The Los Angeles Lakers added their fourth consecutive victory over the Memphis Grizzlies (107-102) with a great effort from their squad, whose speed and energy were key when it came to beating the Marc Gasol team.
Brandon Ingram was the best of the locals, with 20 points and 7 rebounds, followed by Brook Lopez, with 20 points and four triples. Lonzo Ball contributed 9 points, 9 assists and 5 rebounds, but again showed little success facing the basket, since he finished with 3/13 in shots and has a mark of 35/117 for the moment in the NBA.
Marc Gasol scored the double-double (15 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists) for the Grizzlies and Tyreke Evans added 26 points. Gasol started with a one-handed assistance that reminded Sabonis, but he quickly found a reply in a back pass and in Lopez's counterattack. The pivot and Mike Conley, as usual, wore the offensive handle with 11 of the first 15 points of their team.
However, the attack of an aggressive Julius Randle stopped the thrust of Memphis. Despite the fact that Brandan Wright supplied with guarantees to the Catalan, the men of David Fizdale could not contain the speed of vertigo of his rival, which marked his best minutes of the season. With the starting line quintet except Jordan Clarkson for Ball, the Lakers pressed the accelerator and placed with 11 up (59-48) thanks to the magnificent performance of Ingram. The Grizzlies, supported by the points from the bench of an Evans in great shape, they lacked a point of intensity, possibly for having played the previous day against the Clippers.Four triples practically followed (Ball, Kyle Kuzma and two of Kentavious Caldell-Pope) opened the gap (82-60) after a partial 12-0 that knocked out Memphis, unable to counteract lucidity in the distribution of the ball of the men of Luke Walton.
The Lakers managed to manage the rent despite small feints of reaction, as triple Gasol and the penetration of Evans that placed 99-89 with four minutes to go. Brook Lopez, turned into a wall in defense, secured the painting impeccably and Caldwell-Pope gave the lace to the Grizzlies, who put the fear in the body to his rival (103-100) after a triple Conley and two shots free from Dillon Brooks with 42 seconds left.
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