NBA Playoffs Western Conference Semifinals G3, the Warriors beat the Grizzlies 142-112 at home, leading 2-1 on aggregate in the series. Curry had 30 points and six assists, Poole 27 and Thompson 21 points and nine rebounds. For the Grizzlies, Morant had 34 points, seven assists and three steals, but left the game early due to injury in the fourth quarter, With Bane 16 points and Jackson 15 points.
Deportations, malicious fouls, injuries, public opinion attacks... This round of the Western Conference semifinals for the Golden State Warriors and Memphis Grizzlies is full of "extra" stories. G1 Draymond Green second class criminal Clark, was expelled; G2 Dillon Brooks evil criminal Payton II, who caused a broken arm, was expelled and added G3 suspension. Today's battle, this round of every game will be expelled by the "law" is still continuing, Kyle Anderson in the last quarter dissatisfied with the penalty to eat two T, he applied to leave. Another accident that was apparently more high-profile was that Morant withdrew from the game early with an injured right leg.
Morant was replaced halfway through the final quarter when he touched his right knee and limped off the field before returning early to the dressing room to exit the game.
No one realized what was happening at first, and the subsequent television footage gave Morant the last offensive turn before he left the court. Morant was attacked by Poole and Wiggins after launching the block. Poole, who was on the right side of Morant's body, first had a collision between his right knee and Morant's right knee, and then grabbed Morant's knee when he reached for the ball. In slow motion, the action was a real foul, but no one knew if it was the cause of Morant's discomfort in his right leg.
After the game, Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins reviewed the round this way: "Morant is being checked and we don't have further information yet. He was dribbling that round and Jordan Poole grabbed his knee while grabbing the ball and jerked it, which led to the follow-up. I'm curious about what happens after that. ”
And Morant himself was the first to fire on his personal social media, he forwarded the moment of his injury and quoted the previous Warriors coach Steve Kerr's evaluation of Dillon Brooks's bad criminals, "broke the code" .) But soon Morant deleted the message and sent a message wishing his mom a Happy Mother's Day.
In the absence of further injury updates, no one knows how seriously Morant has suffered, nor does anyone know whether he was actually injured by Poole's pull. Someone posted a shot of Morant poking against Clay Thompson at the beginning of the third quarter, in which Morant's right leg collided with Tang Shen, and after that he had some discomfort in his right leg.
At the same time, various medical experts and sports injury analysts also expressed their opinions on social media.
Dr. Pandia, whose profile is associate professor of plastic surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, wrote: "We certainly can't be 100 percent sure, but when I saw Morant's video, it's hard to imagine that Poole caused his right knee injury. That's more like morant's own misplaced ground in previous games, and that's the knee he's had injuries in the past. However, Pandia's profile also states that he has a cooperation with bay area radio station 95.7, and his Tweet finally does not forget to add the label of "Warrior Nation".
Brian Suttel, a graduate student in sports medicine, wrote: "No one's brain can move so fast that in a second it changes from wanting to grab the ball to pulling the knee. Poole couldn't have been intentionally trying to hurt Morant, and the pull was so minor that it didn't seem to me enough to cause damage. ”
Jesse Morse, whose profile is an injury specialist, also posted a video on social media for the analysis: "Poole made a very dirty move, he pushed Morant's buttocks while grabbing the inside of Morant's knee. ... Usually people don't hurt the inside of the knee because you have another leg to protect, and the injury is often the outside of the knee. Poole couldn't have touched the ball this round, and his movements were completely unacceptable. However, the above-mentioned Suttle forwarded the video and said: "If this pull is enough to cause a sprained knee, then I may have sprained the patient when I gave them an MCL examination." Even if it was really this turn that injured Morant (which is doubtful), there wasn't any dirty part here. ”
Evan Jeffries, whose profile is a sports injury analyst, wrote: "In this round, I don't think Morant will suffer a particularly serious injury, but there may be a knee sprain (MCL, medial collateral ligament sprain). First Poole had a knee collision with Morant on the outside, followed by a move to pull Morant's knee from the inside outward. ”
It is conceivable that in response to this round, the two teams have begun to tit-for-tat again. On the Grizzlies side, in addition to Jenkins and tweeted and removed Morant, Jarren Jackson Jr. also talked about this round. "Unfortunately, you never want an injury like this to come up. But no one on the field is dirty, but you know, we've been talking about boundaries, boundaries, all round. Jackson said.
The Warriors, of course, are fully opposed to any allegations against Poole. Poole himself said: "It was a basketball move, we were going to pinch him, I was rushing the ball, I wasn't that dirty player and I didn't want anyone to get hurt. ”
Curry defended Poole: "Morant's injury is not a joke, but everything that follows (the discussion) is nonsense. What Poole did was completely incomparable to what Dillon and Dream chased before. ”
Thompson looked down and laughed when he heard about Morant tweeting about it and deleting it, and then said, "That's the kind of fighting mouth in the playoffs." I don't think Poole is strong enough to hurt someone's knee, and I don't think he has any ill will. ... We don't try to hurt someone, or we hit someone's head from behind in a quick attack. ”
According to ESPN's famous Manarovsky, the league office has more video to watch and more decisions to make about the round of Pull to Morant's knee. Asked if he would appeal, Grizzlies coach Jenkins said: "We'll discuss it internally before we make a decision." ”
Either way, this episode adds drama to the already tit-for-tat showdown. Can Morant play in the next game? Will the league take a stand on this? Will Dillon's comeback add to the smell of gunpowder? Too many questions left to be answered in two days...
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