On May 1, Beijing time, although in the first round of the NBA playoffs G6, the Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves to advance to the second round. However, Morant's father gave an interview on the sidelines after the game, and he directly criticized his son's performance.
When Morant's father was asked to comment on his son's performance in the first round, he said: "He really played a piece of crap in the first round".
In the first round of the playoffs this season, Morant played in six games, averaged 37 minutes per game, had 21.5 points, 8.7 rebounds, 10.5 assists, 1.5 steals and 4.2 turnovers, shooting only 38.6% from the field, 20% from three-point range and 71.2% from the free throw line.
Embarrassingly, in the regular season, the Grizzlies, who lack Morant, can play a 20-2 record in a row, however, when Morant returns, they face the Timberwolves and fight them for 6 games before finally winning or losing.
However, for Morant, as he walked out of injury, he also had to slowly adapt to the intensity of the game. The Grizzlies also blew a youth storm in this year's playoffs.
According to statistics, the Grizzlies currently have a team average age of 24.6 years, which is the second youngest team in the NBA to win the playoff series since the introduction of the 24-second timer in 1954, after the 2011 Thunder. At the time, the average age when the Thunder won the first round of the Western Conference playoffs was just 24.4 years old.