On May 10, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, the Grizzlies lost to the Warriors 98-101, this game the Grizzlies led a full 47 minutes, the result was completed by the Warriors in the last minute, after losing this game, the Grizzlies fell behind 1-3, only one step away from the game
Due to the sore knee, Morant did not play in this game, all said that the "no Mo Grizzlies" is more powerful, from the scene point of view, without Morant, the Grizzlies on the double tower really made the Warriors confused for a while, and Tyes Jones, who was the main controller, also handed over an excellent performance of 19 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.
However, the Grizzlies' offense in this game is also really bad, in the whole game, they shot a total of 40 of 96, shooting only 41.7%, 9 of 35 three-pointers, shooting 25.7% - if it were not for the Warriors' feel today's extremely cold hand (the Warriors are 9 of 37 three-pointers in this game, 17 of 32 in the last game), this game may not be glued to the last moment.
Among them, Dillon Brooks' performance was particularly bad.
After the last G3 was banned, this game G4 Dillon returned and started for 39 minutes, but his performance was really difficult to say, 19 shots, 14 times of iron, 2 of 9 three-pointers, no free throws, only 12 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, and 4 turnovers.
In the first three quarters, Dillon shot a total of 2 of 13 and only scored 4 points, and in the fourth quarter, although Dillon scored 8 points in a single quarter, his two offenses indirectly destroyed the Grizzlies before 1.5 minutes remained:
— With 1 minute and 28 seconds left, the Grizzlies led the Warriors 93-90, Dillon was snatched by Klay on the layup, turned back to Poole to cause a foul, and the warriors chased only one point
- With 50.8 seconds left, Dillon retreated to face Poole's three-pointer, turned around and fouled Curry, Curry made two free throws, and the Grizzlies were overtaken by the Warriors by 1 point, which was also the first time the Grizzlies fell behind in this game
Dillon was controversial in this series due to G2's malicious foul on Payton Jr., but even without discussing that foul, Dillon's performance in this series was not good - except for G2 who only played 2 minutes and G3 was banned, Dillon only had 8 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists on G1's total 13 shots.
Or we should say that Dillon has played poorly this season.
In the regular season, Dillon only played 32 games due to injury, and in these 32 games, Dillon averaged 18.4 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.1 steals per game, which did not look bad, but the shooting rate was only 43.2%, the three-point shooting rate was 30.9%, and the true shooting rate was only 51.5%.
By the playoffs, Dillon's performance deteriorated further, and he has played in a total of 8 games, averaging only 13.4 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, and 2.1 turnovers, shooting only 34.8% and 34.1% from three-point range, respectively, and shooting as low as 44.1%.
You know, Dillon was also considered to be the second core of the Grizzlies' backcourt that can partner Morant last season, but this season, his position has been completely replaced by Bain - Bain is much more accurate than him, and the role of the defensive end is not lost to Dillon, of course, this round of the series Bane also played badly, but combined with the performance of this whole season, it is clear that Bain's potential will be greater than Dillon.
Back to this game, the original Morant was absent, he had just lifted the ban, Dillon should have responded to the Boos of warriors fans with strength, and the 19 shots in the whole game also showed that he had a lot of offensive desire, but the "response battle" became a "battle of apologies", Dillon almost pulled a whole game - the last two attacks in the fourth quarter, if the ball is given to Little Jaren, the result of this game may be different.
For Dillon, this series and this year's playoffs, not only is it not so simple to play well, but also because of the foul on Peyton Jr., his evaluation has also been affected, the next Grizzlies will return to the home, if the losing season will end, see what kind of response Dillon and the Grizzlies can give.