J.Valančiūnas again conquered the Clippers penalty area, but the latter achieved a sweet rematch

On the night from Thursday to Friday in Lithuanian time, the Clippers’ house was humiliated by up to 28 points, so in this game they decided not to joke and solve all the problems in the first part of the game.

The “Grizzles” only withstood the opponents about half, and the decisive outbreak of the match was started by the Los Angeles club just before the break: the section won 13: 1 and already took the lead 63:47.

After the break, the image on the field did not change: the Memphis club never managed to reduce the deficit to the single digits, and at the end of the fourth quarter, Grizzlies talent, Ja Morantas, decided to pour out all the accumulated anger on the referees. .

By the way, it was the first time in his career that a 21-year-old player was sent off from a game.

Jonas Valančiūnas again in the penalty area did not meet a more pronounced resistance: with 22 points (9/16 dvit., 0/1 trit., 4/5 penalties) he became the most effective basketball player on the team, too bounced 11 balls. , made 3 assists, 1 ball took over and made no mistakes.

With him, Morant scored 20 points, but made only 7 shots out of 20 in the game.

Interestingly, the Grizzlies started the game with 4 long shots of 5, but only 5 three points of 23 for the remainder of the game.

In the ranks of the rivals, the hosts were mercilessly punished by Kawhi Leonard. The forward scored 30 points (8/13 years, 11/11 penalty), bounced 9 balls and made 7 assists.

The Clippers are currently second in the Western Conference and the Grizzlies in 10th.

“Los Angeles Clippers”: Kawhi Leonard 30, Lou Williams 17, Paul George (8th ed.), Nicolas Batymas and Terance Mann after 13, Serge Ibaka 12, Patrick Beverley 11.

“Memphis Grizzlies”: Jonas Valančiūnas 22, Ja Morantas 20 (5th ed.), De’Anthony Meltonas 16, Kyle Anderson 12 (9th ed., 5 trans.), Dillon Brooks 11.

Other nightly results:

“Boston Celtics” – “Indiana Pacers” 118: 112 (K. Walkeris 32 / D.Sabonis 24);

“Toronto Raptors” – “Houston Rockets” 122: 111 (N. Powellas 30 / V. Oladipo 27);

“Detroit Pistons” – “Sacramento Kings” 107: 110 (J.Grantas 20 / D.Foxas 27);

“Miami Heat” – “Utah Jazz” 124: 116 (J.Butleris 33 / D.Mitchellas 30);

“Chicago Bulls” – “Phoenix Suns” 97: 106 (Z.LaVine’as 24 / D.Aytonas 22);

Oklahoma City Thunder – Atlanta Hawks 118: 109 (Gilgeous-Alexander 24 / Collins 25);

“Golden State Warriors” – “Charlotte Hornets” 130: 121 (S. Curry 29 / M.Monkas 25);

Los Angeles Lakers – Portland Trail Blazers 102: 93 (L. James 28 / D. Lillard 35);