Beijing time on May 2 news, Golden State Warriors 117-116 away victory over the Memphis Grizzlies, to achieve a series of big score 1-0 lead, today's return to the bench Jordan Pooler performance as always brilliant.
Poole scored a team-high 31 points on 12-of-20 shooting (a new playoff career high), eight rebounds (a career-high in the playoffs), nine assists and two blocks, 5-of-10 three-pointers, and two free throws.
With the above data, Poole became the second bench player in NBA history to achieve at least 30 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists in a single game in the playoffs, and the first player to do so was also from the Warriors, he was Steven Curry.
In addition, Pooler's three technical statistics for scoring, rebounding, and assisting today are all team-highs. In the Playoffs of the Curry era, only Kevin Durant, Drummond Green, and Curry himself have done it before. The team's fourth-largest, Poole is becoming more and more worthy of its name.
After the game, Warriors coach Steve Kerr praised Poole for his phenomenal performance.
"Poole, which we've seen over the past few months, is actually his strength... He's a playmaker, he's the creator of the shots, and he's helped the team a lot throughout the season, so I'm not surprised that he's playing games like this. Cole said.
For the matter of letting Pooler play back to the bench, Kerr also explained, "If Curry can play on the bench, then everyone in the team should accept to play as a substitute. ”