<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ja2.jpg"></figure><h1>Grizzlies’ Ja Morant hits Brandon Clarke with insane no-look alley-oop</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-02-25T19:52:12-08:00">February 25th, 7:52pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-02-25T19:52:45-08:00">February 25th, 7:52pm</time><address><a>David Bernal</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Even when he isn’t scoring, Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies can still find ways to hurt opponents. This is what makes him who he is as a basketball force. Brandon Clarke and the Los Angeles Clippers know this.</p><p>With Memphis sprinting out to a double-digit lead against the Clippers midway through the third quarter of their match Thursday night, the Memphis point guard beat his defender into the middle of the lane before tossing a no-look dime to a waiting Brandon Clarke for the slam.</p><p>Check it out for yourself and see the playmaking artistry of Ja Morant in yet another dimension from this Thursday night game (<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/memphis-grizzlies">Clip via the NBA):</a></p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Ja Morant tosses the perfect NO-LOOK OOP to Brandon Clarke on League Pass! 😱 <a href="https://t.co/TBkca5WARC" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/TBkca5WARC</a></p><p>— NBA (@NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1365127966569750535?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 26, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Attacking off the dribble <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1365127966569750535?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1365127966569750535%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D1018833action%3Dedit">just above the arc,</a> Ja Morant slithered around a high screen set by Jonas Valanciunas against Patrick Beverly.</p><p>With the Clippers defender falling a half-step behind the driving point guard, Ja Morant not only reached the lane unimpeded but froze Paul George in place near the elbow and pushed Serge Ibaka up as the center tried to stop the drive.</p><p>With the defense caught in no man’s land, Ja Morant tossed a no-look alley-oop pass to a leaping Brandon Clarke that left the Clippers frustrated as the lead ballooned to 15 points.</p><p>Though Los Angeles has had success for most of the night at preventing the point guard from racking up points, the sequence was a perfect encapsulation of what makes Ja Morant so dangerous on offense.</p><p>Boasting superb court vision, as well as a deadly quick first step, Ja Morant is routinely able to get where he wants on the court before feasting on a selection of shot attempts or passing lanes.</p><p>With his teammates growing adept at cutting off the ball, Memphis boasts a plus-nine differential when Ja Morant is on the court, according to Cleaning the Glass.</p><p>LA may be a defensive juggernaut, but Morant is playing 4-D chess at this point.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Grizzlies’ Ja Morant hits Brandon Clarke with insane no-look alley-oop

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brandon-Clarke-out-2-weeks-with-quadriceps-injury.jpg"></figure><h1>Grizzlies’ Brandon Clarke out 2 weeks with quadriceps injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-02-25T18:48:23-08:00">February 25th, 6:48pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-02-25T18:48:23-08:00">February 25th, 6:48pm</time><address><a>Ashish Mathur</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>Memphis Grizzlies rookie Brandon Clarke will be out at least two weeks with a right quadriceps injury.</p><p>Clarke left Monday’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers with hip soreness:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Grizzlies say rookie forward Brandon Clarke has a right quadriceps injury, which will be re-evaluated in two weeks.</p><p>— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpearsESPN) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/MarcJSpearsESPN/status/1232490580082475008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>Clarke is <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/clarkbr01.html">averaging</a> 12.0 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game in 21.7 minutes for the Grizzlies this season. He’s shooting 62.3 percent from the field, 40.4 percent from beyond the arc and 78.5 percent from the free-throw line.</p><p>The Grizzlies, behind the stellar play of rookie point guard Ja Morant and second-year big man Jaren Jackson Jr., are 28-29 on the season. They are in eighth place in the rugged Western Conference standings.</p><p>Morant, who is the front-runner for the 2020 Rookie of the Year Award, is putting up 17.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 6.8 assists in 51 games this season. Jackson — who like Clarke, is hurt — is averaging 16.9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists.</p><p>—</p><p><i>Follow ClutchPoints on <a href="https://twitter.com/clutchpointsapp" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/clutchpoints/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>, and like us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ClutchPoints/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a> for more news on the Grizzlies and NBA. We can also be found on Flipboard where you can subscribe and follow us.</i></p><p><i>All of our Grizzlies and other NBA content can be found on the NBA section of the ClutchPoints home page <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba-news" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. 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Grizzlies’ Brandon Clarke out 2 weeks with quadriceps injury

