In the same as every season of the NBA league, there will always be a few teams to play a performance that makes fans shine, the biggest surprise of this season's Western Conference is definitely the Grizzlies led by Morant, they are in the absence of heavy reinforcements, relying on the progress of a group of role players, to suppress a number of strong and powerful second place records in the West, and another team with obvious improvement is the Timberwolves led by the Big Three, Edwards' joining has allowed this talented division to gradually transform its potential into combat effectiveness. The first game of the playoffs reversed the Clippers, reached the playoffs with a record of seventh place in the West, and met the Grizzlies in the first round, who were very young like themselves! Judging from the record of the two teams, the Grizzlies have a clear advantage, which is why the pre-game fans are more optimistic about their ability to win, but the two major players in this game, Lang Downs and Edwards, have played a very dominant personal performance, under their leadership, the undesirable Timberwolves have achieved a double-digit lead early, although the Grizzlies struggled to fight back in the last quarter, but the Timberwolves still beat the Grizzlies 130-117 and won the playoffs!
Both of the young teams have the son of choice to enter the league with a high pick, the Timberwolves have two big champions Edwards and Towns, and a top pick Russell, and the absolute core of the Grizzlies, Morant, was also selected as a top pick, this game two top eyes and two champions performance, in a word, that is a high pick That is for a reason.
Russell in this campaign can not find the feeling of shooting at all, played 29.1 minutes, 11 shots only hit 2 goals, fortunately in the tandem team overall offensive performance is good, got 10 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists, and his other eye show Morant This campaign, although the personal performance is far better than Russell, 18 shots hit 8 goals, cut 32 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, but there is still a certain gap compared with the two major champions.
The new Wolf King Downs, this battle against the Sea King Adams can be said to be completely pinched at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, played in 42.5 minutes outside the line blossomed, 18 shots 11 of one person cut 29 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists, while Adams did not score 1 point in the whole game, but also only grabbed 3 rebounds, under the leadership of Towns, the Timberwolves rebounded 11 rebounds in this game, which is also an important reason why they can win the cold.
I have to say that this Timberwolves can rise this season, and after Edwards joined the team, fundamentally change the temperament of the team has a lot to do with it, the hard-working Hanako, ushered in his career playoff debut in this game, and he is a game to amaze the entire league, in the 40.2 minutes of its debut, 23 shots hit 12 goals, cut the game-high 36 points, in addition to 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks of the full performance, He also managed to surpass CBA star Marbury and set a new scoring record for his all-time playoff debut!
In the NBA league, effort may be able to determine how high a team's lower limit is, but talent is the decisive factor that determines how high their ceiling is, as long as this Timberwolves can fully transform their talents into combat effectiveness Their future decisions are unlimited, and the Grizzlies must also make 100% efforts if they want to advance smoothly, otherwise it is very likely that the Timberwolves will stage a black seven miracle!