Daily Ding: Grizzlies fade late in Minnesota, DeMar lifts Bulls over Hawks
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🗓️ 25 February 2022
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Mo Dakhil and Dave DuFour recap the first night of games after the All Star break. Ja Morant returns after injury, but can't top D'Angelo Russell's huge fourth quarter as the Timberwolves defeat the Grizzlies. DeMar DeRozan scores 37 to lead the Bulls over the Hawks, including a three point play to take the lead.
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| 0:00.0 | Ding, ding. |
| 0:03.0 | How about we can just watch basketball? |
| 0:08.8 | How about we can just watch basketball? |
| 0:14.0 | Hello and welcome to The Daily Ding on The Athletic NBA show. |
| 0:17.5 | I am Dave DeFore here with Mo DeKille for your Friday morning update. Before we start, |
| 0:22.0 | don't forget, you can subscribe to this podcast and get it ad-free, along with all the writing |
| 0:27.1 | over to The Athletic by going to theathletic.com slash NBA show and signing up. Action packed, |
| 0:32.6 | first night back after All-Star, Mo. Not bad for the Chicago Bulls. |
| 0:37.9 | They are back. |
| 0:39.2 | And this game, you know, we're going to start it the same way the Bulls finished it. |
| 0:43.4 | Because Demarta Rosen was just ridiculous in this game. |
| 0:47.9 | The Bulls beat the Hawks 112 to 108, thanks to 37 points from Demar de Rosen. |
| 0:53.9 | He started off with 16 in the first quarter. And you know what, Mo? He just finished this game off exactly the way that DeMarta Rosen's been doing all year, right? He just gets to the mid-range. I mean, it's not even that. It's 12 points in the fourth quarter. He goes completely nuts with that. And he just gets to his spots. Like, |
| 1:11.0 | that's just the thing about tomorrow. You know, he's, he's going to get there. And you know what? It doesn't matter if you play good defense because it was good defense on him. You know, that was a tough shot. It was a foul that they end up calling. But still, like, you're right there on him. And, And really, he didn't have any open looks. |
| 1:09.1 | And he just knocks down those shots. |
| 1:11.0 | Like, that's right there on him. And really, he didn't have any open looks. |
| 1:28.0 | And he just knocks down those shots. |
| 1:29.8 | Like, that's just an impressive way. |
| 1:31.6 | Five for five in the fourth quarter for DeMarta Rosen on his way to 12 points. |
| 1:35.3 | Like, man, that's just tough to beat. |
| 1:38.7 | And it was, I mean, this shot, just a pull-up jumper. |
| 1:42.8 | And Bogdanovich was all over him, as you mentioned. |
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