The star of Memphis Grizzlies, Jaren Jackson Jr., who walked his left ankle in the first minutes of their defeat of 132-130 against the Hawks of Atlanta on March 3, approaches a return. Friday, before their match against the Cleveland riders, the Grizzlies improved the status of Jackson to doubt.
Jackson, 25, has the best season in his career. Assuming that he meets the Nba Threshold in 65 games for end -of -season prices, he will be a candidate for the NBA, in all defense and defensive of the year. Upon entering their match against the riders, who have the best record in the League (55-10), the grizzly groles are on a sequence of four consecutive victories. At 42-24, they are second in the Western Conference with less than a month remaining in the regular season.
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Only one match, however, separates Memphis from the fifth place from Houston Rockets in the standings. While the n ° 6 offensive of the Grizzlies was a success, they fell to 11th in defense (and 22nd From January 27A stretch of 20 games). They behaved very well on the defensive without Jackson during recent victories against Dallas in digital disadvantage Dallas Mavericks and the Pelicans of New Orleans at the Lottery and the Jazz of Utah, but if they will recover for this purpose before the playoffs, they need Jackson on the ground, to be a polyvalent threat.
Jackson was also the most prolific marker of the team this season, with an average of 22.7 points (out of 59.8% true shooting) in 29.4 minutes per game. With Jackson sidelined, Desmond Bane recorded a three-point triple-double against Atlanta, then collected 27 points, 16 rebounds and six assists against Dallas and 30 points, nine rebounds and eight assists against New Orleans. In the last four Memphis games, Ja MORANT has shaken a crisis (that may have been linked to a shoulder injury), with an average of 30 points (out of 61.1% of the true shooting) and 8.3 assists. During the 122-115 Tuesday victory against Utah, Luke Kennard left the bench to score 30 points, equaling his career summit, on a shot of 11 for 14, including 7 for 9 of Deep.
Asked after the jazz match if he had to change the way he plays when Jackson is back on the field, MORANT did not even let the journalist finish the question, doing only the excitement about the imminent return of the great man.
“I can’t wait,” said more, Via the Sharon Brown of the Memphis Flyer. “I can’t wait. That’s all you need to know. I can’t wait.”
The Grizzlies striker, Santi Aldama, who missed five of his last six games, remains on Friday with a straight veal strain. The riders, who won 15 consecutive games and 19 of their last 20, will be without a star goalkeeper Donovan Mitchell due to pain in the left groin.
