On April 17, Beijing time, the Grizzlies played at home against the Timberwolves, and the Grizzlies lost to the Timberwolves 117-130 at the end of the game. The NBA playoffs officially began, although the Timberwolves reached the playoffs through the playoffs, but in fact, many people are not optimistic that the Timberwolves can beat the Grizzlies, after all, this season's Grizzlies have a good record, and the Timberwolves have just entered the playoffs may be difficult to beat such a strong team as the Grizzlies. But in this game, the Timberwolves took the lead early, and although the Grizzlies tried to catch up with the score in the game, unfortunately the Timberwolves could always respond, and finally the Timberwolves beat the Grizzlies.
The Timberwolves took the lead in the first quarter, and then Bridges and others helped the Grizzlies score, but Beverley and others responded to help the Timberwolves lead to double digits, followed by the Grizzlies gray points, and the Timberwolves led by eight points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Timberwolves continued to maintain their offensive state, but the Grizzlies played a wave of 8-0 to chase the score, and after Clark scored, the Grizzlies once completed the rebound, but then the Grizzlies' offensive state declined, McDaniels, Edwards helped the Timberwolves to take the lead, and the Timberwolves led by 3 points at the end of the half. In the third quarter, the two teams played fiercely, relying on Edwards and Downs Timberwolves to maintain the lead, although Brooks scored to stop the bleeding, but Beasley and others responded, and the Timberwolves led by 5 points at the end of the third quarter. Although the Grizzlies tried to chase points in the fourth quarter, it was a pity that McDaniels, Beverley and others were able to stand up and help the team at the critical moment, and finally the Grizzlies chased points and lost the game without success.
The reason why the Timberwolves were able to win the game in this game was that Edwards' play was very important, after all, Edwards played extremely well in this game, which was also the key to the Timberwolves being able to take the lead in the previous game, and Edwards had 36 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists at the end of the game. At the same time, the tough player Beverley in this game is also a meritorious achievement, after all, Russell's performance in this game is not good, beverly replaced russell at the key moment, and Beverley performed well in the game, the defensive end helped the team not to say, but also able to hit the key three-pointer, so Beverly also helped the team well in the game.
As for Downs is more in the game to wash away the shame, in the playoffs Downs performance is bad, his bad foul let him play time is not much, so in the eyes of many people Timberwolves can play in the playoffs, Towns played a small role, even Towns was hung up again on the label of weakness, but this game Towns played a very tough performance, in the game not only good control of their fouls, but also in the game to complete a strong buckle, it can be said that Towns washed away the shame with practical actions, In the end, Towns also led the team to win, and at the end of the game, Towns had 29 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists.
And seeing how well the Timberwolves performed in this game, How badLyant performed in this game, although Morant got 32 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists in this game, but in fact, Morant's performance in the second half of the game was relatively stealthy, after all, in the second half of the game, Morant was once in foul trouble, and in the fourth quarter, Morant was even more sluggish in attack, and when he had a free throw opportunity, he was not able to grasp it, it can be said that after the first quarter of the game played an explosive performance, Morant began to fall into a downturn. The lack of superstar help at key moments led to the Grizzlies not being able to catch up with the score, and Morant, as the core of the team, did not stand up to help the team too undeserved, and Morant also left the game in frustration after the game.