NBA Playoffs | An anthological stopper by Holiday silences Boston; the Warriors make a fool of themselves in Memphis

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Curry and Poole give the Warriors an advantage over the Grizzlies and the Bucks win in Boston

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05/02/2022 AT 08:31

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Stunned were the Celticswho had been very balanced throughout the night but who will have to recover against the clock from this enormous moral blow and win yes or yes on Friday in Milwaukee not to go on vacation.

The historical statistics of the NBA are not on their side: after a 2-2, the team that wins the fifth game ends up qualifying one 82% of the time.

Giannis Antetokounmpowho in the last quarter ended up bleeding on his eyelid after a fortuitous hit, was the leader of the Bucks with 40 points and 11 rebounds while Jrue Holiday was not only a marvel in defense but also stood out in attack with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.

Jayson Tatum (34 points and 6 rebounds) and Jaylen Brown (26 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists) were the best of the Celtics in which the Dominican Al Horford once again performed at a high level defending Antetokounmpo (8 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists).

The Warriors make a fool of themselves in Memphis

With a beating as amazing as it is incontestable, the Memphis Grizzlies, without the injured And Morantpassed over some ridiculous Golden State Warriors (134-95) on Wednesday to stay alive in this Western semifinal (2-3).

Sin Steve Kerr On the bench for the second game due to the coronavirus, the Warriors are still ahead and will be able to close the series on Friday back in San Francisco, but in this fifth game in Memphis they gave an unfortunate and improper image of one of the great contenders for the ring. .

It is enough to look at the statistics of the encounter to understand the magnitude of the shipwreck. The Grizzlies put up 77 points in the first halfthey won by 27 points at the break and in the third quarter they came to dominate the scoreboard by a brutal difference of 55 points.

The record of the greatest difference at the end of an NBA playoff game is 58 points and tonight it seemed that if they hadn’t relaxed when victory was already on the cards, the Grizzlies could easily have broken that mark.

The long faces of the Warriors contrasted with the euphoria of some spectacular grizzlies that, in the first three quarters (the last quarter was no longer worth anything with a score of 119-67), they had made 17 of 34 triples and had achieved 29 points from the 20 turnovers of their rivals.

The second quarter was a party for memphis (39-22) but the third was already the apotheosis (42-17). With every facet of the game under their command, from rebounding to paint control to intensity on defense, the Grizzlies had seven players above 10 points.

Jaren Jackson Jr., Desmond Bane y Tyus Jones they were the best with 21 points per head without any of the three playing more than 25 minutes. Klay Thompson (19 points on 7-of-12 shooting) was the Warriors’ leading scorer but finished his performance with a +/- rating of -45.

Stephen Curry he stayed at 14 points (4 of 10 shooting), Draymond Green he scored 5 points and lost 5 balls and Jordan Poole lost 4 balls and only scored 3 points (1 of 6 shooting). The Mexican-American Juan Toscano-Anderson he took to the court in the third quarter, when the game was over, and had 5 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and a block in 16 minutes.