The series between the Warriors and the Grizzlies has ended, and the Warriors eliminated the Grizzlies with a total score of 4-2 to advance to the Western Conference Finals. I guessed this big score, and I also thought that this series would be full of confrontation, but what I didn't expect was that this series would be so tortuous: G1-G3 sent off in every game, G4-G6 Cole was absent, Payton Jr. was injured, Morant was injured, Porter was injured, and continuous injuries also attracted more war of words in this round of series.
It should be said that the two teams are as strong as each other. Except for the two teams G3 and G5, the Warriors only had a net victory of 13 points in the other four games, and the winner was decided in the last second. So far, in the second round of the playoffs this year, only the Bucks narrowly beat the Celtics twice, winning 5 points in two games, and the score difference between the remaining games is relatively large. It can be said that the series between the Warriors and the Grizzlies is the most intense set of matches in the second round of the playoffs this year. Let's review these 6 games one by one:
1, G1 Warriors 117-116 away game. The emergencies in G1 were Greene, who was expelled from the second-degree vicious in just 17 minutes after playing. The technical statistics of both sides in this game are as follows:
The Warriors have 51 rebounds in all games (including 16 rebounds in the frontcourt), 31 assists in , 45 shots in 93 shots, shooting percentage is 48.4% , 14 of 38 three-pointers, 36.8% of three-pointers, 13 of 20 free throws, 6 free throws, 6 steals, 10 turnovers, 17 blocks, and 25 fouls.
The Grizzlies had 47 rebounds in the game (including 16 rebounds in the frontcourt), 26 assists, 41 shots of 95 shots, a shooting percentage of 43.2%, 16 of 40 three-pointers, 40% of three-pointers, 18 of 24 free throws, 75% of free throws, 11 steals, 14 turnovers of , 14 , 6 blocks, and 19 fouls.
From the perspective of the game data, the Warriors lead in rebounding, assists, and shooting percentage, especially in shooting, while the Grizzlies are better in three-pointers, free throws, and turnover control. It is worth mentioning that as a shooting team, the Warriors' free throw shooting percentage is a bit low, with only 13 of 20 free throws. In particular, Clay's 0 free throws occurred at the last critical moment, which directly caused the fans to sweat. As a top scorer, such a situation is not allowed.
In the fourth quarter, Clark scored an all-time job, the Grizzlies led by 2 points, Clay received the ball from outside the three-point line and flew Bain scored a three-pointer with a steadily shot, and the Warriors took the lead by one point. In the last 6 seconds, Clay missed two free throws, but fortunately Morant made a layup missed, and the Warriors narrowly won and regained their home advantage.
The Warriors did a good job in winning in this game: First, Poole's outbreak, Poole made 5 of 10 three-pointers in this game and scored 31 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists. Second, the team has excellent rebounding competition, with Wiggins having 8 rebounds, Payton having 6 rebounds, Poole having 8 rebounds, Kuming having 6 rebounds, Porter having 8 rebounds, and Looney having 6 rebounds. It can be said that the whole team is actively fighting. Third, the restrictions on the Grizzlies' double-gun were relatively successful. In this game, Dillon and Bain scored 17 points in total for 6 of 23 shots, while Bain averaged 21.4 points and Dillon had 15.3 points.
2. G2 Warriors away game 101 to 106 Grizzlies. In this game, Payton was injured by Dillon's evil criminal in less than 3 minutes. Dillon was also expelled from the second-level evil criminal. It can be said that Dillon was the ultimate change and one success. The whole game of this game is as follows:
The Warriors have 52 rebounds (including 14 rebounds in the frontcourt) , assists 27 , 95 shots 40 of them, shooting percentage is 42.1% , 7 of 38 three-pointers, 18 three-pointers shooting percentage is 18.4%, 14 of 18 free throws, 77.8%, 6 steals, 18 turnovers, 2 blocks, and 20 fouls.
The Grizzlies had 49 rebounds in the game (including 13 rebounds in the frontcourt), 17 assists, 36 shots of 91 shots, with a shooting percentage of 39.6%, made 14 of 45 three-pointers, 31.1% of 3-pointers, 31.1% of , made 21 free throws, 20 free throws, 95.2% of , steals 13 , made 14 , made 14 , 2 blocks, and 23 fouls.
