The Warriors today won 101-98 at home to the Grizzlies, a series score of 3-1, to get the match point and avoid the battle of King's Mountain.
Morant missed the game today due to injury, and Warriors coach Kerr was unable to coach the game because of the triggering of the health and safety agreement. The Warriors played badly in the first half today, with the team's first 15 three-point shots all iron, and only scored 38 points in the first half, which is the Warriors' new half-time scoring record in the seven years. During that time, the Warriors played a total of 96 playoff games. The Last time the Warriors scored 38 points in the playoffs at halftime or in game three of the 2015 Finals, they scored just 37 points in the first half.
However, in the fourth quarter, the Warriors exploded, scoring 39 points in a single quarter, higher than the first two quarters of the game. In today's game, the Warriors were behind in the first 47 minutes and did not take the lead, but after entering the last minute, the Warriors countered the score with Curry's free throws and eventually won.
The Warriors team totaled 54 rebounds today, while the Grizzlies only had 48, and in the first four games of the series, the Warriors rebounded more than the Grizzlies in each game, while in the regular season, the Grizzlies averaged 49.2 rebounds per game, ranking first in the league.
Curry did well today, cutting another 30+. Curry shot 10-of-25, 4-of-14 from three-point range, 8-of-9 from the free throw line, scored 32 points, five rebounds and eight assists, and scored 18 points in the fourth quarter of the game to lead the team to complete the reversal. After taking 30+ today, Curry has reached 45 playoff career 30+ times, once again tying Harden, behind James (118) and Durant (71) among active players.
In addition, after hitting four three-pointers today, Curry's total number of three-point shots in his playoff career exceeded 500, becoming the first player in history to achieve this feat. Aside from Curry, the only players who hit more than 400 three-pointers in the playoffs are James and Thompson, who has only done that this season.
However, Thompson did not perform well enough today, three points were not good, 6 of 20 shots, 7 of 7 three-point shooting, 14 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks. Wiggins shot 7-of-13 today, including 5 of 3-pointers, 1 with 17 points and 10 rebounds, five of which were frontcourt rebounds.