On January 12, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Warriors challenged the Grizzlies away, the game was full of twists and turns, the Grizzlies once led by 18 points in the second quarter, the Warriors then began to chase points, and in the third quarter, the Grizzlies seized the opportunity at a critical moment, and finally won 116-108 against the Warriors, winning 10 consecutive wins, and this youth army continued to soar.
The Warriors came back to Thompson in the last game, scoring 17 points in 20 minutes of playing time, and the Warriors were previously ranked first in the league. The Grizzlies have been in better form recently, having previously won nine straight games to rank 4th in the West, and the team's core Morant is in excellent form.
Klay continued to start the game, the Warriors played 8-2, but then quickly by the opponent to play a 14-0, the first quarter of the Warriors were suppressed, a single quarter behind 4 points, Morant scored 15 points in the first quarter, bursting the defense. The Grizzlies continued to be strong in the second quarter, leading by 18 points at most, and the Warriors chased back some points before halftime, still trailing by eight points at halftime. Curry had 0-of-3 from the perimeter in the first half and had 12 points, eight rebounds and six assists.
Easy side fight again, the Warriors' offense began to exert force, Klay hit a three-pointer, Curry's fourth outside shot finally hit, the Warriors played a wave of 12-0, directly overtaking the score. The Grizzlies' offense stalled, the Warriors were out of control, and Curry scored 13 points in a single quarter to continue to extend the advantage, leading by eight points at one point. However, the Grizzlies are no. 4 in the West after all, and they quickly stabilized the situation and overtook the score with 2 minutes left in the quarter. At the end of the third quarter, the Warriors led by 3 points, and the Warriors won 11 points in this quarter.
In the final quarter, the two teams still cling to the score, the point difference is always not large, when there are 5 minutes left in the game, the Grizzlies only lead by 2 points, and the game enters a white-hot. In the deciding moment, Curry and Klay returned to the court at the same time, Jones hit two consecutive three-pointers, and the Grizzlies led by nine points at 109-100, with only 3 and a half minutes left in the game. The Warriors nibbled into the score, and with 1 minute left in the game, Payton scored just three points behind the basket, and Morant hit a key shot, which was then a fatal 2+1, and the Grizzlies sealed the victory and won 116-108.
Jones became the Grizzlies' surprise in this campaign, scoring 17 points on the outside line of 5 of 5, plus or minus +20 team-high, Morant scored 29 points, 8 assists and 4 rebounds, the score of the key moments in the final quarter killed the game, Williams, Jackson, Bane, Clark also scored in double figures, the Grizzlies broke out at multiple points, and continued to soar with 10 consecutive wins.
On the Warriors' side, Curry exploded in the second half with a triple-double of 27 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, the second of the season and the ninth of his career, Klay played 19 minutes, scored 14 points on 5-of-13 shooting, and Wiggins, Payton Jr. and Poole also scored in double figures.