Judging from the G2 game data, the Warriors lead in rebounding, assists, and shooting percentage, while the Grizzlies are better at controlling three-pointers, free throws, steals, and turnovers. is worth mentioning that the Grizzlies lead the Warriors too much in three-pointers and free throws.
G2 There are three reasons for the Warriors losing: , the first is that the shooting is too poor , and , as a shooting team, only 7 of 38 three-pointers were made. The second is Clay's downturn. In this game, Clay made 5 of 19 shots and scored only 12 points in 2 of 12 three-pointers. Third, there is not enough restrictions on Morant. Due to Peyton's injury, the Warriors lacked the first choice to defend Morant. In this game, Morant made 15 of 31 shots and scored 47 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, especially he scored 15 points in the last 4 minutes, and these 15 points were all scored by the Grizzlies.
3, G3 Warriors 142 to 112 at home. Payton Jr. was absent in this game, Dillon was suspended, Morant left the game after five minutes of the fourth quarter, and never played in this round of the series. He made 13 of 21 shots in this game and scored 34 points and 7 assists. The technical statistics of this game are as follows:
Warriors rebounds in all games 38 (including 4 rebounds in the frontcourt), assists 34 , 84 shots 53 shots, hits a shooting percentage of 631%, 17 of 32 three-pointers, 53.1% of three-pointers, 19 of 21 free throws, 90.5% of free throws, 5 steals, 17 turnovers, 4 blocks, and 24 fouls.
The Grizzlies had 29 rebounds in the game (including 7 rebounds in the frontcourt), 21 assists, 40 of 92 shots, shooting percentage was 43.5%, 16 of 43 three-pointers, shooting percentage was 37.2%, 16 of 21 free throws, shooting percentage was 76.2%, steals 8 , turnovers 10 , 3 blocks, and 20 fouls.
G3 Warriors won 30 points. As the saying goes, the Warriors led the Grizzlies in most data such as rebounds, assists, and shooting percentage, especially in assists and shooting percentage. It should be said that the Grizzlies' 43.5% shooting rate is also quite good, but the Warriors' 63% shooting rate is really ridiculously high. In addition, the Sledgehammers were expelled for taking two consecutive fouls in this game, and scored 9 points for 4 of 6 shots before leaving the game.
4, G4 Warriors 101-98 at home. Cole was absent due to positive COVID-19 in this game and never returned in this round of series. Brown walked to the front as the acting coach. The technical statistics of this game are as follows:
Warriors 54 rebounds in the whole game (including 10 rebounds in the frontcourt), 25 assists, 36 of 90 shots, a shooting percentage of 40%, 9 of 37 three-pointers, a shooting percentage of 24.3%, 22 free throws, shooting percentage of 20 free throws, 9 free throws, 90.9% , 6 steals, 16 turnovers, 7 blocks, and 15 fouls.
The Grizzlies had 48 rebounds in the game (including 10 rebounds in the frontcourt), 25 assists, shots, 40 of 96 shots, with a shooting percentage of 41.7% , three-pointers, 9 of 35 shots, 25.7% , 9 of 15 free throws, 60% free throws, 10 steals, 12 turnovers, 11 blocks, , and 19 fouls.
G4 The Warriors won 3 points 101-98. After careful comparison, the Warriors only had rebounds and free throws, and the Warriors finally won the game by relying on the last-minute free throw. The Grizzlies lead in shooting percentage and three-point shooting percentage, but they have little advantage.
The two sides started a blacksmith battle in this game. The Warriors made 9 of 37 three-pointers and 0 of the first 15. The three-pointers were shot in this game in four series, only better than G2's 7 of 38 shots, and G2's three-point shooting percentage was 18.4%. Curry made 4 of 14, Clay made 0 of 7, Wiggins made 1 of 5, Poole made 0 of 3, and his brother-in-law made 0 of 2, and only Porter made 4 of 6 was accurate.
