SAN FRANCISCO – The Chase Center crowd chanted “Whoop that trick! Whoop that trick!” late in the fourth quarter after the Warriors pulled away with a double-digit lead.
The cheers mocked the Grizzlies’ unofficial anthem, which Stephen Curry had said was the team’s mentality heading into Game 5, a comment that upset Memphis.
The Grizzlies made their statement in Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals Wednesday night, romping the Warriors by 39 points.
But it was Golden State who put the young and athletic Grizzlies in their place Friday night in Game 6, defeating them 110-96.
The Warriors’ win punched their ticket to the Western Conference Finals for the sixth time in eight years and ended Memphis’ season.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – MAY 13: Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry (30) pumps his fist after scoring a basket as Memphis Grizzlies’ Steven Adams (4) walks away in the fourth quarter of Game 6 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, May 13, 2022. The Golden State Warriors defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 110-96. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – MAY 13: Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson (11) celebrates after scoring a 3-point basket in the second quarter of Game 6 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, May 13, 2022. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – MAY 13: Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson (11) celebrates as he heads to the locker room after defeating the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 6 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, May 13, 2022. The Golden State Warriors defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 110-96. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – MAY 13: Golden State Warriors’ Kevon Looney (5) grabs one of his 22 rebounds in Game 6 against the Memphis Grizzlies and Steven Adams in a second-round NBA basketball playoff series at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, May 13, 2022. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – MAY 13: Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson (11) watches one of his eight 3-point shots go in against the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 6 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, May 13, 2022. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – MAY 13: Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson (11) sticks his tongue out after scoring a 3-point basket in the fourth quarter of Game 6 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, May 13, 2022. The Golden State Warriors defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 110-96. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – MAY 13: Golden State Warriors’ Kevon Looney (5) battles Memphis Grizzlies’ Ziaire Williams (8) for a rebound in the fourth quarter of Game 6 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, May 13, 2022. The Golden State Warriors defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 110-96. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – MAY 13: BLAGolden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson (11) battles Memphis Grizzlies’ Dillon Brooks (24) for a rebound in the fourth quarter of Game 6 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, May 13, 2022. The Golden State Warriors defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 110-96. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – MAY 13: Golden State Warriors’ Jordan Poole (3) goes up for a lay up past Memphis Grizzlies’ Brandon Clarke (15) in the third quarter of Game 6 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, May 13, 2022. The Golden State Warriors defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 110-96. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – MAY 13: Golden State Warriors’ Kevon Looney (5) battles Memphis Grizzlies’ Ziaire Williams (8) for a rebound in the fourth quarter of Game 6 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, May 13, 2022. The Golden State Warriors defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 110-96. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – MAY 13: Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson (11) blocks a shot by Memphis Grizzlies’ Tyus Jones (21) in the second half of Game 6 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, May 13, 2022. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – MAY 13: Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson (11) pounds his chest walking past Memphis Grizzlies’ Dillon Brooks (24) in Game 6 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, May 13, 2022. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – MAY 13: Golden State Warriors’ Kevon Looney (5) and Memphis Grizzlies’ Steven Adams (4) battle for the opening tip off in Game 6 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, May 13, 2022. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – MAY 13: Golden State Warriors fans celebrate after a 3-point basket by Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson (11) in the first quarter of Game 6 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, May 13, 2022. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – MAY 13: Memphis Grizzlies’ Steven Adams (4) congratulates Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry (30) after Game 6 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, May 13, 2022. The Golden State Warriors defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 110-96. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)