Iguodala's basket made Warriors fans feel as sick as if they had swallowed a fly.
After Thompson had just scored, they had hoped the Warriors would overwhelm the Grizzlies with a devastating run and beat them into the ground. But to their surprise, Iguodala immediately answered with a spectacular dunk.
The arena fell silent for two or three seconds before the cheers erupted again.
That Iguodala alley-oop dunk had indeed been beautiful. But the fans in attendance believed he had merely gotten lucky.
Iguodala was not Link. There was no way he could pull off such a difficult basket on every possession from here on out!
The Warriors continued their offense. Green drove hard to the basket, drew a foul from Harris, and stepped to the free-throw line.
The Grizzlies' defense appeared to be on the verge of collapse, as though it could be torn apart at any moment.
Green showed no mercy at the line, making both free throws to put the Warriors back ahead by three.
After scoring, Green glared at Iguodala as well. He certainly did not think he would lose to some old guy.
He had even knocked Link down, let alone a former All-Star whose prime had passed.
"Iguodala's basket was certainly a huge morale boost, but the Grizzlies can't compete with the Warriors on morale alone. The Warriors still have a firm grip on the game, and the Grizzlies are in bad shape."
Once again, the Warriors set their impenetrable defense in front of the Grizzlies.
Iguodala had just scored off an alley-oop, but alley-oops could not win a game.
If alley-oops could win games, the Clippers would have been champions long ago.
Right now, the Grizzlies' best one-on-one scorer on the floor was Jimmy Butler.
The instant he received Conley's pass, he drove,