G4 Grizzlies beat the Warriors in the whole game and have always taken the lead, and the Warriors have been chasing hard. It was not until 45 seconds before the end of the game that the Warriors relied on Curry's free throw to overtake the score and maintained the lead until the end of the game.
5, G5 Warriors away game 95 to 134 Grizzlies. This game was considered by some fans as a game that the Warriors deliberately gave up, on the grounds that the Warriors wanted to go back to their home court and sell one more ticket. I don't think so. First, the Warriors did perform too poorly in this game, and second, they didn't give so many points in the handicap, so they were so disappointed.The technical statistics of this game are as follows:
The Warriors have 37 rebounds in the whole game (including 4 rebounds in the frontcourt), 22 assists, 36 of 80 shots, a shooting percentage of 45%, 14 of 39 three-pointers, a three-point shooting percentage of 35.9%, 9 of 13 free throws, a free throw shooting percentage of 69.2%, 3 steals, 22 turnovers, 1 block, and 23 fouls.
Grizzlies 55 rebounds in the whole game (including 18 rebounds in the frontcourt) , assists 37 times, 47 shots of 99 shots, shooting percentage of 47.5%, 18 of 41 three-pointers, shooting percentage of 43.9%, 22 free throws, shooting percentage of 30 free throws, shooting percentage of 73.3%, steals, 9 turnovers, 4 blocks, and 17 fouls.
All the Warriors' data in this game were significantly behind the Grizzlies, which coincided with the huge gap between the score of 39 points lost in the whole game. The G5 Warriors fell behind by 55 points at most and lost 39 points in the game.
Sixth, G6 Warriors 110 to 96 at home. Brown finally changed the team in this game, replacing Kumingga, who had started in the previous three games. Unexpectedly, the effect was surprisingly good. Looney grabbed 11 rebounds in the first quarter, including 5 rebounds in the frontcourt. There were 22 rebounds in the game, and 11 were frontcourt rebounds. It is worth mentioning that the Grizzlies team grabbed a total of 10 frontcourt rebounds. The technical statistics of this game are as follows:
Warriors have 70 rebounds in the whole game (including 25 rebounds in the frontcourt) , assists 24 , shoots 104 shots , hits 41 shots , hits 39.4% , hits 20 of 53 three-pointers , 37.7% of three-pointers, 8 free throws, free throws shooting rate is 72.7% , 3 steals, 17 turnovers, blocks 10 , and 17 fouls.
Grizzlies have 44 rebounds in the game (including 10 rebounds in the frontcourt), 21 assists, 34 of 96 shots, shooting percentage of 35.4%, 15 of 36 three-pointers, three-point shooting percentage of 41.7% , free throws 13 free throws, free throws, 6 free throw shooting percentage of 65%, steals, 6 turnovers, 6 blocks, and 12 fouls.
and G5, the Warriors led the Grizzlies in all data in this game, and the most important lead was rebounds. The Warriors had 26 more rebounds than the Grizzlies.
I think there are the following reasons for the Warriors winning this game: , first, speed up. In order to speed up, he will make mistakes, because the Grizzlies have double towers and Jackson in charge. If they play in the position, the Warriors will undoubtedly die, especially Jackson's defense is really good, with fast movement speed and strong ability to make up for defense. So in this game, the Warriors were determined to speed up the counterattack, and they lost many mistakes for this.
The second is to grab rebounds well. The Warriors can lead so much in rebounding in this game, of course, Looney is the first contributor. He was rejuvenated with great motivation as he returned to the starting lineup, with 11 rebounds in the first quarter and 22 rebounds in the game. At the same time, the Warriors' team's rebounding team was active, with Curry having 7, Clay having 8, Wiggins having 11, Green having 15, while the Grizzlies having 10 rebounds and Jones having 9.
3 is the defense of players other than double guns. Because Adams' huge physique provided good screening ability, the Grizzlies' three-pointers with two shots in the backcourt were all fired, and the Warriors' defense against both of them was not in place in this game. Dillon made 7 of 15 three-pointers and Bain made 4 of 7 three-pointers. But the Warriors have better defenses against other people. Wiggins and Brown volunteered to defend Jones before the game. He also did what he said. Jones only scored 7 points in this game, and Jackson made 5 of 19 shots, scored 12 points in 7 three-pointers, and Clark made 2 of 10 shots, which are all cases of the Warriors' successful defense in this game.
