Yesterday's game was obviously unwilling for Warriors fans to remember, after all, in this game, they lost their outside lineman Payton, and also lost the score 101:106, and the big score was pulled to a 1:1 draw. But after today's referee report came out, Warriors fans wanted to cry without tears. Because the referee's report shows that at the critical time of the game, there was a misjudgment in favor of the Grizzlies.
That happened when there were 30 seconds left in the game, when Morant launched an attack with the ball and successfully scored two points, but he held the ball in his hand, that is, flipping the wrist violation, you know, if the referee makes the right decision, then the Warriors will get the ball with 30 seconds left in the game, and the score at this time is only 100:101 behind by one point, the Warriors have enough time to attack, and they can choose two-point tactics or three-point tactics to reverse the score. And it was that missed judgment that gave the Grizzlies a three-point lead, and also allowed the Warriors to choose only three-point shots in the next round, and that round also ended with Klay Thompson panicking for three-point opportunities outside the three-point line.
This key penalty greatly affected the outcome of the game and the trend of the series. You know, in this game, the Warriors' three-point shooting total of 7 of 38, shooting only 18.4%, set a new playoff field low in the team's history (in the case of more than 20 shots), but even so, the cold Warriors and Grizzlies still played hard to score. If the Warriors can win this game and take away two wins on the road, then the Warriors will completely surpass the Grizzlies in momentum, after all, when the Warriors can take the victory when they are so iron, why worry about losing when they feel normal?
In fact, this is not the first time in this year's playoffs that there has been a misjudgment, before, in the first round of the game, the Warriors and nuggets game also had a key misjudgment, in the fifth game, the Warriors with Payton's key three-pointer to take away the game's victory, but the subsequent referee report showed that before Payton threw this valuable three-pointer, Dream Green had already appeared defensive three-second violation, so Payton's three-point record should not have been counted, and the Nuggets would have been given the opportunity to equalize.
No matter what kind of misjudgment occurs in the referee's report, it will only add helplessness in the end, but it will not change the outcome of the game. It is just a myriad of facts that the probability of referee errors is really not low, even two years ago on the finals stage, there was also a misjudgment that affected the outcome, so there is obviously a lack of fairness to speak of, but also let people have the idea of whether the referee controls the game, hoping that the NBA can introduce electronic eyes and other equipment in the future, and through the electronic referee to make a fair judgment on each round, after all, if there are many misjudgments, the game will really lose justice.