Valančiūnas dominated his old club and brought Grizlius closer to eight



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The Grizzles triumphed in Tampa, Florida, where the Toronto Raptors (27/41) are playing their home games this season. 109: 99 (26:26, 21:20, 34:26, 28:27).

The leader of the representatives of the state of Tennessee was none other than J. Valančiūnas, who scored 18 points (9/14 colonies, 0/1 penalty) in his former team’s basket in 36 minutes, grabbed 21 balls and blocked 4 opponents. shots.

This is already the 47th JV double this season. According to this statistical component, the Lithuanian is inferior to Nikolai Jokičis (57) and Russell Westbrook (54) in the entire league.

Jaren Jackson added 20 points and Kyle Anderson 16 points to the winners.

Pascal Siakam and Gary Trento streaked the Canadian team by 18 points (5/20 game shots).

Last year’s champions the Raptors, who are no longer fighting this season, were left without Kyle Lowry, Fred VanVlet, OG Anunoby and Chris Boucher in this game, and have already lost P. Siakam and Rodney Hood due to injuries during the match.

Following this victory, the Grizzles continue on the heels of the Golden State Warriors of San Francisco (35/33) in the battle for eighth place in the Western Conference. This position in the NBA playoffs, where teams with 7-10 places will take the cup, would give two chances to jump to the playoffs, while 9-10 conference teams will only have one shot.

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