On May 2, Beijing time, the Grizzlies ushered in the first semi-final meeting with the Warriors, just eliminated the Timberwolves in the first round 4-2 Grizzlies, this time they are sitting on their own home, morale is naturally high, and in the face of the menacing Golden State Army, the two sides also played very fiercely, but unfortunately, in the end, Morant's key layup was deflected, and the Grizzlies also lost to the Warriors 116-117, swallowing the opening black of the semifinals.
Suspected staff broke the news that the referee twice ignored the replay center and made a decision in favor of the Grizzlies privately
For the Warriors, because this game is an away game, they must also face an objective fact, that is, the Grizzlies sitting on their home will have an "unspoken rule" advantage, and this game just happened to encounter two suspected referees in favor of the Grizzlies blowing penalty, the second half of the Grizzlies player Dillon Brooks in a breakthrough against Curry caused his offensive foul, thus allowing Curry to eat the fifth foul of the game, and then the Warriors also asked for a challenge to this foul, Unfortunately, the final result was that the challenge failed, and after the game, there was a User with a Twitter account named Halfstar10, suspected that the relevant staff broke the news on social media that the Replay Center had told the referee that it was a defensive foul, but Dillon and the referee disagreed, insisting that this was Curry's offensive foul, and this was the second time that the referee did not agree with the opinion of the Replay Center.
As for the foul that did not agree with the opinion of the replay center for the first time, it was the second-level malicious foul that Dream Green had against Clark in the second quarter, in the second quarter of the game, one of the Grizzlies player Clarke's layup was first hit in the face by Dream Green, and then Green pulled the jersey, and the referee upgraded this foul to a second-level malicious foul after review, which also made Dream Chase directly expelled after the game, and the referee did not listen to the opinion of the playback center after reviewing, but insisted on his own decision. Blowing up a dream chaser for a second-degree criminal.
Overcoming all kinds of difficulties, it is not easy for the Warriors to win away from home
I thought that these two decisions that were suspected to favor the Grizzlies could allow the Memphis soldiers who played at home to win the first semifinals, but the referee may have underestimated the foundation of a champion team like the Warriors, even if the dream was sent early in the second quarter, even if the Warriors were once 13 points behind, but relying on Poole's excellent performance on the bench, he scored a team-high 31 points, plus Clay's key three-pointer and key defense in the final reading seconds stage. The Warriors still managed to make the win difficult on the road when they encountered a situation that may not have been a fair penalty. And this hard-won key victory may really dominate the trend of this series, perhaps because of this game, it will be able to re-boost the morale of the Warriors, and then firmly suppress the Grizzlies.
The Grizzlies lost what they should have won, and it will be increasingly difficult to reverse the decline in the future
Teams that play on the road often encounter such unfair penalties, in addition to facing a boo of these away fans, the referee on the court will also make some blowing moves that favor the home team, but the Warriors can withstand such pressure, and it is indeed very rare to win this referee may not want them to win, I believe that in the next few games, the Grizzlies, who are suspected to have been favored by the referee for one game, will become more and more difficult to reverse the decline.