Just when you thought the series was over and the Warriors will advance to the conference finals, Memphis handed over the Warriors’ 6th worst loss of franchise history winning the game 4 by 39 points. Nobody saw a Memphis team without its highest scorer Ja Morant throughout the regular season and playoffs to beat the Warriors but what an effort by this young and valiant team, at one point they were leading by 55 points in the third quarter, that is right, 55 points.
They outscored the Warriors and forced 22 turnovers, shot the ball around 50% and thanks to their big men Adams, Jackson and Clarkson, absolutely crushed the warriors on board. Warriors admitted they played horrendous basketball in absence of their head coach Steve Kerr who is out because of health and safety protocols. Grizzlies dominated them right from the tip-off till the sound of the buzzer in the 4th quarter and the entire team contributed with 7 Memphis jerseys recording the score in double digits on the stat sheet.
Match Preview Golden State Warriors
Warriors have to realise it is not the same series that they started in Memphis, with Morant out, the Memphis are no longer playing small-ball lineups rather they are going big since the last two games and attacking the board for offensive rebounds and second-chance points. They have won 3 championships in 5 years span and what it takes to close out games and bounce back from such a huge defeat.
As D.Green said on his podcast, they will go through the films and make the required adjustments to improve their rebounding, something they did quite well in the first 3 games which set their transition offence in rhythm.
They will be looking to wrap us the series at home and advance to conference finals avoiding a game 7 on road.
Match Preview Memphis Grizzlies
Taylor Jenkins and Grizzlies have proven how tough they are with a huge victory over the Dubs in Game 5 but they realise they haven’t defeated Warriors at home this series, they will be looking forward to doing that and forcing a game 7. They have been going big in the last two games and isolation plays of Morant have been replaced by high pick and roll action which ends up in attacking the rim against a smaller Warrior team. They will look forward to continuing that in Game 6 while understanding that Curry and Thompson will not be having a rough shooting night once again. Memphis needs to control the pace of the game and force the Warriors to play at their pace or else the Warriors will crush them in transition.
Match Details
Venue: Chase Centre, San Francisco, California
Date: May 13th
Time: 9:30 pm ET USA
Best Picks
Klay Thompson
The splash brother will be looking to bounce back after a tough game 5 loss and improve his shooting, Klay has been known to dominate game 6 of the series in the past and put up monster numbers.
Steph Curry
The best shooter in NBA history who has the capability of scoring not just from behind the 3 point line but also finishing at the rim. He averaged 25.5 PPG during the regular season.
Jarrett Jackson Jr.
A versatile power forward who can shoot the 3-ball while defending the guys both inside the paint and behind the 3-point line, he has been playing and scoring well for the Grizzlies.
Memphis Grizzlies Vs Golden State Warriors Game 6 predicted Starting Line Up:-
Memphis Grizzlies:-
- T.Jones[PG]
- D.Brookes[SF]
- S.Adams [C]
- D.Bane [SG]
- J.Jackson.Jr [PF]
Golden State Warriors:-
- S.Curry [PG]
- K.Thompson [SG]
- D.Green[C]
- A.Wiggins[SF]
- Kuminga [PF]
Memphis Grizzlies Vs Golden State Warriors Game 6 odds:
Golden State is at -370 and Memphis on road are +295 with the over/under on the money line set at 217 points.
Memphis Grizzlies Vs Golden State Warriors head to head stats:
In the 104 games played Memphis has won 50 whereas Warriors have won 54 games.
Memphis was ousted by the Warriors in their last playoff run in 2015 whereas the Warriors were sent home by Memphis in the play-in game last year.
Memphis Grizzlies Vs Golden State Warriors Game 6 Prediction:-
Warriors at home are one of the toughest teams to beat in the NBA and with a 3-2 lead, they will look to win the game and return the last year’s play-in game favours to Memphis by taking home the win. However, Memphis has shown so far that they can fight and push the series to game 7. Warriors will probably wrap this one at home 4-2.
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