On May 4, Beijing time, the Grizzlies played at home against the Warriors, and the Grizzlies led the Warriors 56-51 in the half. This game is very critical for the Grizzlies, after all, the last game Grizzlies lost the game, if they lose consecutive games at their home stadium, then the Grizzlies will fall into absolute passivity in this series, so this game the Grizzlies need to work hard to win. After the game began, the Grizzlies were in good shape and quickly chased the score, but as the game progressed, the Warriors still caught up with the score, but the Grizzlies were still able to respond to stabilize the situation, and the Grizzlies led by 5 points at the end of the half.
In the first quarter, Jackson hit a three-pointer, and then Morant also hit a three-pointer, and The Warriors attacked the iron after Tillman also continued to score, and the next two teams attacked the iron, and then Dillon was directly expelled for a second-degree malicious foul on Payton, Payton made 1 of 2 free throws, and the Grizzlies took a 7-point lead. After the timeout Looney scored, Klay hit a three-pointer, then Morant hit 2 of 2 free throws, Looney scored on a back-throw, Curry threw a score, then Morant hit a three-pointer, Looney made 2-of-0 free throws, Curry threw a score, then Morant also scored, Clark dunked, Poole scored on a back-of-the-basket, Anderson hit a three-pointer, Back Curry also hit a three-pointer, Anderson scored after Curry threw a score, and the Grizzlies took a 3-point lead. After the timeout Morant made 2-of-2 free throws, Damien Lee scored, Jackson scored four straight points, Curry scored 2-of-2 from the free throws, and After Clay scored a shot, Jackson hit a three-pointer to end the first quarter with the Grizzlies leading by eight points.
In the second quarter, Poole hit a three-pointer, Clark scored a layup, turned back Klay hit a three-pointer, the back two teams attacked the iron, Wiggins dunked and Clark dunked and scored, behind Poole played 2+1, the Warriors trailed the Grizzlies by 1 point. Jackson then made 2-of-2 free throws, and the next game the two teams played in disarray, with Melton hitting a three-pointer and the Grizzlies leading by six points. After the timeout, Curry hit a shot, the Grizzlies offense missed after Cuminga dunked, Williams scored a dunk at a critical moment, Wiggins scored on a layup, Morant hit a shot, the Warriors attacked iron, Morant dunked, Williams scored 2+1, Morant 2 of 1 free throws, Williams hit a three-pointer, Curry scored on a layup, Morant scored on a layup, and finally Morant scored 2 of 2 free throws, and the Grizzlies led by 5 points at the end of the half.
In the first half of the game, the two teams played very fiercely, although the Warriors tried to catch up with the score, but the Grizzlies were always able to respond, and Morant played better than the previous game, although some empty three-point opportunities were not seized, but Morant still did a good job of the impact of the interior and the shooting, so the Grizzlies were able to maintain the lead at the end of the half, and morant got 23 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists at the end of the half. As for Jackson, he also maintained a good offensive form in the first half of the game, and jackson had 12 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist at the end of the half.
Dillon maliciously fouled Payton in the first half of the game, and eventually Dillon was expelled, but after Payton Jr. underwent an X-ray, the Warriors officially announced that Payton was injured in his left elbow and would not return to the game, it can be said that Payton's injury still reduced the Warriors' rotation. At the same time, Curry also really tried his best in the first half of the game, after all, Curry still had a good performance in the first half of the game, and the Warriors chased the score under Curry's play, and at the end of the half, Curry got 15 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. And Wiggins in the first half of the game is very critical, although Wiggins only got 4 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists data, but Wiggins for the protection of rebounds is very important, at the end of the half Wiggins grabbed 3 frontcourt boards, it can be said that Wiggins such a performance can help the Warriors to win.