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The Grizzlies defeated the Mavericks! Morant 21+13 Russell 9+5, Klay 0 of 6, the No. 1 pick opened high and went low

3:05pm, 8 November 2025【Basketball】

On November 8th, the Grizzlies played against the Mavericks in the NBA Cup. At the end of the game, the Grizzlies successfully defeated the Mavericks 118-104. The Grizzlies have had some problems recently. With some conflicts between Morant and the head coach, this has also plunged the Grizzlies into trade rumors. Now the Grizzlies have suffered 4 consecutive losses and fell to the 13th position in the Western Conference. As for the Mavericks, their performance has been even worse since the beginning of this season. The top pick Flagg has also struggled due to organizational problems. Now the Mavericks have fallen directly to the bottom of the Western Conference after suffering a three-game losing streak. In this game, the Grizzlies started with Morant, Wells, Pope, Jackson and Landale, while the Mavericks started with Russell, Christie, Flagg, Washington and Gafford.

In the first quarter, Washington scored an alley-oop. After Landale scored with a hook, Morant hit a mid-range shot. After Washington hit a mid-range shot, Pope scored a jumper. After Christie hit a three-pointer, the Grizzlies went on an 8-0 run. After Russell scored to stop the bleeding, Morant hit a throw. Morant continued to score after Christie dunked. The Grizzlies led by 7 points. After the timeout, the Grizzlies went on a 7-2 run. After Washington scored on a hook, Aldama hit a three-pointer. After Washington hit a three-pointer, Marshall made 1 of 2 free throws. After that, the Mavericks once chased points, but Morant led the team to respond. At the end of the first quarter, the Grizzlies led by 10 points. In the second quarter, the Grizzlies went on a 7-2 run. Flagg hit a three-pointer, then Pope hit a shot, Russell scored on a throw, and then Jackson scored on a layup. Russell then struggled to score, while Jackson, Wells, Coward, and Aldama frequently hit three-pointers, and the Grizzlies led to 24 points. The two teams went back and forth in the final stage, and the Mavericks trailed by 23 points at halftime.

The Grizzlies went on a 4-0 run in the third quarter. After Flagg scored on a throw, Morant hit a long shot. After Christie hit a three-pointer, the Grizzlies went on a 7-0 run. After Hardy made 2 of 2 free throws, Aldama scored inside, and after Coward hit a mid-range shot, William Sis scored a layup, Langdale scored on a hook and then Cisse scored on an alley-oop. After Jackson scored 4 points in a row, Williams stopped the bleeding with 2+1. The two teams played back and forth in the next game. The Grizzlies maintained a big lead, but Marshall and Hardy chased points in the final stage. At the end of the three quarters, the Mavericks trailed by 22 points. In the fourth quarter, Spencer hit a three-pointer, and then the Mavericks went on a 6-0 run. After Spencer hit a three-pointer, Morant made 2 of 2 free throws. In the next game, the Mavericks made more points and slowly caught up with the score. Marshall scored 5 points in a row and the Mavericks caught up to 13 points. Coward stabilized the situation later, and the Grizzlies finally defeated the Mavericks.

The Grizzlies played very well in this game. Not only did Pope find his offensive touch in the game, Jackson and Coward also played very efficiently in the game, and Morant also contributed in the game. In the end, the Grizzlies won a big victory. At the end of the game, Morant had 21 points, 5 rebounds and 13 assists, Pope had 12 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, Jackson had 17 points and 4 rebounds, Landale had 11 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, Aldama had 16 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and Coward had 21 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists. Although Russell played efficiently in this game, Russell's shots were limited in this game. At the end of the game, Russell scored 9 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists on 4 of 5 shots.

Now Clay has been relegated to the substitute position, but Clay still failed to find an offensive state during the game. Clay even made three misses during the game. At the end of the game, Clay scored 0 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists on 0-for-6 shooting. It can be said that Clay's poor performance is really helpless. At the same time, the number one pick in this game also started high and went low. Although Flagg once performed well in the second quarter, Flagg began to slump again in the second half. At the end of the game, Flagg scored 12 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, of which Flagg only scored 2 points in the second half.

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