Grizzlies: 3 takeaways after win vs. Detroit Pistons

Grizzlies are capable on an off-night for Ja Morant

During the first half of this game, Ja Morant looked… well, not good. He didn’t look terrible, he just played an extremely sloppy game and couldn’t hit any shots. The same went for the best player on the Detroit Pistons, Jerami Grant.

The game that we thought would be a battle between two future superstars began as a duel between two guys who were blending in to the rest of their team. Grant opposed Morant by putting up 5 points with 3 turnovers on 1-8 shooting in the same first half that Morant struggled in.

Ja would bounce back and put up an extremely strong third quarter, scoring 13 points during an important stretch of the game, but the Grizzlies didn’t look like they needed him for much of the game. A lot of this was due to the fact that Grant did not have the same bounce back.

The Grizzlies took a commanding 21-point first quarter lead with Morant struggling and sitting on the bench with foul trouble. This obviously isn’t something that you want your team to experience often, but it’s good to know that these guys can handle things on their own.