The Grizzlies still won G2 at home, so let's put aside the penalty and talk about it while it's hot.
You know that I rarely evaluate the referee, what I blow is a good ball, and there is no point in talking after the game, including the referee's report, which is worthless!
Before the Warriors and Grizzlies series began, ESPN's expert team held a vote, and the results were optimistic about the 19 warriors who advanced to the grizzlies, and 0 people who were optimistic about the Grizzlies.
Such a voting gap shows how optimistic everyone is about the Warriors, and curry Thompson-Green's Warriors Iron Triangle only worked together for 11 minutes in the regular season. In the first round of the playoffs, when the two brothers played at the same time, plus Tea Jordan, the Warriors could be said to have defeated the Nuggets in a way that destroyed the decay. In particular, the splash tea combination averaged 71.6 points per game in the first round. All three are averaging more than 20 points per game, and Curry, who has the lowest three-point shooting rate, also has more than 40 percent three-point shooting.
However, the Nuggets' guard line, let's be honest, is really vulnerable, and the most reliable Morris can only play as a substitute in other playoff teams. Rivers and Forbes are also below the level, so this set of data, more or less, still has a loss of water.
The Grizzlies are different, and what people say is also the second best team in the league in the regular season, especially the style of this team, to be honest, it is suitable for the Warriors. They are a team that advocates blue-collar spirit, has a lot of physical confrontation, and likes to drag opponents into the mire and fight chaotic battles. If you look at the Grizzlies' "grind and strangle" team credo, you know how hard it takes to win them.
In the regular season, there are several statistics to illustrate the style of the Grizzlies: averaging 14.1 frontcourt rebounds per game, 9.8 blocking league first, two offenses 18.7 points league first, fast attack averaging 17.7 points per game League first, penalty area scoring 57.6 points League first, truncated 17.4 league second, falling to the ground to grab the ball 6.6 league first, through opponent errors to score 18.3 points League fourth.
19-0？ That's really the ESPN experts watch too few Grizzlies play.
The Grizzlies and Warriors can be said to be two teams with their own strengths, and the scene is definitely not one-sided. After the first two games, we can also see that the Warriors have thought about the Grizzlies, at least three layers of skin.
G1's fourth quarter, the Grizzlies grabbed every ball according to the prescription and frequently killed the Warriors' penalty area, that scene I believe warriors fans must have thought of the mid-season wave of 9-8 defeats when the scene, Morant and Jackson were present, the Warriors' restricted area pressure is very large, fortunately, the last rich playoff experience and a vote on the court to see the big scene of the players, plus the Grizzlies also made a lot of mistakes on the defensive end, only to barely at the end, relying on a three-pointer of Clay to cross the risk.
In the first game, to win with Green off the court, the warriors' most commendable thing I think is their protection for rebounds. The Grizzlies are the best team in the league to grab the rebounds in the frontcourt, but the Warriors grabbed 16 frontcourt rebounds in the first game, as many as the Grizzlies, including Thompson's last key goal, and the Warriors themselves got the opportunity to fight for three consecutive frontcourt rebounds.
When the Warriors can fight as well as the Grizzlies, the Warriors with Curry and Poole are far better than the Grizzlies in their grasp and tactical richness in the half-court offense. Therefore, whether the Warriors can grab the rebounds well is the most important thing for the Warriors in this round.
In today's second game between the two teams, after the opening Grizzlies led 8-0, Dillon Brooks made a very dangerous and even slightly dirty move against Payton Jr., this action Cole and Thompson were swearing at the time, and the referee was really not used to it, and directly invited Dillon out.
In post-match news, Payton fractured his left elbow, and this series did not know if he could come back. As the warriors' most defensive guard, Payton's departure due to injury also laid the groundwork for Morant's final explosion of the game.
The Grizzlies didn't have a big impact on Dillon, in fact, the impact was not as big as expected, Melton and rookie Zaire Williams made up the gap of the former very well, Melton gave Curry two blocks, Williams as a rookie, mature and calm, 4 of 8 from outside the three-point line, especially in the fourth quarter of two three-pointers.
The Warriors today continued the enthusiasm of the previous game in terms of fighting.
Here in particular, I want to praise Wiggins by name, 5 offensive rebounds, is the most of the two teams, although the offensive end lost a lot of empty three-pointers, but in the defensive end of the mouth brother is really speechless, a word: excellent!
He, Cumminga, Green, porter, are among the few players on the Warriors to fight with the Grizzlies. If the Warriors want to win in this kind of quagmire game, they can't expect the splash tea field to cut a 70-point score like the first round, and they have to rely on the players to show the fighting spirit of the mouth brother and fight with the Grizzlies players to fight for each floorball.
In a game of this intensity, three points are impossible to be more accurate. Today, the Warriors shot 7-of-38 from three-point range, shooting 18.4 percent from the field, the lowest three-point shooting percentage in their playoff games with at least 20 three-point shots.
The Grizzlies' lifeline is actually here in Jackson, and as long as Jackson is on the floor, they have a huge advantage in the interior and misplaced offense. Before Jackson made four fouls in the third quarter today, the Grizzlies were 10 points ahead of the Warriors, and he tied with the Warriors as soon as he went to the court and overtook the score at the end of the third quarter. By the time Jackson bumped into Green Six in the fourth quarter, the Warriors were already greatly dominant. Curry, in particular, scored two three-pointers in a row in the final three, when the Warriors led by four points, less than four minutes before the end of the game.
But today's Morant is too horizontal.
In the final five minutes, the Warriors scored 12 points, and Morant alone scored 15 points. In the final 4 minutes, Morant alone played the Warriors' 14-6.
You see him flashing around in the restricted area, twisting and turning in the air, really like an artist. The Warriors let him go for three points and he could respond to you with three points, just like last year's chase playoff. The last quarter is played like this Morant, what can you do? I can't help it.
There were a few moments, like Aaron Iverson in '01.
Shooting 15-of-31 from the field, he scored 47 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists on 5-of-11 three-point range. Morant tied his career playoff high. Less than 23 years old, the only players who can play 45+ in two single games in the playoffs are James, Bryant and him.
"The Warriors defense gives me whatever I play." Morant said after the game.
Morant, who was frantically outputting in the headwinds, made a series that was originally in jeopardy for the Grizzlies to lose 0-2 at home, and chased it to 1-1. This is the playoffs, the stage of the superstars, the Warriors have nothing to say if they lose, without Payton such a defensive tip, no one can really be right on Morant.
After all, the Grizzlies are not a soft persimmon, maybe the Warriors have a more efficient half-court offense, rich playoff experience and superstar pressure, but the Grizzlies' real interior advantage is also there, especially Morant, can you still not see him as a superstar?
Judging from the overall pattern of the series, the Warriors still have a loss advantage, but really every minute can not be relaxed. In 2015, the Warriors achieved their first title after eliminating the Grizzlies, and after 7 years, they still had to face the difficult opponent of the Grizzlies, which is very interesting.
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