On May 2, Beijing time, the G1 of the Warriors and the Grizzlies officially ended, and in the end, the Warriors who played away had a thrilling victory over the opponent 117-116, "recapturing" the home advantage. Although the Warriors won, but the process was full of twists and turns, very thrilling, Clay's last two free throws almost buried a good game, fortunately, he used defense to make up for the mistake, the whole game down, Klay played 30 minutes, 6 of 19, only got 15 points and 3 assists, Clay's shooting rate is so low, the Warriors can still win, enough to prove that this team's defense is very sharp.
In the Warriors, Poole tea is overflowing, the limelight overshadows the splash brothers, he came off the bench, cut 31 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists, scoring, rebounding, assists are the highest in the team, becoming the fourth person of the "Curry era" Warriors. Regarding Pooler's performance, Lillard wrote that the youngster would be offered a contract with a starting salary of 30 million. Strange to say, the Warriors have always been Lillard's bitter master, but I don't know why he chose to support the Warriors in the playoffs, probably because he was too much in awe of this team.
In the first half, there was a small episode in the game that almost put the Warriors' efforts in vain. With more than 1 minute left in the second quarter, Green dragged Clark down in a defensive position, and the referee confirmed by slow-motion replays and blew a foul on Green's second-degree malicious foul, who was expelled on the spot, Green only played 17 minutes, 2 of 3, contributed 6 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. For this decision, many people expressed dissatisfaction, Trae Young and Lillard chose to support the Warriors, and the two defenders said that they must not let the referee dominate the game.
After the game, the US media StatMuse wrote: "Interesting fact: The Warriors won G1 on a 5-8. Not only that, but both Fox Sports celebrity Skip and Tim Reynolds believe that this is not a second-degree malicious foul at all. Judging from the action of this foul, Green did have obvious pulling action, but when Clark landed, Green also made a protective action against the latter, this ball is a foul ball is not wrong, but at most it can only be a first-level malicious foul, why say so? Because the foot pad action is even more terrible than this, but sometimes, the foot pad often gets only a first-degree malicious foul.
In view of the pressure from the outside world, the referee also made an explanation immediately after the end of the game, but they did not admit that there was anything wrong with their decision, and the reason given by the referee was: chasing the dream, punching the face, and the action of throwing Clark to the ground was unnecessary, and it was too excessive, and the penalty was completely fine. In addition, the referee's refusal to replay the censorship of the last-minute out-of-bounds controversial ball has also caused widespread discussion. Fortunately, the Warriors still won this precious victory with their own efforts, and today, they almost lost to the referee. Green's expulsion this time may be the result of the referee's accumulation of actions on his past field.