The Warriors' second-round playoff first game against the Grizzlies on May 2, Beijing time, can be said to have caused a lot of doubts due to refereeing problems, especially the Warriors' inner lineman Draymond Green's malicious foul against Clark in the second quarter was ruled as a second-degree malicious foul and eventually expelled from the court.
The latest news is that the league announced the last two minutes of the Warriors' first game against the Grizzlies:
There were three missed decisions in this referee's report, including a missed decision before the finale that could even give the Grizzlies a good chance of winning the first game of the series. After Klay Thompson missed a free throw, the rebound was touched out of bounds during the scramble for rebounds, leaving 4.8 seconds left in the game:
At this time, the referee can not immediately determine the ownership of the ball, the result is that the two sides through the jump ball to let the Grizzlies get the ball, it should be noted that the head coach's challenge is the only way to trigger the out-of-bounds ball to watch the video review. According to the final two-minute referee report, Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks was the last player to touch the ball, so the Warriors deserve the ball.
The Grizzlies, who got the final possession in this round, called a timeout and rearranged their tactics, and finally let the Warriors win because of Morant's layup error, but if the Grizzlies scored the tactical arrangement, then the referee's missed judgment will undoubtedly be the key to the outcome.
In addition, the referee report also revealed that Grizzlies forward Jarren Jackson Jr. should be blown a 3-second violation, but this missed decision allowed Morant to successfully single-handedly score Thompson and let the Grizzlies reverse the score.
As for the third missed decision that actually benefited the Warriors, it was before the Grizzlies were forced to foul Klay Thompson and send him to the free throw line, and the referee missed Stephen Curry's walking violation:
In the last two minutes of this game alone, the referee team had as many as 3 missed judgments that may affect the trend of the game, and both of them were more biased towards the Grizzlies, so it was not easy for the Warriors to win this game smoothly in the case of the referee's "power".