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Grizzlies-news-Ja-Morant-Brandon-Clarke-record-feat-last-done-in-2009.jpg"></figure><h1>Grizzlies rookies’ Ja Morant, Brandon Clarke record feat last done in 2009</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-01-24T22:39:38-08:00">January 24th, 10:39pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-01-24T22:39:38-08:00">January 24th, 10:39pm</time><address><a>Christian Alamodin</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>It’s no secret that the Memphis Grizzlies killed it during the 2019 Draft, and they may have found their franchise player in Ja Morant. However, he isn’t the only outstanding rookie on the team. During the Grizzlies’ 125-112 victory over the Detroit Pistons, both Morant and Brandon Clarke played exceptionally well. In fact, <a href="https://twitter.com/GrizzliesPR/status/1220916742475730954">the last time the Grizzlies had two outstanding rookies</a> was more than a decade ago, when another great was wearing the Memphis jersey.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tonight at Detroit, <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/JaMorant?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JaMorant</a> (16 points, 12 assists) and <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/brandonclarke23?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@brandonclarke23</a> (15 points, 11 rebounds) became the 1st pair of <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/memgrizz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@memgrizz</a> rookies to record double-doubles in the same game since Marc Gasol and O.J. Mayo on Feb. 9, 2009 vs. New Orleans. <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/gErKkeZihY">pic.twitter.com/gErKkeZihY</a></p><p>— Grizzlies PR (@GrizzliesPR) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/GrizzliesPR/status/1220916742475730954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>It was a solid night for Morant as he led the Grizzlies through his playmaking. The electrifying guard finished with 16 points, two rebounds, and 12 assists in 31 minutes of play. His passes cut through the Detroit defense like butter and helped his team get the win.</p><p>Clarke’s stat line was arguably more exciting, though. The 21st pick in the 2019 Draft was all over the court. The undersized power forward finished with 15 points, 11 boards, an assist, a block, and a steal. It was an amazing night for him that definitely harked back to the time when Marc Gasol and O.J. Mayo were rookies.</p><p>The two became key pieces during the early years of the Grit ‘N Grind era of the Grizzlies, with Mayo providing the scoring and Gasol being the solid presence down low. However, things took the worse for Mayo; he is now out of the league due to a drug-related violation. Meanwhile, Gasol was traded to the Toronto Raptors after years of dominance with the Grizzlies to win his first championship.</p><p>Memphis hoops fans hope that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-taylor-jenkins-wont-pressure-and-rush-ja-morant-brandon-clarke/">their new young guns</a> will be able to exceed what Gasol and Mayo achieved during their time with the team. 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Grizzlies rookies’ Ja Morant, Brandon Clarke record feat last done in 2009

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https://twitter.com/brandonclarke23/status/1332365474835947520/

Drew Timme has gotta be one of the top bigs in the country. Great IQ, high energy, and very skilled🤙🏽

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Great win!!! @ZagMBB 💪🏽🔥 Squad this year is extremely impressive 👀

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Let’s goooo!!!🐻🔥🔥 @KillianTillie      Can’t wait to get to work with ya again brotha!!!

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For any Assassins Creed: Valhalla fans I have 4 codes for Xbox n 3 copies for PlayStation! Who wants one n which console?👏🏽

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Excited to play the brand new entry to one of my favorite game series of all time today!!! Thank you @assassinscreed for the copies!🥷

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Fully invest in yourself 🤜🏽🤛🏽

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Thank you to all my people for the birthday wishes 💙✊🏽excited for my Kobe year🙏🏽#24 @ Memphis, Tennessee 

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2020-21 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
12.5	5.7	1.6	0.7	1.2

2020-21 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
12.5	5.7	1.6	0.7	1.2

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