![]() ![]() each added 16 with Jackson hitting four of seven from three-point range as the Grizzlies finished with seven in double figures.īrandon Clarke, Xavier Tillman Sr. He finished a rebound shy of a triple-double. Morant went to the bench with 4:40 left to a huge ovation. Ja Morant scored 23 points and handed out 10 assists as the Memphis Grizzlies looked much more like the team that posted the NBA’s second-best record, routing the Minnesota Timberwolves 124-96 on Tuesday night to even up their first-round Western Conference series at 1 apiece. Young hit Collins with a strike for a layup, and Bogdanovic’s long jumper got Atlanta within 94-90 midway through the fourth.īut the Hawks never got the lead. The margin remained at least eight points for the next 11 minutes, before Atlanta began clawing back. ![]() Tucker and Strus, with a layup by Butler in there as well - and it added up to an 11-0 run that pushed the lead out to 75-62. The Heat went four for four in that stretch - three-pointers by Butler, P.J. The Hawks went nearly three minutes without scoring again, and the game looked very different after those three minutes. Kevin Huerter’s stepback three-pointer with 8:59 left in the third pulled Atlanta within 64-62. He played the entire third quarter, but managed only two shots in that span - making both - and didn’t get to the foul line, while committing five turnovers in that period alone. Young picked up a technical for arguing a foul against him late in the third as well, the capper to a period where the Heat went from barely ahead to holders of a double-digit lead going into the final 12 minutes. The first half featured 16 fouls by Atlanta and 14 by Miami - a season-high for the Hawks, one off the season-high for the Heat, and those 30 personals didn’t even include a double technical that Lowry and Hunter got for getting face-to-face. “Taking what the defense gives me.“Īs would be expected in a playoff series, pleasantries began being exchanged with more regularity. ![]()
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