116-108, the Grizzlies beat the Warriors to a 10-game winning streak! Adams and Dillon are both absent, even coach Jenkins can not be on the sidelines, and opponent Clay is still returning, how did the Grizzlies beat the hottest of the season? Three details are specifically as follows: "Frozen" Curry, Morant and Jackson's natural advantages, as well as the Double Raiders.
Morant led the Grizzlies to a 29+5+8+2 victory over the Warriors
First, the first half "frozen" Curry.
In the past month, the Grizzlies have been the first defensive team, especially against the Warriors, since last season's playoffs, they have made targeted deployments, pinch Curry, reflected in this game, two classic pictures:
The Grizzlies hit Curry instantly
Belitsa blocked Curry, Tillman was delayed, Conchar squeezed through the chase, drove Curry to the paint, Morant reached out to cut the ball to continue the moment of delay, Clark came directly to make up for the defense, Curry wanted to pass Iguodala, mistake!
Curry was robbed halfway through
How fierce were the Grizzlies against Curry's pinch-and-shoot defense? The Warriors counterattacked this time, Curry dribbled just past the midline, Clark and Melton directly clamped to complete the steal.
Grizzlies' pinch-and-shoot defensive effect: Curry's 4-of-0 in the first quarter, 3-of-8 in the halftime, and 8-of-21 in the game, including 9-of-2 from three-point range, although still delivering 27 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, but the shooting rate was only 38.1% + 22.2%, not up to the regular level, the Grizzlies' defense has been successful.
Note, the terrible thing about the Grizzlies, they can also take care of the other players of the Defensive Warriors while pinching Curry, the whole game caused the Warriors to have 16 mistakes, the consequence, Morant led the Grizzlies to fight back, the turnover scored 26-6 Grizzlies net 20 points, which is the cornerstone of their victory - defensive victory.
Second, morant and Jackson's advantage.
More than once in the past week, Morant is by far the league's brightest new generation of superstars, and even expected to be one of the league's future façade players, embodied in this game:
Morant dunked
In the first quarter, Morant broke through the layup, two dunks, made foul penalties and three points, 15 points in the single quarter of 6 of 10, 18 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists in the half, and the Grizzlies once laid the key to an 18-point advantage.
Morant layup 2+1 kills the game
Kerr's use of Payton Jr. in the second half of the second quarter, to the end of the fourth quarter, has been a good limit to Morant's play, but the reason why the superstar is a superstar, is that the key moment can affect the end of the game, so there is the above picture, when the Warriors chased the score to a two-goal difference, Morant once broke through the throw, and finally broke through 2+1, directly killing the game.
With 29 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 blocks, Morante's unparalleled talent is the first leader of the Grizzlies to win.
Jackson had 13 points, 11 rebounds, 2 steals and 3 blocks
In addition, while Dream Green was absent due to injury and the Warriors' internal strength was damaged, Jackson was also one of the top interior stars of the new generation, during the ten-game winning streak, he averaged 16 points per game, the most important point was that he had 2.7 blocks per game, so as shown in the figure, after getting rid of the foul trouble in the last quarter, 8 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks in the last quarter dominated the paint area.
3. Double Odd Soldier.
Jackson made three fouls in the second quarter and just made four fouls in the third quarter; Payton defended Morant in the second and third quarters to only 3 of 8 and only contributed 9 points, and the Warriors once scored 8 points at 74-66 under Curry's leadership, so how did the Grizzlies resist? The two Raiders deserve praise.
Morant assisted Zaire Williams in a heavy dunk
Zaire Williams, this year's No. 10 show, is a five-star high school student, has excellent athletic talent, when Morant and Jackson are trapped, the lads are 6 of 12, with three three-pointers and three heavy dunks, the inside and outside line fully contributed 17 points, supporting the team's offense; in addition, when he defended Curry one-on-one, he really did not suffer any loss.
Jones scored a fifth three-pointer
The Grizzlies' most critical player of the game, Jones. In the first half of the bench, it was his 3-of-3 three-pointer that led the team to a 18-point lead; after contributing another three-pointer in the third quarter, note that in the final quarter, the team's offensive attack was unsuccessful, and Curry shot a rebound Jones hit the fourth three-pointer; and then, as shown in the picture, the Warriors almost caused the Grizzlies to make a mistake, Jones saved the ball and directly hit the fifth three-pointer to Curry, 5 of 5 three-pointers and 17 points, supporting the team's offensive firepower.
More importantly, when Payton was stubbornly entangled with Morant, Jones had 8 assists and only 1 turnover, and he was on the same court with Morant, sharing the pressure of Morant's possession of the ball, and the indirect factor of Morant's two last-minute layups.
As above, the team inherited the shackles of team history defense, Jackson and Morant led the two cores inside and outside, the starting Zavey and the bench Jones both played efficiently to become the wizards, and the Grizzlies brought down the Warriors for the second time in the season.
Finally, don't say that the Grizzlies are the biggest dark horse of the season, so far, they have beaten all the hot giants in the league one by one, they are already one of the real powerhouses, and what they lack is perhaps only the experience of the playoffs.