Memphis Grizzlies vs New Orleans Pelicans Full Game Highlights | December 31, 2022 | FreeDawkins

Get ready for LeBron's all-time points record. Merch now on 10% discount for limited time. Use code BRAUN. Link in description. Good evening, everybody, and welcome to the excitement of the NBA. From fabulous FedEx Forum on Beale Street in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, final NBA game of the calendar year. The Memphis Grizzlies welcome in the New Orleans Pelicans. Lob, Jarens! Morant, a deep three. Valanchunas taps the rebound, but Jarens first to the ball. Maine, down the lane, to the cup. Lefty lap is it. Morant playing hiding seat behind the Adams screen. Sends it and scores it. Williamson, big body, puts it in. Morant, Adams, off the bottom of the board. Gets it back and puts that one in. Adams leading the league at just under five offensive rebounds a game. Valanchunas, shooting 34% from beyond the arc. Jarens, blocked by Valanchunas. Dillon Brooks, Valanchunas, the pump fake, drives. Oh, and someone has, he's supposed to be Zion. Gets a break because of, wait, what? On the make and Brooks the foul. The three point chance for C.J. McCollum. Wow, Stephen Adams with another rejection. Morant crossing over against Williamson and scores! Konchak lobs it up, but deflected by Murphy. Back the other way for three and he hits. Five point swing there as the Grizzlies look to have a sure two. Clark and Dillon Brooks again being a playmaker. His second assist, Konchak with his steal. Lays it up and in. Morant against Arian Gomez, finding an opening. Tyus for three, bingo! Tyus and the Grizzlies, their largest lead of the game. Alvarado off the high glass. Morant against Jackson Hayes, sends Jaren away. Says get me one on one with him. Between the legs, a fade, a fill up! Gomez ran down Morant. Marshall curls, dumps it off, and Billy Arian Gomez now with five. Six to shoot, there out of the corner. Another Tyus triple, it's in again! Hayes, put it in. Jones curls in the lane, floater is up and in. Williamson curls in the lane, missed it. Arian Gomez and Billy Arian Gomez. That's seven points and six rebounds. A Brooks three is in. Just only to kill his heel with Brandon Clark. Ten on the shot clock, Devontae Graham. For three, puts it in. Brooks took Daniels off the bounce last trip, trying to do it again. Backs him down, ten to shoot. Leans in, shoots and scores. Williamson against Brooks. Williamson showing why an all-star. Jackson over Williamson. Two fouls, Lyle Williamson can't do much defensively. Blocked from behind by Bain against McCollum. And now Williamson against Brooks. Reverses, misses, Valanchunas, an offensive rebound. That's nine offensive rebounds. And it's a four-point game. Bains for three! Brooks crossing over. Blocked by Valanchunas. Full pass, McCollum floating, banking, hitting. C.J. McCollum now two of eight, he's got five points. Hayes sets up Najee Marshall for three. Najee Marshall, his first field goal, he was four for four for the free-throw line. Marshall for three. And Najee Marshall's having the game of his life. Marshall working baseline, blocked by Jaron. Then tipped, Valanchunas saves, he should've let it go. Merv Jones, it counts, and the Pelicans have their first lead of the game. Adams offensive rebound, hooks over Valanchunas. McCollum, short, rebound Roddy, eight seconds remaining. Morant, over McCollum, finger roll. Pelicans five and nine with a trail at intermission. Morant's floater, that's in. This has been a good third-quarter team. Morant's been really good from three. Trey Murphy is good from three. Stolen by Adams. Morant, back out to Morant, has Bain on the wing. Jaw to the cup, has it, by Zion. And did he step on Jaw on the five? Murphy drives on Roddy and lays it in. Trey Murphy with eight. Bain got the step against Murphy and lays it in. Williamson going downhill, lays it in. Save to Roddy, clock at seven. Grizzlies throw it away again. Williamson, and it's a three-point game. Jaron flashes into Bain, finds Bain for a pull-up, and Desmond Bain hits. And a steal by Herb Jones. Morant elevates, yes, against Aronan Jones and scores. Hand off for Bain, screen, score. Steven Adams, among the league leaders in screen assist, picks up one there. Morant, hesitation move, spins, back and forth and hits a floater, wow. What a move, back and forth. Williamson. Wyatt leads the league in layups, folks. Clark, banks it in. Williamson going left, Roddy going one on one with the defense, Morant spins, drop off, Roddy's. McCollum, the only starter in the game for the Pelicans at the moment. Drives on Conchar, banks it in. Morant, a step back, long two is in. McCollum, off the bounce, a fadeaway three, put it in. McCollum, stumbling through, flips it up, got nothing. Eight seconds remaining in the quarter, Morant to the rim. Jaron, for three, banks it in. Jackson, drives on Jackson-Hayes, pulls it to the rim and in, McCollum drives baseline. He's doubled in the corner, and it's raked away by Brandon Clark. Jones, tight, clock at nine, Williamson drives and scores. A new crease, Jaron, got the step again, Cyon, oh, that's gotta be a goal 10. So the lead grows to 13, Jaron got the step, got the dunk, Williamson, and served up the facial on Aaron N. Gomez. And a block by Brandon Clark, who is big here in the fourth as well. Jaron spins inside against Aaron N. Gomez, and that's a matchup the Grizzlies need to continue to exploit. Morant, works against McCollum, spins, fires a fadeaway, and puts it in. The Pelicans, one of the best scoring teams in the league, one of the best fourth quarter scoring teams in the league, Morant again, and the foul. Morant to the line among the league leaders in and one opportunities, and conversions, converts that one. Jackson Hayes floats it up and in. Well, Rob Fischer said in an earlier report is Jackson Hayes gets the hoop and the harm. Clock at six for Morant against Jackson Hayes, sends it, scores it, cold-blooded jumper by John Morant. Run out for Trey Murphy, Brooks will let him go. Bane, curls, creates space, hits the floater. 111 to 93. I'll tell you the other thing, though, with this spot, he can get away with it. No partner, nice pass here. Sean Shire, the backhanded layup, he has eight over to Rob Fischer. Win number 150 for head coach Taylor Jenkins, so congratulations on the milestone. He may not want to hang this on the office wall. It was, Brevin, as you pointed out, some ugly basketball tonight. Murphy with the slam. Tillman lays it in, and the Grizzlies, we should point out, did not have Santi Aldama because of the ankle that he tweaked in Toronto. 116 to 101, Grizzlies a two games to one regular season series lead over the New Orleans Pelicans. ♪ Sweet one, I was in the club ♪ ♪ Out here looking for a deep one ♪ ♪ Was it till I stayed home and I put my feet up ♪ ♪ Till I fell into your path, yeah ♪ ♪ No more looking around, I'm pleased I got another reason ♪ ♪ I keep getting out my seat, my goals are getting too big ♪ ♪ Now I'm feeling free, I got reciprocal love here ♪ ♪ And I'm willing to forget all my past ♪ ♪ Love versus lust, so obvious outside, inside ♪ ♪ I just needed what you give ♪