What seemed like a dream season for the Memphis Grizzlies It can turn into a nightmare. The last week has been one of the most complicated of the last five years for the Tennessee franchise. First, the injury to his left Achilles tendon Brandon Clark, which will leave you out for the rest of the lesson. Later, his scandal Ha Morad, an event that will keep him out of the team indefinitely. A mix of conditions coming at a crucial time in the Regular Season, with less than 20 games to go and the goal of holding on to 2nd place in the West. Taylor Jenkins’ men will need to get the most out of their squad and that’s where his name is Sandy Aldama emerges strongly.
He Canary He is wrapping up a great season in his senior year sophomore and, even with everything, a year with ups and downs, with changes and where he had to adapt to the different conditions that have arisen.
Aldama began the campaign as a starter, switching to the position from four to Jaren Jacksonhe later became one of the pillars of the bench and, now, just weeks before it’s all over, the power forward must once again step forward.
🇮🇨 In Morant’s absence, Santi Aldama was there
✅ 9 points
✅ 4 of 8 field goals
✅ 20 minutes
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The situation in grizzly it can’t be more thin.
Without the star tasked with scoring nearly a quarter of the team’s points and the lynchpin of its offensive game, nor the sixth man on defense and a key piece of the entire network, they will have to rework their plan a lot to secure the second place in the West. In Memphis’ favor, the fact that it has the most accessible schedule in all of the NBA games, having to face the entire bottom zone of both Conferences on several occasions. Which doesn’t remove a single minute of difficulty from the company in front of him.
It is at this point that Santi Aldama becomes important. To all this must be added the fact that Steven Adams He has been absent since January 23 due to a sprained posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. Taylor Jenkins has gone from one of the largest and richest indoor exchanges in the West to Jackson, Aldama and Xavier Tillman, notably.
Santi Aldama has mostly practiced with a more classic pivot like Adams and Tillman, but has only shared 15 minutes all season with Jaren Jackson Jr. The union of both has left distorted performance due to low intensity, with +34.7 from net score, which should hardly be taken into account. However, the Grizzlies don’t have many other options to mess with and find the desired balance from here until the end.
On the other hand, the Canaries player always responded positively to the challenges presented to him.
As a starter and in his first real chance to show himself as an NBA player he went to 9.8 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.2 blocks and 46.5% accuracy in 27.7 minutes. Some correct numbers that, over time, were difficult for him to maintain, but he managed to maintain thanks to his outward accuracy. 9.0 points and 36.5% on 3-pointers in 20 minutes over the next 46 games he has played.
Linking up with Jackson seems like the most logical thing to do, which should happen sooner rather than later because it allows Memphis more flexibility on both ends. Even if he doesn’t start as a starter, the important thing is that both share the court more regularly in favor of a more limited forward Tillman.
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Denver Nuggets announced Nikola Jokic He will miss at least four weeks due to a left knee injury.
Star center was diagnosed with left knee hyperextension. At the same time, tests confirmed that the three-time NBA MVP’s knee ligaments remained intact.
Jokic was injured in the final seconds of the first half of the 123-147 loss to the Miami Heat and limped heavily on his way to the locker room. He did not return to the site after a long time.
Before his injury, Nikola managed to produce 21 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds in just 19 minutes on the field.
Losing Jokic could be a big blow for Denver, as starters Christian Braun (ankle injury), Aaron Gordon (hip issue) and Cam Johnson (knee injury) remain sidelined.
Jokic averaged 29.9 points, 12.4 rebounds and 11.1 assists per game this season.
Injury Update: Nikola Jokić suffered a Hyperextension injury in his Left Knee in last night’s match against Miami Heat. Nikola will be re-evaluated in four weeks. pic.twitter.com/NIDmlKAN81
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11 games were played in the NBA regular season on the night of December 29-30.
Miami hosted Denver and earned a landslide victory.
The home team was ahead by 12 points with 41:29 to play in the first quarter, but the Nuggets were able to slowly win back in the second quarter. The teams entered a long break with the score tied at 63:63. The decisive factor in the match was the third quarter, when the Heat made an 11:0 move and led by 15 points at 84:69. After that the home team completely controlled the course of the game and only increased their advantage, achieving a crushing victory – 147:123.
The most productive player of the match was Powell, who brought 25 points to Miami, while Jaques (20 points + 11 assists) and Adebayo had double-doubles with 13 points + 10 rebounds.
San Antonio hosted Cleveland and suffered a sensational defeat.
Three-quarters of the meeting was fought evenly, with the teams responding to each other’s pushes with their own pushes and often staying within a shot or two of each other. That changed in the fourth quarter, as the Cavaliers went on a 15-2 run to take a 10-point lead, 94-84. They then maintained their advantage and won with a score of 113:101.
Cleveland’s main hero in this game was Allen, who had a double-double with 27 points and 10 rebounds. Garland can achieve the same success with 15 points and 11 assists.
Toronto beat Orlando at home.
Magic started the match better and made a 14:2 move at the start. Afterwards, they took control of the course of the game and increased the advantage completely to +21 – 51:30 in the second 12 minutes. After that, the home team slowly started to close the gap and entered the long break with a score of 11-11 at 54:65. The third quarter was tied, so Orlando still had a double-digit advantage ahead of the final: 94:84. At the beginning of the match the play followed the same scenario but in the middle Toronto made a move with 15:0 and not only won it back but also took the lead with 105:102. The fate of the game was decided by Barnes’ free throws, which set the score at 107:106 with 1 minute and 27 seconds left in the quarter.
Barnes could not make a triple-double this time, but he did a double-double and got 13 points and 11 rebounds, while the most productive name in the victory was Shead with 19 points.
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Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo He gave a harsh response to the question about a possible trade to another NBA club:
“I’m here. Don’t ask me that question. It’s disrespectful to me and my teammates. I wear this jersey every day.
To say I don’t want to be here is disrespectful to the organization, the coaching staff, myself and everyone who worked hard to get me on the field. Don’t ask me this question. I am her. I’m going out in this uniform. And as long as I’m here, I’ll give it my all until the last second of the match.”
On the night of December 27-28, Antetokounmpo returned to the field after his calf muscle injury and became the most productive player of the game with the Chicago Bulls – 112:103.
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