On March 29, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season is in full swing. According to the schedule, in today's Western Focus game, the Warriors will travel to the Grizzlies on the road. Prior to this game, the Warriors were 48-27 in 3rd place in the West, and the Grizzlies were 2nd in the West with 52 wins and 23 losses.
Earlier today, Warriors reporter Anthony Slater updated the latest injury report, and Iguodala was not included in the injury report and he can play today. Payton is suspicious of a sore right knee, and Thompson, Green and Porter will miss today's game. Coupled with Curry, who has been recuperating from injuries recently, the Warriors' big three are all absent again.
Since Curry's injury, the Warriors' record has been in decline, and they have suffered five defeats in their last six games. According to statistics, in the games in which Curry played this season, the Warriors achieved 45 wins and 19 losses, with a win rate of 70.3%; while Curry did not play in the game, the Warriors only won 3 wins and 8 losses, with a win rate of only 27.3%. So if they lose today, they will once again suffer a wave of 3 consecutive losses, and the gap with the Lone Rangers will be further narrowed.
And the Warriors' opponents today, the Grizzlies, are in excellent shape. According to statistics, in Morant's absence, the Grizzlies' record reached 17 wins and 2 losses, which even surpassed the Warriors in 2015-16 and the Bulls in 1995-96.
Not counting today's game, the Grizzlies are already four wins ahead of the Warriors, and they have locked up a playoff spot ahead of schedule. Considering that there is little left in the regular season, the Grizzlies will most likely take the Second place in the West.