“New Face of the League”- NBA Twitter reacts as Ja Morant condemns haters by scoring historic 52 points against Spurs; Proves to not be a One-Season-Hero
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Ja Morant tossed down a monstrous dunk north of 7-footer Jakob Poeltl and scored a profession high 52 points, lifting the Memphis Grizzlies over the San Antonio Spurs 118-105 Monday night. The field was all the while humming from Morant’s quick break hammer late in the second quarter when Steven Adams conveyed a length-of-the-court pass to Morant, who got it mid-air and flipped in a bell mixer from the left gauge for a 68-58 halftime lead.
Morant likewise hit a 3-pointer from close to the logo with the shot clock running down, making a heap of features from an important evening.
“It’s got to be the 50 (points),” Morant said when asked what was most memorable, adding: “I’m thankful for my teammates, my coaches. They believe in me and have all the confidence in the world that I’ll make the right plays.”
Morant added 13 continuous points during the final quarter to tear the game open, following up a profession best 46 points in a success Saturday at Chicago by associating on 22 of 30 from the field. He hit each of the four 3-point attempts as Memphis won its subsequent straight.
De’Anthony Melton added 15 points for Memphis, while Tyus Jones scored 13.
Morant’s presentation was the first 50-point game in Quite a while establishment history. He said teammates started taking care of him the ball in the final quarter when the 50-point target was in sight.
“He’s at the rim every night, but the way he put it together tonight, he was just in attack mode from the jump,” Melton said. “He got whatever he wanted, and it looked easy out there. It was just special to be out there and watch that.”
Lonnie Walker IV led the Spurs with 22 points, and Dejounte Murray added 21 points and eight assists before being ejected late in the fourth quarter. Poeltl finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
NBA Twitter reacts to Ja Morant scoring 50 points
NBA twitter was awestruck by the domination shown by Morant and have reacted on the post game interview of the Grizzlies Star where even after scoring 50 points showed his simplicity and lack of ego and thanked his coaches.
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