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Former Michigan State Spartan Xavier Tillman Sr. recorded his first career double-double in the NBA on Monday night in the Memphis Grizzlies’ overtime loss to the Denver Nuggets.
Tillman finished with 18 points and a team-high 14 rebounds for the Grizzlies. Tillman had been averaging 6.8 points and 4.2 rebounds per game, so his Monday night performance was by far the best of his young career.
First career NBA DOUBLE-DOUBLE for @Rookiedunker last night ๐ชโ๏ธ
18 pts/14 boards and got the start. pic.twitter.com/R62Ina6ZkI
— Michigan State Basketball (@MSU_Basketball) April 20, 2021
X got the start and recorded his ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐-๐๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ last night.
๐ : 18 points | 14 reb | 2 stl | 1 blk @Rookiedunker | #GrzNxtGen pic.twitter.com/p2e7OUtL9o
— Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz) April 20, 2021
Tillman and the Grizzlies are in eighth place in the Western Conference and squarely in the playoff race. Hopefully Memphis can play its way into the playoffs so Michigan State fans will have a pair of Spartans — Jaren Jackson also plays for the Grizzlies — to watch in the postseason.
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