Grizzlies vs Warriors

After an emotional victory on Friday, the Warriors face the Grizzlies on Sunday. Will the Grizzlies letdown at home in game one of the NBA playoffs?

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Before the Warriors open the second round of the playoffs against the Grizzlies, here's everything you need to know about game one.

Following a minute restriction to start the playoffs, Steph Curry is back in the starting lineup for Steve Kerr’s squad. The wait for round two is over. After dropping three of the four contests against the Grizzlies in the regular season, the Warriors will have to find a way to slow down Ja Morant, Desmond Bane and Jaren Jackson Jr. to punch a ticket to the Western Conference Finals.

The Memphis Grizzlies and Golden State Warriors set to do battle in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals.

The Warriors are listed at 2.5-point favorites on FanDuel for Game 1. The Memphis Grizzlies are back onto the court less than 48 hours after a thrilling Game 6 first round victory. Golden State Warriors: Game 1 live score, updates

They also experienced a leap from third-year guard Jordan Poole, who has emerged as another Splash Brother. For the Grizzlies, Desmond Bane has taken a similar ...

However, the Memphis Grizzlies will be returning to their raucous home crowd after winning their first playoff series as a game. They’ve shown this year that they’re a great matchup against this team, as the Grizzlies won the season series 3-1. The Grizzlies could make their imprint on the series by taking the first swing in Game 1. That wouldn’t fly with the Golden State Warriors. The Warriors have been one of the league’s best teams this season, and they’re at full strength. Morant took on the defensive assignment of Patrick Beverley in the last series. They also experienced a leap from third-year guard Jordan Poole, who has emerged as another Splash Brother. For the Grizzlies, Desmond Bane has taken a similar jump to Poole, solidifying himself as the 2nd-best offensive weapon on the team.

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They led the league in offensive rebounds this season and should be able to make that a problem for the Warriors even if Adams misses time. A lot needs to happen for the Grizzlies to win. They keep the momentum rolling from Round 1. The pulse of the Grizzlies is… Both are going to fill the highlight-reel and cause major headaches for the opposing defences. He needs to be the guy who looked like an MVP candidate at times this season. After a gentleman’s sweep of Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets in Round 1, they look like championship favourites. They came into the playoffs with conviction as one of the stories of the season after finishing a surprising second in the West, but facing the Minnesota Timberwolves was a bit of a struggle as far as No. 2 vs. The Warriors are back looking like a juggernaut as they push for another shot at Larry OB, while the Grizzlies – whose oldest starter is 26 with Steven Adams out – are inexperienced and still learning how to win in the playoffs. Curry is the greatest shooter of all-time who’s unstoppable from anywhere on the court when he gets rolling. Morant and Curry are two of the game’s most exciting point guards for opposite reasons. After winning the season series 3-1, Memphis will definitely put up a fight.

Draymond Green was ejected in the first half of Game 1 of the Warriors' Western Conference semifinal series after he hit Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke in ...

After it was deemed a flagrant 2, Green ran around the court for several seconds, waving his hands up and down to the crowd and high-fiving his teammates. As he made his exit, he gave the crowd one last wave before heading down the tunnel. Warriors guard Stephen Curry told the refs the ejection was "f---ing crazy," as Curry, Green and the Warriors expected it to be called a flagrant 1.

The four-time All-Star was terrific in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, averaging 9.6 points, 7.4 assists, 5.4 rebounds, 1.6 blocks and 1.4 steals per game.

If contact committed against a player, with or without the ball, is interpreted to be unnecessary and excessive, a flagrant foul — penalty (2) will be assessed. If contact committed against a player, with or without the ball, is interpreted to be unnecessary, a flagrant foul — penalty (1) will be assessed. Warriors coach Steve Kerr appeared to be stunned by the call. Green likely won't be suspended for that specific play. Here's a breakdown of the call. His absence will certainly be felt in the second half.

Warriors vs. Grizzlies presents a challenge for oddsmakers. Golden State looked like a serious championship threat throughout its 4-1 series rout of the ...

As Curry heals, the market will be even more tempted to price the Warriors like a juggernaut. Splitting six games against the spread with the Timberwolves in the first round took that to 55-32-1 for the season, an astonishing 63.2 percent cash rate. Golden State looked like a serious championship threat throughout its 4-1 series rout of the Nuggets—even while Stephen Curry was on the mend from a sprained foot.

Jordan Poole led the Warriors with 31 points off the bench, hitting 5-of-10 3-pointers. Stephen Curry added 24 points, Andrew Wiggins had 17 and Thompson ...

