Memphis Grizzlies

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton and the Milwaukee Bucks (20-7) play Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr. and the Western Conference-leading Memphis Grizzlies ...

Their success has had to do with a high-octane offense behind Lauri Markkanen, Jordan Clarkson and Collin Sexton. The Bucks bounce back home to play the Utah Jazz at 7 p.m. Seems every year Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo hits the free throw wall.

The Memphis Grizzlies extended their season-high winning streak to seven games with a dominant victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.

Brooks drove into the chest of the Bucks defense with one of the NBA's best shot-blockers closing in from behind. Planning on shutting out an NBA all-star is why Brooks is becoming one of the main pieces to a successful season. and Brooks each to below 50% shooting in the first half, but what followed was one of the best performances by the Grizzlies bench this season. The Grizzlies have won both meetings this season. The energy of Brooks was noticeable throughout the game. Middleton shot one of 12 and scored three points. [ got tangled up in the first quarter. The Milwaukee offense starts with Antetokounmpo, and the Grizzlies did a good job of making every shot tough for the 6-foot-11 forward. Jones, Roddy, Aldama and Clarke all finished in double figures as the Grizzlies scored 80 bench points. With Giannis Antetokounmpo, Brook Lopez and Khris Middleton, they're still one of the NBA's top teams. Tyus Jones, David Roddy and Brandon Clarke all shined as the bench scored 35 points in the first half to help build a 70-41 halftime lead. Ja Morant led the Grizzlies (19-9) by recording his third triple-double of the season.

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Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks are ready to take on Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies.

[Brook Lopez](https://www.basketballnetwork.net/tag/brook-lopez) is having quite possibly the best season of his career, one that could secure him a Defensive Player of the Year award. returned recently, and with a couple of valuable role players like Steven Adams, Dillon Brooks, and Tyus Jones, Memphis has the personnel to match up with Milwaukee's depth. The Grizzlies are one of the rare teams that have better-rebounding numbers than the Bucks, and that could play a huge part in this game. [Giannis Antetokounmpo](https://www.basketballnetwork.net/tag/giannis-antetokounmpo) having another MVP-worthy campaign, the rest of the squad has also been superb. have been hit hard by injuries, but they still stayed at the top of the tough Western Conference, with their point guard having an awesome season so far (27.7 ppg, 7.8 apg, 6.6 rpg). But on the other side stands a formidable opponent in the 18-9 Memphis Grizzlies.

The Memphis Grizzlies are one of the best teams in the league at home, and they can win their seventh straight game on Thursday against the Milwaukee Bucks.

The Bucks won’t have guard Jrue Holiday due to an illness in this matchup. 1 in defensive rating. 1 spot in the Western Conference with a win and a New Orleans Pelicans loss on Thursday night.

The Milwaukee Bucks (20-7) and Memphis Grizzlies (18-9) meet Thursday at FedExForum. Tip-off is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET (NBA TV). Below, we analyze Tipico ...

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Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis led the Bucks with 19 points apiece before Milwaukee coach Mike Budenholzer emptied the bench late in the third quarter.

Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks had no chance against Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies.

[MarJon Beauchamp](https://www.basketballnetwork.net/tag/marjon-beauchamp) scored 12 points, with 3 rebounds and 2 assists in 22 minutes, while AJ Green added 10 points (4-6 FG, 2-4 3PT) in 14 minutes of playing time. [Jrue Holiday](https://www.basketballnetwork.net/tag/jrue-holiday) out for a second straight game, the Bucks needed their top dogs to step it up a notch, and that just didn't happen. bringing in his usual energy off the bench and notching 19 points (8-14 FG) with 7 rebounds. But equally bad was the play on the other side of the floor, where they allowed a season-high 142 points, with the Grizzlies shooting 54.9% from the floor (56-102). Memphis came out hot and left Milwaukee behind from the get-go, winning the first quarter 33-18 and finishing the half with a massive 70-41 lead. However, the game went a completely different route as the Bucks got blown out 101-142, falling to 20-8 on the season.

It might have been a pretty standard offensive performance but last night was the ultimate Dillon Brooks game. Brooks is recognized as the tone-setter for this ...

The Grizzlies have something special brewing and when a team is this in sync, they are hard to beat. In a game where he was skyrocketing up and down the floor and passing into tight windows, it is pretty spectacular he recorded 10 assists while only giving up the ball once. Brooks shadowed him for much of the night and held Middleton to 1-12 from the field and 1-8 from three. At this point, the game was so out of hand the wave broke out in FedEx Forum and the Grizzlies joined in. The Grizzlies scored 86 points in the paint to the Bucks’ 38. Last night, the Grizzlies put the league on notice. Brooks’s energy and pace sparked many of the team’s runs and some of his fast break drives and leak-out passes gave the Grizzlies some serious momentum. The top seed in the Western Conference played like it last night and they did this all without their second-leading scorer. Memphis led 33-18 at the end of the first quarter and the team had already set the tone for the game. The period was full of highlight plays as the Grizzlies moved with pace to build on their first-half lead. Memphis led wire-to-wire and led by as much as 50 against the Bucks, ultimately winning 142-101. That was reminiscent of the Grizzlies' violent beatdown of the eventual NBA Champions in last year’s playoffs.

