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Now that the 1st round series is officially over.

The game of the Grizzliess vs Timberwolves almost went to game 7, but just like the past games, Memphis are so strong in the 4th quarter and they beat the Wolves again.

So let's discuss the series of the number 2 and 3 in the West.

Warriors vs Memphis.

Who's gonna win the series?

(I'll update the series odds once it's listed)

I think majority here might favor the Warriors because they are a deep bench. Curry and Thompson, the splash brothers and then we have Jordan Poole as well.

Draymond to anchor their defense, and then Payton Jr to hound Ja Morant throughout this series. And we all know that the Warriors has the experience. As we can see the Wolves push the Grizzlies to 6 games and it was really a tough series for them.

I would also favor the Warriors to win, they have the experience and they are a good defensive team. Warriors beat a strong Denver Nuggets which I think could beat the Memhpis Grizzlies, so I think Warriors will win this series, this should not go to game 7, max at game 6.

There's no need to wait before placing your bet, just put your money on the Warriors and wait until the series is over.

If you like to have decent odds, just give the Grizzlies a handicap.
I think they are +1.5 in the series with an odds of 1.80 to 1.90.

They struggle against the Timberwolves, I'm not sure how they'll play against the death line up of the Warriors.

Looks like everyone here is betting on the Warriors. I can't blame you guys because they are so impressive in the first round unlike what the Memphies have shown that they struggle against the Timberwolves.

Hopefully, this is going to be an interesting series, Memphis beat them in the past, but let's see if they can do the same thing to a healthy Warriors.

Their record in the regular season was 3-1 in favor of Memphis, but some of the games the Warriors were not complete.

Yes, everyone is on the Warriors bandwagon, the way they destroyed the Nuggets as compare to the Memphis struggling against the Wolves even losing the first game at home.


Warriors are 100% healthy except for Wiseman. Nevertheless, the Warriors are battle tested, they have the advantage of having a good rest and what others said the experience is the most important in this kind of series.

yeah, you are right but I'm okay with the current lineup that's why I call them healthy.

That's what I like the game 1 because for sure the Grizzlies are still tired with the 1st round, unlike the Warriors that they were able to and th series in 5. I don't want to underestimate the Grizzlies as they are the number 2 team for a reason, but like you said, Warriors are a battle tested team so I would pick them to win.

There's a promo bet on Duelbits which let you automatically parlay a single game bet like Match winner and the total score prediction with a pretty good odds. You can only see this bet option during prematch which I always pick everytime I'm betting with GSW.

My pick for tomorrow match was GSW & 217.5 total score for the game. This bet pick has 3.25 odds which is already huge considering this pick is good for GSW. I'm Grizzlies can catch up to GSW death line up since Grizzlies has there shooters too that can answer back.

I like the Memphis Grizzlies to win here for a change.

But seeing how the Golden State Warriors put domination against the Denver Nuggets, they might have the edge here against the Grizzlies. Ja Morant is not performing on his usual average in the last 3 games but thanks to his teammates that also doing a great job.

My pick will be 4-2 Golden State Warriors.

Memphis Grizzlies this year are really good and this season is probobly on of their best in the last couple of years. But i still think that Golden State Warriors are apsolute favorites with Curry and Thompson honestly. Im predicting 4-1 in this series for the Golden State Warriors maybe even 4-0

As I've already mentioned in my past analysis on Warriors' games, I were already believing that the warriors will have a shot an win this series. I'm not a bandwagon since I've watched how well the Warriors' performance improved in their past matches and Grizzlies is also good yet with the shooting success percentage of Warriors, I don't think Memphis can out score them. But if ever that Grizzlies would have great defenses and rebounds, then I guess they might tie up the series a bit. But my bet goes to Warriors.

Memphis is a very capable team just like GSW but I do not see them going big against the healthy Warriors. They might make up a strong defense on the 3rd and last quarter of the game and post a win, but it will take a lot of effort for them to do this.

Not sold on the idea that the Warriors can end the series without experiencing defeat at the hands of Grizzlies. Hopefully these two teams end the series with all their key players healthy so they can perform to the limits.

I'm leaning on the Warriors even though the Grizzlies pulled off some crazy 4th quarter comebacks against the Timberwolves multiple times I don't think they can do the same thing against the Warriors who are more experienced in closing out games given their previous playoff experiences. The odds seem a bit close only because the Grizzlies have 4 games at home but IMO that doesn't matter when you're up against one of the most experienced teams in the playoffs.

Warriors are good at taking care of their big leads, no way Memphis would do that to the Warriors.
If Memphis would want to beat the Warriors, they need to focus on their defense as well because the Warriors have shooters that has a high FG percentage.

Game 1 will start tomorrow morning, too early but I'm gonna watch it.

by the way @OP, series odds are already out, please check on your bookie.

For sure, this is going to be a close game 1, number two and three seed. Bane and Brooks are really playing good at home specially from the outside.

But the Grizzlies though didn't play that much defense against the Wolves and just rely on their ability to make a comeback led by Morant. But they are facing a different team in the Warriors with so much experience in this kind of games.

As some of the experts same, warriors are a 3rd quarter team while Grizzlies is a 4th quarter team.

If Grizzlies beat the Warriors in the 4th quarter, they could have won the first game, but the Warriors did not allow that to happen, even without Draymond Green, they were able to steal one game on the road.

It was a close game, line was +2 for the Memphis so that covered.

I think it is the Minnesota Timberwolves that looked weak late game in their series with Memphis that cost them games. Although at times they still managed to win but close. Memphis line up are young so they still continue with their pace from first to fourth quarter. What this young Memphis team lack is experience. I think the well experienced GSW will win this series 4-2.     

The game one was indeed a close game, even though a lot of bad calls against the Warriors they are still able to close the game with a one point win. Though of course we can give credit to Memphis for giving their hearts out on game one and we can really see them playing their games against the experienced team like Warriors. I see the good consistency of the Warrios here, and I think they will take the series and advance to the next round.

We already saw that they are inexperienced when it comes to playoffs thus, it costs their playoff chances.
Lets just remember that in the 4 wins that Memphis got against the Wolves, 3 of that 4 games had a point where the Timberwolves had a double-double lead but they can't manage to get the win. I can't say that they are weak though since they will not clinch the playoffs if they are weak team. Maybe the correct word is "inexperienced".

We just saw how close Game 1 is between these 2 teams and I think we are all expecting for a close series between these 2 teams. I'm a Warrior fan and I will pick the Warriors in 7 games. Homecourt advantage is a huge thing here but the Warriors manage to steal one from them.

This 2nd round is already an improvement of the Memphis from their last playoffs appearance. They are just unlucky that they faced an experience Warriors team who already won multiple championships. However, this is not over yet, it's only 1 game, Memphis could still come back if they will do better in the next game.

I was looking forward for a close game within this 2 team because Memphis got the complete control of the during the first half. They lose there steam on 3rd quarter then come back at 4th quarter which means they what it takes to beat GSW by giving a close match like this. I’m still hoping for a more action pack games like this on there upcoming match. A 4-2 standings is indeed high chance to occur on this kind of close call games let’s see if Memphis can still do this without the help of refs next time around.

Game 1 was an action-packed, it's just that the Warriors beat the Memphis on the road, it's expected because the Warriors will win as they were the favorites. However, we are not all Warriors here, so we also like to see Memphis to win.

Game 2 is very important for the home team, if they cannot win, I'm afraid that the series will not be back home again as Warriors might win by 4-0.

GSW took game 1 without Draymond in the 2nd half. This could be an exciting series, but I hope Memphis will get swept by the Warriors to humble down Ja's ego.
Though Memphis had like leading the whole game, but losses the showdown down the stretch. Morant thinks he can't be stopped lol.
Hate to watch a player you literally like because he's got a very bright future, but starting to act like he owned and dominates the NBA.

It is very obvious in my case, I am a warrior fan and I would be betting on them till the very end. I believe in Curry and Thompson domination, before the games started I have always followed their games, hope they would get the Championship this season.

Most probably its just their way to hyped their self and have a great game but in case of Morant, looks like he goes beyond his limit and the result is really not good. I saw a lot of bad calls as well against GSW and I’m doubting already if they can get the win but they prove that they can and it was a close one. GSW will surely have a good confidence going into the next game, they will likely take this series.

Golden State Warriors almost lose the game as Klay Thompson missed those clutch free throws. However, on the other hand, Memphis Grizzlies didn't manage to take advantage of that missed clutch shots until the last seconds which result in a rush play of Ja Morant driving to the hoop.