Curry was held to eight points in the first half, none in the second. Golden State was 14-of-21 shooting in the third, including 5-of-7 outside the arc. This also was just the first time the Warriors started a conference semifinal on the road and third playoff series Golden State didn’t start at home with Steve Kerr as coach. They came in leading the NBA in the fourth with an average of 33 points and outscoring opponents by 10.3 points a game. It marked the first time Memphis held an opponent to fewer than 30 points this postseason. Thompson missed both free throws with 6.7 seconds left, then Memphis won a jump ball before taking a timeout with 3.6 seconds remaining to set up the final play.

The NBA Playoffs continue on Sunday evening live on Sky Sports with Game 1 of the Golden State Warriors @ Memphis Grizzlies at 8.30pm on Sky Sports Arena ...

Since November 18, he has been the NBA's best 3-point shooter at 45.9 per cent, and now he has Memphis' postseason mark with 27 3s in six games to lead this postseason. "Memphis is in a similar boat now gaining that experience, feeling what it's like to be on the road and trailing in the fourth quarter, and they've done a really good job of advancing and getting to this stage and now it continues," Kerr said. Curry scored at least 30 points in his last two games and three of four coming off the bench in all but Game 5 against the Nuggets to protect his tender left foot. Memphis earned the No 8 seed a year ago after beating San Antonio, then going on the road to beat the Warriors in the play-in tournament. "We feel like we are one of the best backcourts in the league as well," Morant said. The dynamic guard leads a young, brash and deep roster that edged out Golden State for the No 2 seed in the Western Conference with the NBA's best record behind only Phoenix.

We go over how you can watch Sunday's ABC game between the Warriors and Grizzlies.

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Poole finished with the fifth-most points off the bench in a playoff game for Golden State over the past 40 years. “I didn’t say it, but Steph Curry came off the bench for three games, four games?” Kerr said. ... They also started on the road against Houston in 2018 and Toronto in 2019. ... They won a road game in a series extending their NBA record to a 25th consecutive series. This also was just the first time the Warriors started a conference semifinal on the road and third playoff series Golden State didn’t start at home with Kerr as coach. ... They improved to 2-0 in Game 1s this postseason and 20-2 since the 2015 playoffs. The Grizzlies finished their first-round series against Minnesota by coming back from double-digit deficits in their final three wins — the first team in NBA history to do that more than once in a postseason, let alone a series. Ziaire Williams missed his second game with a sore right knee. Morant had 14 to help the Grizzlies lead 32-24 after the first quarter. Thompson missed both free throws with 6.7 seconds left, then Memphis won a jump ball before a timeout with 3.6 seconds remaining to set up the final play. “The core, we’ve got championship DNA, and we wanted to utilize that," Stephen Curry said. Never let go of the rope in terms of feeling like you’re out of a game.

Klay Thompson (22.6 points per game in the playoffs) and Jordan Poole (21.0) also have scored early and often for Golden State. Andrew Wiggins is averaging 14.0 ...

"You definitely have got to celebrate moments like this," Jenkins said after the first-round win. Memphis held on for a 4-2 series win over the scrappy Minnesota Timberwolves in the opening round. "He's a lot stronger," said Draymond Green, who is in his 10th season with Golden State. "When he's driving to the hole, what teams used to do is bump him off his path. But once he puts his head down and drives it, and he's committed to getting to the hole, he's strong enough to take those bumps and not get pushed off his path." He averaged 21.5 points, 10.5 assists and 8.7 rebounds in the six games against Minnesota. Golden State is coming off a 4-1 series win over the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs. "It's a good feeling, but (we're) still not satisfied," he said. "You've got to cherish this. Stephen Curry is averaging 28.0 points in five games during the postseason. Winning a series, you don't want to take for granted. If you're not pressed up and overreacting to the shot, then he shoots, and good luck. The Memphis Grizzlies are new to the scene, coming off their first playoff series win in seven years.

The Memphis Grizzlies fell to the Golden State Warriors 117-116 in Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals on Sunday at FedExForum.

Poole led the Warriors on a quick run in the second quarter before Jackson Jr. answered with 12 points to give the Grizzlies the 61-55 lead at halftime. Jackson Jr. notched another double-digit quarter in the third with 14 points on 4-for-5 shooting from 3-point range. Morant led the Grizzlies with 34 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds while Jaren Jackson Jr. notched a double-double with 33 points (10-18 FG, 7-9 3P) shooting to go with 10 rebounds. The Grizzlies trailed by as many as 10 in the fourth quarter before an 18-7 scoring run evened the score at 112-112 with two minutes remaining. The Grizzlies used a strong defensive performance to launch 16-6 run to finish the first quarter. Ja Morant connected with Brandon Clarke on an inbound lob the put the Grizzlies up 116-114, but Jordan Poole found Klay Thompson on the perimeter for the go-ahead 3.

Klay Thompson hit the eventual game-winning 3-pointer and Steph Curry came away with a huge steal against Ja Morant. The Splash Brothers stole the show and ...

