The Warriors played Grizzlies 1-1 before this season.
The One the Warriors lost in overtime, losing to Morant by 30 points; the one won was just before Christmas, dream-chasing talk, "Curry Avalanche," Curry's 46-point win — another bright spot in that game: Payton Jr.'s second-highest career 22 points, playing the Grizzlies' weak side contraction and half-circle forward.
The Grizzlies haven't lost since that game.
Today both sides are uneven:
The Warriors are missing a dream, and the Grizzlies are missing Adams.
On the Grizzlies' side, Coach Rajakovic made adjustments.
The Grizzlies' offensive and defensive routines this season: one-sided stacking of people on the defensive end, pressing the four corners, Jalen Green is the key to the team's defense; copying the ball to push counterattack; attacking in the four corners of the offensive end, repeated sprints, and incidentally rushing to the frontcourt rebound. Much like the bull of Rose eleven years ago, Morant played the role of Rose.
Fierce, hard, trapped in camp.
Today the Grizzlies scored 116 points, 58 on the inside and 25 on the fast break. The Grizzlies made 18 more shots than the Warriors because they copied the ball 11 times and because they rushed to 11 rebounds.
The Grizzlies shot 44 goals, nine dunks and seven free throws.
It was pressure, copying, rotating, counterattacking, breaking through, and rushing down the Warriors' interior line.
Without Adams, Jaren was good in the center — more fouls, but 13 points, 11 rebounds, 2 steals, 3 blocks + 16 in 22 minutes.
On the Warriors' side, Looney, who had 18 rebounds the day before yesterday, couldn't do anything today.
This presents a problem:
The Warriors' front-line rotation is crowded, usually led by dreams, Wiggins, Anderson, Bjlitsa, Iguodala, Porter, speaking of which can change defenses, defending two or three positions on the opposite side, all-round tenacity.
But for the Grizzlies, such a multi-point spurt youth army, the defensive glue effect of chasing dreams is unique. Without dreams, the interior defense is problematic – and it's not just offense.
The defense was flushed because it did not chase the dream of this bottle of defensive glue; the offensive end was copied by the Grizzlies 11 times, forcing Curry to have 10 assists and a large number of domination balls, because no one can make a stable high-quality transfer under the pressure of the Grizzlies.
Clay shot 5-of-13 today, which is average at first glance, but he knows from the scene that he performed very well - 3 assists and three of the 5-point jumpers.
The last comeback showed that during his recuperation period, he was practicing retreat throwing.
But the warriors' overall problem today:
Curry played 38 minutes while the team rotated with twelve men. Although it is not a dream, you have to fill in the rotation, but it looks like you are trying to line up, and the result is a chaotic rhythm.
Iguodala was in poor form on the offensive end and Poole had no confidence. Wiggins looked at the shooting percentage — 5-of-12 — better than Clay, but everyone who watched the game knew it and played hesitantly. Defensive end, there is no dream behind him, he can't prevent Morant's blocking.
The Warriors shot decisively, that is, Clay, and then at the beginning of the second half, Curry took over the reverse score in a row.
Kerr roared at the sidelines at the time of the timeout:
"You play your own ball!" They have to fight to make them fight! Take cover! Transfer the ball! ”
At that time, the Warriors once overtook, and then there is today's little protagonist Ziye Williams.
Three weeks ago, the Grizzlies did not target Curry and wanted to lock up the entire Warriors team, only to be bombarded by Curry with 46 points with eight three-pointers, chasing the so-called "avalanche".
Today Ziyer did his best not to let Curry shoot three-pointers: Curry shot 2-of-9 from three-pointers today.
Curry's 1-of-9 shooting against Dallas last week was due to the effect of Dallas' signature "shrinking X-out rotation" this season, which is off-topic; today the Grizzlies are driving Curry inside. Forcing Curry to make a drop in the third quarter.
So, that's it.
The Grizzlies, who have won ten consecutive games, have found their identity labels, and the more they play, the more they get used to it:
The defensive end pressed the ball to counterattack, and the offensive end attacked the four corners of the attack to penetrate the front court rebounds at multiple points.
Morant sped up ferociously, Jaren rotated defensively, and Bane led a group of young men back and forth to spurt back and forth.
The most valuable thing today is not Morant's performance — he's been playing this season — but Jaren's meaning: He's played three games since he was on the center, and the Lakers Warriors, who averaged 20+10 in less than 27 minutes per game.
Jarren is still young, has to have long meat, and usually stands in the No. 4 position; but his final position is the center.
On the Warriors' side, in addition to the rotation having to be re-determined as soon as possible, today also shows a fact:
As mentioned earlier, the Warriors' three-pointer numbers this season look amazing, but when Curry is replaced by an ordinary good shooter, the three-point number league counts down to the league at once — that is, Curry alone maintains the Warriors' image of a strong three-pointer team.
When he was chased by the Grizzlies and the Warriors did not chase the ball steadily, the Warriors' most reliable ball-holding attack and ball today actually came from Clay, who had just returned and had always been known for not having the ball.
Similarly, the Warriors look at the defensive end to swing the forwards, but the only thing that can really do is to change defense + guard the basket + team's defensive glue, only to chase dreams. Today there is no dream chasing, and when I encounter the multi-point spikes of the grizzly bear, I am embarrassed. It is said that Jaren is on the Grizzlies center today, and there are a lot of fouls; if the Warriors really have an inside line, they can destroy the Grizzlies box - but the Warriors are short of such an inside line at the moment.
Off-topic:
The day before yesterday, at Memphis East High School, James Wiseman retired his jersey.
After all, he is one of the best players in the history of the high school, and after attending the University of Memphis, he has become the 2020 NBA list, and in theory, he should become a super elder who dominates the forbidden area.