After a short wait, the semifinals officially struck, and as the Grizzlies finished second in the regular season, warriors G1 traveled to challenge the Grizzlies on the road.
The game progress was thrilling, with the Grizzlies taking the lead at home and taking a two-point lead early, while the Warriors went back and establishing a 10-point lead at one point at the end of the quarter.
But the game was dragged into a crucial moment, although Klay missed 2 penalties to give the opponent a chance to kill, but it was also thanks to his three-pointer in the previous round and Curry's blocking of Morant in the final moment that the Warriors successfully won the game on the road, narrowly winning the opponent 117-116 and rewriting the series score to 1-0.
The game looked thrilling, and in the end the Warriors only beat the Grizzlies by 1 point, but the gap between the two teams was much larger than the final point difference of 1 point.
As it was the first game in the series, the two teams made basic lineup adjustments to their opponents, but it was essentially an encounter, which gave the Grizzlies young players the opportunity to play.
In particular, after Kerr got Payton II into the starting lineup, the Warriors' already low lineup became even shorter, giving Morant a huge amount of room to play.
Throughout the game, Morant shot 14-of-31 and 4-of-11 from three-point range, and got 34 points, 9 rebounds, 10 assists and 3 steals, which is remarkable for a young player.
With the exception of missing the final layup, Morante's performance was perfect throughout the game, in stark contrast to the previous round against the Timberwolves.
The difference comes from two aspects, the first of which is that Morant has managed the relationship between individuals and teams through the G5 and G6 of this series against the Timberwolves.
The second point is that there is indeed a shortcoming in the height of the Warriors' inner line, and the addition of Jarren Jackson Jr. and the projection has led to a problem in the warriors' internal employment.
Putting Looney on the scene is easy to be shot through by opponents, and letting Chase Dream be on the scene is constantly being impacted, and at one point had to let Wiggins top Jaren Jackson Jr.
But such an advantage will not always show such a huge gap, and the Warriors' next game to change back to the regular lineup, take Looney back to the starting lineup, while flexibly using Cuminga, will largely solve the problem.
The second point is that in addition to Morant in this game, the Grizzlies did eat dumplings outside the projection, which is closely related to Morant's opening, and it is also directly linked to the Grizzlies' advantage in this game.
In the whole game, the Grizzlies shot 16 of 40 three-pointers, shooting 40%, of which Jalan Jackson Jr. alone shot 9 of 6, such an outside finishing ability, gave the Warriors a huge pressure on the defense, had to give Morant the space to attack the inside line.
But the problem is that the Grizzlies are not a team with good outside finishing ability and stability, just like Jaren Jackson Jr., who has also had a single three-point performance of 7-of-7 against the Timberwolves, but more often than not, it is 1 of 3, 1 of 4 and 0 of 5.
The third point is that Dream was sent off prematurely, as the Warriors' defensive gate, Dream was sent off prematurely, further amplifying Morant's impact ability, which in turn allowed him to create more opportunities for the outside line to easily shoot.
It's also a problem that the Warriors need to face in the whole game, that is, the issue of blowing penalties on the road, which is an unwritten rule in the league, and the home team will have a more or less advantage in the playoffs.
This makes The dream chaser directly be sentenced to a second-level malicious foul and expelled from the scene, this time there is no big problem in the penalty, because whether the dream chasing behavior is punished with first-level malice or second-level malice is completely within the space where the referee can operate.
The explanation given by the referee after the game was very interesting: "One is an unnecessary, excessive action. ”
The same goes for the key out-of-bounds kick-offs that follow, which is a privilege that home teams may enjoy, and the Warriors and Dream chaser need to be prepared for this.
G2's blow penalty can only be more favorable to the home team, and it cannot be better than this one, after all, this is a semi-final, and it is not an easy task to take away the 2-0 score on the road.
But fortunately, the Warriors exposed all the problems that can be exposed in G1, giving the team G2 huge room for adjustment, and I believe that the two teams will stage a wonderful showdown in G2.
It is also expected to be the most likely game for the Grizzlies to win this series, and if G2 loses again, then the suspense of this series will be small.
And after the G1 loss, the Warriors have already stepped on the iron law of winning the ball, and in the last 12 series of winning G1, the Warriors have won.