On Thursday, Memphis obliterated the Bucks, 142-101, in what goes down as the second-most lopsided victory over an opponent with at least a .700 winning ...

The Grizzlies have been defending like crazy of late, and Ja Morant is climbing the MVP ladder. They also score the second-most fast-break points, and indeed, they basically doubled up Milwaukee in that column (27-14). and [Desmond Bane](/nba/players/2268516/desmond-bane/), have yet to play a single minute together. Indeed, Memphis, which had eight players finish with double-digit points, outscored Milwaukee by almost 50 points in the paint (86-38). They score more paint points than any team in the league. A quick glance at the box score reveals what could be some surprising numbers.

Back before the start of the 2021-22 NBA season, I tweeted something that hasn't aged particularly well. Since I've tweeted many things that haven't aged ...

And that is the joy of Jaren Jackson Jr.’s game. He is also defending the rim better than anyone else in the league this year, as o [pponents are shooting a league-low 50.8% ](https://www.nba.com/stats/players/opponent-shooting?TeamID=0&Season=2022-23)at the rim against him. Among all the players who rank in the top 100 in that category throughout NBA history, he currently has the second highest scoring average per 36 minutes (25.2), coming in behind only Joel Embiid’s 2016-17 season (28.7). Even as the Grizzlies primarily employ him in drop coverage, his length and mobility allow him to still harass mid-range shooters. In 1989, Manute Bol posted the highest BLK% (10.8) for a single season in NBA history; Jackson currently has a 12.6 BLK%, with there being [just as much difference between him and 2nd-place Bol as there is between Bol and 9th-place Mitchell Robinson in 2018-19](https://stathead.com/basketball/player-season-finder.cgi?request=1&match=player_season&order_by_asc=0&order_by=blk_pct&year_min=1974&comp_type=reg&comp_id=NBA&display_type=per_minute_36&ccomp%5B1%5D=gt&cval%5B1%5D=11&cstat%5B1%5D=games&ccomp%5B2%5D=gt&cval%5B2%5D=289&cstat%5B2%5D=mp&season_start=1&season_end=-1&locationMatch=is&as_selections_comp=gt). [NBA.com](http://NBA.com) didn’t even list Jackson as one of their [10 candidates for Defensive Player of the Yea](https://www.nba.com/news/defensive-player-ladder-december-2022-edition)r because he’s only played 11 games so far this season (they did have Dillon Brooks at three on that list, for what it’s worth). And that is the overall impact of Jackson Jr.’s defensive skill: it is not just the blocks, but the mere sight of Jackson Jr. If you’ve ever played organized basketball, they may even make you cringe, especially if you were a point guard like myself; and NBA guards have to operate with a constant level of fear when Jaren Jackson patrols the paint. He became arguably the league’s best and most impactful defender, an unrelenting menace whose lateral agility empowers him to be just as comfortable guarding on the perimeter as he is blocking shots in the paint. Yet he was so awesome defensively that it hardly even mattered, as he led the league in total blocks and anchored the NBA’s sixth best defense. However, the distinction of being the league’s best defensive player no longer does Jaren Jackson Jr.

La joven franquicia de Tennessee lidera ya la Conferencia Oeste y parece tener mucho margen de mejora, sobre todo, cuando vuelva Bane.

Con un Morant absolutamente desatado y una pléyade de jugadores jóvenes capaces de adaptarse al ecosistema del equipo, Memphis Grizzlies es una escuadra temible para todos. Posesiones cortas, baloncesto veloz aprovechando las condiciones físicas de sus exteriores, predilección por los contraataques y una defensa aguerrida y generosa en el esfuerzo. [Memphis Grizzlies](https://www.nba.com/grizzlies) lleva un par de años avisando de su enorme potencial y esta campaña se está postulando con más firmeza de la esperada como serio candidato al anillo.

If Memphis does eventually run the West this year, their win over the Milwaukee Bucks, 142-101, on Thursday night will be remembered as their first warning shot ...

all get on the floor at the same time, Memphis really might have the right mix to run to the [NBA Finals](https://www.sbnation.com/nba-finals). The Grizzlies just never stop having fun. With the game in hand late in the fourth quarter, cameras caught the Grizzlies bench standing up and doing the wave alongside the crowd. [This win moved them into first place in the Western Conference at 19-9 overall](https://www.espn.com/nba/standings). With the Warriors seemingly falling off this year, the West feels wide open, and the Grizzlies may be poised to seize it. The Grizzlies smacked the Bucks from the opening tip, and took a 29-point lead into halftime.