In the first two games of the Warriors and Grizzlies series, Morant's performance was very good, after the first round of downturn, Morant played a superstar-level performance in the series with the Warriors, including in the semifinals G1 game, Morant had 34 points, 9 rebounds, 10 assists and 3 steals on 14 of 31 shots, and in the G2 game, Morant had 47 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals on 15 of 31 shots, and his personal performance was very shining. Especially at key moments in the game, he is like a god of war, no matter what kind of defense the Warriors use, it can not limit his play, the Grizzlies can equalize in G2, Morant's play is crucial.
It is worth mentioning that after the series score came to 1-1, some media counted the total scores of Morant and Splash Brothers in the first two games of the series on social media, and the data showed that Morant scored a total of 81 points in the first two games, while the Splash Brothers only scored 78 points in the first two games.
That said, in the first two games of this series, Morant's total score exceeded that of the Splash Brothers combined, and such a performance was very shiny. In this regard, it is undeniable that Morant is the best player in this series, and he has far better than the Splash Brothers.
Judging from this series, the key for the Warriors to advance to the next round is to defend Morant, so that he cannot play G1 and G2 in the game, and he should be given enough defensive pressure, so the probability of the Warriors advancing to the next round will be high. However, for the Warriors, they suffered a heavy blow in the G2 game, the team's backcourt defensive gate Peyton Jr. had an injury in the game, has been determined to be a fracture of the left elbow, most likely will be absent for a long time, he is unlikely to continue to appear in this series.
Payton Jr. is the warriors' best defensive player in Morant,000, and the data shows that under Peyton Jr.'s defense, Morant shot 4-of-18 from the field and shot a low percentage. After Payton Jr. was injured, the Warriors had no players who could limit Morant's play, which was the main reason why he was able to get 47+8+8 data in a single game at G2.
Payton Jr. was injured, which was a very big loss for the Warriors, but even if the injury had already occurred, the Warriors still needed to look ahead, and in the next game, they still had to prevent Morant from playing. As far as the current Warriors lineup is concerned, there are still many players they can defend, in the game Kerr can try to use Anderson to start, and then let him go to defend Morant, although Anderson really can't help the team on the offensive end, but he is very the defensive end, and he is very energetic, Kerr uses Anderson, such an adjustment may be able to get a very good effect.
Of course, in addition to Anderson, Kerr can also reuse rookie Moody and Cumminga to make these two players serve as the burden of defending Morant, although it is certainly difficult to limit Morant, but if he can be given a certain amount of defensive pressure, then the probability of the Warriors winning this series will still be very large. What kind of adjustments Kerr will make in the lineup after Payton Jr.'s injury, and what kind of strategy the team will come up with in defending Morant, is also worth looking forward to.