The Warriors returned home to meet the Grizzlies, this game Dillon was banned, and Payton Jr. was unable to play, the first quarter of the Grizzlies felt hot, their 3-pointers as high as 6 of 8, once achieved a huge advantage of 13 points, but the Warriors did not panic, they frantically blocked Morant, while more impact basket score, instead of shooting 3 points on the outside, the result of the first quarter of the game, Curry and Poole had a good play, they also chased the score to only 2 points.
Resisting the Grizzlies' offense, the next 2 quarters of the game, the Warriors' team basketball played out, their basket and outside 3-point shooting rate are very high, the result of the single quarter 38-29 and 37-23, they quickly opened up the gap of more than 20 points, the suspense of the game is getting smaller and smaller, but in the middle of the final quarter, there was still an accident.
At that time, Morant was holding the ball in the center line, and the Warriors' Poole and Wiggins formed a pinch on him, the front Wiggins blocked, the back Poole continued to harass, he first pulled Morant's arm, did not pull, and then interfered with Morant's holding of the ball, did not succeed, watching Morant to hold the ball to form a breakthrough trend, Poole is also in a hurry, directly reached out and pulled Morant's right leg, knee position.
Although Morant was fine at the time, after the death ball, Morant still felt uncomfortable, he has been trying to find a comfortable feeling, but obviously this is still very heavy. Through the 6 times slow-motion replay, we can see that Poole was also full of strength at that time, after he pulled Morant, Morant's knee still has a small deformation, and Morant's shoes are obviously a little crooked, which shows that Pooler is still quite fierce.
Then Morant felt uncomfortable after the free throw, was directly replaced, he did not stay too much on the bench, directly returned to the locker room, this time the damage to Morant is still very large. In this game, Morant scored a team-high 34 points and 7 assists, and after his injury, the Grizzlies had no motivation to chase points, and finally lost to the Warriors 112-142, and Poole's action after the game also became the focus.
According to the NBA's report, the league will also intervene in the investigation of Pooler's action, and through multi-angle replay, to determine whether to impose additional penalties on Poole. Morant posted a video of himself injured on social media and bluntly said "out of bounds!" As one of the parties involved, Poole explained after the game: "We were wrapping him up, I was rushing to the ball, I am not the kind of dirty player, I don't want anyone to get hurt, I respect every player, I hope he is okay!" "What do you think of This action by Poole?"