The bottom line, both teams did a good job. What a close game and I don't consider the ejection of Draymond Green as a disadvantage to the Warriors or a benefit to the Memphis Grizzlies.

I'm looking forward to the same performance by both teams next game. Seeing the Game 1 result, I'm sure lots of bettors are having a headache right now on what betting options they will pick next game regardless if they are fans of both teams or not.

Yes, that call got the attention of everybody, and yup it benefited the Grizzlies as Jaren Jackson wreck havoc in the 3's which I don't think would happen if Draymond Green was there and defended him.

IMO, the Warriors will adjust in game 2 and that game would be a blowout for the Warriors so no hard time thinking for me on which team to bet, Grizzlies is a young team but they will learn a lot in this series.

I can't really make a wild guess here, for now, even just a simple speculation or prediction, as referring to Game 1, the game is really close, and guessing the winner during the Live game is really hard and tough. We don't even have a clear winner in a few seconds remaining of the game as lots of chances for both teams to win the game.

We should wait for Game 2 and check if either of the team won't able to hang on. I want to see that close game ending again until the few seconds remaining.

Aside from that, should be no call controversies or related stuff.

Game 2 is a must-win by the Memphis? although I believe that they should win but I also believe that the Warriors are capable of beating them twice on their home court. It's still fresh for the Warriors what the Memphis did to them in the play-in and JA is trash talking, so I think the Warriors are very motivated on winning every game.

Obviously, it will be a must win for them, they don't want to go down and be on the road with 0-2 deficit against the Warriors.

But I guess if Ja Morant will continue to trash talk and thinks that he is un-guardable, then maybe it will be his fault if the Warriors are going to teach him a lesson and be humble. It will be a close game though, hard to predict who will win but again, they shouldn't allow themselves to dig a deeper hole in this series.

By the way, Bane is questionable in game 2.

https://dknation.draftkings.com/2022/5/2/23054311/desmond-bane-injury-updates-warriors-vs-grizzlies-nba-dfs-fantasy-basketball-melton-jones-brooks

But this guy is going pretty good in the 1st round and he was very limited in game 2.
What was the staretegy of the Warriors did to him, are the Warriors really an elite team compared to the Timberwolves that Memphis can easily beat even if they are up with a huge margin?

Haven't placed a bet yet in the matches but I think this round 2 will still be for the Warriors. I think the Grizzly needs to win in this match they were keep the scores close and give them a boost because Draymond ejected on the second quarter but warriors still managed to win the game. I think I will bet in Warriors for their second matchup.

Grizzlies had their chance, Draymond Green was ejected but they couldn't win the game. So no way, Green will be ejected twice, the Warriors defense will get better and the ball rotation as well. Good luck, same side here.

Yeah my plan is to throw a couple bucks on the Golden State Warriors even though the Memphis Grizzlies are the home court team. The Warriors are only favored by -1.5 pts on my gambling site which I’m glad, as that’s not much of a spread to have to over come. Might be a bit of a trap game in Vegases eyes, but I’m still confident the Warriors will take this one down. Some great experience for Ja Morant however. That guy is unbelievable.

The Warriors are on fire this season. I believe that!
Ja Morant is a good young talent, but his ego is just too much.
Someone will have to humble him down or atleast a team would eradicate his ego.
He really feels like someone who did really something significant in the NBA, I mean he's not even close to Tmac who's career was ruined because of an awful injury and that guy didn't even have to brag or disrespect someone.

I don't know but one thing that satisfies my NBA feels this playoffs is for the GSW to sweep the Memphis Grizzlies.

Ja Morant vs Warriors. That will not give them a win, though he was scoring well in game 1 compared to the series he had in the 1st round, but what matter is the outcome of the game, and the Warriors IMO will play better in game 2 because Draymond Green is going to play full game.

Agree, the ejection of Draymond Green was really the cause why game 1 was a close game IMO. The Grizzlies need a perfect game to beat the Warriors, which means that at least Morant has to score 20+ points and Jackson needs to repeat his performance in game1 but that I doubt he can as Draymond will be there to guard him all night long.

Has nobody seen Memphis play all year?  Desmond Bane is ridiculously good.  Dillon brooks lights it up, the team is deep and they dominated during the regular season.  Everyone talking like they would be lucky to win a game here l.  They won 3 out of the 4 games in the regular season against the Warriors.  Not saying they are gonna steam roll the Warriors but people talking like they suck or something lol.

The Grizzlies had the refs and they still lost...

I think that the Warriors just simply have way more starpower and experience than the Grizzlies. It is extremely difficult to see them coming out of the West even if they do get a game or two on the Warriors.

They will fight hard, yes, but I think the combination of Curry, Draymond and Klay is just too much for them.

As long as the books are giving the Grizzlies points at home I'm taking them.  Golden state looked slow tonight.  Unfortunate play in the beginning from brooks, he had to get ejected that was a bad foul.  

Ja: 47 points.  He's a bad dude.  GS could do nothing to stop him all night.  

Guess the Grizzlies are gonna be like 5 point underdogs or something at golden state.  Gimme the Grizzlies all series here.  They are younger, faster and hungrier.  They might not win but they will keep the game air tight if they lose.

Hopefully the refs are consistent for the series and heavily favour homecourt team by calling all 50-50 calls one way and clearly placing away team in early foul trouble while  letting hometeam get away with clear fouls on the defensive end.

Warriors lose today, and Grizzlies tied the series I can say refs are great today its just that Warriors players are just having a bad time especially with Klay, I guess this is one of his worst game for this series. Well, this is becoming a much exciting series and probably a long series for this two teams. Let's see on the next game, if more players will get involve and play the semis.

Wouldn't this should be in the NBA season thread? Are you going to create another thread for round 3? 4 and so on? But since you already started the topic, I think Ja really explode in the 2nd round even though there's Green he didn't hold back Ja is young but he can compete with Klay and Curry and I think round 3 will be in Grizzlies.

yhup he wants to take the game winner shot but unfortunately it was failed because he is so guarded where he released the ball. and for sure he knew that it will happen but he still forced it and didn't give the ball to the open three pointer.
It's like durant that he act like he is the best player on the team as well , and didn’t pass the ball even there's a open team to make score.  I hope morant, took it as a lesson that not all the time he can make the shot the in any situation. Because if he ignored such mistakes surely they cannot move to the finals.

Lost my bet in Golden State, Ja Morant really did a great job in scoring and make sure that they will get a win this second matchup I thought with Draymond Green the GSW would have a great score gap against the Memphis Grizzlies. What do you think about the next match, I am not sure where the match will be held is it in Memphis court or GSW?

The series will be shifted to the Warriors home court, and in game 3, I have my full confident on the Warriors to win and cover the spread. The current spread is -6.5, I'm willing to take it, win or lose.

Warriors are good at home, the 1st 2 games in the 1st round were a very dominant win, but in the closing, Nuggets lost but able to cover the spread. However, this series is kinda personal for the Warriors due to the trash-talking of Ja Morant, so I believe they will play harder and make sure they'll lead the series again.

Though Memphis win, they still should not be complacent because they are behind in the series. Warriors did their home work and they won 1 game on the road. Now that they are back on their home court, things should be easier for them as they have the crowd and they are master of their home court.

Bad officiating has been the issue in the last 2 games, hopefully we will have a fair officiating in game 3.

It was dumb of me to put as much coin on the Warriors as I did. Playing at an away arena is difficult in of its self just for starters. Then I think I overestimated Klay Thompson and underestimated Ja Morant. Ja reminds me of a young in their prime Derrick Ross and Russell Westbrook. The Pelicans have got to be hating themselves having drafted Zion over him at this point in time. Should be a great series.

Warriors should also not be complacent, and better to focus on their game play. I know a lot of bad calls but they should ignore it and focus on the game, the result can be good just like in game 1 if they are going to focus on their strategy. Grizzlies is not doing any especially in the past 2 games, they just simply play by the rules and according to their plan no matter what it is. Game 3 is a good advantage for Warriors, I just hope that they can take advantage of this and take the lead again, Klay should also play his best.

Sometimes you trust so much the Warriors, that's alright, series is not over yet, there's still game 3 and the Warriors will be playing on their home court. Memphis really played well (Morant), but if they can limit Morant a bit, maybe the Warriors will dominate the game.

Warriors have been in this situation many times in the past, they are a champion team, and they have the DNA of a champion, so it's tough for the Memphis to beat the Warriors, unless they'll steal the next 2 games, that I would believe that they are the better team.

