Beijing time on May 4, the NBA playoffs continued, the Grizzlies home 106-101 victory over the Warriors, the first three quarters of this battle Grizzlies have almost been in the lead, at most 11 points ahead, the fourth quarter was caught up by the Warriors, the last two minutes, the Grizzlies played a wave of 8-2, successfully closed the victory, the big score chased to 1-1 draw.
As in the previous game, this game was also full of confrontation, and in the opening three minutes, Dillon elbowed Peyton Jr. in a defensive position, directly causing Peyton Jr. to leave the field for treatment, and Dillon also suffered a second-degree malicious foul and was expelled.
Not long after, Green was also hit in the face by Tillman's elbow under the basket and had to leave the court.
Later, Green returned to the field, and the scene camera gave Green a close-up, which could be seen that his eyes were red and swollen, and he was treated with stitches.
So, this is destined to be a series full of confrontation and controversy, but the controversial part aside, as far as this game is concerned, Morant's performance is really outstanding.
In the whole game, Morant played a total of 40 minutes, shooting 15 of 31, 5 of 12 of 3 points, 12 of 13 free throws, 47 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals, +13 on the field, the highest in the team.
Morant scored 14 points and five assists in the first quarter and 23 points at halftime, which is the most important reason the Grizzlies were able to lead in the first three quarters.
In the fourth quarter, it was still Morant, who scored 18 points of 6-of-11 in a single quarter and contracted the last 15 points of the whole team - the last 5 minutes of the game were all Morant's personal performance, during which he single-handedly shot the Warriors a wave of 15-6.
The 47 points is the highest single-game score in this year's playoffs, and it also equals the highest score in morant's career in the playoffs, making him the third player in history to score at least 45+ in the playoffs before the age of 23 after Bryant and James - last year's first round of G2 against the Jazz, Morant also scored 47 points in a single game.
Look at the Warriors side.
In this game, the Warriors' feel is really bad, the whole team has a total of 38 points 7, shooting only 18.4%, which is obviously not the normal level of the Warriors, of which, although Curry scored 27 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, but shot a total of 11 of 25, 3 of 11 three-pointers, and also made 5 mistakes.
Curry's performance is at least OK, but Thompson's performance in the past two games has been really bad:
- G1, 6 of 19, 2 of 10 from three, 15 points
- G2, 5 of 19, 2 of 12 three points, 12 points
In two games, a total of 38 shots, only scored 27 points, three-pointers only 22 of 5, including the last game, Although Thompson was down for a whole game, in the final moments of the fourth quarter, at least hit a key three-pointer, but unfortunately missed two free throws later.
In this game, Thompson scored no point at 5-of-5 in the third quarter, and at the end of the fourth quarter, his performance was almost at the level of a war criminal:
— With 1 minute and 26 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Warriors trailed the Grizzlies 99-100, and Thompson received a pass from Green, three-point three- and three-point
— With 17.3 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Warriors trailed the Grizzlies 101-104, and Thompson made a mistake that directly buried the game
Of course, this is only a one or two game downturn, Thompson's overall performance in the playoffs is still OK, the first round against the Nuggets, he can average 22.6 points per game, shooting percentage and three-point shooting rate as high as 50.6%, 45.8% respectively - shooters have ups and downs is too normal, give Thompson some patience, he may deliver the performance of "G6 Soup" at any time.
According to Thompson's personality, even if he is in a slump before, he will still make a decisive shot - this confidence is also a big reason for Thompson's achievement, if he can't shoot, the first game will not have that key three points.
And to take a step back, the Warriors have also taken a victory from the Grizzlies' home court, which is also the lowest goal of two away games — this round of the series is destined to be wonderful, regardless of the outcome, hoping for less fouls, less controversy, more health and justice.