Even with Curry (left) present, the Warriors were still "beated". Xinhua News Agency issued
reporter Feng Zihan
ridiculous division semifinals, ridiculous warriors.
On May 12, Beijing time, in the Western Conference Semi-finals of NBA, the Warriors and the Grizzlies started their fifth game in Memphis. The Warriors, who held the match point, came to the away game, which seemed to be a disheartening ball. They collapsed in front of the Grizzlies who did not play in , Morant and , and suffered a crushing defeat of 95:134. The difference of 39 points made people shocked. After the game, many fans angrily criticized that this was a "humiliation battle" of the Warriors.
failed away, the Warriors' skills are not as good as others, or do they have ulterior motives?
No fighting spirit at all
From the first minute of the game, the Warriors were not nervous. They lost 77 points in the first half alone, setting the second highest score in the playoffs team lost points in half.
They never led the entire game, and even fell behind by 55 points at one point, close to the "58-point tragedy" of Hornets back then.
Warriors were also completely lost. Curry scored only 14 points, Poole played for 20 minutes, with only 3 points being scored. The only Klay , which performed normally, had 19 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal, but his positive and negative value was jaw-dropping -45, setting a career worst record.
"This is too bad, too embarrassing." Clay said after the game.
Seeing that there was no hope of turning the tables, Green even showed off his "mystery operation": when he was lagging as much as 50 points, he saw him waving his towel and dancing with the rhythm of away fans, looking particularly happy. He seemed to have forgotten that it was because he made three consecutive pass mistakes in the second quarter that he "helped" the Grizzlies to widen the gap.
Green's frequent mistakes are also a microcosm of the Warriors. In this game, the team made up as many as 22 mistakes, many of which were very low-level, and the Grizzlies even scored 29 points.
Without Morant Grizzlies
Morant's absence due to injury was considered good news for the Warriors before the game, but when it was really time to the arena, the Warriors appreciated the power of "Wu Mo Bear".
After all, in the last game, although Morant was not there, the Warriors still rely on Curry's outbreak in the final quarter to "grab" the victory.
In this game, the Grizzlies' team scored 7 players in double digits, including Jaren Jackson, , Jones and Bain, who scored 21 points, tied for the team's highest score.
Inside defense has always been the Warriors' weakness, and this game the Grizzlies took advantage of this. They grabbed 18 rebounds in the Warriors' inside and scored as much as 24 points in the second offense. In contrast, the Warriors only scored 4 frontcourt rebounds and scored only 5 points on their second offense.
Not only that, facing the Warriors' defense, the Grizzlies made 18 three-pointers, setting a record in the playoffs.
blooms inside and outside, and the grizzly bears maintain extremely high combat effectiveness. In fact, in the regular season, "Wu Mo Xiong" had an amazing record of 20 wins and 2 losses.
Green also admitted after the game: "We need to realize that this Grizzlies are no longer the ones that started the series... Our previous game plan was all about Morant, and now he doesn't play anymore, so the Grizzlies have become a completely different team."
weird game is just because of business
NBA is a business league after all, and the team also needs to consider their own operations. Perhaps, the Warriors' loss is not a loss-making deal.
For the league, playing one more game means higher ratings and sufficient advertising revenue, and it will also establish a highly competitive brand image to the outside world. Even after the half, ESPN live broadcast room once wrote the big score of this series "prediction" 3:2.
For the Warriors, they will return to their home court in the next game, with considerable revenue from tickets and surrounding areas. It is reported that in the third game of the Western Conference semi-finals where the Warriors were at home, the lowest ticket price of Chase Center has reached $325. Looking at this season, the Warriors have an average ticket revenue of US$4.2 million, ranking first in the league.
In addition to "business scriptures", there is also "traffic scriptures". Since the series between the two sides started, there has always been no shortage of topics, and the heat of discussions between the two teams has never decreased.
in the first three games, players on both sides encountered evil offenders or injuries; Curry led the team to reverse the Grizzlies in the fourth game; The Warriors lost 39 points in the fifth game... One incident on the field triggered traffic outside the field, and the two sides' verbal battles attracted countless attention.
The Warriors, who are about to return to their home court, remain ahead in the big score, and they are still the side closer to the victory. No matter what reason it is to lose away, if the Warriors don't want to continue to "fall out", they still have to work harder on tactics.
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