The Warriors' game with the Grizzlies was once again a second-degree malicious foul, this time by Dillon Brooks of the Grizzlies, who hit Peyton Jr.'s head directly behind in the first quarter, causing the latter to be injured back to the locker room, and Green was also hit in the face by the opponent back to the locker room, affecting the Warriors' two major starts. In the first quarter, Morant scored 14 points against Curry, giving the Grizzlies an eight-point lead.
In this game, the Grizzlies had no way to retreat, they arranged for Tillman to start, and in the last game, Drummond Green was expelled, and Klay, Curry and Poole led the team to victory. In this matchup, Payton Jr. started and continued to defend Morant. After the game began, Jaren Jackson and Morant hit consecutive three-pointers, And Tillman scored from the basket, and the Grizzlies started with an 8-0 lead.
At this time there was an emergency on the court, the Warriors counterattacked, Payton Jr. was directly hit in the head by Brooks behind the layup, Payton fell to the ground in pain, this foul is also very dangerous, the referee looked at the replay, determined that Brooks was a second-level malicious foul, directly expelled, this decision should be said to have no problem.
Payton Jr. made two free throws and one before returning to the dressing room where he needed a new check-up. In the following game, Green was punched in the face by Tillman and returned to the locker room, which was also an impact on the Warriors. Looney hit two points and Clay hit a three-pointer to trail just two points. Morant hit two free throws, Looney scored again, and Curry hit two points to chase down 10 draws.
Morant hit a three-pointer, Curry hit a single hand again, Morant and Clark scored, Poole chased the score, curry's fingers also appeared to bleed, and he had to go to the sidelines to bandage. Anderson's three-point shot, Curry hit back with three points, Anderson broke through the layup again, Curry could still hit and scored 9 points. Green returned to the bench at this time, and after the timeout, Morant made two fouls, Damian Lee scored two points, Jackson made two free throws, Curry did not score, Jackson single hit, Curry re-made fouls and made two free throws, 11 points. Morant scored two points, Clay hit back with two points, Jackson hit a three-pointer to score 10 points in the first quarter, and Morant scored 14 points to lead the team by 33-25 and lead by eight points.