4 is G6 soup and Curry. In this game, Clay is still the familiar G6 soup. He scored 11 points from 4 of 5 shots in the first quarter, 6 points from 2 of 5 shots in the second quarter, 10 points from 8 shots in the third quarter, and 3 points from 1 of 4 shots in the fourth quarter. This three-pointer is very critical. Curry made 6 of 17 three-pointers in this game, but his performance in the fourth quarter was excellent. 2 of 6 shots in the first quarter, 8 points in the second quarter, 2 of 7 shots in the second quarter, 4 points in the third quarter, 4 points in the fourth quarter, 4 points in the fourth quarter, 11 points in the three-pointer, which included 3-pointers of 5 shots, especially the three-pointers in the first 1 minute and 32 seconds of the final game, which widened the gap to 16 points to lock in the victory. In addition, Green and Wiggins also performed well. Green scored 14 points, 15 rebounds and 8 assists. In the crucial fourth quarter, Wiggins scored 10 points for 4 of 5 shots, including 2 of 2 three-pointers.
Comprehensively look at these 6 games, the Grizzlies are a very tenacious and confrontational team, especially after Morant was absent, they played more overall and both ends of the amplifier were improved. The Warriors can advance, I think the following aspects are done well:
, one is rebounding. Grizzlies are the top team in the league in regular season rebounding, but in this round of series with the Warriors, except for the G5 rebounding behind, the Warriors led the Grizzlies in the rest of the games. The Warriors grabbed a total of 48 rebounds in these 5 games, and everyone in the Warriors was rushing to rebound, which was the team's victory.
The second is Curry's performance. 's scores in these 6 games, Curry's scores were 24, 27, 30, 32, 14 and 29 respectively, averaging 26 points per game. As his conventional weapon, he made 23 of 70 three-pointers, with a shooting percentage of 32.9%, which is slightly lower than his career three-point shooting percentage in the playoffs, but considering the Grizzlies' excellent outside defense ability, this shooting percentage is reasonable. Of course, victory belongs to the team, and Green, Wiggins, Clay and others performed well.
Third, it has good compressive resistance. There are many unfavorable factors for the Warriors in this round of series: one less home game than the Grizzlies, and the series started with the away game. Iguodala did not play in one game, Payton Jr. only played one game +3 minutes, Porter also missed G6 due to injury, Cole missed 3 games, Poole was slandered by Jenkins and injured Morant and others. The team injured the main player and even the head coach was absent. The Warriors overcame many adverse factors, which shows that the Warriors are much more mature this season.
Of course, there are also some aspects that are not done well enough:
First, it is a slow start. In the 6 games of , the Warriors only G6 leads the start, and the other 5 games are digging big holes and then fill them step by step. If they fill them up, they will win. If they can't fill them up, they will lose a crushing defeat, such as G5. The G4 Warriors fell behind from the beginning until 45 seconds before the end of the game. The Warriors overtook the score and gradually secured the victory with Curry's free throw.
Second, Poole's psychological quality is poor. G1 Poole scored 31 points in 12 of 20 shots, G2 Poole scored 20 points in 8 of 16 shots, G3 Poole scored 27 points in 11 of 17 shots, Poole's performance was still very good as of this game, but after Morant was injured in G3, Jenkins led the pace and said that Poole injured Morant, which made many fans who didn't know the truth scold Poole, which directly affected Poole's performance. G4 Poole scored 14 points in 4 of 12, G5 Poole scored 3 points in 16, and G615 scored 12 points in 4 of 4 of 12 points, which is a huge difference from the first three games.
Third, it is not good at defending the outside line. When Morant appeared, the Warriors basically did not limit Morant, especially to make a slap in his three-pointer. After Morant was injured, the Warriors' defense against Dillon and Bain was much worse. In the final analysis, it is because of the lack of talented players on the outside defense, especially after Payton Jr. was injured. Clay was affected after being injured, especially the Grizzlies' outside line is good at using Adams' pick-and-roll, which is a move that was fully played in G6. Dillon and Bain's three-pointers totaled 11 of 22 shots.
