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Memphis was without Ja Morant, who missed the game due to right shoulder soreness, but his teammates gave him a good reason to rest.
Jaren Jackson Jr. led the Grizzlies (43-25) with 31 points. Desmond Bane added 22 points to go with 10 rebounds and eight assists.
Miami (29-38) was led by Kel’el Ware, who had 19 points and 11 rebounds, and Bam Adebayo, who finished with 18.
This was the Grizzlies’ fifth win in their past six games. After Friday, Jackson admitted that it would take some games to get back to where he was before the ankle injury that had sidelined him recently. But he looked dominant on both ends against the Heat.
And then things deteriorated – quickly. There were plenty of defensive mistakes in the final six minutes on Wednesday night. There were missed free throws. Missed opportunities to rebound the ball.
But maybe more than anything else, the strangest part of the Knicks’ collapse was Bunson’s role in it.
He had three turnovers in the final 5:30 of the game.
Brunson also made his free throws late and came up with a big basket in overtime. And he didn’t let Obi Toppin free for a put-back dunk in overtime; he didn’t fail to foul Toppin on one of Indiana’s final possessions.
He didn’t lose Andrew Nembhard as a cutter on a key play late in overtime.
