The NBA Western Conference Semifinals ushered in the Grizzlies and Warriors G2 battle, in the first meeting between the two sides, the Warriors played away, in the first quarter of the big score behind, Dream Green was also blown second degree malicious foul was sent out of the unfavorable situation, or rely on Thompson's three-point shot and Curry's key defense, as well as Morant's key three-point shot miss, 97-96 a point narrowly beat Morant and Jarren Jackson as the main Grizzlies, occupying a 1-0 lead in the big score. The two sides came to the second meeting, and the starting lineups of the two teams did not change much. The Warriors are still out: Curry, Thompson, Payton II, Wiggins and Draymond Green's starting lineup, while the Grizzlies are putting Morant, Bain, Brooks, Jalen Jackson and Tillman among the starting five.
The first quarter of the two sides of the game, it can be said that the Grizzlies and the last game have some similarities, but also played a very good start, from Jaren Jackson to Morant, and then Tillman successively used the outside three-point and the inside line to break through consecutive hands, in 2 minutes and 40 seconds to play the Warriors an 8-0 small climax, forcing the Warriors to call a timeout, the Warriors also did not rely on Payton II's free throw to get the first point of the game until the 3rd minute of the first quarter. Although the Warriors relied on Looney's small hooker through a timeout adjustment, Thompson's three-pointer chased the score to 6-8, and Curry's mid-range shot made the two sides 10-10 draw. But then Morant continued to stabilize the situation with three-pointers, and Anderson's bottom-line shot also gave the Grizzlies a 22-17 lead, and Morant's two-shot shot once brought the score to 24-19. At the end of the quarter, Jaron Jackson and Morant once again played an offensive climax, and the inside and outside shots further widened the point difference, and it was Jaren Jackson's three-point shot that made the difference in the first quarter of the two sides to 33-25, and the Grizzlies led the Warriors by 8 points to end the first quarter of the battle between the two sides.
In the second quarter of the game, Jordan Poole started with a three-pointer to help the Warriors narrow the gap between the two sides to 28-33, but Clark's inside shot also helped the Grizzlies build firepower and re-open the point difference to 35-28. However, Klay Thompson's three-point shot, as well as Wiggins's dunk, coupled with Jordan Poole's success in playing 2+1, the score was once narrowed to only one point. But Melton's three-point shot brought the difference between the two sides to 42-36. In the case of the Warriors falling behind in the score, the offensive efficiency in this quarter is obviously more stable than in the first quarter, and then the two teams have attacked and defended each other, and the point difference has always hovered around 2 points, which can be said that you play one and I play one, entering a state of score glue. However, at the end of the quarter, the Grizzlies held the lead and ended the first half of the competition between the two sides 56-51. The Warriors won the Grizzlies by three points in a single quarter. Throughout the first half, the Warriors' mistakes were a bit on the side, and the two major stars Curry and Thompson scored not high personally, of which Curry scored 15 points, Thompson scored 10 points, while the Grizzlies' two main score points were significantly better than Curry and Thompson on the court, of which Morant contributed a game-high 23 points, and Jalen Jackson also scored 12 points.
In the third quarter of the game, it was still Morant who took the lead with three-pointers to help the Grizzlies open the score to 59-51, while the Warriors missed consecutive outside three-point shots, Tillman played 2+1, and made Curry foul, so that the gap between the two sides was further widened to 62-51, watching the gap between the two teams has been stretched to 2 figures, the Warriors accelerated the rhythm of the offense, Jordan Poole's breakthrough, and Wiggins's continuous free throw line, helping the Warriors to reduce the score back to single digits. The Warriors' mastery of the game was still on display in this quarter, especially at the end of the quarter, and it was clear that the Warriors were playing more systematically than the Grizzlies. And the team began to give more offense to the core of Curry, as well as rotating players with good physical fitness and good hand feeling, this method also worked, with Curry's breakthrough layup and Otto Porter's free throw and the next fast attack score, the Warriors continued to further narrow the point difference between the two sides, and also chased the two sides to 77-77 draw less than 1 minute before the end of the quarter, the Warriors played the Grizzlies a 26-21 in the single quarter, but unfortunately the two teams did not achieve anything after the draw, The two teams will also take a tie into the decisive fourth quarter.
Just when everyone thought that the Warriors could continue to hold their ground in the fourth quarter like the first game between the two sides, relying on the championship background to win the final battle of the game, the Grizzlies showed a different momentum from the first game of the two sides, and it can be said that they attracted the lesson of the first game. Although they were tied by the Warriors in the third quarter, the fourth quarter was started by Jordan Pooler's flying layup to hit the score to 79-77, And Jalen Jackson's free throw further widened the gap between the two sides, but first Williams used a three-pointer to help the Grizzlies re-level the score, and then his three-pointer helped the Grizzlies regain the lead, and after several consecutive draws, within two minutes of the decisive victory, the Warriors attacked and played iron, and Morant became the core key to the victory and defeat of both sides. He hit consecutive steady shots as he hit free throws, his accelerated layout also helped the Grizzlies take a 104-101 lead, and with Klay Thompson's irregularities and Morant hitting two free throws after going to the free throw line again, the Grizzlies won the game 106-101. Thus chasing the big score of the two sides into a 1-1 draw. Morant became the hero of the Grizzlies' victory.
In the whole game, although the Warriors had four doubles and Curry contributed 27 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, his shooting percentage was only 11 of 25 shots, including 3 of 11 three-pointers. Clay Thompson contributed 12 points, but also shot just five-of-19 from the field. Fortunately, Wiggins had 16 points and 9 rebounds, and Jordan Poole also had 20 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists on the bench. However, it is clear that their performances are difficult to compare with the Grizzlies' Morant. Morant contributed a game-high 47 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, 15 of 31 shots, and it was his efficient play, coupled with Jackson, Williams, and Clarke scoring 12 points, 14 points and 10 points respectively, to avoid the Grizzlies from two consecutive losses. The Warriors' 7-of-38 three-pointer shooting has also become a major reason for their loss in this game.