pascal Siakam, Norman Powell and Fred VanVleet, who together scored as many. like 93 points.
“Grizzlies”: Jonas Valančiūnas 27 (20th rev.), Dillonas Brooks 22 (4/10 trit.), Ja Morantas 18 (3/12 diat., 9 res.), Kyle Anderson 15 (1/7 trit.)), Desmond Bane 13 , Grayson Allen 12 points.
“Raptors”: Pascal Siakam (5/8 trit., 5 rebounds, 6 res.) And Fred VanVleet (12/12 penalties, 9 res.) After 32, Norman Powell 29 (6/9 tr.), Chris Boucher 12 points (22 h)).
The Memphis basketball players, who have suffered their fourth consecutive loss, will try to end a series of failures in a game against Charlie’s Hornets in the mediocre Eastern Conference Wednesday night through Thursday at the Grizzlies Arena.
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