The Grizzlies' bench start Mexican wave en route to throttling the Milwaukee Bucks 142-101

The Grizzlies were so confident in their victory over the Bucks that their bench began to join the Mexican wave of fans.

Memphis throttled rival Milwaukee in a dominating 142-101 home victory on Thursday night.

The Grizzlies took a 46-point lead into the fourth quarter and pushed the lead to 50 with a minute to go in the final period that left the team comfortable as the clock ticked down. So confident in the fact that its bench went along with the shenanigans of the crowd.

The Grizzlies were so confident in their win that their bench joined the Mexican wave

With just over five minutes left on the clock in the fourth quarter, players sitting on the bench were seen doing the Mexican wave with the fans and laughing.

Ja Morant finished with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for his third triple-double of the season. He became the first player in franchise history to have a triple-double before the start of the fourth quarter.

Dillon Brooks added 18 points, four assists and three rebounds for the Grizzlies. Steven Adams was a force in the paint and recorded 10 points, six rebounds and five blocks. Jaren Jackson Jr. had foul trouble. and finished with four points and six boards.

The Grizzlies’ Ja Morant finished with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for a triple-double.

Despite Morant’s stats, Memphis got contributions from everyone in the blowout win. Tyus Jones (16 points), David Roddy (15 points), Brandon Clarke (12 points) and Ziaire Williams (11 points) and Santi Aldama (14 points) all came off the bench to score in double digits. Aldama scored all of his points in the second half, while the other four combined for 35 points in the first half.

Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee with 19 points, six rebounds and five assists. Bobby Portis added 19 points and seven rebounds, while MarJon Beauchamp had 12 points off the bench.

But Brook Lopez had four points and three boards, Grayson Allen added four points and two rebounds, and Khris Middleton was held to just three points on 1-of-12 shooting from the field to account for the other Milwaukee starters.

Memphis jumped out to a 9-2 lead to start the game after Morant connected on a 3-pointer with less than nine to play in the opening quarter. The Grizzlies’ lead swelled to 18-8 on back-to-back buckets by Roddy with 5:12 to play in the first.

Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee with 19 points, six rebounds and five assists

A 3-pointer by Jones and an and-one by Morant extended Memphis’ lead to 26-13 nine minutes into the game, before back-to-back buckets by Jones and Roddy gave the Grizzlies a 33-18 lead after one .

Midway through the second quarter, Memphis pushed its lead to 46-25 behind another 3-pointer from Jones, his third of the first half, a Clark jumper and back-to-back layups by Brooks. A 10-5 run, sparked by Jones and Roddy, increased the home team’s lead to 56-30 with 4:53 to play in the second quarter. Back-to-back layups by Morant put Memphis up 70-41 at halftime.

Memphis continued its onslaught against the NBA’s best defensive team in the third quarter by outscoring Milwaukee 47-30, all but ending any chance of a Bucks comeback.