SAN FRANCISCO — Memphis Grizzlies players were talking at a excessive level. They were talking and running fat sprints on protection to pause in entrance of the Golden Teach Warriors’ deadly shooters.
The excessive level of protection compelled skipped over photographs, nonetheless the rebounds on the entire realized the hands of Kevon Looney. When Looney kicked it out, the Warriors made the Grizzlies pay.
The Grizzlies’ wonderful energy this season used to be a weakness Friday night time as their season ended in a 110-96 loss in Recreation 6 of the Western Convention semifinals.
Dillon Brooks done with 30 capabilities and Desmond Bane added 25, nonetheless it completely wasn’t enough to power a Recreation 7.
Klay Thompson led the Warriors with 30 capabilities and Stephen Curry added 29. Indirectly, Looney’s 11 offensive rebounds were more than any Grizzlies player had total. That led to Golden Teach’s 21 2d-likelihood capabilities, and 13 of these came in the fourth quarter.
Here are three key takeaways from Recreation 6:
Warriors’ unique lineup adjustments rebounding
Golden Teach played an even bigger lineup for the first time in the series. Looney began at center, which moved Draymond Inexperienced to energy forward. This impacted the Grizzlies because Inexperienced began the recreation on Jaren Jackson Jr., who looked unstoppable in Recreation 5. The Grizzlies known as the first play of the recreation for Jackson, and Inexperienced used to be upright with him, bulldozing through a couple of screens to rep abet in entrance of Jackson and contest the shot. Jackson shot 3-for-11 in the first half of.
The wide lineup meant that the Warriors’ offense used to be shedding one more weapon, nonetheless Looney’s presence shifted the rebounding advantage abet of their direction. The Grizzlies outrebounded Golden Teach for the first time in Recreation 5 (55-37), nonetheless the Warriors regained the advantage on Friday and won the recreation attributable to the alternatives off offensive rebounds. The Warriors done with a 70-44 rebounding advantage.
Recreation 6 Klay
Klay Thompson has a history of exhibiting up wide in Recreation 6s, to the purpose the set aside aside he is earned the nickname “Recreation 6 Klay.”
Thompson came out hot Friday by making his first four 3-pointers. He persisted his hot play successfully into the third quarter, when the Grizzlies set aside Dillon Brooks on Thompson. Earlier in the series, Brooks said Stephen Curry used to be his top priority although one more Warriors player bought hot.
Brooks’ impact used to be without extend felt as he prioritized taking away Thompson’s scheme and compelled him into a turnover. Thompson made eight 3-pointers, and his 3 with 2: 58 final gave the Warriors a 13-point lead and felt cherish the dagger.
Brooks makes an impact
With Inexperienced limiting Jackson’s scoring, the Grizzlies needed completely different scorers to step up. Brooks took on the topic by surpassing his shot total from Recreation 5 in the first half of of Recreation 6. Brooks carried the Grizzlies’ offense in stretches with his skill to occupy photographs. Brooks bought abet from Desmond Bane.
Brooks bought abet from Bane, nonetheless Jackson used to be cramped to 12 capabilities on 5-of-19 shooting, and no completely different Grizzlies player scored in double figures
Alongside with Thompson’s hot shooting, Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins scored 10 capabilities in the fourth after scoring upright eight in the first three quarters. His baskets on the entire came after the Grizzlies done substantial protection for 20 seconds, only for him to knock down lengthy 2s or 3s.
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