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Utena’s team, which started the game in the starting five, helped the hosts gain a 22-point lead in the first half of the game, which the Nets managed to reduce with a free throw before the long break, adding up the last seven points from the second half.
After a long break, Gorgui Diengas took Valančiūnas’s place in the square, and match commentators Pete Pranica and Brevinas Knight announced that the Lithuanian would not be able to return to the square due to violations of the NBA’s coronavirus prevention protocol.
The Lithuanian is believed to have recently been in contact with a person infected with covid-19. According to the club, John’s own coronavirus tests came back negative.
In these circumstances, you will not be able to assist the JV team for the next 10 days. Kevin Durant, one of the leaders of the Nets club, is in a similar situation at the moment, having been in contact with the infected person on January 1 and most likely returning to the field on Sunday, January 10, in a Brooklyn game at home against the Oklahoma Thunder.
Valančiūnas joined the Grizzlies’ astonishingly long list of trauma injuries or basketball players who were unable to help the team for other reasons. In addition to Lithuanian, it currently includes Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson, Justise Winslow, John Conchar, Killian Tillie, and Jontay Porter. Grayson Allen, who returned to the field after an ankle injury in a game with the Nets, scored 10 points for the Tennessees.
The unfortunate news interrupted John’s impressive series of double-doubles. Until this duel, the highest collected double-digit scores in the categories of points scored and rebounds in the eight games played.
Valančiūnas, who managed to spend only 14 minutes on the field, scored 8 points (3/4 doubles, 0/1 trit., 2/2 penalties), 4 rebounds and 2 interceptions, blocking and error. John had recorded the longest series of doubles doubles prior to this race in March 2019, when he managed to score this statistical achievement in six consecutive games.
The Grizzles, who were left without their main midfielder, began to get confused in the second half of the game, which was exploited by Caris LeVert, who felt the vulnerability of the rivals. In the third half, the Nets defender lit a 26: 6 lightning strike, allowing the guests to weigh the result in their favor: 78:80.
After a long break, LeVert, who scored 25 points, scored a total of 43 in the game, reaching 40 points for the second time in his career. The defender’s play allowed the Nets to fight for victory despite Durant, Kyrie Irving, who did not play for personal reasons, and Spencer Dinwiddie, who suffered a serious knee injury.
The Grizzlies celebrated two victories against their opponents after playing both games for the Brooklyn club this season. Before that meeting, the Memphis team had lost all five games played at home.
“Grizzlies”: Dillon Brooks 24 (8/12 dvit., 2/7 trit.), Brandon Clarke 21 (8 reb. Cam., 5 res.), De’Anthony Melton 14, Tyus Jones 11 (10 res.), 4 by minute), Grayson Allen and Desmond Bane by 10 points each.
“Networks”: Caris LeVert 43 (8/14 two, 7/9 trit., 6/6 penalty, 5 rebounds, 6 res.), Taurean Prince 16, Joe Harris 13, Jarrett Allen 12 points.
The Grizzlies will play up to five games in the next ten days of Valančiūnas failures. During this period, Yankees students will face the Cleveland Cavaliers, find weapons with the Timberwolves twice in Minneapolis and host the Philadelphia 76ers and Phoenix Suns at home.
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