Career best, four games

Morant has the best four-game stretch of his career

Ja Morant averaged 35.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists over four games from Dec. 27 to Jan. 3, shooting 53 for 92, and the Grizzlies went 4-⁠0.

By Performance Score the four add up to +42.1, the best four-game stretch of his 164 games.

The best of them was 30 points and 8 assists against San Antonio on Dec. 31, +14.4. He went 17 for 21 at the rim, 21 for 48 in the paint and 14 for 19 from 3. His 120 points from the field came on 92 shots, 28.3 more than the league scores from the same zones. Desmond Bane set up 6 of his 53 baskets.

His old best four, +36.9, came April 19 to 25, 2021: 29.8 points, 6.8 rebounds and 8.0 assists a game, 2-⁠2.

The four games

Game	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TO	+/−	PS
Dec. 27, 2021at PHX	W 114-113	34	33	4	4	2	0	14-25	3-5	2-4	2	+15	+8.2
Dec. 29, 2021vs LAL	W 104-99	36	41	10	2	2	2	13-27	6-7	9-12	6	+3	+7.3
Dec. 31, 2021vs SAS	W 118-105	32	30	6	8	0	0	12-18	3-3	3-3	0	+15	+14.4
Jan. 3, 2022at BKN	W 118-104	34	36	6	8	0	0	14-22	2-4	6-10	3	+24	+12.2
Four games	4-0	135	140	26	22	4	2	53-92	14-19	20-29	11	+57	+42.1

PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.

His shots, all four games

His shots: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange. Click any shot for the play.

Ja Morant

140 PTS · 53-92 FG · 14-19 3P · 20-29 FT

53-92 FG 57.6%14-19 3P 73.7%

120 points from the field on 92 shots: 28.3 more than the league scores from the same zones.

By zone, against the league
Zone	FG	%	League
At the rim	17-21	81.0%	65%
In the paint	21-48	43.8%	43%
Mid-range	1-4	25.0%	41%
Corner 3	1-1	100.0%	38%
Above-the-break 3	13-18	72.2%	35%

His old best four

Game	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TO	+/−	PS
April 19, 2021at DEN	L 137-139	45	36	8	12	3	1	13-24	2-5	8-11	4	+9	+12.2
April 21, 2021at LAC	L 105-117	31	22	6	4	1	0	9-15	4-6	0-4	4	−11	+2.2
April 23, 2021at POR	W 130-128	36	33	5	13	1	0	11-17	1-3	10-12	0	+4	+18.0
April 25, 2021at POR	W 120-113	30	28	8	3	2	0	8-15	3-4	9-12	4	+9	+4.6
Four games	2-2	144	119	27	32	7	1	41-71	10-18	27-39	12	+11	+36.9

His shots: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange. Click any shot for the play.

Ja Morant

119 PTS · 41-71 FG · 10-18 3P · 27-39 FT

41-71 FG 57.7%10-18 3P 55.6%

92 points from the field on 71 shots: 11.7 more than the league scores from the same zones.

By zone, against the league
Zone	FG	%	League
At the rim	25-36	69.4%	64%
In the paint	5-15	33.3%	43%
Mid-range	1-2	50.0%	42%
Corner 3	1-3	33.3%	39%
Above-the-break 3	9-15	60.0%	36%