Immanuel Quickley had 26 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists in the Toronto Raptors’ second consecutive victory by beating Ja Morant’s Grizzlies 116-111.
The Canadians’ new point guard finished with 5/8 in triples and 5/6 from the line. “He fits in very well,” said Darko Rajakovic about his arrival. «He is a guy who can do a lot with the ball. And the launch of it is something that makes the difference for us », he highlighted.
Quickley has only played his second game since his transfer; However, he has assured that his adaptation is being “very simple”, and that from the first day they have opened the doors of the locker room for him.
«Darko (Rajakovic) called me while the game was going on and said: ‘You’re not having fun. Have fun’. A coach has never done that with me,” the player acknowledged.
The Grizzlies, for their part, were losing by 18 points with just over 9 minutes remaining (102-84); However, they managed to get back on track thanks to a favorable run of 16-4 led by Morant. The Tennessee team stayed very close, but the Raptors never allowed themselves to give up the lead and held on until the final horn.
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“To be honest with you, in that last quarter we were able to maintain control on the offensive side,” Rajakovic said. «We were everywhere. We were doing really well. We were executing it », he concluded.
The aforementioned Ja Morant was the Grizzlies’ greatest exponent with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists; supported by Desmond Bane with 22 points, and by reserve Ziaire Williams with 18 points in just 18 minutes off the bench.
«As a coach you can’t do much. You don’t wear the shirt. You don’t run the track from one side to the other. It has nothing to do with him. Everything depends on us. We have to play better,” Bane acknowledged.
(Cover photo: Mark Blinch/Getty Images)
2024-01-04 11:00:00
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