On May 4, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA playoffs continued. In today's Western Conference Focus game, the Warriors took on the Grizzlies on the road, the second leg of the two-team series. In the first leg, the Warriors won 117:116 and led 1:0 in the series.
After the game began, the two sides fell into a scuffle, Dillon evil peyton was expelled, Payton left the field due to injury and did not return, and Green briefly returned to the locker room for treatment.
Curry didn't hit the first goal of the day until the middle of the quarter when he hit a baseline back-up jumper. Curry then took the ball to the front and turned on the right to hit the jumper again. In the second half of the quarter, Curry received a pass from Wiggins in the bottom right corner and hit a three-point shot. Curry then briefly treated the bleeding in his left hand, and after returning to the scene, Curry hit a free throw line, after which Curry caused two fouls to hit all of them.
In the first quarter alone, Curry cut 4-of-8 shooting, including 1-of-4 from three-point range and 2-of-2 from the free throw line, for a total of 11 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. After moving into the second quarter, Curry had more time to rest off the field. After returning, Curry hit a jump shot near the free throw line and scored under the basket to score four points in a single quarter. At the end of the first half, the Warriors trailed the Grizzlies by five points at 51:56, and Curry scored 15 points at halftime.
In the 3rd quarter, Curry's feel dropped. Until the end of the quarter, 3 minutes before the end of the quarter, Curry first broke away from the defense and hit a rebound. Curry then singled Anderson's retreat jumper. Curry then assisted on Porter's basket, and the two sides pulled 77:77, and Curry had 4 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in this quarter.
In the middle of the last quarter, the two sides fought at 89:89! During a defensive round, Morant passed Curry's layup and made a move to taunt Curry for being too short. Curry then received a pass from Porter, hit a three-point shot from the top of the arc, and then Curry hit a 45-degree three-point shot on the left side! Two minutes before the finale, Curry broke through Morant's defense to hit a layup, but was blocked by Melton in the next round. Before the end of the game, Curry assisted Green to narrow the gap to 1 point, but as Thompson walked in violation, the Warriors wasted a key offensive round and had no choice but to lose away.
In the end, the Warriors lost 101:106 to the Grizzlies on the road, and the total score of the series became 1:1! Curry played a total of 39 minutes today, shooting 11-of-25, including 3-of-11 from three-point range and 2-of-2 from the free throw line, for a total of 27 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, while making five turnovers. In the crucial final quarter, Curry had 8 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, but he was still unable to return to the sky.
According to the schedule, the two teams will meet in the third leg of the series on May 8, and the Warriors will return to the home court.