Draymond Green was ejected right before halftime after receiving a Flagrant 2 foul after tugging and pulling on Brandon Clarke's jersey under the rim. When the game was on the line, the Splash Brothers"came through on both sides of the floor. With Memphis leading for most of the first half, Green's ejection appeared to have energized the Warriors, who stormed back in the second half to cap off a win in Game 1.

Draymond Green was ejected in the first half of Game 1 of the Warriors' Western Conference semifinal series after he hit Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke in ...

"This is the Jordan we have seen now for the last few months," Kerr said. "I thought he was going to attack," Thompson said. If they could just get one win in Memphis before heading back to San Francisco, that would be considered a successful trip. "I think this was the best defensive season of his career. ... I thought it was just a brilliant defensive play by Steph." After it was deemed a flagrant foul 2, Green ran around the court for several seconds, waving his hands up and down to the crowd and high-fiving his teammates. He finished the night with 31 points on 12-of-20 shooting, including five 3s, eight rebounds, nine assists and two blocks. "We were all kind of shocked by the decision. The Warriors were particularly stingy in clutch time, contesting 11 of Memphis' 13 attempts. "You really have to find that grit and grind and buckle down and lock in offensively and defensively. Something he has done in the past." As his coaches and teammates walked back to the locker room, Green greeted each one with a high-five, hug or chest bump.

So much for rest, no time for celebration. The Memphis Grizzlies kicked off Game 1 of the second round, as they are now matched up with the Golden State ...

They have to get the Warriors out of their flow offensively in order to be successful in this series. The Grizzlies have to maintain good defensive discipline and try to hop in their passing lanes to generate turnovers. He was a killer in this Game 1, and they’re going to need performances and discipline like this one in this series. The Grizzlies were on the receiving end of splashing. The Grizzlies made it a priority to find him in the post, and he capitalized on those chances. After falling out of the rotation against the Warriors, Melton was back in the mix in Game 1. Two challenges were pivotal in this quarter — one was for a Steph Curry charge foul that was unsuccessful, and the other was an out of bounds play that was successful for the Grizzlies. Klay Thompson hit a big 3 to give them a 1-point lead with under a minute left, and he also missed 2 free throws to give the Grizzlies 1 more shot. The Grizzlies answered with their own run to regain the lead, but the Warriors countered with their own. They started to run him in more ball screen actions to get him going from beyond the arc, and it paid off, as he hit 6 three-pointers. De’Anthony Melton returned to action after a few DNP-CD’s, and drilled 2 three’s in the opening moments of the game. The Grizzlies ran a final play to get Ja Morant a lane downhill, and they couldn’t capitalize. Melton continued to do stuff on both sides of the ball, making a pair of defensive plays that resulted in transition offense.

Poole's scoring has been electric in his first postseason, but don't ignore his crucial work as a facilitator.

On this possession from the second quarter of Game 1 against Memphis, Poole knows Andrew Wiggins is going to be open before he even receives the pass, then fires a laser to him all in one motion for an easy bucket. He could have hit Porter flaring out to the 3-point line or skipped it to one of the floor-spacers on the other side of the court. Poole feeds Otto Porter Jr. in the post, fakes like he's going to set a screen for Klay Thompson, then uses his quickness to shake Grizzlies big man Jaren Jackson Jr. as he gets to the corner. Poole collected nine assists on Sunday, six of which came in the second half after Green, their primary half-court facilitator, had been banished to the locker room. Poole was held to just 19 total points in the final two games of the Warriors' first-round series against the Denver Nuggets while going 6-for-20 from the floor and 2-for-9 from 3-point range. In the Warriors' thrilling 117-116 win over Memphis on Sunday, Poole went off for 31 points on 12-of-20 shooting, including 5-of-10 from 3-point range.

Jordan Poole's continued emergence, Stephen Curry's underrated defense and more help the Warriors steal home-court advantage from the Grizzlies.

Maybe a little extra resolve was what enabled them to outscore Memphis 36-29 in the third quarter, outrebound the Grizzlies 50-47 and come up with those key stops. Look, it’s refreshing not to have every out-of-bounds play getting reviewed, one after another after another, down the stretch of games. Memphis got the ball in the frontcourt with 3.6 seconds left and a great chance to tie or win. The Warriors reset for 26 of them in this one. Memphis had a brutal turnaround, from clinching its series against Minnesota Friday evening and traveling home, to playing the opener as a matinee. Certainly, Golden State’s feelings about the call might have been different had the outcome gone differently. What it didn’t have was the same comeback ability it showed three times against the Timberwolves. Main reason? You play the Grizzlies, you shoulder the responsibility of defending Ja Morant, Memphis’ frenetic, exciting point guard. But the way he stepped up really helped us. Said Curry: “He hadn’t been on this stage before, and it’s not something you can teach, being ready for a moment like this. Asked how it went when he told guard Jordan Poole he’d be coming off the bench in the opener against Memphis, Warriors coach Steve Kerr kind of smirked. “The Jordan we’ve seen the last few months, this is what he looks like.

