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Throughout January, Valančiūnas, who reacted in an extremely stormy way to every whistle from unfavorable umpires, received a technical foul for him in Cleveland. Gediminas Petraitis, the only Lithuanian referee in the NBA league, made that decision.
At the end of the second half, the Lithuanian watched Drummond as the opponent missed both free throws, but allowed Cavaliers rookie Isaac Okoro to recover the ball under the board. After another unscrupulous launch by the hosts, Drummond aggressively knocked the ball out of the hands of Valančiūnas, who bounced it, and after this episode, a Lithuanian who had reproached Petraitis and received a technical penalty.
In the last game before the long hiatus due to COVID-19 protocols, the Utena resident had to go 10 to 14 days without basketball according to initial data, but this decision was eventually changed. The joint venture itself commented on the situation, calling it a “false alarm.”
The tall man who spent 30 minutes on the floor scored 12 points (6/9 doubles, 0/1 trit.), 7 rebounds, 3 assists, a block and three errors. Juan was punished five times for personal transgressions.
Lithuania’s direct opponent, Drummond, scored the 11th double in 35 minutes in eleven games this season: 19 points (8/16 doubles, 3/9 penalties), 14 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks, interceptions and four errors . The tallest ended his performance with a sixth personal foul less than a minute before the end of the match.
Valančiūnas and Drummond, who had received many comparisons in the early stages of their careers, met for the 25th time. The Lithuanian defeated the American on 18 occasions, and the clubs Drummond represented celebrated seven victories in their fights.
Both teams played with the power unleashed in this match due to the injuries of unregistered basketball players. Grizzlies were not helped by Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson, Justise Winslow, Killiano Tillie, John Conchar and Jontay Porter, and Kevin Love, Matthew Dellavedova, Darius Garland, Collin Sexton, Dylan Windler were on the Cavaliers disabled list. Exumas and Kevin Porter.
The Memphis team had a record-breaking lead in the third quarter, scoring 16 points after a successful stretch on the road. However, the Cavaliers did not break and were able not only to eliminate the deficit, but also to weigh the result in their favor.
At the end of the game, Valančiūnas also spoke, beating Drummond and Larry Nance in the penultimate minute of the game under the Cavaliers basket and widening the gap in Memphis to 94:90. In the next attack, JV fouled Drummond’s breakaway without a foul, and the Grizzlies’ victory in the final minute of the game was secured by a 3-pointer from Dillon Brooks.
After winning for the second time in a row, the Grizzles revived against Cleveland opponents for a 90:94 loss at home last week. The Memphis club, which has played four away games this season, have already posted three victories.
“Cavaliers”: Andre Drummond 19 (14 pm), Chedi Osman and Dameyan Dotson (6 res.) 14 each, Larry Nance 13, Issac Okor 12 points.
“Grizzlies”: Dillon Brooks 21 (2/8 trit., 7 reps), Brandon Clarke 15, Tyus Jones 13 (7 res.), Jonas Valančiūnas 12 points.
The next two games will be played by basketball players from Memphis in Minneapolis, where they will face a double confrontation with the Minnesota Timberwolves club.
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