Playoffs 2nd Round Game 3 Golden State Warriors vs Memphis Grizzlies at the FedExForum, Memphis, Tennessee.
The Memphis Grizzlies put together one of their finest, most complete performances of the season on Saturday, wresting Game 3 from the Golden State Warriors 99-89 in front of a rabid FedExForum crowd to take a 2-1 series lead. From the opening tip, the Grizzlies played the game on their own terms, slowing down the pace of the game, bludgeoning the Warriors underneath the basket, running them off the 3-point line, dragging them through the muck.
The Warriors looked rattled, nervous, stunned and out of their depth, which is not a look they've sported at any point this season. When Klay Thompson looks hesitant to launch from beyond the arc and Steph Curry is tossing up airballs, it's pretty clear the opposition is doing something right. Klay Thompson has been on the receiving end of some pretty astounding defense in the Golden State Warriors' second-round series against the Memphis Grizzlies. But as his troops gamely tried to mount a fourth-quarter comeback in Game 3, Thompson busted out his own defensive chops, timing his leap perfectly to absolutely demolish this Beno Udrih layup attempt in transition.
The Warriors made things interesting in the fourth quarter when the officials got looser with their whistles and the Grizzlies ended up in the penalty with nearly eight minutes to play. But in the end, it was Gasol providing the dagger, continuing the predominant trend of these playoffs with a banked-in buzzer-beater.
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