The NBA playoffs are in a fierce battle, the series between the Warriors and the Grizzlies is particularly fierce, the last Game Warrior Green was expelled, this game Grizzlies Brooks was expelled, 2 consecutive games were expelled, and the gunpowder smell of this series also came up. In today's game, Brooks's actions also caused a lot of controversy, causing Payton Jr. to leave the court injured. In the end, the Grizzlies managed to win the game and tie the series to 1-1.
This scene occurred just 2 minutes after the opening, when Peyton Jr. cut to the basket and prepared to score a layup, and Brooks behind him wanted to interfere, but directly slapped Peyton Jr. on the head, causing the latter to lose his balance in the air and fall heavily to the ground, causing a situation in his left elbow. The referee then gave Brooks a second-degree malicious foul and was directly expelled from the game, and after Payton Jr. executed the free throw, returned to the locker room for further examination.
Payton Jr. underwent an X-ray and suffered a fractured left elbow, and the Warriors officially announced that he would be withdrawing from today's game. This news is a big blow for the Warriors, who know that Kerr arranged Peyton Jr. to start to defend Morant, and now that he is injured, he will use Wiggins to defend, but his speed cannot keep up. Even harder, Payton Jr. may be reimbursed early this season, with medical expert Jeffries writing: "Peyton II suffered a fracture of his left elbow, the location and severity will determine the recovery schedule, there is a potential season reimbursement risk." Since it's a fractured injury, I think he'll be out for at least 4 weeks. ”
For Brooks' actions, the Warriors were a little dissatisfied, head coach Kerr said: "This is not called physical confrontation, this is called dirty. ”
Curry said: "When a player finishes the layup, the defender makes this kind of action can only be described as out of line. ”
Green was blunt: "That's a bullshit foul!" ”
Warriors star Chris Mullin said: "Dillon is completely out of bounds, if it is playing wild ball, then the two sides have already done it." It's dirty, no doubt. I think he'll be banned. ”
For this situation, the NBA league also officially intervened in the investigation, and The famous Woj revealed that the NBA will make a decision on whether Dillon will accept further penalties. That is, the NBA will judge whether a ban is needed, just like the foul of the Bucks Aaron against bull Caruso in the season, when Allen was banned for one game. It is estimated that Brooks may also be banned for 1-2 games, and now that is the case, the Grizzlies are also a bit troublesome, missing a scoring point.