Today, the Golden State Warriors and Memphis Grizzlies continued their Western Conference semifinals showdown, with the Warriors taking a 1-0 lead in the first game of the series.
But in this game, the Warriors suffered heavy losses, and the Grizzlies won 106-101, and the total score became a 1-1 draw. To make matters worse, the Warriors had multiple injuries. Less than three minutes into the game, defender Gary Payton Jr. was pulled down by Dillon Brooks and broke his left elbow, which is expected to be reimbursed for the season.
Then, during a rebounding streak, Drummond Green was elbowed in the face by the Grizzlies' Tillman and had to leave the court temporarily and return to the locker room for stitch treatment. To be fair, Tillman didn't mean it, and he couldn't see Green behind him when he grabbed the rebound, inadvertently elbowing his opponent.
However, for this action, the referee did not give a blow penalty, so Green was quite dissatisfied and felt very unreasonable. On the way back to the locker room, Green also raised his middle finger at the memphis home fans to express his resentment.
In fact, this series between the Warriors and the Grizzlies is very intense and full of physical confrontation. In the first game of the series, Green tugged on the Grizzlies player's jersey during a defensive attack and hit the opponent in the face, so he was blown a second-degree malicious foul.
Today's game, Warriors coach Kerr and main scorer Thompson both lost their temper after Green and Payton Jr. injured, accusing the Grizzlies of playing too dirty. After the game, many fans hit back at the Warriors, saying that the Warriors had played dirty before and were also taken care of by the referee.
Obviously, constantly turning over old accounts is a confused account, and the final direction of this round of the series is also very difficult to say.