Warriors 101-98 Grizzlies, big score 3-1 lead!
The Warriors continue to sit at home, Morant is absent due to a knee injury, and the Grizzlies are like a flat boat in the golden sea, which may capsize at any time. The only good news for them was that Cole was unable to coach the game because of a health and safety agreement triggered.
The Grizzlies lost Morant, shoved Adams into the starting lineup, and swinging the twin towers showed that the Grizzlies wanted to play a slow-paced grinding position with the Warriors. The Warriors didn't get off to a smooth start, just caught up in the rhythm of the Grizzlies adapting, and the Grizzlies took a slight lead through counter-attacks and interior advantages.
The Warriors' outside line today is the same as the basket was covered, the first 15 shots are all iron, even if Porter helped the team open in the 16th shot, it is still difficult to hide the downturn in the outside line. In the case of splash tea, the Warriors' three-point most accurate is actually Porter, can you believe it?
It was because the Warriors' three-point deficit that the Grizzlies were able to slowly grind with the Warriors with defensive and stylistic advantages to take the lead in the first 47 minutes of the game. Unfortunately, the Grizzlies were too young in the end, and Curry finally broke out in the final quarter, and finally led the Warriors to complete the reversal, winning three game points in one fell swoop.
Let's take a look at the data:
On the Grizzlies side, Jackson Jr. had 21 points, 5 rebounds and 5 blocks, Jones 19 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Anderson 17 points and 8 rebounds, Brooks 12 points and 8 assists, Adams 10 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists, and Bain had 8 points and 6 assists.
On the Warriors side, Curry had 32 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, Klay 14 points and 7 rebounds, Wiggins 17 points and 10 rebounds, Green 2 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists, Poole 14 points and 4 assists, and Porter 12 points.
Today's game is undoubtedly a blacksmith battle, with the Warriors shooting 9-of-37 from the outside, shooting 24.3 percent, and the Grizzlies shooting 9-of-35 from the field with a 25.7 percent shooting percentage. The iron played by both sides can be used to cast the heavens and slay the dragon, and in terms of iron, the two sides can be described as chess opponents, and it is difficult to score high.
So when the two sides are caught in a war of iron and chaos, who is more favorable?
Obviously the Grizzlies, because the Grizzlies do not have Morant, the team has one less important ball-holding initiation and endpoint on the offensive end, and they will definitely lose when they run up and attack with the Warriors, so the Grizzlies can only rely on their advantages in defense, counterattack and size.
Speaking of body shape, we have to mention the combination of adams and jackson jr.'s twin towers, if the Warriors are accurate enough on the outside, Curry can use the block to train Adams to live without himself.
It was also because the Warriors' outside line was inaccurate, so Adams comfortably played 27 minutes on the court, with 10 points and 15 rebounds (6 frontcourt boards) and 3 assists. The plus-minus is the team's highest +13, indicating that the Grizzlies won 13 points while he was on the floor.
With Adams on the inside, Jackson Jr. sweeping around, Dillon and Bane on the outside were desperate to defend and pounce, so the Warriors' offense was cut to pieces. Both sides are shooting birds indiscriminately, which is exactly what the Grizzlies want to see.
The Warriors offense stopped, the situation has been suppressed by the Grizzlies, at this time, whether it can break the game, it depends on the superstar, to put it bluntly, it is to see if Curry can open the situation.
To be honest, Curry did not play well in the first three quarters, shooting 6 of 18 overall, and the three-pointer was only 2 of 10, but he scored 14 points in total. But Curry is Curry after all, along the way, injured 3 championship rings, what a big wind and wave has not been seen, and finally broke out in the last quarter curry.
Curry scored 18 points on 4-of-7 shooting in the final quarter to lead the Warriors to a super turnaround in the final minute. So how did Curry get those 18 points?
He first broke through to the basket and scored a foul on Dillon, but the penalty was missed; then he received Green's pass and hit a three-pointer; then Gare assisted and hit a three-pointer to chase the point difference to 1 point; then equalized with a retreat shot; and finally broke through to create a foul and execute penalties to make 8 consecutive free throws, helping the Warriors seal the victory in one fell swoop.
It is also under the leadership of Curry that the Warriors, who only scored 38 points in the first half, scored 39 points in the fourth quarter. What is a superstar, that's it.
However, the Grizzlies lost, in addition to Curry's last supernatural performance, but also because they were too young. Especially the last two and a half minutes, the handling was a mess.
First Anderson missed the free throw, then did not know to take advantage of Jackson Jr.'s height and Green's 5 fouls, and he was obviously leading, but playing like a backward side, had to float on the outside to shoot three points, retreat attention and so on.
You can clearly feel the mentality of the Grizzlies who want to win and are afraid of losing, and they just want to solve the problem as soon as possible, but in the end they don't know what to do. That's when it really shows Morant's value to the team and the gap between them and the Warriors in terms of experience.
The Warriors' calmness and the Grizzlies' impatience formed an overly stark contrast, allowing the Grizzlies to win 47 minutes but fall in the last minute, and Dillon also paid the price for his final rash handling.
That's probably the price of youth, 3-1, the Warriors won't make the mistakes of 2016 again, and the Grizzlies won't be able to do it.
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