… (we’ve) just got to find ways to get better. Discipline, execution, defensively, the urgency, and then just our production on offense. “We got two wins in this series, but we were far from where we needed to play. “We didn’t play our best basketball at all, in my opinion, in these six games,” Memphis coach Taylor Jenkins said.
had 14 on 3-of-12 shooting.ĭillon Brooks, the Memphis agitator who dismissed James as “old” after Game 2 and then got ejected from Game 3 for striking James in the groin, finished a dismal series performance with 10 points in Game 6 while Lakers fans booed his every move. Morant's teammates couldn't pick him up: Desmond Bane, who guaranteed a Game 7, had 15 points on 5-of-16 shooting, while Jaren Jackson Jr. Morant's injured right hand appeared to hamper his shot, and he seemed unwilling to drive the paint with his usual fearlessness while Davis loomed in the middle.
