MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Ja Morant had 27 points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds, Jaren Jackson Jr. added 28 points and the Memphis Grizzlies overcame a lackluster first half to defeat the Indiana Pacers 112-100 on Sunday. “We needed it,” Morant said.
I am.” Those words would be just as fitting if they were written for Jazz Chisholm Jr., the Eurostepping phenom of the Marlins who was revealed as the cover athlete for the popular baseball video game MLB The Show 23 on Monday afternoon. His star quality is undeniable—it takes all of one highlight reel to recognize it—but considering he plays on a team that is coming off consecutive fourth-place finishes and is hardly trying to contend this season, Chisholm is certainly the least accomplished player The Show has ever included on its cover.
At 10–16, they have the worst record in away games of the top-six teams in the East after adding two losses and one win to their tally. Two days after that complete showing against one of the two teams ahead of them in the conference, the Kings fell flat in an 18-point home loss to the Raptors, who have struggled on the road.
During the third quarter at FedExForum, Ja Morant and Pacers guard Andrew Nembhard started talking trash to each other, and players from both teams got involved. Jan 29, 2023; Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Davonte Pack, friend of Memphis Grizzlies player Ja Morant, is held back by Tee Morant, father of Ja after a verbal altercation with Indiana Pacers players during the second half at FedExForum.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Ja Morant had 27 points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds, Jaren Jackson Jr. added 28 points and the Memphis Grizzlies overcame a lackluster first half to defeat the Indiana Pacers 112-100 on Sunday. "We needed it," Morant said.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Ja Morant had 27 points, 15 assists, and 10 rebounds, Jaren Jackson Jr. added 28 points, and the Memphis Grizzlies overcame a lackluster first half to defeat the Indiana Pacers 112-100 on Sunday. “We needed it,” Morant said.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Ja Morant had 27 points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds, Jaren Jackson Jr. added 28 points and the Memphis Grizzlies overcame a lackluster first half to defeat the Indiana Pacers 112-100 on Sunday. Aaron Nesmith had 16 points and Myles Turner added 15 points.
Jacobi James McCollum (age 1) at last accepts the coaching, freeing Dad to resume his reflections on leadership, team building, winemaking, union leading and fatherhood—and the immense challenge of doing it all simultaneously while also navigating a new team, a new city and new expectations after his trade from Portland to New Orleans last February. But I think I’ve displayed the fact that I can lead in different ways.”
Best attempts to build around a rising star included a four-year, $71 million contract for Tim Hardaway Jr. and several more swings around the fringe that made the Knicks just good enough for the lottery odds not to favor them. In a rush for relevance, the Knicks abandoned what made them worthwhile: a defensive mindset that closed the gap between them and more talented teams at the top of the East.
