On the morning of May 10, 2022, Beijing time, the fourth round of the NBA Western Conference Semifinals began, and the Golden State Warriors continued to face the Memphis Grizzlies. As a result, the Warriors staged a desperate comeback of 20-24, 18-17, 24-28, 39-29, 101-98, respectively, and after defeating the Grizzlies, the Warriors rewrote the total score to 3-1 and occupied the promotion point. Curry played well, with a game-high 32 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists. Morant's absence was a major factor in the Grizzlies' defeat.
In the first three rounds of the game, the Golden State Warriors led the Grizzlies 2-1 in the big score, and before the game, the Grizzlies officially announced that the star Morant was absent due to injury, which was a huge blow to the Grizzlies. Morante felt knee discomfort in the fourth quarter of the last game and eventually left early, and the current situation is not optimistic. In their previous 12 meetings with the Grizzlies, the Warriors were slightly disadvantaged by 5 wins and 7 losses, but with Morant's injury, the Warriors' promotion was still favored by many people.
Let's take a look at the starting lineups of the two teams, the Grizzlies start: Thaes Jones, Bain, Brooks, Jalan Jackson, Adams, and the Warriors starters: Curry, Klay, Wiggins, Cumminga, Green. It is worth mentioning that the Warriors also have bad news, coach Kerr tested positive for the new crown, missed this game, Mike, Brown replaced Kerr to coach.
In the first half of the game, Curry and Green played well, but it did not seem to be in the best condition, the Grizzlies in the absence of Morant, did not show too much disadvantage, but Anderson played exceptionally well, the first quarter of the game, the Grizzlies took a 24-20 lead.
In the second quarter, the Grizzlies conducted a full-court oppressive defense in advance, which led to the Warriors' mistake data skyrocketing, as of the end of the first half, the Warriors' mistakes were 11 times, the Grizzlies were 6, shooting percentage, the Warriors were 33.33, and the Grizzlies were slightly higher, reaching 35.42. On three-pointers, the Warriors played even less, shooting 2-of-20, compared to 4-of-20 from the Grizzlies.
At halftime, the Warriors were 18-17 in the second quarter, and the total score was 38-41, and the Warriors trailed by three points.
In the second half, Jones of the Grizzlies exploded, scoring 15 points in one go and helping the Grizzlies continue to lead 28-24, 69-62 on aggregate. The real contest is still in the fourth quarter. The Grizzlies scored the total to 78-69, and at the crucial moment, the Warriors' Porter received an assist from Poole, hit a three-point shot, and chased the score to 72-79, a three-pointer that was crucial, and then Curry also shot three points in succession, and with 3 minutes and 48 seconds left in the score, the score was chased to 88-89.
With the final 11 seconds left in the game, the Warriors pushed the score back to 95-93 with Curry's two free throws. In the final moments, the Grizzlies resorted to foul tactics but were unable to reverse the loss. In the end, the Warriors locked in the fourth quarter at 39-29, and the total score was 101-98 to reverse the Grizzlies.
This victory also created 2 new records. First, for the first time in Golden State Warriors history, they beat the Grizzlies twice in a row; second, Curry scored 32 points on his own, the highest score he had scored in the playoffs.