Well, home court advantage is a thing but if Ja Morant will still be in his zone then I don't think that will matter, this guy was pure talent and that athleticism in him is another wonder of the world. Well, the replays will tell and if they are bad at it, fines are still on the way. Warriors is a tough team to beat and for Memphis to pull it off until they win the 2nd round would be tough as well.

What are you talking about?  Golden state shot like crap the whole game couldn't hit a 3 pointer had 18 turnovers.  Memphis d was locking them down.  Refs called more fouls on Memphis than they did golden state?  Why just because Memphis won it must have been bad officiating?  You clearly haven't watched Memphis play at all this year.  They have been hands down better than golden state.  People riding old times, this ain't 2017...  Did the refs screw up golden state shooting lol

Ja morant was clearly the best player on the court last night, nobody could stop him.

They cannot limit or stop Ja Morant's aggressiveness just like that because the Warriors is not so good in doing that, only Green and Igoudala are the ones who can do defensive maneuvers to an aggressive player just like Morant but Green plays as a center now so I also wonder what method would they use to limit the Grizzlies.

That was only my personal observation of the game. Of course, maybe I'm a bit biased because I think the Warriors would win and I only see the bad calls by the refs. Warriors were able to lead the in the game, that foul call on Draymond Green was not a foul, I think refs are just trying to help the Memphis to win, but like I said, that's just me bro.

That's pretty evident because he scored 47 points, but my concerned is the officiating.

Anyway, let's move on.. the series is tied and the Warriors are still favored to win the series.
Morant should win one game on the road so he can keep trash talking curry.

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They see the same.

 Stephen A. DESTROYS Memphis in Game 2 win vs Warriors (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9DCOTAmyt4 "the Refs & dirty play gave Grizzlies a win" -)

The series continued with an amazing game last night I think. Grizzlies succeeded in beating them by only five points but it wasn't the amazing part of course. It was Morant's unbelievable performance in this game by 47 pts, 8 reb and 8 ast. I think that nobody can complaint about his high level of performance for certain. If he continues to make this kind of an effort in the remaining games also, Grizzlies can make a surprise and eliminate Warriors also. It isn't impossible for them to achieve in the first place. They just need to focus on performing better than Warriors in each game.

Stephen Curry has never been known as a defensive stopper.  The Warriors one weakness may be that opposing point guards can take advantage of him on the defensive end of the court.  You saw it with Kyrie in the 3-1 comeback and you're seeing it now with Ja.  Unfortunately, the Grizzlies don't have much else to fall back on and I think the Warriors will make a couple of simple adjustments to lock Ja Morant down going forward.  Ja got them yesterday though, no doubt.  I didn't expect the Grizzlies would win a game this series, so they surprised me by evening things up.  I still don't think they have a chance at winning the series though.

I think a lot of things escalated into one to another earlier in game 2. Draymond was ejected again; Payton suffered a fractured elbow due to the flagrant foul caused by Dillon and Curry missing some important shots that could have sealed the game.

One thing I noticed is that, Ja Morant is just an absolute beast when it comes to isolation plays and clutch moments. It has been the norm that when the time is clicking, he can finish insanely strong on the basket with those nasty lay-ups and tear drops. One thing that he must practice is his shooting and he can be a beast. Though this may be the case, I do think that Warriors would win the whole playoffs. Looking forward for game 3!

There is no reason for Memphis Grizzlies to be complacent at this point. Because they don't have a huge dominance against Golden State Warriors. The series is tied 1-1 and Grizzlies will need to maintain this big effort to have more chance to win more games against Warriors. By the way, Morant was really incredible in Game 2. He scored 47 points and contributed incredibly much to this victory.

I was thinking that Curry will shine once more. He did some great shots, but like what you have said,

He missed crucial shots that might seal the game. They are up 4 or 5 points early in the last quarter. Keep exchanging points.
But Ja Morant really lifts his team up, especially in the last few minutes of the game. He keeps on attacking and really taking full
responsibility, 47 points is really impressive and all are being paid winning game 2.

The Warriors just faced a few difficulties along the road including Klay Thompson who only managed to contribute 12 points for playing 40+ minutes inside the court especially Gary Payton II after getting injured. These things can't be avoided as they are already approaching towards the Semi-Final, still I believe that Warriors will still manage to get back to their knees again because Grizzlies aren't that experienced yet.

Memphis underdogs by 6.5.  Lol. That's crazy.  I don't get how so many people are not giving them the cred they deserve.  They were down 10 points multiple time in the last series in the 4th quarter alone and came back.  This one they were down late and came back.  They don't crumble under the lights.  This team is more than just ja.  Go check out when ja was hurt what Memphis did to teams.  They are deep, young and good.  Taking that 6.5 points all day.

That's normal, Warriors are the favorite in the series and they are extremely good at home, at least their average. Personally, though Warriors are heavy favorite in game 3, I would still take the spread and just hope they'll win and cover that, that's how I trust them.

Why not? it will be in their homecourt and Warriors usually perform at high level at Chase center. But Payton can't play as he is one of their best defender to guard Ja Morant. And this is one reason why Ja went on beast mode in game 2 because no one can stop him. They have to find a way to slow him down and then Curry and Thompson should produce good games in order for the Warriors to get the edge in this game.

He is really a problem.. But for sure the Warriors knows how to limit him, they have been in this situation many times, they are good as a team and Ja Morant alone cannot bring win consistency. If Warriors will take both game 3 and 4, this series is over.

Well, if Ja would be like Jokic who would consistently score but his teammates are limited, I think this is good for the Warriors. Thanks mate, I think I'm taking the Warriors at home, no matter what.. on the last 2 games, I lose because I put my bet on the Warriors, 1st game they won but failed to cover the spread, 2nd game they really lose the game.

Warriors has been through a lot this season and I really see thaur determination. I guess their previous matches is enough for them to have enough defense for them to win and take the 3rd and 4th game. I hope that the Warriors would win this season and would show off their best again.

And he will still remain as a problem even if they will find some way how to limit Morant's berserk especially now that Gary Payton 2 cannot play alongside with them probably until the end of this season. I wonder who will put them to guard Morant because Green was playing the center for them.

Warriors are the main favorite to me for the title and i think its really realistic for them to win it. Also now Warriors have two games at home that they will o most for sure win. Curry and Thompson still need to do a lot more for the team aswell so they can win matches more easily

Warriors got championship DNA. The dubs will go as far as the core takes them but it needs Poole  and Wiggins to step up, especially Wiggins. But if Denver was healthy, they would win the series.  That being said, Poole and The Gang are definitely the favorites now.

Surely the Warriors at home will be their advantage as they are more comfortable in Chase Center and it's unlikely that the Splash brothers will miss their shots on their home especially KT for having a bad FG on the 2nd game. I'm curious to know who will replace GP2 for guarding Ja Morant and also Steven Adams will likely play again on that day.

So I guess I'm the only one here who thinks Memphis is gonna win the series.  Golden state can't guard Memphis.  Reports are saying GS is hoping iggy will come back to guard ja.  Seriously lol, that's not even fair to iggy at his age coming off injury.  Ja will run circles around him.  Klay, steph and Poole can't guard him either.  In my eyes Memphis is the favorite ever since GP went down for the series. 

Dude sets up the rest of the team, Memphis is one of the best teams in terms of scoring in the paint and with Adams coming back.  Will let the series run its course but betting on Memphis 2-0 so far I expect the next couple games to be the same if the books keep disrespecting how good Memphis is.

Just my 2 Satoshis but hey ho that's just me

There are still a few nights to go for the third game of this series. It is 1-1 currently and Grizzlies' performance in the second game was definitely amazing. Rather than Grizzlies', Morant's performance was the amazing part in this. He got 47 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists which was incredible statistics and helped them become the winner also. Grizzlies will hope to get efficiency from Morant as much as possible to have a bigger chance to eliminate Warriors. But it is still going to be a very difficult work to do.

Morant needs support, he can't do it alone against the veteran and experience Warrior. It's good to see him against Steph Curry, but in the end, I think his athleticism will not be enough to offset the Warriors in this series although they will push them to their limits. On the other hand, the Warriors will make some adjustments in this game against Ja so that he can't explode with that kind of game, almost triple double.

Ja is a great scorer, even though his whole arsenal is running inside and scoring there, dude still manages to do that. Do you know how hard is that? I mean everyone knows that the moment you get the ball, you are going to drive inside and either layup or dunk, or just pass to someone else if you can't.

These are all of your options and your defender knows this and yet it is still immensely difficult to stop him. But, with him on the floor as the only guy who would be great scorer and nobody else provides the same level of support, I have to say that it is very difficult for them to win. Warriors will have this in 6 games for sure, we won't see them winning that frequently.

