Drymond Green did not like Memphis' arrogant "prank."
Thompson: "It was awful"
The Grizzlies defeated Golden State and shrank to 3-2, Green explained why he danced with the crowd 50 behind ("does not respect people who do such things only when they win"), Thompson admitted the loss was "embarrassing", and Morant continues to believe: "Grease in 7! "
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12/05/2022
Thursday, 12 May 2022, 10:02 Updated: 10:10
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Golden State trailed by 50 points and looked dismantled, but Drymond Green bounced off the field as he danced and waved the towel cheerfully, cooperating with the Memphis crowd.
The Warriors were on the verge of the biggest loss in the club's history in the playoffs when they snatched Memphis players in their heads, but Green seemed to be smiling while the song "whoop that trick" played in the background in the hall.
Green admitted he did not like the bragging rights of Memphis and its fans, who are 3: 2 behind in the series and very close to relegation, and explained why he danced.
"They will not show us what this prank is alone, we will see this prank together, if we are going to see the prank ....", Green said, clarifying why he participated in the dance and why he did not shy away from the hostess' celebration.
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"One thing I do not respect is people who only do it when they win, or who excite the crowd only when they lead," Green said. Kick in the ass, okay, it happens, but do not jump in the head ... ".
So why did he dance?
"When you take it out, you have to know how to get it, not hide from it, not run away from it. Verify it. I appreciated the energies of the audience tonight. But if they want to show us the prank, we'll do it together."
Drymond celebrates on the field, 50 points behind
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Indeed, there were many reasons for the Memphis audience to get excited.
There is no great love between the teams, in the Western Conference semifinal series that ignited with two injuries that caused two significant players the playoffs (Ja Morant and Gary Peyton II), so the Grizzlies fans were delighted with tonight's 95: 134 victory over the Warriors And mainly due to the fact that they were not eliminated and survived when they shrank to 3: 2.
Ja Morant looked happy on the bench, and at the end of the post-match interview even sang "Grease at Seven" - insisting his team could make a comeback, drag the series to seven games and win the decisive battle at home.
Jaren Jackson, Desmond Bain and Tios Jones scored 21 points each, in a game in which Memphis already led by 55 points.
"We exceeded all expectations of us from the first moment I came here," Bain said after the victory, "whenever someone thinks of us that the mission is impossible, we manage to do it.
Memphis scored 77 points in the first half, a club playoff record.
When they led by 55 points in the third quarter, they were close to entering one of the three biggest wins in NBA history.
They led by 52 points after three quarters, the biggest gap in a playoff game in the last 70 years.
"We knew what was at stake," Jackson said, "we did not change anything, however. We just stayed calm, looked at the videos, understood what we needed to do, understood what we needed to take from the previous game, got on the field and did it."
Coach Taylor Jenkins concluded: "Personally we came up with the right thinking, the right mentality, the defense, the pace, I really liked our energies, and we will need that, because now of course a big challenge awaits us, with Game 6 out, but we understand what's going on. Before us, and we will accept the challenge. "
Grease in seven games
Just waiting for it to end.
Kerry and the Warriors (Photo: GettyImages, Andy Lyons)
Will want to close a story at home.
Kerry (Photo: GettyImages, Andy Lyons)
Golden State, on the other hand, know that it was one of those days, and it seems that at some point the team simply gave up the game, and just waited for it to end in order to go home and close the story in front of the home crowd.
"It was just awful," admitted Clay Thompson.
Golden State went up scattered, finishing the first half with 14 turnovers - leading to Memphis ’25 points.
The Grizzlies can be encouraged by the fact that they are at a balance of 5:20 in the regular season without Morant, and in this series at 1: 1.
"We're deep," the Memphis coach said, "We don't say it with arrogance, but with confidence. Everyone who comes on the field influences the game."
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