The Golden State Warriors and Memphis Grizzlies face off on Tuesday in Memphis in Game 2 of their NBA Playoffs series.

Warriors vs. Warriors vs. Mavs vs. Celtics vs. Mavs vs. Celtics vs. - 76ers vs. - 76ers vs. Let’s go with the Grizzlies to cover and even the series." Meanwhile, the Grizzlies are shooting a 52.8% effective field goal percentage and should end up struggling to find good shots knowing the Warriors are holding teams to a 51.3% effective field goal percentage. Morant and Jackson were the only Grizzlies to hit 15 points. It writes: "Just like in the first round, the Grizzlies lost the series opener in this matchup against Golden State. In other words, this isn’t new to Memphis, which still looked good even in the loss in Game 1.

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- Desmond Bane was MIA. The best scorer for the Grizzlies in the Minnesota series was non-existent in this game. But the Warriors are not the Wolves, and Tuesday night’s Game 2 feels like more of a must win than the one in the previous series. Without a Bane close to what he was against the Timberwolves, it is likely going to be the last playoff series for Memphis this postseason. He realized early on - and probably knew from the very beginning - that he was the biggest player on the floor. There’s a reason he was so open - the Warriors wanted him to shoot. But in this game, when the Grizzlies needed to lean more on their best players, these two were asked to do more than they probably should in the Western Conference Semifinals. They both were a team-worst -10 in their respective minutes - 13 for Tillman, 9 for Konchar. Those 22 minutes could’ve gone elsewhere - Jaren Jackson Jr. (31 minutes), DeAnthony Melton (25 minutes and looked much more like himself offensively in particular), and Kyle Anderson (19 minutes) for example. In Game 5 against Minnesota, Anthony Edwards took a risk and failed to stay with Ja Morant. Postgame, he said he was always going to try to make that play and would learn from the mistake. The red-hot shooting from beyond the arc is probably not sustainable - and is one of the reasons this loss stings even more - but that aggression to the rim is. The play at the end for Ja was well designed. And despite the best efforts of the young stars of the Memphis Grizzlies, the support behind them simply was not enough. The two early made threes were a wonderful sign of the good things to come as the game went on. Another one was ejected for a (questionable) Flagrant 2 foul call in the 2nd quarter.

The Memphis Grizzlies will need big performances from players such as Ja Morant if they want to beat the Warriors in Game 2.

Each point, assist, and rebound will mean something for Memphis in what projects to be another competitive and exciting matchup between the Grizzlies and Warriors. Morant was excellent for the most part in Game 1. Maybe one of them will score 24 and the other will post 16. But we can expect the star guard to gobble up that extra rebound while finding the bottom of the net and dishing out assists on a consistent basis in Game 2. A win on Tuesday in Game 2 guarantees that there will be a game 5 back in Memphis. The Grizzlies are going to do everything in their power to take care of business at home against Golden State. But the duo should be in store for a rebound in Game 2.

Desmond Bane is listed as questionable for Game 2 due to lower back soreness, the Memphis Grizzlies announced Monday.

Melton's 25 minutes was his most in the playoffs. Jenkins mentioned after the game that he wants to keep his players fresh for what could be a long series. "Des is just dealing with some general soreness that crept up in the game," Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins said Monday. "Just trying to stay loose.

The Warriors take the Western Conference Semifinals lead 1-0 over the Grizzlies heading into Tuesday's Game 2 matchup in Memphis.

Morant finished shooting 49.3 percent (14-for-31) and 34.4 percent (4-for-11) from the perimeter. Jaren Jackson Jr. contributed with 33 points and ten rebounds, shooting 55.6 percent (10-for-18) from the field and 66.7 percent (6-for-9) from 3-point range. Andre Iguodala (left cervical disc injury) and James Wiseman (right knee injury management) are out. Thompson finished with 15 points, three assists, two steals and one block in 31 minutes of play. GSW: Klay Thompson (right knee soreness) is probable. AST: Morant (9.3) REB: Clarke (7.7) REB: Wiggins (7.7) Poole has recorded two 30-plus point performances in his first postseason, averaging 22.7 points, 6.0 assists and 3.3 rebounds in six games played during the 2022 NBA Playoffs. PTS: Morant (23.7) For event information and to RSVP, visit thrivecity.com. The Warriors enter Tuesday’s Western Conference Semifinals showdown with a 1-0 series lead over the Memphis Grizzlies. After earning a series-opening win on the road, the Dubs are 5-1 this postseason and have won at least one road game in each of the last 25 playoff series, an NBA record streak dating back to 2013.