Hard to say about they will lost totally with Warriors but I can say that even if Warriors got deep bench compare to Grizzlies still they cannot defeat this team easily. We see how they make the life of Warriors hard in game 1 and 2 so maybe we can see a long series stretch on their match up and might we see them on Game 7.

But same as you I want to warriors to win this since they are much exciting to watch on finals.

Disagree Memphis is way deeper than golden state.  Bane is hurt and not producing, starting center Adam's out for awhile, dillon brooks not in and Memphis still wins.  Look at what Memphis did in the regular season without ja, team is deep, athletic and ready to go.  Unfortunately GP won't be able to play that was golden States chance to reason slow down ja.  Kid sets up his whole team and makes life easier.  Memphis in 7 on their home court.

The Grizzlies' bench is more deep compared to the Warriors. Take out one of the main starters of the Warriors and they are now doomed. Take out one of the main starters of the Grizzlies and still, there are good players there to take over.

I can't say who will win the series as the 2 previous games are close.

The picking of who will win now ends up on self-view or maybe a fan of either of those teams.

I'm Warrior's fan so all I can say that they are much stronger than Grizzlies, obviously there's bias on my answer towards to their opponent especially if you support the team. Anyways its good to see how you give inputs to Grizzlies but its impossible for main starter to be out of the game so I think for what confidence they get for getting back on their feet especially with their main guys this will also give confidence to their back up roosters.

There is no doubt that Grizzlies with Ja Morant with it is really a strong team and they managed to cut off the winning streak of the Golden State Warriors and even though I am a GSW fan too I can really say that the Grizzlies really did a good job in defeating the GSW last match.

As if that was a big win.. Man, Memphis are playing at their home court, warriors steal one game, so it's hard to say that this team is a good team, unless they'll steal one game as well in the Warriors home court. Well, I know we have a lot of Grizz fans here, that's good to know because this makes the series more entertaining to watch and follow.

Both of them make their opponent life more harder and I cannot also call which one of them are much stronger knowing that there's a player on GSW got injured on that match maybe we can see a different result if they Grizzlies didn't over extend their physicality but I understand about that since its part of the game and somehow this is the strategy to defeat their opponent. Maybe if Grizzlies can win this series and successfully eliminated Warriors for this round well this can make people agree that this team level up and got more higher chance to get into the finals.

I like the enthusiasm of some who believe that Memphis could defeat the Warriors in the series.
If you really believe that will happen, take the very attractive odds for Memphis to win the series..

it's a huge 3.60 right now.
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/basketball/usa/nba/nba-21-22-60f9572f41ddce1ac040cdfa

I would not hesitate to take that if I believe that Memphis will win.. However, I'm with the battle-tested Warriors and I'm every willing to take a bet giving the Memphis +1.5 in the series. If anyone willing to accept this bet, PM me, make it 1:1 so there's a sense of betting p2p than in the bookie.  :)

LOL, that's not gonna happen mate, betting on the bookie gives better odds, so no reason to take your bet. Let's just bring the betting to our favorite bookie and focus on our analysis in this game, game 3 is such an opportunity for the Grizzlies believers because of the high handicap. (Grizzlies +7)

I will state 2 reasons unto why I disagree with some of this.
1. Its their homecourt therefore they have advantage.
2. Klay isn't playing like the usual Klay where he scores at least 20 or 25 points. Curry, Poole and Klay are having a low FG % in Game 2 and yet they only lose by 5 points?

I mean I agree though with what you said that the Grizzlies are strong though. Grizzlies just did what they need to do in Game 2 and that is to defend their home court but what if the exact opposite happened? What if the Warriors stole 2 games on the road? Good job for the Grizzlies maybe but still they lose one game on their home :).

Correction, Poole had a decent percentage, so it's not low for him.

Poole is 8-16, means 50% FG
Curry is 11-25 = 44% not bad
Thompson 5-19 = 26%, that's so bad.

I was actually Thompson who is the missing piece, plus he created a TO when he travel in the dying seconds of the game.

Thompson has to produce in game 3, there's no more excuse because they are playing at home and they usually have great win at home. Memphis is threatening the Warriors goal to be the champion this season, so they have to fight back and show the young team who they are.

Game 3 is surely a very interesting game, but I have a feeling that the Warriors will dominate since the line itself attracts the public bets on the Memphis.
For the Memphis fans, who would missed that +7, probably they'll go the moneyline as well.

Yes, he needs to bounce back as well after having a low FG and this time he might drop bigger points as they will play on their home and giving them the needed advantage to get a revenge after they lost on the 2nd game. We will see what will happen on their 3rd game this coming 7th of May, also they needed another person to guard Ja Morant too.

Yes, it was Klay who are the missing link and perhaps Andrew Wiggins too as he didn't shoot the ball very well and maybe he was tired chasing Ja Morant. It seems that this series is going to be a dog fight. Ja already going into his social media and I would say that he might be starting some trash talking between him and Steph Curry. But in any case that Thompson will have a good game in their home court? This might be a double digit win for the Warriors in game 3.

Warriors is known for offense is the best defense. There relentless 3 points is what makes them very dangerous. It just happened that there shooters is not in perfect condition which result to there lose. The match is just close so it just means that they are even in both offense and defense despite Klay is obviously underperforming on the game2. Game would probably on GSW side. Steve Kerr will surely make adjustment base on the 2nd game result.

Warriors are always in condition, they just have a bad shooting night as a team and it could happen to any team. However, let's open our eyes, we are seeing a 1-1 series here and the series is now shifted on the Warriors homecourt which they could win 2 home games and take the series lead into 3-1.

Warriors ain't a trash team, they'll always bounce back after a lose, and I think they'll get it done in game 3.

Usually, the home team has a better shooting percentage, so it's not surprising that the Warriors has a bad percentage in game 2. however, they are back at home, it's their time to shine and beat the Memphis, and I expect to see a good shooting night of the Warriors, especially Thompson who hasn't showed his old self yet in this series.

The line is now up to Memphis +7.5.  So much money coming in on golden state.  Looks like right now iggy is out so who is covering ja tonight?  I expect him to get doubled all night.  Memphis should dominate the paint tonight with all the open lanes ja will create.  Taking the money line here such good odds.  When are bettors gonna start respecting memphis?

Warriors are hosting Grizzlies tonight in the third game of the series. Grizzlies won one of the first two games and this is still good for them. I think that they are capable enough to beat Warriors away too. It feels like Warriors will win this time. I'm waiting for good performances from Curry and Thompson. And Poole's performance will be important for them too. Because he has contributed too much by scoring so many points.

Yes, that's correct but besides that fact they have also another problem, who in the active roster will be in-charge of defending and trying to slow down Ja Morant? I believe Gary Payton II is the only player in the Warriors side to atleast slow him down, but now he is already injured because of Brooks. I won't deny that the Warriors is lethal on their homecourt but what about their defense strategy.

I'm rooting for the Warriors this season but when it comes for betting I won't deny that there's a chance that the Memphis Grizzlies could really cover that much spread especially that Ja Morant is now free or the Warriors have no choice but to be guarded with two players as there is no one in there line-up have any specialties in defense like GP2 had and also Adams will bounce back too.

Yeah Adam's is the x factor here.  Memphis had to play smallball and got outrebounded in the last 2 games.  This is where Adam's can completely change the game for Memphis.  I'm banging the money line on this one.  Either way it's gon a be a fun game.  I don't expect a blowout on either side the entire series. 

Warriors played good defense as well, it's just that they are playing small ball and we know that small ball are usually used to improve the offensive attack but running the floor. It's their game now and they are successful with it, so there's not reason to change that, and besides, warriors can't win all games, but they can only win 4 games to win the series.

Even Memphis is playing small ball as well, so yeah there should be no adjustments. Maybe for the Warriors side, limit Ja Morant because admit it or not, Ja killed them in the last game scoring 47 points. So that's one that they need to improved, it will be hard very GPII their premier defender is out already. So collectively, they can double or triple Ja Morant and make him pass the ball to someone or let him do jump shot.

There will be a big adjustment in game 3, Steve Adams will play, not sure if it will help their rotation or will ruin it as the Warriors like to run when their opponent has big center on the floor.

As the latest news, it's possible that he could play.
https://bealestreetbears.com/2022/05/05/memphis-grizzlies-steven-adams-return/

Warriors shooting has to improve, and their defense, but what they are lacking is the offense in game 2.

He played but during the garbage time only.
I think Memphis is not planning to use him in the series, but they might make a new strategy in game 4.

