NBA playoffs officially began, the first war in the West is the Grizzlies home against the Timberwolves, both teams are very young, there is no playoff experience, from the paper strength, the Grizzlies have the upper hand, they have played a record of winning rate higher than the Bulls in the regular season, ranking second in the West and becoming the big dark horse, and the Timberwolves locked in the seventh position in the West through the playoffs. In the first quarter of the game, the Timberwolves rebounded to play a 9-2 start, but the good times were not long, after pulling to double digits, the Grizzlies played an effective counterattack, it is worth mentioning that both sides of the feel are very hot, the first quarter bombed 74 points.
In the second quarter, the Grizzlies began to play an 8-0 small climax, the two sides returned to the same running line, and then the game entered a tug-of-war, the first half ended, the Timberwolves led by three points into the second half. In the third quarter, the game still showed a state of glue, the second half of the Timberwolves' state was better, Edwards and Towns led the team to continue to maintain the lead, after three quarters, the Timberwolves led by 5 points; in the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies have been unable to organize an effective offense, only Morant is struggling to support, the Timberwolves are multi-point blossoming, the point difference is once again opened to double digits, the two sides after four quarters of competition, in the end, the Timberwolves 130-117 victory over the Grizzlies burst out of the big cold.
In this game, edwards, a 20-year-old second-year rookie, performed very prominently, shooting 13 of 23 from the field, including 4 of 11 three-pointers, a team-high 36 points, and more importantly, as a guard, he also got 6 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks. There is no doubt that he became the number one contributor to the Timberwolves' wins. Towns also did well, having a big double-double with 29 points and 13 rebounds on 11-of-18 shooting. In the face of Russell's sluggish performance, substitute Beasley stepped forward and scored 23 points on 8-of-14 shooting, becoming a Miracle.
For the Grizzlies, although Morant scored 32 points on 8-of-18 shooting, he had no choice but to become an empty cut. It is worth mentioning that Edwards and Morant both got 30+ data to become the first NBA opponent under the age of 23 to get 30+ in the same game in the playoffs. Criticised perkins commented on the game, saying Edwards played at MVP level and Morant would be ready. Indeed, the Grizzlies are a very tough team, they will not be demoralized by the black opening, but will find out the shortcomings of the game and fight for a turnaround game in the second game. One thing to say, this game the Timberwolves are super level play, Edwards and Towns teamed up to cut 65 points, they can't maintain such a good feel every game, timber wolfs to go further, need to improve the performance of the defensive end.