For Klay Thompson, the return is just right. Because the Warriors have gone from singing all the way to consecutive losses and Curry's continued slump, it is indeed necessary for someone to help the team regain its hunger for game victory through changes in game enthusiasm and commitment, as well as cooperation and interaction with teammates. Klay Thompson is undoubtedly a good recipe for the Warriors to get back on track. Although there is still a certain gap between him and his peak state after his return in the last round of the game, he can score around 20 points and have a comprehensive performance in statistics such as rebounds, assists and steals, which is enough to prove the value of Klay Thompson.
In the new round, the Warriors as the number one in the West need to accept the challenge from the fourth place in the West, Curry, Klay Thompson and Wiggins, Juan Angson and Looney are all in the starting lineup, and Draymond Green and Cumminga are not in the lineup due to injury. On the Grizzlies' side, the starters were Morant, Bain, Williams, Kyle Anderson and Jalen Jackson Jr. Steven Adams and Pons also don't play. Both teams are essentially missing two regular rotation players. In addition, due to the quarantine of Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins, the team's assistant coach took his place as manager. In the first quarter of the game, Wiggins helped the Warriors open the record with a drift layup, and Morant drew the score to a 2-2 draw by making a foul on the free throw line. Klay Thompson's step-back jumper, Wiggins' dry jumper and folding layup helped the Warriors widen the gap 8-2. However, the Grizzlies then immediately hit the ball, and Williams used unreasonable three-pointers to reverse the score 9-8. Morant's inside-out shots stretched the gap between the two sides to 18-10 and 20-12, 22-14 at one point, until the Grizzlies took a 28-24 lead at the end of the first quarter. Curry is still in a sluggish offensive state in this quarter, with 3 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists on 0-of-4 shooting, and the team also made 6 mistakes in a single quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, the Grizzlies turned on a three-pointer abuse mode. Tyes Jones was the first to step up and use three points to widen the difference between the two sides to 31-24, substitute Otto Porter just responded with a breakthrough basket, Williams and Jalan Jackson used three-pointers to make the two sides 42-31, and the difference between the two teams also reached two figures. Morant assisted Bain's three-pointer to further extend the score to 45-31. At this time, the second quarter is only 5 minutes past. The Grizzlies' three-pointer is already 8-of-13! Watching Morant's aerial work stretch the score further to 49-31. The Grizzlies were directly hit by the Warriors a 21-7. Fortunately, Curry found some touch in the middle of the quarter, Wiggins and Gary Payton II, also outside the three-point line, Klay Thompson's whistle hit made the two sides freeze at 59-51 at halftime, and the Warriors trailed by 8 points. Throughout the first half, Grizzlies Morant shot 7-of-13, contributing a game-high 18 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, and Williams also scored 10 points. The Warriors had only 1 curry in doubles, shooting 3-of-8 and had 12 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, while Klay Thompson scored 7 points.
The second half began, with Klay Thompson hitting a three-pointer on the perimeter as soon as he came up, and the gap between the two sides was narrowed to five points. With players hitting consecutive free throws and Curry's three-point line feel revived, the Warriors also rebounded with a 12-0 surge to win 63-59. The Warriors' highest lead in this quarter once reached 8 points, but the Grizzlies Payton II played 2+1, and other teammates also began to seek an inside break, playing more than 7 minutes in this quarter, the two teams scored 74-73, the Warriors also led by 1 point, but the Grizzlies soon won with the same consecutive offense, rebounding to 79-74. Otto Porter's three-pointer brought the two sides back to a 79-79 draw. It was still the Warriors who played more offensively efficiently at the end of the quarter, regaining the lead at 90-87. In this quarter, the two teams, one moment you lead, the next I lead, always the score is tight, and the 3-point difference is destined to become more sparkly in the fourth quarter.
As soon as the fourth quarter came up, in less than 30 seconds, the Grizzlies tied the score with a three-pointer. Curry had just scored on the inside, and Jaren Jackson immediately responded with a two-pointer. Curry's three outside lines also gave the Grizzlies a chance, and they hit consecutive shots from inside and outside the line, playing for 5 and a half minutes, and the Grizzlies took a 101-98 lead. Gary Payton's layup hit a 109-102 run three minutes before the end of the game, and the Grizzlies' lead reached seven points. Although Clay had both an inside break and a free throw score in the final moments, he once chased the score to 108-111, only a three-point difference. But Gary Payton's small throw, Morant played 2+1 successfully, or let the two sides of the score to 106-113. With only 28.9 seconds left at the end of the game, that would also be tantamount to announcing the Grizzlies' victory early. In the end, the score between the two sides was fixed at 116-108, and the Grizzlies also ushered in a wave of 10 consecutive wins while winning the Warriors.
Finally, let's look at the statistics of the main players on both sides: on the Warriors side, Curry had 27 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, the ninth triple-double of his career. Thompson had 14 points, three rebounds and three assists, Wiggins and Payton II each had 13 points, and Poole also had 12 points. The Grizzlies had six double-figures, with Morant having 29 points, five rebounds and eight assists, Williams contributing 17 points, Jones with 17 points, six rebounds and eight assists, Jackson and Clark also had 13 points, 11 rebounds and 14 points and nine rebounds each, and Bane contributed 11 points. The Warriors had up to 16 turnovers across the team, as well as rebounds, assists, steals, and overall downside shooting percentage (the Grizzlies took 4 more rebounds compared to 49-45; the Grizzlies took 4 more assists; the Grizzlies 30-25, 5 more; the Grizzlies 11-8 in steals, 3 more steals; in terms of turnovers, the Grizzlies 11-16, 5 fewer turnovers; on the two-point range, the Grizzlies shot 30 of 66, which was basically equal to the Warriors' 46 shots of 22; and in terms of three-pointers, the Grizzlies shot 14-34, Also superior to the Warriors' 13-of-36 shooting), it also made them completely lose their chances of winning in the late fourth quarter. I have to say that the Grizzlies still use their full play in front of the Warriors at the top of the table to prove that their winning streak is really very valuable.