Warriors dominate Memphis in game 3, and now the discussion is over that Memphis has a chance of beating the Warriors.

Morant was really good again in thier last game in the series but it was not enough for a win this time. Because Warriors showed an incredible performance in this game and won by an unbelievable score (142-112). This must be like a statement from Warriors that states how strong they are when they want to be. Grizzlies would need to perform much bigger from now on as a team I mean. Otherwise this series might end earlier than most people expected. But we will see. If it becomes 3-1, then Grizzlies wouldn't be able to make a comeback anymore I think.

I think this series already ends on there next game. This 30 points lead is proof that they can easily wipe up Grizzlies that keeps giving them a close fight since game 1 if all of them will contribute properly. Wiggins and Klay is the most improve on this match and show strong Warriors if this two inconsistent players will perform well on there match. Warriors is very strong if they can maintain this kind of level on there playoffs run.

It's because the Warriors are playing small ball, that's why Adams is used sparingly in this series. Not sure what Memphis strategy as far is Adams is concern, again, he is not the focal point of their offense.

And with Morant's injury, Memphis chances are very slim against a championship like the Warriors. Too many offensive options and they have skilled defenders as well. Can play small and can have a legit center in Looney.

Everyone on the Warriors roster are making the right contribution they need to win game 3.

Poole 27 points
Curry 30 points
Thompson 21 points
Wiggins 17 points
Kuminga 18 points
Porter Jr. 13 points.

overall - WARRIORS 63% shooting percentage.

Look at that numbers, the offense are coming from everyone, so sure Memphis has no answer from that.
I have a feeling that game 4 will be the same as what happen in game 3, if Morant will not play, it's going to be easy money for the Warriors.

Warriors' defense is its offense. That 63 field goal percentage was high enough to blow out the opponent just like what we have seen earlier. Warriors are playing with numbers, I mean they just letting take the 3's rather than driving to the basket as they know that is not Morant's strength so I think game 4 will be just the same.

Morant was limping on his way out of the stadium, not a good sign for the Grizzlies and even if he will play game4, for sure he is not going to be 100 percent healthy so this might be over for them.

I thought he is injured and then I saw him play. I think this is a wrong decision for Memphis Grizzlies Coach Jenkins to bench him. He ain't a slow player and can follow the fast-paced games as far as I remember and he is also not bad at making plays inside the paint. Perhaps, they should now think about using him to protect the rim and for offensive rebounds.

Morant is now a trend on social media for the tweet "broke the code" and then deleted it in just minutes. The only problem is many people saw it before he could even erase it, including the media who interviewed Jordan Poole.

I also expected that Steven Adams will play a huge role on todays game but I quite confused when I saw Melton as the center instead of Adams. But seems that the Grizzlies made sure to get him again in the rotation and not to force him to play big as we only saw him in the 4th quarter but he I believe he could've help the team more if he were exposed earlier. Anyways, a 30 score difference was made by the Warriors.

There's a clip going around of Stephen Curry and Jordan Poole running an off the ball screen for each other, but they lock arms and swing around in opposite directions to confuse the defense trying to switch the screen.  I've never really seen anything like this before, and now it makes me wonder why not.  If this is a play that the Warriors are going to start using to get Steph open for 3s, the league might have a new problem on their hands.

Here's a link to a clip on Twitter of the play I'm talking about.  It's being referred to apparently as the sling shot and defenses should be terrified.

https://twitter.com/mrtomeoni/status/1523132775846490113

This is correct. Since the Warriors think that they can't be a 100% defensive team, why focus on it? Instead, they enhanced their offense which is their specialty. I think I already pointed this out in response to a user before during the Season that the Warriors need to play defense were in fact for me, they are really playing defense but why to focus on those if most of their rosters are deadly in the perimeter and 3-point area. That talent is hard to find in any team where the likes of Curry, and Thompson can nail 3s even contested and well-defended.

Morant seems not in 100% next game. That was a big disadvantage for Memphis even though they are a good team without Morant during the season (20-2 if I'm not mistaken). The situation is different in playoffs.

He will likely be out tomorrow.

 Ja Morant likely out for Game 4 with knee injury; League will take no action with Poole (https://nba.nbcsports.com/2022/05/08/ja-morant-likely-out-for-game-4-with-knee-injury-league-will-take-no-action-with-poole/)


Line has also moved, from -9 now it's -10, lots of money going for the Warriors as Morant is the main scorer of the Grizzlies, without him, no chance for them to beat the Warriors.

^^ I'm not surprised by the line move though, was about to check and put a bet on the Warriors when I see that it move to -10.5. And now that it is confirmed that Morant will not play, it will be very hard for the Grizzlies to win because the Warriors is very fluid with a lot of them contributing, even Otto Porter has a good game.

I think it was not the intention of Jordan Poole to really injured Morant, it just so happened that he chase the ball and accidentally hold on Morant's knee.

He wasn't injured, maybe he undergone some safety protocol but in game 3 he was already cleared to play. However, their coach stick with the play and line up that beat the Warriors in game 2 without know that the Warriors have already adjusted and broke their defense.

A team who scored 142 points, that's insane, it's very clear that Memhpis does not play the right defense that game.


He is too arrogant, he is not even Lebron, now that he is out, expect another easy win by the Warriors.

LOL, can't blame the guy, that's his attitude, so just accept it.

You can hate Morant's attitude but not his talent, he has carried his team in this series but unfortunately he was injured and will not be able to play an important game which they need to even the series. If Warriors takes game tomorrow, it will likely end 4-1.

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Morant might just rest 1 game and will play game 5, but even if Morant is playing, Warriors are still capable of beating them.

The Grizzlies were decent back then during the regular season even without Morant but unfortunately, they're going against the Warriors so it's only downhill for them.

Then for the Warriors, it'll be much easier for them to close out this series within 5 and they'll definitely cover that spread unless there'd be more injuries.

I agree there's no way for the Grizzlies to edge out the Warriors unless they get one here on the road but that's very unlikely with their situation.

I like the Warriors tomorrow even at -10, there's no way they will lose against Memphis without Morant, not now that they have already gained the momentum in the series. Poole is very confident, he was a bit off in game 2 but he proved he can be like Steph in game 3, so that will continue in game 4.

With that dominant win last game, Warriors for sure will continue to attack the Memphis, and without Ja Morant who usually carry the team, a "W" is not clear for them.

can't believe it's game 4 tomorrow and it looks like the warriors are ahead and round 5 maybe a few more days to predict. maybe enough time to train. s curry and k tompson have superior points and I think they have more weight than the other athletes . hot dish and the NBA this time may produce some of the trick you crave. not that you will always be in a safe position in spurring a club. and some possibility there could be a development shift or a change in strategy. I'm optimistic this is good

Don't forget about Jordan Poole too, he is very consistent in the series and he was the next top scorer after Curry in game 3. Tomorrow, we will again witnessed the offensive firepower of the Warriors, so let's expect another blowout win now that Morant is out.

Not me.  Still laying on the Grizzlies.  They get brooks back which is good for Memphis.  Ja being hurt changes things but no reason they can't keep the game within 10 points (the spread) or even win the game.  Still think they are getting too much disrespect with betters.  Because a lot of people lean way too heavy on gden state based on the past and all the bandwagon fans they got manipulates it.  Will continue to take the value it provides.  Memphis loses a close one tonight 115-110.  Enjoy the games

Warriors really made a huge winning statement agains Grizzlies, that can bring into the next game and make Warriors a win again to proceed in the next round. That’s a total team effort for me I guess since all of them really did their best to contribute, there’s a higher chance that Warriors will go to the finals, i’ll start on supporting them again.

Anyway, I also believe that the Warriors are the favorites! Thompson is back, Curry looks like he's playing well again!

But that's no reason to underestimate the Grizzlies!
I believe that just as the Celtics were a few seasons ago (a new, young and promising team), the Grizzlies are going through this same event.

They are preparing and polishing themselves to be a more competitive team in the future!!

That's right comrade J, Poole is also one of the ideal shoting guard scorers. It may be very painful when warrior outperforms the grizzlies in his place of power. What happens when the home turf becomes a witness to the triumph of the newcomers.
especially the nickname poole party in my opinion is the right term, we know there are indeed some interesting things about his game and characteristics. I also believe he can spice up every match opportunity and we know warriors know the right way in the course of his team strategy

Ja Morant's possible missing tonight's game is a big disadvantage for the Memphis Grizzlies. Remember that in Game 3, they were put by the Warriors in a big margin lead prior to Morant's exiting the game because of that knee-grabbing incident. Therefore, with or without Morant, they were really struggling against the Warriors in front of the Chase Center's crowd.

