On May 4, Beijing time, the NBA playoff Warriors Grizzlies dueled against G2, the whole game, Morant shot 15 of 31, got 47 points, 8 assists, 8 rebounds and 3 steals, and even brushed the record. In the last 4 minutes and 16 seconds of the game, he scored 15 consecutive points alone, killing the game.
In the first half of the game, the field was full of gunpowder. At first, Brooks fouled Payton Jr., causing the latter to retire early with a left elbow injury, and Brooks also suffered a second-degree malicious foul and was directly expelled.
Not long after, Green grabbed the ball under the basket and was hit in the face by a large elbow from Tillman, and the color was hung near his right eye, and Green directly gave the middle finger to the Grizzlies fans on the way back to the locker room, responding to the booing and scolding of the other side.
In the second quarter, Green returned to the field, Wiggins staged a death lock, after the breakthrough, the air confrontation directly knocked over Clark, both hands buckled, Wiggins roared and vented, Curry was also waving a towel on the sidelines, crazy celebration. In addition, Curry also suffered a scratch on his finger during the game and was once treated on the sidelines.
However, in the first half, Morant was unstoppable, he was 7 of 12, 5 of 5 from three points, 7 of 8 from the free throw line, and cut 23 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals. Back in the second half, the Grizzlies stretched an 11-point gap at one point.
At the end of the third quarter, Curry made 8 of 19 and 1 of 7 from three points to get 19 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Morant 9 of 20, 29 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals in the third quarter, and the two sides were tied at 77. It is worth mentioning that after the third quarter, Morant suddenly returned to the locker room, and the famous Ohm Youngmisuk broke the news, morant said that he could not see things clearly on his left eye, and his vision was blurred.
In the fourth quarter Morant returned to the bench, he covered his left eye and bowed his head, looking very lost. Since then, he has insisted on returning to the field.
At the decisive moment, there was another accident on the court, Clark dropped the ball and grabbed it, and his hand directly picked up Lavigins's face. With 4:53 left, Curry hit a three-point shot from the Big Heart.
However, Morant has since gone mad. With 4 minutes and 16 seconds left, he broke through the layup to win, then went to the basket and then scored, and faced Thompson's hit to withdraw three points, Morant had another layup, and directly shook Down Poole, and the whole field boiled. Back from a timeout, Morant hit two free throws and, with a layup, killed the game.
In this battle, Morant even brushed the record:
1. This is the fourth time that Morant has scored 20+ in the playoff half, setting a record for the Grizzlies.
Morant, 22 years old and 266 days old, became the second youngest player in history to average 30+ in the first five home games of the playoffs, second only to Durant in 2011 (22 years and 216 days).
3. Morant also became the third player after James and Bryant to cut 45+ multiple times in the playoffs before the age of 23.