When talking about this series, verbal battles are indispensable. Especially the Grizzlies are good at and are keen on this. They have another weird operation that after Morant's MRI results came out, they were reluctant to announce the results, and let the media and fans speculate.
Let’s first look at the weird remarks of the resentful woman Jenkins. After the G2 game in the series, Jenkins said that Dillon had contact with the opponent's hair, and I believe the referee's penalty. Before the G3 game of the series, Jenkins said that G2 Dillon's foul was tough and , and our team was very competitive, but looking at our team culture and looking at our locker room, we were a thousand miles apart from the dirty. After the G3 game of
series, Jenkins said that he watched the video replay, and Poole grabbed Morant's knee and tugged it hard. Morant's knee is being evaluated and we will report to our general manager to discuss within the team whether to apply for an investigation to the league about Poole's move.
Series G4, the day before Jenkins made it clear that he and the Grizzlies believed that Poole grabbed Morant's knee and injured the latter.Morant is still receiving treatment and has not participated in training today. Before the G4 game of
series, Jenkins said that Morant did not participate in shooting training, and he had undergone MRI examination in , but the results of will not be announced. The specific injuries are still under evaluation. After the G4 game of
series, Jenkins said he wanted to see the referee report in the last two minutes what was said about Green's key three-pointer blocking Jaren Jr., and that three-pointer might have been a bit hasty, but he believed that the two had some physical contact at that time.
In addition, Jenkins also said that the basketball used by the Warriors at home feels a bit flat, and the lights in the arena also look brighter than usual. I hope the league office can take a look at this.
Check out Morant again. Morant first tweeted over the bounds after being injured in G3, and then deleted . After G6 was eliminated, Morant angrily criticized Kumingga on social media, "Child, you should just get some honors before talking." In addition, he also fought with Curry.
There is another person named Di Long. Dillon's image of a villain in this round of the series was unintentional. He first committed a crime against Payton in G2, and the latter was still recovering from his injuries. Of course, he was called for a second-degree malicious foul and was directly expelled and suspended for one game. After being blocked by Curry in G6, he was so angry that he pushed Curry to the ground, and the referee also called a first-degree malicious foul.
After G6 was eliminated, Dillon was very dissatisfied. he said that if Morant was there, the Grizzlies would win this round of the series. Warriors are very clear that we will be coming every season, we are still young, they are getting older . In addition, Dillon had previously said that we were all very visionary, but Iguodala did not. Send him back to the Warriors and let him do whatever he should do. We will continue to lift the dynasty and the team to new heights.
Curry responded to Dillon. These words from him are crazy, he says they have established dynasties, so you have to figure it out. . I respect everyone on the Grizzlies, they are talented and they have shown dominance in 82 regular season games. Although we advanced, we absolutely respect them. No one knows what will happen next, they will remain competitive for a long time.
It can be seen that Curry's response is still very generous. Jenkins attributed the reason for Morant's injury to Pu'er, and mentioned it many times in front of the media that his purpose was to cause trouble to Poole. Of course, his goal was achieved, and Poole's performance in the last three games was obviously much worse.
In this round of series, Dillon was a second-level malicious, once a first-level malicious, Green was a second-level malicious, Peyton was injured, Morant was injured, and Porter was injured. Cole missed the last three games after being infected with the new crown, which can be said to have won this series in vain. After Morant was absent, the Grizzlies won the G5, and Morant also won the game on his own. This is a series of ups and downs.
Anyway, this series has ended, the Warriors need to focus on the Western Conference Finals, their opponent will be the winner between the Suns and the Mavericks, and the two will have a tiebreak battle. No matter who advances, their overall defense is still a bit different from the Grizzlies, and it is expected that the Warriors' offense can play smoothly. In addition, Iguodala should be able to play in the Western Conference Finals, and he can make up for the impact of Peyton Jr. to a certain extent.
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