With that incident, I'm not sure how the Grizzlies will cover what Morant will leave.

For some bettors, the -10 handicap seems can be easily covered by the Warriors.

Memphis played with the heart even without Morant. They almost beat the Warriors at home.

If they did not miss those important FT, they were still ahead with a good margin but sad to say that they were not that confidence
compared with the Warriors, Poole, Wiggins and especially Curry who buries those important FT to secure the game, they win
it, but didn't cover that early handicap.

And take note, the Warriors is now slacking a bit as we saw it because they know that they can really close the game in their favor especially now that there's no Ja Morant around. Also, they are playing in their home so it's really unlikely that they will miss those important shots.

I doubt that the result will be change if those FT missed will be convert to score at that time since Warriors can adjust there stategy just to cover that extra points from Grizzlies. Simply GSW is just good on crucial times and they show multiple times that they can beat enemy in a close fight on last quarter with Nuggets and Pelicans. They are not feeling any pressure during crucial and that's there advantage over rookie teams like Grizzlies.

And they are a good FT team as well, they have the best FT shooters in Poole and Curry and Thompson in the top 10 if I'm not mistaken.

They are good in crucial times because they have been in this kind of situation. As we can see in the 4th, they didn't panic when the Memphis took a good lead. But instead they believed that they will win with good strategy and defense. The handicap wasn't cover because they played poorly, but in the end the Warriors win and that's what important for them.

If a team is up against the Warriors, they cannot be too complacent even if they have a big lead as Warriors could easily erase the big lead with their big run. I love their chemistry, yes they don't panic because that's what experience can do.

Unfortunately, it turns out the opposite, the Warriors just barely won the game if not for their late heroics, specially of Curry who doesn't want to lose this game as Ja Morant is absence.

And with this win, they inches themselves to win this series and possible to face the Phoenix Suns for the West finals. But for now lets wait for the Warriors to beat Memphis one last time.

They have to take care of the business tomorrow beause if they lose and Ja Morant will come back, it will not be easy for them to beat the Memphis. Curry has to start strong and KT has to show consistency on his attempts, that's very much needed as they don't easily win in Memphis.

They already win one game at Memphis backyard with Ja Morant playing. And they way they should their pose last game, Grizzlies will need a lot of help, someone will have to step up and have big numbers otherwise if Curry and Thompson and Poole started hot in the first quarter. It will be hard to do catchup because the team knows very well how to protect their lead in the closing minutes.

Grizzlies are doing their best they can to have a chance to win here but they need to be more consistent with their playing and strategies because as we can see in the past games the lead is not that huge aside from a game 3, and they can get that win if they focus on the game. Better not to let the top players of Warriors to have a good game in the first half or else, their series will end now. It's also unfortunate to loss your key player, this will be a big challenge for Grizzlies to stay alive, but I think Warrios will be more serious in the next game, they want to proceed on the next round already.

It's their chance to be in the NBA WCF, so there will be no other game, they will finish the series in game 5 even if it's not on their home court. I'm sure Curry will make sure they will start strong and finish strong, what happened in game 4 should not happen to them as they almost lose.

I think they are focus on the game, it's that the Warriors are very experience in this kind of close game. While Morant is injured, the Warriors wasn't able to get advantage because they trailed most of the game.

But as I have said, their experience let them finished and take a big W. So Memphis back is against the wall and we don't know if they can response because it seems that the Warriors is eager to end the series.

Memphis might still thinking the opportunity they wasted in game 4, if they won that game, they should not feel the pressure of winning the game tomorrow because they will be eliminated if they lose. Memphis is a good team, they are capable of winning even without Morant, so I think they'll play harder tomorrow, but like you said, Warriors will used their experience to close the series.

Memphis gonna go hard tonight.  If golden state thinks the game has been physical so far, tonight on the road they are gonna have to earn the win.  People think they are going to Waltz in on the grimes home court and roll them haven't watched the grizz this year.  They were 20-5 without morant against some real good teams.  GS will have to earn the win the hard way tonight.  Laying in on Memphis and the money line here.

It's almost too late for them because even if they have won that game, Ja Morant can't probably return and play for the rest of the series because of his injury and now I think there's just a little hope that they can survive the game later because now they are in a dangerous spot of getting eliminated in the series.

They are indeed capable of winning even without Morant though there’s an impact for losing him but they should not be affected by that and should focus on the game tonight because this might be their last game if ever, so its now or never for Memphis. Warriors will also do the same thing, they won’t take any chances to be complacent because they know Memphis is not an easy team in the first place. The way Warriors played the whole series, I believe they are bound to finals.

Grizzlies had a really unlucky game in the fourth game of their series. Morant couldn't play due to knee injury and Grizzlies were weakened by this news. But still I watched a better performance by Grizzlies than I expected before the game started. But Curry's performance helped Warriors a lot to have a victory by 101-98 here. The series is 3-1 now and the fifth game is tonight. I assume Morant won't play again so Warriors might finish the series by this game.

I know that it's not going to be easy for GSW to win in the road, but they have proven that they can do it. Yes 20-5 without Ja Morant but that is very different though, I mean this is playoff basketball, we've seen how physical it was. And just like the other game, Grizzlies has the chance to steal 1 game at Chase center, but they fall short even though they have a huge 12 point lead in the fourth. So I would say that this might be the end of the series if the GSW started hot early took a big lead or even had a slim advantage in the last quarter.

Sorry guys but I think tonight will be the Memphis Grizzlies' last game. It's not about their good record this season when Ja Morant is out but this is a series match and that record of 20-5 is against different teams. The Warriors already experience playing with the Grizzlies with or without Morant.

I recognized the Grizzlies' strength this season. I'm sure only a few even think that they will end up at Top 4 in a strong Western Conference. They will surely be back next season on a different level.

I hope Ja Morant will be healthy all throughout. Lots of time and chances for him to take a shot at the NBA title.

I'm with the others that the Golden State Warriors might now finally end the series tonight. Grizzlies have no answer when Ja Morant is not playing.

But that's only my own view. Who knows if they can force a Game 6 after tonight's game. There are still chances that Grizzlies surprise us with the result.

To those who want to take the Grizzlies' Moneyline, the odds are attractive. The same goes for the point spread which is +5.5 but it should be a bit higher like +7.5 since the Warriors beats the Grizzlies last game without Morant and the latter will still play again with the same status tonight.

That's definitely it when we already know that the Grizzlies don't have any counter against the pass and lethal splash brothers and the GSW defensive strategy is hard to break as well which will gonna be their main key to ending this series tonight. Meanwhile, Ja Morant is just another new bloomer in the NBA and if he keeps improving, they will have multiple chances to get in the playoff to try for another hope for an NBA championship.

I guess majority of us are wrong with our game 5 prediction as the Memphis are stomping their class against the Warriors.

It's a huge blow up game, up by 40 points in the 3rd, I don't think that the Warriors can recover from this game. So it will be 3-2 though, still in favor of Golden State but this win is going to be big for the Memphis and proved once again that they can win games without Ja Morant.

So Grizzlies are up 40 in the second half.  Gonna say they are covering this game lol.  Why would it be a surprise if they win.  Game 1 and game 4 came down to the last minute/seconds.  Could have gone either way.  This game could very well be for the series forMemphis, just some bad luck on their part.  Memphis was better than GS this year they dominated games.

It's painful to watch GSW play like that. They are completely massacre by Grizzlies without there offense. Actually this is the weakness of GSW since there offense is there defense they are completely vulnerable once all of them has a very bad shooting accuracy for that game. Even Jordan Poole score only 3 points for 20 mins while the rest of the gang didn't even score more than 20 pts. Hahaha.

I am not sure but maybe it is because of home court advantage? but still there's really a huge score gap between the two and Ja Morant was not even there, we really can't deny that the Grizzlies did a good job on that match with their ball movement and offensive on paint.

I’m not sure what happened. That was the Warriors 5th largest playoff loss in their organization’s history. They’ll be trying to forget this game. You can chalk it up to the Grizzlies having their back to the wall and not being willing to lay down. You have to respect the effort they gave tonight. I wouldn’t bet they could do that again, but I never thought they could beat the Warriors that badly in the first place. The third quarter was the worst basketball I’ve ever seen the Warriors play. It will be interesting to see if things return to normal for the next game. This one seemed like some strange fluke.

That was a total dominance by the Memphis. home team these days are winning big time, probably the biggest loss of the Warriors but there's nothing to panic because it's just one game, warriors still has 2 games to finish the series, they can make it in 6.

