Cameron Boozer’s teams keep doing the same thing: winning.
That trend held again Saturday night in Las Vegas, where the Grizzlies knocked off the Houston Rockets 101-90 to improve to 4-1 in Summer League and punch their ticket to Sunday night’s title game against the Golden State Warriors.
Boozer didn’t have his cleanest shooting night. He went just 3-of-13 from the floor, an “off” night by his standards.
But even when the basket wasn’t cooperating, he still left his mark. Boozer finished with 12 points, 12 rebounds and five assists, and he ended up second on the team with a +15 plus-minus.
That’s the part that keeps showing up with him. The shot can go cold, but the impact doesn’t disappear.
Cedric Coward put it bluntly after the game:
“If that's an off-day, I can’t wait to see what an on-day looks like," Coward said.
Now Boozer and Memphis get another crack at Golden State in the Summer League championship game, and there’s already a little extra juice in that matchup. The head-to-head battle between Boozer and former Michigan forward Yaxel Lendeborg is one of the main draws, especially after Boozer got the better of him earlier in the week.
That earlier meeting clearly stuck with Lendeborg. Afterward, he said:
"I'm always gonna circle that matchup," Lendeborg said.
The Grizzlies already handled the Warriors by 21 points last Tuesday. In that win, Boozer posted 12 points, seven rebounds and three steals while finishing as the game’s top plus-minus at +35.
Golden State will come in looking for payback, but Boozer has been in that spot before. He’s the kind of player who keeps giving opponents a reason to circle the rematch, and the rematch usually ends the same way. With a title on the line, he’ll have another chance to do what his teams keep doing: win.
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