Ja Morant Joins Kareem In Historic NBA Christmas Day Debut | December 25, 2022

What made this matchup seem so interesting last year losing to the warriors in the second round of the playoffs in six games first pass It's a perfect one And jaron jackson jr. With the first points of the night Here's pool stripped by brooks Morant having deeper tend to look either way count it and a foul Will shake and bake and thanked an alma to chance for a three-point play You got to take care of the basketball because defending john morant, especially Lisa part of it is because that that series last year there were ejections. There was a suspension there were injuries It was a tough physical game and a tough physical drive to the basket for john morant great movement without the ball By bull terrific screening by looney and that was steph curry like the ability to move Green misses thought he was fouled Here comes john morant back to brooks still in brooks three-pointer. Got it And morant saves it Here's the quick speed and quickness goes inside laugh. It's good off the glass Looting for a big guy's pretty good guarding guards on the perimeter tries to stay in front. He does morant just better looney And green to throw it to him on the perimeter so they can just pitch it back to a shooter Really good stuff even shenzhou playing off morant now drives gets in the paint again Isolated with looney Morant tries the three that's good And missed his first two from mr. Relevant has turned into mr. Relevant Adams with the block shot All right comes the other way Drives on d vincenzo layup is good banks at home thompson on the pull-up Rebound brooks play thompson just two of ten from the field Morant drives down the lane left-handed again off the glass more circus moves for john morant Morant stops tries another three-pointer. That's good. John morant with 23 first half points and a lead cut to eight Again, it's just his second game back after missing 17. He's just one of six tonight Morant kicks it out Aldama three-pointer is good rebounds. He defends and he hurts people and I say that with admiration In terms of just how strong he is nice backdoor cut and a beautiful pass and a time morant Aldama three-pointer that one's good Morant banks it in took the contact and still got it 12 of 18 from the field drives past steve. Vincenzo continues. Let me lay up. It's good. He's got 30 It's one of the better games they play because it's a memphis team. It's physical. It's tough Jackson fires away and jackson's only played 11 minutes because of valve trouble John drives inside the clark gathers and able to back it home with the left hand moran again racing up the floor Side sabotage slam and lays it up with the left hand the agility Morant with six to shoot Jones right back to moran Three-pointer that's good. John moran his second three. He was just one three stops blocked by jackson Here's moran Jones lines up a three-corner. That's good. Ty is jones from downtown Their last home game prior to tonight was december 10th against the boston suffolks They beat the team of the best record in the east that night as jaron jackson puts it in