Right now, that is the trend for NBA, there's no consistency on the team and the home team dominate most of the time. I thought the series is already over, but now it would convince people that Memphis still has a chance to beat the Warriors, they are now +8.5 in game 6, of course the public bets will go to them.

Grizzlies has good team chemistry tbh, wherein, even there's no ja morant on the game they can still play and dominates their opponents. And for me it's not because of the venue, i mean home court or away because indeed it's very clear on the records that this season the team has good performance specially the first 5.

No question about that because they have a better record compared to the warriors in the regular season, reason they owned the home court advantage in this series.

They can win on the road for sure, but they have not beat the Warriors yet on the road, so I would not trust them to win in game 6.

8.5 points 😂, this is the easiest series to bet its not even close.  If Otto Porter is out I might actually take the Grizzlies and the money line here.  Who is gonna guard Adam's inside and then deal with Jackson?  Draymond can only cover 1.  They will donate the paint again.  I know it's in GS, they should win but Grizzlies are now 4 out of 5 ats in this series no reason to stop betting them now.  Is everyone laying on golden state again lol?

They play hard and the shooting is really impressive, no doubt that they beat GSW in this game.

We never know if they can duplicate that same rhythm on their next game, if Warriors will let them to have that same confidence to
throw balls outside without adjusting with a good defense. They will be in danger being eliminated by this young Memphis. Though
for sure there are adjustments that will be done after this game.

My concern is, what if this is just a trap. Bookies would not give the Warriors -8.5 favorite if they think Warriors cannot win and cover that spread, so as we think it might be easy for the Grizzlies, I need to pause a bit and think twice. If I would bet on the Memphis, I'll just go with the moneyline.

your anxiety has been proven, the Grizzlies hit the Warriors 134 - 95, that's quite impressive, in the second round, already 4 meetings, the result is Grizzlies vs. Warriors draw two wins and two loses.

Next last meeting in 2nd round on 14/5/22, it's the final and thrilling decider, as both are evenly matched, I'm sure their Jackson and Thompson will be competing hard for their respective teams this week.

Grizzlies, odds of winning increased for today, already reached 65%, will the next meeting end like the Celtics vs. Bucks, bigger chances for Celtics, on the field Bucks turn Celtics lose at home.

That was an impressive team effort there by the Grizzlies team without their ace player Morant. Looks like the home team will dominate the next time, Warriors was just likely to extend this series and then win it by next game, we may never know but Warriors was still dangerous on crucial moments.

No trap.  The bookies give themselves their best chance to clear money.  Knowing GS has a bunch of ban wagon fans and hence betters, they over favor golden state.  MPhil is down 3-2 but they hit the line in 4 of the 5 games.  8.5 points against a te that just won by 40 is laughable.  Especially when that team is the 2 seed.  They didn't get the 2 but backing into the playoffs.  Team is a bunch of dogs, and golden state looked old last night

Maybe you are right @wheelz1200 , in that case, I feel betting on the ML is very reasonable now. Warriors were not competitive in game 5, therefore Memphis now have the momentum to beat them in game 6, this is quite scary for the Warriors fans, we might see a big upset here.

Honestly, I don't see that big loss as a big thing though.

Warriors also beat Grizzlies in game 3 with a very huge margin, but game 4 was a very close one, Grizzlies started short, they are just short a bit in the 4th quarter as the Warriors come back to win the game.

Game 5 was a great game for Grizzlies, they prove that they can still play the game and win. The next game will be a crucial for both team but I think Warriors is still ahead to Grizzlies and have a higher chance here to advance in the finals. Placing my bet again for Warriors, Hoping to see them back in the finals.

I hope your opinion is correct, but let's see if it's the right call, I have one day to analyze the game 6 carefully as I don't want to make another mistakes in this series. Honestly, I'm not profitable in this warriors-grizzlies series, I always fall at the wrong line, LOL.

Every game is very unpredictable, but there's only one good team, which is home team wins and covered most of the time.

If Warriors wins the series, they'll be in the WCF, not finals yet. However, they need to fnish the series in game 6, otherwise, things will be different when Memphis takes the serieson their home court, the crowd will go crazy and Memphis can play physical basketball and beat the Warriors inside.

Homecourt doesn't mean a sure win but yeah there's a huge impact if the crowd is cheering on you, it can boost your morale so better for Warriors to take the game 6 and have a good rest while waiting in the WCF. Game 5 is quiet bad for Warriors, they throw a lot of points and that is the cost that they have to pay. I hope they can still compose themselves and have a good game 6, I will also go for Warriors and waiting for the good odds before placing my bet.

I don't know about you guys but has it occurred to you that Warriors intended to drop game 5 so they could finish the series in their homecourt? It's really uncharacteristic of them to fall behind that many points in three quarters. I hope I'm wrong but they have done the same thing before against the Cavs if I remember correctly.

I think when they see that the game is slipping away specially in the 2nd-3rd quarter, they should have thought that 'what the heck', we can lose this game and then let them come to Chase center.

So most probably, but if they have the chance, and if this game is close, I think the Warriors though will go and close it out even at Memphis home court.

The fifth game was surely going to be very difficult for Warriors away. Maybe some people thought that Warriors would win easily as they didn't have Morant. But the opposite of this happened and they literally crushed Warriors by like a forty-point gap. It was really unbelievable for me to see Grizzlies doing this even when they didn't have Morant in their starting five. They don't want to give up early but I think Warriors will finish this next time.

Maybe that's what Kerr is thinking that time. I usually don't see this move in a playoff series but it still seems logical since they have a game or two to spare.

Would they have done the same thing if game 5 happened in their homecourt? This point is probably irrelevant but I'm just curious.

No are you crazy.  This is the playoffs.  One slip up at home and it's tied 3-3 and last game at Memphis.  You don't "intentionally lose" games in the playoffs trying to set up a home game series clincher lol.  Especially as the road team (meaning game 7 you'd have to win on the road". 

What don't you guys get lol.  Memphis is the overall 2 seed.  They are a REAL GOOD team.  This isn't golden state playing the Orlando magic or something lol.

I agree Memphis is a really good team and are showing every match how good they are. Goldenstate are really struggling against them but overall i think GoldenState Warriors will advance in the next round o most for sure. But still i wouldnt be surprised if Memphis wins the next match.

^^ Well they are the second seed, behind Phoenix Suns and it just shows in the last game that they still have what it takes to win against a very experience team like Golden State. And even without Ja, they have their offense going and the Warriors struggle with their outside shot. But since the Warriors have the championship caliber they will have to forget about this game and looking forward to the next at their home court.

Home court advantage is a "big advantage" in the current playoff season. If you check the results, home ATS are dominating, so I think it's not impossible that the Warriors will have their revenge and would also win by blowout against the young Memphis.

Having a home game can be HomeCourt disadvantage because of the extra pressure on you to win and close out the series. The Warriors had better play smart basketball from the get-go and play with a lot more energy and a lot less rushing around and making turnovers. Another thing I noticed is that, they need to immediately fix these turnovers, because they will not win if this doesn't change. You can't give the other team fire power to add to their already heated team.

Warriors has to start strong, this Memphis line up is good, in game 4, Memphis started strong and it's only in the 4th quarter the Warriors made a strong run and beat the Memphis. So, let's see if it will be different in game 6 because  if Warriors will allow the Memphis to take the game to Memphis, I don't know anymore what would happen.

Warriors are next to Memphis and if you are going to compare their experiences, Warriors have the advantage but this is already playoff and yes, anything can happen. There’s no such fixed game here because all teams wants to earn the spot in the finals, if there’s Game 7, it will be the home court for Memphis and that could be a crucial game for Warriors. Too risky if Warriors will let the game 7 to happen, they should play their best.

They cannot afford to bring this series to Memphis, their best chance to win is on their home court, and I trust that they'll be able to do that since they are still perfect on their home court.

Las game, Curry was only 14 points, and Poole just made 3 points, it should not happen again. Curry has to score over 30+ and Poole should score 20+ points. Everyone on the Warriors has to play well, follow the game plan and take care of the ball to limit turnovers.

Golden state warrions always manage to have a strong come back win after there huge deficit lose. There home court advantage is really there strong weapon. I’m just concerned if they manage to go on the next round and still have this kind of inconsistency on there game plan. Mavericks/Suns are both good team and hungry to win. GSW might be in the tight spot in case they will carry over this bad habit of them to the next round although Grizzlies still has a chance to tie the series but without Ja Morant, I really prefer GSW to win on this match.

