The Memphis Grizzlies broke the NBA grounds for borderline of triumph today, beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 152-79.
The 73 constituent borderline easy topped the erstwhile mark, which was Cleveland's 68 constituent triumph implicit Miami.
The Cavaliers topped the Heat 148-80 connected December 17, 1991.
"Tonight is not needfully who we are," Thunder manager Mark Daigneault said.
"I deliberation we've decidedly shown that from a competitory standpoint. This isn't indicative of who our squad is."
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Memphis utilized 12 players and 9 of them reached treble figures successful scoring, with Jaren Jackson Jr's 27 points starring the mode for the Grizzlies.
Memphis was without its champion player, injured defender Ja Morant.
It was 72-36 astatine halftime and the Grizzlies conscionable kept adding to the lead, yet pulling up by arsenic galore arsenic 78 points.
The Thunder flirted with being connected the incorrect extremity of the grounds past season, trailing Indiana by 67 points connected May 1 earlier rallying - specified arsenic it was - to suffer by simply 57 points, 152-95.
This was worse.
Historically worse.
The Grizzlies acceptable a franchise grounds for shooting, making 62.5 per cent of their shots.
De'Anthony Melton scored 19 points, Santi Aldama scored 18 and John Konchar scored 17 for the Grizzlies, and nary of those 3 players adjacent started.
"Man, it feels great. It feels large to beryllium successful the past books, particularly successful beforehand of our location crowd," Melton said.
"And we did it 1 done 15. Everybody contributed, everybody played hard and we each got to get successful the game. So, it's ever a blessing.
"We knew with (Morant) going down what we had to do," Melton said. "We had to measurement up."
No Memphis starter played much than 21 minutes.
Lu Dort led the Thunder with 15 points, and Oklahoma City changeable lone 33 per cent.
It was 12-8 aft 5 minutes. From there, determination was nary stopping Memphis.
The Grizzlies outscored the Thunder by 15 points successful each of the 4 quarters.
It was the 3rd consecutive crippled the Grizzlies person led from commencement to finish.
The Thunder mislaid their eighth consecutive arsenic they continued to play abbreviated handed with a fig of players unavailable, including starring scorer Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who entered concussion protocol earlier today.
Gilgeous-Alexander scored 39 points against the Rockets yesterday but suffered a stroke to the caput precocious successful the game.
Point defender Josh Giddey, who averages 10.4 points and 5.5 assists, sat retired with a non-COVID-19 illness, and the remaining players couldn't capable the void successful Oklahoma City's offense.
The Thunder had been competitory successful their 7 consecutive losses earlier today.
Their largest borderline of decision was 13 points.
"When you compete, you person vulnerability to the highs and lows of competition," Daigneault said.
"And contention comes with large joy, and it besides comes with grief and vexation and anger. And erstwhile you measurement successful that ring, that's what you exposure yourself to is each of those things. It's wherefore the joyousness feels truthful good, due to the fact that erstwhile you get punched and you sensation your ain blood, it doesn't consciousness right."
Memphis' erstwhile largest borderline of triumph was 49 points successful a 133-84 triumph implicit Houston successful February this year.
The 152 points were the astir by Memphis successful a game.
Its erstwhile people was 144 against Golden State successful 2007.
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