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Ja Morant is now tied with LeBron James with the most 45+ point Playoff games before the age of 24 after his third career Playoff game of 45 points tonight.
Ja Morant joins LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Tracy McGrady as the only players in the last 25 years to score 20+ straight points for their teams in a playoff game.
Ja Morant – 22 straight points, MEM at LAL, 04/22/23
Kobe Bryant – 23 straight points, LAL at BOS, 06/13/10
LeBron James, 25 straight points, CLE at DET, 05/31/07
Tracy McGrady, 20 straight points, ORL at MIL, 04/25/01
Ja Morant (23y 256d) is the 3rd youngest player in NBA History to record 45 points and 10 assists in a game, trailing Luka Doncic (22y 98d) and Trae Young (22y 277d).
The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 3, 111-101. Anthony Davis led the Lakers with 31 points and 17 rebounds as LeBron James added 25 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ja Morant led the Grizzlies by scoring 24 of his 45 overall points in the 4th quarter, including a run of 22 straight points, along with 13 assists and 9 rebounds. The Lakers lead this best-of-seven series, 2-1, with Game 4 taking place on Monday, April 24 (10:00 p.m., ET, TNT).
Ja Morant’s 24 points in the 4th quarter sets a new Grizzlies franchise Playoff record for points in any quarter, previously held by Morant with 18.
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Davis got open against Brooks. They couldn't get it to him. It's knocked away and here's jaw
Turns on the burners elevates and the right hand looked good on that
You're hoping for an awful lot of this turn them over allow jaw speed. This guy relentlessly attacks the rim with
James with eight quick points already
John kicks it out to aldama
And finally a three ball falls
They are on point
Morant
Got an easy one slipped loose underneath for the slam
Now he's easily getting a little bit of run here in the first half tillman off the great dime drop from jaw
Picked up this bounce got it back
One-on-one against james elects for the three
And laces it fully electric when he's 100 healthy. We know he's a gamer. There's pain there. There's swelling
a long two
rebounded by morant
Into the front court with pace brooks
lays it in and one
in transition
Just navigating
Morant from deep made the last one. That's two in a row
D'angelo picks him up now jock can get by but you see the health look at everybody's engaged and locked in defensively
Brooks from deep wow finally connects from downtown
Russell sends them weak skip pass to the corner three ball by jackson knocks it home
I like what darvin ham did I like what he did for d'angelo and for ad tonight
made them really
Get to positions of success
That's that's that's been a scuffle for lebron
all year
All his jump shooting is efficient as he has been and remarkably so for lebron
And the lead back up to 20
Morant behind the screen by jackson counters with the three off the jackson screen
Here's moran
For three again, okay lace is another one. This is crazy kinds of time right now. They're saying with that hand
We know you're gonna have to prove it. Well, he's four for six
Davis with the follow the lead back up to 16 morant raising up and one
jaw
She's now got
57
Of their 80 points by scoring and the rangers pursue a three nothing lead over the devils at madison square garden jaw
elevates and lays it in
jaw with a crossover and the left-handed finish
That's got to be frustrating to you as a coach
and
It again, it may not matter here
But you know where that matters in route to a championship
Lebron splits the double got it blocked by tillman
And jaw on the fly
Literally on the fly and one
He's basically playing with one hand. The thing is swollen. It's painful
And he has been russell
Lost the handle and he turns it over
Made it 14
Still time morant got it jaw hotter than fish grease
Jaw against lebron here
Bane off the exit screen knocks down the three
lebron to trigger
They turn it over
And jaw is going to get the easiest two of the night right there and looks like he tweaked a calf muscle
He's holding his left calf