4 days Ago By Sean Keane, Yardbarker
Technically, Ja Morant 's second-quarter basket in the play-in game was an offensive rebound, but in spirit, it was an assist to himself. Ja off the backboard to himself 13-2 @memgrizz run to keep it close! #SoFiPlayIn on TNT pic.twitter.
com/8ZmtQDTIDO It didn't matter that Tuesday night's game with the Golden State Warriors could get his Memphis Grizzlies into the playoffs. It didn't matter that his team was rallying from a 20-point deficit. Morant can't help delivering spectacular moves, like the play where he got caught in the air, fired a shot off the backboard and recovered the rebound to score himself.
That level of showmanship is inevitable in a battle between All-Star guards Morant and Stephen Curry, who ran around nearly every Grizzlies defender and circumnavigated the court on his way to a four-point play earlier in the quarter. THIS. WHOLE.
POSSESSION. Stephen Curry is just different. pic.
twitter.com/vDY3zPJp4s Curry spread the wealth, following up a very long three-pointer by finding Moses Moody for a powerful slam. CURRY FROM ALCATRAZ.
MOODY HAMMER. MAYHEM IN SAN FRANCISCO. #SoFiPlayIn on TNT pic.
twitter.com/M7NQsvU7xO The Warriors led 67-55 at halftime. Scores from the dunk contest judges are unavailable at this time.
Sean Keane is a sportswriter and a comedian based in Oakland, California, with experience covering the NBA, MLB, NFL and Ice Cube’s three-on-three basketball league, The Big 3. He’s written for Comedy Central’s “Another Period,” ESPN the Magazine, and Audible. com.
