The NBA playoffs continued, and the Warriors' game against the Grizzlies G4 officially began. The importance of this game for both sides is self-evident, and for the Warriors to lose this game, they can only play "King Mountain", which is obviously something that the Warriors are very reluctant to see. Conversely, if the Grizzlies lose the game it means 1-3 behind, which is an outcome that the Grizzlies don't want to see. To this end, since the start of the game, both teams have shown 120% of their strength to cope with this game, and the difference between the two teams has remained in single digits. In the first half, the difference between the two teams was only 7 points. Even in the second half, the difference between the two teams was still in single digits. However, in the final decisive moments, the Warriors still withstood the pressure to win 101-98 over the Grizzlies, leading 3-1 in the series. 3-1 was also the only group 3-1 in the semi-finals.
Truth be told, the Warriors won for two reasons. First: Curry is too stable. Curry played 37 minutes and shot 10-of-25, including 4-of-14 from three-point range and 8-of-9 from the free throw line, and got 32 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 steal. Although Curry's three-point shooting rate in this game is not too high, Curry's decisive moment is to harvest the game. In particular, Curry won 8 free throw opportunities in the decisive time, and curry's shooting rate in these 8 free throws was 100%. Second: The Warriors do a very good job of controlling the details. Let's take a look at two sets of data. Rebounding: The Warriors grabbed 54 rebounds and the Grizzlies grabbed 48 rebounds. In terms of free throw percentage: the Warriors shot 90% from the free throws and the Grizzlies with 60%. Obviously, these two points are undoubtedly the main reasons for the Warriors to win.
Okay, after talking about the warriors who won, let's talk about the Grizzlies who lost. I believe that many fans will ask a question about where the Grizzlies lost? In response to this problem, Xiaobian will talk about his own views. Objectively speaking, the Grizzlies played very well in the first 46 minutes of this game, but they lost in the last 2 minutes because they made three very low-level mistakes in the last 2 minutes.
First: The game went into the final 2 minutes or so, and the Grizzlies led the Warriors by one point. It is reasonable to say that the Grizzlies should stick to their strategy at this time and continue to play the inside, but what people did not expect was that the Grizzlies actually shot a 3-pointer during this time period. I don't know what people think of this three-pointer? Anyway, in my opinion, this three-pointer is a key goal that affects the direction of the game. To borrow a phrase from the live commentator, it was "Why did he shoot that three-pointer?" ”。
Second: The game entered the final 22 seconds or so, and the Warriors led the Grizzlies by one point. Jackson inside forced Green to fail to score the ball. At this time, the Grizzlies scrambled for rebounds under the basket to foul Curry, and as a result, Curry made 2 free throws to help the Warriors extend the lead to 3 points. Third: In the final 15 seconds or so of the game, the Warriors led the Grizzlies by 3 points. At this time, the Grizzlies did not shoot 3 points, but instead used to take 2 points from the inside. Of course, I'm not saying that 2 points can't be done. But what I'm trying to say is that the Warriors have two of the best free throwers in the league, so what's the point of you taking 2 points and then fouling?
Say a thousand, say ten thousand. In terms of overall strength, the Grizzlies may be able to compete with the Warriors, but in terms of game experience and control ability, the gap between the Grizzlies and the Warriors is 18,000 miles. At the end of the day, the Warriors won in experience and the Grizzlies lost on youth.