Let us not talk about the next round yet, Warriors still has a job to do, and that is to finish the Memphis tomorrow, if they can't then they don't deserve to be in the WCF. Suns vs Mavericks is having a great series thus far, but they are already in the last game of the series, so may the best team wins.

Curry has to be an MVP tomorrow, don't give Memphis another chance.

They need to bring all the best now and not to allow a game 7. From how I see them struggles to play that

last road game, Memphis can match them up outside and inside, the point is all over the floor for the Memphis we have
seen that from the actual final scores.

It's just so happened that in the garbage remaining minutes they manage to cut some points, but in general Memphis
overpower them and the coaching staff declare it as a loss in the early 2nd half of the game.

Memphis wins tonight then what will the rhetoric be?  Warriors favored by 8 points still.  Too funny.  Memphis moneyline 3-1.  Definitely taking a stab at that.  Gonna be a tough game for sure but if they could sneak one out, game 7 Memphis would have to be the favorite no?

Yes, if they steal this game, then they will go back and get the homecourt in game 7 so they will be the favorite.

I have Memphis in this game +8.5 though, if they maintain a distance or even take a lead against the Warriors then this is going to be close, so the pressure is on the Warriors on this game and win at home. And not be force to a decider in the road wherein they lost big the last time.

The first 2 games at home they were underdogs, game 5 at home they were underdogs.  I'm thinking they will be dogs in game 7 if it gets there.  If it does will be an easy pick for me.  I don't think I've seen a 2 seed playing a lower seed that the spread is so high against them before.  Wierd.

It's not weird, the betting odds is based on public perception, and no matter how good the Memphis are, people will still put their money on the Warriors because they are the popular team, and the fact that they are ahead of the series, that only proves they can win this series. Well, if you believe that Memphis will win, might as well take the series winner odds which is currently at 9.00.

I have it a step further and put down on them winning the whole thing.  Long shot.  But yeah 9-1 series winner I might take that.  And yeah it is wierd that they would be dogs at home.  They were better than golden state all year long and were awesome at home.  People just over bet golden state.  All them ban wagon fans making it easy to bet :)

I agree with this. Betting odds are based on the betting public and yeah, money is on the Warriors' side and even though the Grizzlies had a better performance/record than the Warriors during the elimination, that's all under the bridge now and the Warriors lineup is now complete, it's just that they don't have their head coach during game4 and game5.

That 9.0 is worth a shot if you are a Memphis or Ja Morant fan but it's just too risky for me and i will not put any money on that one.

Warriors can seal the deal this morning against Grizzlies. They are already leading the series 3-2 now and this is a home game for them too. It seems like Morant isn't going to be able to play in this game too. This is a golden opportunity for Warriors to finish this. If the series comes to 3-3, then Grizzlies might even eliminate them. This has been a great series so far but I think this is the end for it.

I don't think that's weird though. During the last game where the Grizzlies played at Chase Center, they lost by a big margin.

Maybe that's what bookies refer to when they provide that handicap. +8.5 is still a reasonable spread for me and I don't think it's a surprise.

If bettors think that Grizzlies can cover it, they should have to take chances.

Exactly, And in addition they were  lose big time even Ja Morant still playing for them that time. There recent win is unexpected especially the gap on score is very high due to low accuracy of GSW shooters. This is very rare to occur when all odds is in favor to GSW. GSW can't be consider as underdog anymore since all there star player is back unlike there regular season run which there roster is incomplete. I believe the WC ranking is different if GSW roster during regular season is there current roster now on playoffs.

The current match is already starting and they have a very close fight. Maybe this will be a close spread match for all bettors out there.  ;)

Placed bet right now on GSW and I don't think they would let the Memphis Grizzlies would have another win, it was just surprising last match that Memphis managed to beat warriors by more than 10 points I would expect them to possibly lose but not with more  than 10 points especially Ja Morant didn't play on that game.

Surprisingly, Grizzlies 3 points is pretty accurate during game 5 and the current game. They even beat GSW when it comes to 3 points shot exchange battle that force Curry to penetrate the inside of Grizzlies to get points. GSW still didn't solve there tremendous loss ball problem. They now have more than 20 loss ball while Grizzlies has less than 10. They are committing many error when they have a lead and trying to have a quick recovery whenever Grizzlies have a point made. This is the greatest weakness of GSW when it comes to protecting there lead in close match.

It was a close game until the 6-minute mark in the fourth quarter but suddenly the Warriors step on the gas with that 8-0 nothing run.

Klay Thompson and Steph Curry showed the young Grizzlies that they are not done yet.

The current Grizzlies have a bright future ahead of them if they will remain intact in the next few seasons and kudos to them for making this series an exciting one.

yeah, Suddenly Curry and Klay activate there inner 3 points power that bombard Grizzlies in a short period of time. They do it twice which makes the gap so huge that very hard to comeback from the side of Grizzlies, Brooks accurate 3 points got deleted immediately when the splash brothers back into action. I thought Warriors is already over when Jordan Poole commit 2 consecutive missed 3 points shot while Klay follow up 3 points also missed.

It was Curry who start the really and revive the dying fire of GSW. Klay confidence went back when Curry step in and lead warriors.I just notice that Poole is consecutively taunting Grizzlies players. I don't know exactly what's the problem but he irritate me while watching him do that arrogant thing.

The series is now finally over.

It was a very close game from 1st to 3rd quarter, but the Warriors knows how to win and they know how important the game is.
Klay Thompson came out huge tonight, he made 30 points and most of that points came from his efficient 3 point shooting, he was 8-14 (in 3 point area).

Klay is tough, the old Klay knows how to handle the business done and he showed it to us once again.

Game six "Klay" as what the commentators calls him, because historically he goes clutch on games 6 and produces 30 point game performance.

So it's over now, although the Memphis fought very hard and at times they make the game close, Steph Curry and Klay Thompson step up to sell the win for them. Now they will have to wait for either Suns or Dallas to meet in the finals.

And at the start of the year people are saying that Warriors will go the West finals if they are healthy because of the current lineup, a death squad, Curry, Thompson, Poole, Wiggins and Green. And that's what is happening now.

Still, I think that would be a good experience from him but you are right he might probably do something or it would turn out differently if he was playing but we are still unsure as the GSW offensive is really good too and won't allow them to get for another win or to go to game 7. Ja Morant is really a good player from inside to outside and I am sure that he will get into finals someday.

Not bad for the young Memphis Grizzlies line up. I think with or without Morant they will still lose that series. They were against a championship team with very experienced players like Curry, Thompson and Green. These young Grizzlies will have a bright future. They will come back next season with a playoffs experience. Nothing to be ashamed.

As for GSW, it will be interesting if they will face Phoenix Suns or Luka Doncic's team. Overall, I think the east will retain this season's crown. Miami Heat and Boston Celtics are now my top picks to win this season. 

He isn't the one who is in that kind of situation.
Remember when Kyrie and Harden are forced to sit on the bench because of their injuries last season? If only they played against the Bucks the whole series, they might won it and they might be the champion at that time.

Injuries are part of the game and its very crucial when it comes to playoffs. Just see Embiid and his performance after having a right orbital fracture. The Grizzlies played well even without Morant TBH and we've seen it in Game 5 when they won by a huge margin. Its just that they can't defeat the Warriors without him and I think many will agree with me :). If Morant played, there might be a Game 7 and they might win it but unfortunately he will not play.

Congratulations to the Warriors as they are the second team to clinch the Conference Finals and will wait in the PHX/DAL match-up and to the Grizzlies, better luck next time and I hope they will not change any of their core players or their starters as they really played well this season.

As Green said in an interview, they need to have 8 wins left for them to win the NBA championship, and they call themselves clutch which I totally agree. Curry does not have a good start, but he was not disturbed by that, he keeps shooting and he finally found his rhythm.

Memphis are a good team, but Warriors is a championship team, that's the big difference.

By the way, Looney contributed big time as well, he grabbed 22 rebounds, and 11 of that are offensive rebounds.

Per experience, Warriors has a good edge over Memphis.

This series is finally over, no more scare for the Warriors that they may loss the series if it was brought back to Memphis.
I guess, the heat now is already settled as their series is finally over, hopefully no more injuries for the Warriors in the WCF.

We can check the injury report of the Warriors team.
https://www.espn.ph/nba/team/injuries/_/name/gs/golden-state-warriors

Congratulations to the Warriors for winning the series, it was a tough fight but they still manage to win it.

This thread has already served its purpose, so I'm going to close it and let's continue our discussion in the new thread, the Western conference Finals.

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