Today the Warriors took on the Grizzlies on the road, with Iguodala and Adams sidelined. Before the game, I predicted that this group of duels would be the most exciting of the four groups of east and west, and today's G1 confirmed this, the two sides fought until the last second, and with Morant's final layup missing, the Warriors narrowly won 117-116. So where did the Warriors win this game?
Let's first look at the technical statistics of both sides of the field:
The Warriors rebounded 51 times (including 16 rebounds in the frontcourt), assisted 31 times, shot 45 of 93 from the field, shooting 48.4 percent, shooting 14 of 38 from three-point range, shooting 36.8 percent from three-point range, shooting 65 percent from 13 of 20 free throws, 10 steals, 17 turnovers, 6 blocks, and 25 fouls.
The Grizzlies rebounded 47 times (including 16 from the frontcourt), assisted 26 times, shot 41-of-95 from the field, shooting 43.2 percent from the field, shooting 43.2 percent from 40-point range, shooting 40 percent from three-point range, shooting 75 percent from 18-of-24 free throws, 11 steals, 14 turnovers, 6 blocks, and 19 fouls.
From the full-court data, the Warriors are leading in rebounds, assists, shooting percentage, especially in shooting, while the Grizzlies are better at three-pointers, free throws, and error control. It is worth mentioning that as a shooting team, the Warriors' free throw shooting rate is a bit low, only 20 of 13, of which Wiggins 7 of 4, Klay 2 of 0, Curry 4 of 3, especially Clay's 2 of 0 occurred at the final critical moment, directly shocking the fans a cold sweat, as a top shooter, such a situation is not allowed.
As a comparison of the teams themselves, let's take a look at the first round of the playoffs before this game:
The Warriors eliminated the Nuggets 4-1 in the first round of the playoffs to advance to the Western Conference Semifinals, averaging 96.7 per game in five playoff games (5th), scoring 118 points (1st), rebounding 35.8 (14th), assisting 28.6 (1st), steals 9.4 (1st), blocking 6.2 (3rd), shooting 51.5% (2nd), 42.2% three-point shooting (1st), 70.1% free throw shooting (15th), 36 three-point shots (5th), He shot 15.2 from three-point range (2nd), 13 turnovers (ranked 11th), 121.9 offensively (1st) and 113.9 (8th) defensively.
The Grizzlies eliminated the Timberwolves 4-2 to advance to the Western Conference Semifinals, averaging 102.9 (1st) in six playoff games, 114.7 points (2nd), 46.3 rebounds (2nd), 25.8 assists (3rd), 8.2 steals (4th), 6.2 blocks (3rd), 45.4 percent shooting percentage (10th), 36.3 percent three-point shooting (7th), and 72.7 percent free throw shooting (14th). Three-point shooting 31.7 (11th), 11.5 three-point shooting (8th), 16 turnovers (ranked 4), offensive efficiency 111.7 (10th), defensive efficiency 105.8 (3rd).
After comparison, we found that the Warriors had a big improvement in rebounding in this game compared to the first round, with a slight increase in assists, a decline in shooting percentage, and the rest of the data remained basically the same. Except for the improvement in the three-point shooting rate of the Grizzlies, the rest of the data is basically the same as in the first round.
Let's take a look at the players on both teams and the points scored by the main players:
The Warriors had 11 players on the court, of which Anderson only played 3 seconds, the brother-in-law played 3 and a half minutes, and the remaining 9 were normal rotation players, and it is worth mentioning that Green was expelled from the game for only 17 minutes because of the second-level vice.
Curry had 24 points, three rebounds and four assists on 8-of-20 shooting, Poole had 31 points, eight rebounds, nine assists and two blocks on 12-of-20 shooting, Klay had 15 points, 3 assists and 2 steals on 6-of-19 shooting, Wiggins had 17 points and 8 rebounds on 6-of-14 shooting, Green had 6 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals on 2-of-3 shooting, Payton II had 8 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists on 4-of-5 shooting, Cummingga had 6 points and 6 rebounds on 2-of-3 shooting, and Looney had 8 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists on 4-of-5 shooting. Porter had 2 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals on 1-of-4 shooting.
