JA MORANT’s message, after the grizzlies lost historically to open their series of qualifying series in the first round against the Thunder, was simple.
The defeat of 51 points from Memphis to Oklahoma City was the worst in the history of the franchise eliminatory series and led the superstar of the grizzlies to declare that this would not happen again.
“We will never play so bad again,” said journalists with a fact after the match.
Grizzlies will surely want to erase their performance on Sunday from their minds, but it is one that will be difficult to forget for fans.
ESPN’s research has described the defeat on Sunday, the fifth highest margin of an NBA eliminatory match, with the last defeat as unbalanced as it occurred in 2015 when the Bulls overturned the 54-point bucks.
Memphis players were trying to keep things in perspective when they approached journalists after the loss, Desmond Bane stressing the fact that there were still many series to play.
“In the end, it’s a match,” said Bane, according to the commercial call. “If we lose at 50 or lose on a drummer of buzzer, the series is always 1-0. Not the result we wanted, that’s for sure, but always had a good opportunity to get one on the road in two days.”
Oklahoma City led by 56 points and did not play any beginners in the fourth quarter.
“Fortunately for us, there is only one way of that, and it is in place,” said the acting coach of Grizzlies, Tuomas Iisalo, to journalists, by ESPN. “We will analyze it, we will learn, then we will repair these things that hurt us. But there were a lot. ”
MORANT finished with 17 points on a shot 6 for 17 and recorded four assists.
Memphis will have the chance to show that he can bounce back at the start of the series when he played the match 2 Tuesday at Oklahoma City.
