On May 10, Beijing time, the NBA playoff Warriors played the Grizzlies at home, Kerr was absent from coaching due to infection with the new crown, Morante missed the series G4 due to knee injury; the warm scene between Morant and Poole before the game was exposed, the two shook hands, Poole also patted Morant; the two teams attacked badly in the first half, and the two teams were too miserable in 6 of 40 three-pointers, of which the Warriors' three-point shots were too hard to shoot for 15 consecutive shots.
Warriors and Grizzlies series G3 late quarter, Morant due to knee injury and early retirement, after the game Grizzlies coach Jenkins angrily reprimanded Poole pulling caused Morant's injury, Morant himself forwarded the injury picture, bluntly saying that Poole crossed the line, but then Morant deleted the tweet; such an incident caused great controversy, the Grizzlies internally believed that Poole injured Morant, but the league did not think so, they did not have to punish Poole.
Before the G4 match, Morant and Poole "shook hands and made peace", in other words, Morant also believed that his injury had nothing to do with Poole.
This season, Morant suffered two knee injuries — a sprained left knee that missed 12 games, a sore right knee that missed eight games, and the Grizzlies had an outstanding record in Morant's absence; however, whether Morant played in the playoffs had a great impact on the team, and averaged 38.3 points, 6.4 rebounds, 8.3 assists and 3 steals against the Warriors Series.
Dillon Brooks was booed when he appeared before the game, after dillon's foul caused Payton Jr.'s elbow to fracture; today's game, the Warriors and Grizzlies attacked very badly, the Warriors hit the iron in the first quarter with 10 points, the second quarter still hit the iron, the first 15 three-pointers were missed, and they were about to smash the basket, and Otto Porter shot the first three-pointer of the game for the Warriors.
After halftime, the Grizzlies shot 4-of-20 from three-point range, the Warriors shot 20 from 20, and the two teams shot 6-of-40 from three-point range were too rare, and the Warriors missed 15 shots in a row.