Recap: Grizzlies at Nuggets
Final: Memphis- 102, Denver- 101
Thursday night in the Mile-High City your Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Denver Nuggets, and extended their current winning streak to four games.
The Grizzlies were once again lead by a noticeably more aggressive Marc Gasol, who finished the night with a game high 27 points.
Unfortunately it seemed at times they were doing all they could to hand Denver the win, after the Nuggets were able to overcome an 18 point Grizzlies lead.
Grizzlies:
- Marc Gasol- 27 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists
- Mike Conley- 20 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists
- Zach Randolph- 13 points, 6 rebounds
- Courtney Lee- 10 points, 4 rebounds
- Jeff Green- 9 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist
- Matt Barnes- 7 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists
- JaMychal Green- 7 points, 2 rebounds
- Mario Chalmers- 5 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists
- Ryan Hollins- 4 points, 4 rebounds
A Few Things:
Big Spain had another big game
Giving Grizzlies fans a little more hope that he’s worked himself out of whatever slump he was in. Let’s hope this becomes an ongoing trend.
In addition to being the team’s offensive powerhouse for the night, Gasol also unveiled a new post-shot celebratory move.
There’s the Self Butt Slap, the Shimmy, and now it appears we have the Wet Willie.
@ClutchLikeMac11 number 33 with this classic move @MarcGasol @aa000G9 pic.twitter.com/0hY1ZG0XrU
— William Trotter (@_willtrot_) January 22, 2016
Tony “First Team All-Defense” Allen was sidelined with a sore hamstring/knee.
Grizzlies got embarrassed on the defensive end, allowing the Nuggets to come back from an 18 point deficit.
Correlation doesn’t equal causation and all that, I’m not saying these two events are related.
But…I’m also not saying they aren’t.
Mike Conley back doing Captain Clutch things.
Be still my cold, black heart.
ICYMI: @MConley11 w/ the quick crossover & buzzer-beater > https://t.co/FV72TzQ8CA
— Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz) January 22, 2016
Memphis played its best 1st quarter of the season
Scoring 37 points in the opening twelve minutes. Naturally they followed this up with an 18 point 2nd quarter, for balance? /sarcasm
The Grizzlies have another stop to make on this road trip before they return to the Bluff City, Saturday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Can they ride this momentum to another win?
Doesn't bluff, stays grinding.
Bluff City Born and Memphis Made
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