On May 2, Beijing time, the second round of the series officially began: the Warriors challenged the Grizzlies away. The two sides fought fiercely throughout the game, but in the end, it was the Warriors who won their first away win at 117:116 to open the door.
The overall Warriors' victory comes from two important turning points, namely 1 minute 18 seconds in the second quarter and 1 minute 02 seconds in the fourth quarter. First, 1:18 in the second quarter When Memphis forward Brandon Clark dunked on a layup, Green initially touched Clark's head, and Green slid down in the process, grabbing the collar of Clark's jersey, who fell to the ground in response.
"My hand was caught in his jersey," Green stressed, telling Warriors coach Steve Kerr. Then, when they gathered together to convey the same exact message to the referee. The referee also gave a second technical foul without mercy! Green ran on the pitch for a few seconds, waving his hands up and down into the crowd and high-fiveing his teammates. He met roaring boos, and as he left, he waved his last wave to the crowd before walking toward the tunnel.
This penalty is enough to anger the warriors! Then YiBian played Again Poole and Curry shot consecutive shots, and the Warriors began with a wave of 9-0 climax to surpass the score. Fortunately, Jaren Jackson Jr. stood up at this time and continuous long-range artillery fire extinguished the Warriors' further counterattacks, and the two sides returned to the same running line to bite. When you see Green and Poole using their bodies to hit at the aisles after the game, you'll see how much they really want to win the game.
With 1:03 in the final quarter, the Grizzlies led by two points. Wiggins passed to Payton in front of the basket two-man bag clip pass to Thompson, who dribbled a step out of the outside and then Wiggins in front of The Guyen Jackson Jr. Whether it was the smell of rebounds or the pulling of teeth, he got the frontcourt board to give you the ball to Curry when he was about to fall to the ground, Curry passed to Poole to attract defenders and Jackson remained untouched in Poole's original position, resulting in Curry's empty position, Poole passed but Curry did not hit, and the two Grizzlies basket still did not control the ball, Because Wiggins met under the basket, in the end, Dillon and Thompson combined to get the rebound. The Warriors didn't give any more chances, and Thompson hit the perimeter in the final 37 seconds to tie the score.
But even then the game retained suspense, with Thompson giving the Grizzlies a 3.6-second chance to shoot out two free throws. And Thompson's second free throw also appeared controversial decision, it seems that Brooks touched the line but the final ball was given to the Grizzlies, Morant took the ball without making any change of direction breakthrough from the midfielder on the left side of the basket all the way but had long been under The Hole by Thompson, and finally the final whistle sounded The basketball did not fall into the basket, and the Grizzlies lost by one point.
And the end of this game also seems to announce the end of the series! Regardless of the referee's controversial decisions, the Grizzlies are actually good enough, Morant cut a game-high 34 points plus 9 rebounds and 10 assists of the quasi-triple-double, followed by Jalan Jackson Jr. 33 points, 6 of 9 from the outside, which is the highest score of his playoff career, but he thought he made a mistake in the final moments, he should not be in that position should not let Wiggins grab the board in a row, he is the highest player on the court.
I don't think all of the Grizzlies are fully engaged in defense! The spirit of the Warriors in the final moments, even if they didn't shoot even if they lost the free throws, they still worked hard to defend, I think: this is what you should have a championship background, the Warriors have not shown a stubbornness to the championship so far, except for Green, but that is the normal thing. Don't you say it often? The playoffs fight to the end of the fight for who is more eager to win, and it is clear that this game belongs to the Warriors' desire. And for the Grizzlies, that fatal blow wasn't that Morant threw the deadlock, he would continue to shoot but he would also shoot, more specifically whether the Grizzlies are still young, average in their early 20s, and they really haven't done a good job of saying this season: We are the oath of champions! But the Warriors clearly did everything.
If I give the Grizzlies a score in this game, I give 9 points, while the Warriors are 8 points. But if this will be an 8-point win and a 9-point win, it means that the balance of victory has tilted, because the Warriors still haven't shown their ceiling, Poole won't play this way every game but Curry and Klay won't play that way, but what about the Grizzlies Morant and Jalen Jackson Jr.? Or are you looking forward to Dillon, Bain and even the rest of the players, don't forget? The Warriors still have Green, Wiggins and Payton going down the ladder to play around.
Finally and finally! Dream Green has committed 3 offenses, and the playoffs have accumulated 7 offenses and one suspension. I don't know if this game can be appealed to success, if the Warriors want to win the championship this game is still early?