On January 12, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Grizzlies hosted the Warriors at home, Thompson ushered in the second game after the comeback, the state of the Warriors in the first half was average, at most 18 points behind, fortunately at the end of the second quarter they recovered some points, the half still trailed by 8 points.
The Grizzlies have been in hot form recently, winning nine straight games and ranking 4th in the West. The Warriors finished first in the league with 30 wins and 9 losses, and Thompson returned after more than 2 years in the last game, playing 20 minutes and scoring 17 points, showing good form. The two teams have met twice this season, each winning one.
Klay entered the start again, the Warriors had a good start, at one point 8-2 lead, but the Grizzlies, led by Morant, quickly played a wave of 14-0 counter-score, the first quarter Morant fired full fire, a single quarter bombarded 15 points, up to 10 points ahead, the Warriors attacked the dud, Curry scored 4 of 0 in a single quarter, only relying on free throws to get 3 points, fortunately at the end of the quarter, the Warriors scored consecutive points, only 4 points behind in the first quarter.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the two teams clenched the score, the score alternately rose, the Grizzlies took the lead, Williams and Anderson, two consecutive three-pointers, the Grizzlies 42-31 led by 11 points. The timeout came back, Curry returned to the court, but the Warriors' offense was still not good, the Grizzlies continued to have a good hand, continued to widen the point difference, and after Morant vacated the basket, the Grizzlies led by 18 points 49-31, completely blinding the Warriors.
The Grizzlies' offense was sharp and completely overwhelmed the Warriors. At the end of the quarter, the Warriors' offense improved slightly, with Wiggins hitting a three-pointer and Payton Jr. dunking points to narrow the gap to 11 points. The two teams alternated points as the Warriors trailed 51-59 at halftime. Curry felt average in the first half, shooting 3 of 8 from the field and 0 of 3 from the outside line, scoring 12 points, but with 8 rebounds and 6 assists, it is expected to have a triple-double, Klay only played 10 minutes to score 7 points, and Wiggins had 10 points in the account. Morant had 18 points and four assists, Williams 10 and Jones nine.