Beijing time on May 2 news, the NBA playoff division semifinals began today, the away Golden State Warriors in the first game of the series to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 117-116, to achieve a series of big score 1-0 lead, the level of refereeing in this game was ridiculed.
After the game, the famous data media posted a message on its social blog, mocking today's referee's referee, "The referees in the first 47 minutes of today's game have been awarding penalties through replays; in the last minute of today's game, they have been awarding penalties by jumping the ball." ”
Today's victory was not easy for the Warriors, they were blown off as many as 25 fouls in the whole game (including as many as 15 fouls in the first half alone), and Klay Thompson, Steve Curry, and Payton Jr. suffered foul trouble at the beginning of the game, with the three of them committing two fouls each in the first quarter, and one of the core Drummond Green was sent off after only 17 minutes.
The Grizzlies, who played at home, also had 19 fouls in the game, bringing together as many as 44 fouls in the entire game.
But even with such a bad decision, the Warriors did not give up, they once trailed by 13 points in the second half, completed the score reversal in the third quarter, and won in the final moments of the game with Thompson's key three-pointers and his two consecutive blocks from Curry to Morant.
After the game, the expelled Green came to the players' tunnel to hug his teammates one by one to celebrate, and Green said to Curry, "You said you wanted to get today's victory, you did it."
Green was expelled after only 17 minutes of appearances for a foul in the second degree today.