On May 8, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued. Warriors defeated the Grizzlies 142-112 at home, leading with a big score of 2-1. The two teams were still hard to tell the difference in the first quarter of this battle. The Warriors scored 38-29 in the second quarter. In the third quarter, the Warriors still felt hot and beat the Grizzlies again with a wave of 37-23. After the gap widened, the Grizzlies never caught up again.
The Warriors returned to home are obviously better in this game. shot a total of 53 of 84 shots, with a shooting percentage of up to 63.1%, 17 of 32 three-pointers, and a shooting percentage of 53.1% . In contrast, the Grizzlies, these two figures are 43.5% (40 of 92 shots) and 37.2% (16 of 43 shots), so it is no surprise to lose.
Although he lost, in this game, Morant still performed well. After , he played for a total of 36 minutes, 13 shots, 4 of 7 three-pointers, 4 of 5 free throws, scored 34 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals, and Morant's plus or negative value in this game was -6. In other words, when he was not present, the Grizzlies lost 24 points in the Warriors.
An unexpected scene happened in the fourth quarter. Morant kept adjusting his right knee in the game, was then replaced. His expression on the sidelines was very desperate, and he finally limped back to the locker room.
After the game, Grizzlies head coach Jenkins talked about Morant's injury. He said that he watched the video replay, is Warriors defender Jordan Poole grabbed Morant's knee and pulled it, causing Morant's injury (Jordan Poole grabbed Ja Morant's knee and yanked it).
What Jenkins said was an offensive round of the Grizzlies before. Morant was double-teamed by Wiggins and Poole with the ball. From a slow motion, Poole did pull Morant's knee, and his left hand also pushed Morant forward.
Injured Morant did not receive an interview after the game, but He posted a video of Poole's knee on social media and wrote: "Broke the code" (cross the line) , and soon deleted this status.
It is worth mentioning that after Dillon committed a crime against Payton in the second game, Cole used this sentence to evaluate Dillon's foul, and Morant obviously kept this sentence in his heart.
As one of the parties involved, Poole also accepted an interview. Poole said: " that was a basketball action. We double-teamed him at the time. I went to rush. I am not that kind of dirty player. I don't want anyone to be injured. I respect every player. I hope he is okay. I hope I can see him again in the next game. I am not that kind of player. I don't play that kind of dirty game. ."
Then listen to the players of both sides' opinions on this round:
—Jenkins: Poole grabbed Morant's knee and pulled it, which led to the next thing
—Kor: I didn't even notice this round
— Curry : Morant was injured is not a joke, but some other things are shit, Jordan (Poole) did nothing malicious, (about his malicious speculation) it was all shit
— Klay : I don't think Poole has any malicious intentions.I don't even think he has the strength to cause someone's knee to be injured
- Dream chase: I don't know how to give an opinion, in my opinion, they hit the knee before Poole LaMorant, this is just my opinion, We don't think about revenge, next Monday we have another game to play
- Bain: Poole reached out and grabbed his knee, this is a controllable situation, it's very Unfortunately
- Jerry Jackson : You will never want to see something like this, but no one here is dirty, just the whole series we are talking about crossing the bounds
The latest news at the moment is that The league office is doing more video replays about Poole grabbing and pulling Morant’s knee, and will make a decision on whether to punish.
I have to say that this round of series is really full of gunpowder and public opinion , and combined with some previous grievances between the two teams ( Iguodala had conflicts with young people when the Grizzlies did not play, Curry spoke for Iguodala, and the Grizzlies eliminated the Warriors in the play-offs last year), the next game will inevitably be more tense and exciting.
For Morant, his performance has been really crazy so far in this round of series. has averaged 38.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, 8.3 assists and 3.0 steals per game, with a shooting percentage of 50.6%/43.3%/85.7% . I hope Morant can make a healthy comeback. He is only 22 years old, so don't have to worry.
