Beijing time on May 4, the NBA semifinals continued, today there are 2 games, Morant twice in the playoffs to bomb 45+, becoming the third player in history to do this after Kobe Bryant and James; Thompson's three-point shooting exceeded the 400 mark, but the Warriors' three-point shooting rate set a new playoff record in team history; the Celtics hit 20 three-pointers to create a team record. Here's a summary of today's data —
Morant 47+8+8+3 became the third person in history
The Grizzlies beat the Warriors 106-101 to make the series total 1-1, and Morant played 41 minutes in this game, shooting 15-of-31 from 12-point range, 12-of-13 from 13, with 47 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals, and he became the third player in playoff history to play this set of statistics, the first two being Westbrook in 2017 and Durant in 2021.
Morant replicates Janko's feat
Morant also scored 47 points in last year's playoffs against the Jazz, becoming the third player in history to score 45+ multiple times in the playoffs under the age of 23, with Kobe Bryant and James being the first two to do so.
Morant scored the team's last 15 points
Morant scored 18 points in the final quarter, and he picked up the Grizzlies' last 15 points, becoming the third player to score at least the team's last 15 points in the playoffs since the 1997-98 season recorded the course of the game.
In key moments in this year's playoffs (the last five minutes of the game, with a point difference of less than 5 points), Morant scored a total of 42 points and shot 52% from the field.
Thompson's playoff three-point shooting exceeded the 400 mark
Klay Thompson shot 5-of-19 and 2-of-12 from three-point range, making him 401 career playoff three-pointers, and Thompson became the third player in history to hit at least 400 three-pointers in the playoffs after Curry (497) and LeBron James (432).
The Warriors' three-point shooting percentage set a new playoff record in team history
The Warriors missed the three-point shooting accuracy in this game, they shot 7 of 38 from the outside, the three-point shooting rate was only 18.4%, and with at least 20 three-point shots, the Warriors set a new playoff record in the three-point shooting rate in the team's history.
The Greens hit 20 three-pointers to set a playoff record in team history
The Celtics beat the Bucks 109-86 to tie the series to 1-1. They shot 20-of-43 from three-point range in the game, and the Green Army's 20 three-pointers set a new team-old playoff three-point shooting record, and they hit 19 three-pointers in the playoffs four times.
The Bucks hit just three three-pointers to set an NBA-low in nearly 15 years
The Bucks shot just 16.7 percent from 3-of-18 from three-point range in the game, setting the Bucks' lowest three-point shooting record (including in the regular season) since Budenholzer took charge in 2018, and the NBA's record for the lowest three-point shooting in the last 15 years in the playoffs.
The two teams have a three-point difference of 17 points, the second highest in history
The Celtics and Bucks' three-pointer difference of 17 is the second highest record in NBA playoff history, and in the sixth game of the Warriors' Western Conference Finals against the Thunder in 2016, the Warriors hit 21 three-pointers, and the Thunder only hit three, and the two sides were 18 points apart in one three-pointer.
Brown set a career playoff record with 17 points in the first quarter
Jaylen Brown had 30 points, five rebounds and six assists in the game, and he scored 17 points in the first quarter, setting a single-quarter scoring record for his playoff career.
Gervay made a feat as the first bench man in team history
Grant Williams shot 6-of-9 from three-point range and had 21 points and five rebounds, a team-high plus-minus of +22, becoming the first player in team history to have at least 20 points and five rebounds in the playoffs and hit the 5+three-point bench.