The scene hurts the eyes.
Game 2 between the Warriors and the Grizzlies (won by Memphis) had barely started when Gary Payton II, who left to open the counter for his team then led 8-0, was pushed into the air by Dillon Brook.
The Golden State point guard falls badly and comes out injured.
Elbow fracture.
"I don't know if it was intentional, but it was dirty," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said of Dillon Brooks' foul.
“Basketball in the play-offs is supposed to be physical, everyone has to fight.
Everyone has to fight for everything.
But there's a code in this league that players follow that you never put a guy's season or career in jeopardy by mowing him down mid-air and hitting him in the head, and in the end break his elbow,” Kerr said bitterly.
Payton II will not play again for the season
“Dillon Brooks broke that code.
That's how I see it,” he added.
The Grizzlies player, who equalized with a victory everywhere (106-101), carried by their phenomenon Ja Morant author of 47 points, was excluded immediately after his gesture which occurred at the very start of the match.
He risks a suspension of one or more games, if the NBA deems that a sanction is appropriate to the extent of the seriousness of the injury caused.
If he has to undergo an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) on Wednesday to assess the ligament condition of his fractured elbow, it is already certain that Payton II will not play again this season.
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