The Grizzlies had 10 players on the court, all in a normal rotation, with Morant playing the longest 38 minutes and 29 seconds and Conchar at least 8 minutes and 45 seconds.
Morant had 34 points, 9 rebounds, 10 assists and 3 steals on 14-of-31 shooting, Jalen Jr. had 33 points and 10 rebounds on 10-of-18 shooting, Dillon had 8 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists on 3-of-13 shooting, Bane had 9 points and 2 steals on 3-of-10 shooting, Melton had 14 points, 7 rebounds and 3 steals on 5-of-8 shooting, Clark had 12 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks on 4-of-6 shooting, Sledgehammer had 2 points and 4 rebounds on 0-of-3 shooting, and Jones had 2 points and 3 assists on 1-of-4 shooting.
Judging from the technical statistics of the players on both sides, the Warriors Poole had a big outbreak in this game, and the Grizzlies Morant and Jalen Jr. had a relatively high shooting rate. Klein's shooting percentage is low, while the Grizzlies' double-gun Dillon and Bane are also limited in this game.
The scores in the fourth quarter were 24-32, 31-29, 36-29 and 26-26 respectively. The Warriors played average in the first quarter, and they came back in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter of the decisive moment, Clark took the air, the Grizzlies led by 2 points, Klay received a false point outside the three-point line to fly Bain three-pointers to hit steadily, and the Warriors overtook a point. In the last 6 seconds, Klay missed two free throws, but fortunately, Morant's layup was also deflected, and the Warriors won thrillingly to regain home advantage.
Taken together, I think the main reasons for the Warriors' win in this game are the following three points:
One is poole's outburst. Poole averaged 21 points per game in the first round of the playoffs this season, and not only did he score more points this game, but he also shot a very high percentage, and his three-point shooting was 5-of-10 in this game. Of course, Curry's play in this game is also very good, Curry's three-point shots are 5 of 12 in this game, and he gave Morant a big hat at a key moment. Overall, the Warriors scored too many points, the Grizzlies couldn't hold every point, and Klay was not in good shape this game, but Poole broke out, and maybe the next game was Klay's turn to break out.
The second is that the rebounding rush is overall excellent. The Warriors rebounded 51 times in this game, which was 15 more than the first round of the playoffs, Wiggins 8 rebounds, Payton Jr. 6 rebounds, Poole 8 rebounds, Cummingga 6 rebounds, Porter 8 rebounds, Looney 6 rebounds, it can be said that the whole team is actively fighting.
The third is that the restriction on the Grizzlies double gun is very good. Dillon and Bain scored 17 points on 6-of-23 shooting, compared to 21.4 points per game and 15.3 points per game for Dillon. The double-gun score is only half of the average score per game, and it should be said that the defense is quite successful.
It should be said that the Warriors' restrictions on Morant and Little Jalan have not been done well this game, Morant has averaged 23.3 points per game, And Jalan Jr. has averaged 14.9 points per game before, and The outbreak of Jalan Jr. should be related to Green's premature appearance, but morant's defense still needs to be countered. For a superstar like Morant, it is impossible to completely limit, only to make every ball as difficult as possible, reduce his shooting rate, make him play inefficient, even if the goal is achieved.
The G2 of both sides will start at 9:30 a.m. on May 4 and will also be the home of the Grizzlies. After the test of this game, the two coaches will definitely make corresponding adjustments in the next game, and I believe that the next game will be more exciting. Today, Green was directly expelled from the second-level evil offenders, which caused concern from all sides, and many players and the media believe that the blowing penalties are too heavy, thinking that this is the playoffs, which cannot be measured according to the standards of the regular season. What do you think of Green's penalty?
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