124-96, the Grizzlies equalized 1-1! This time the Timberwolves have experienced what is the most dynamic defense in the league, the Grizzlies have comprehensively suppressed the Timberwolves from attack to defense, and this time the Grizzlies have shown a sentence, they can become the second in the West is not unreasonable. Today's Timberwolves look like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered in front of the Grizzlies, and the G1 game now feels like two words: illusion! The Grizzlies are now waking up, and this G2 really shows their dominance in the regular season, and the Timberwolves are about to be prevented from crying.
How brash are the Grizzlies today? Only Bain played more than 30 minutes, and Morant scored a quasi-triple-double of 23 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists in 29 minutes. And because the game went into garbage time prematurely, the Grizzlies sent all the teams that could not play, and the whole team made a total of 13-man rotations, of which a total of 10 people played more than 15 minutes, and the whole team also scored in double figures. For the Grizzlies, the game was almost a cool game, and the Timberwolves looked like they collapsed in the third quarter, but the second quarter was actually out of the game.
The Grizzlies only had 17 points in a single quarter, and no one on the team was able to stand up and score. The Timberwolves are actually playing iron, edwards scored 20 points on 7 of 16, which is the best player. Russell scored 11 points on 3-of-11 and Beverly slashed 6 points on 1-of-6 shooting, with the three starters in a slump to the extreme. Of course, the most criticized is Still Towns, playing 27 minutes, only 15 points and 11 rebounds on 4-of-7 shooting, and the double-double data looks good, right? But in addition, Towns also has 5 turnovers and 5 fouls, saying good punishment for the Grizzlies inside, where does the intensity go?
Sister Yu did not dare to say that the pot was all Downs's, but as far as Downs's play was concerned, it was really a bit unsatisfactory. The Grizzlies are clearly improving their defensive intensity in G2, but Towns is the key to this round of the playoffs, Edwards looks like he can match Morant, the real winner is here in Towns, he needs to play a huge advantage on the inside. But downs in addition to cutting this economical double-double time remaining is a lot of mistakes and a lot of fouls, the feeling of the game is very wrong, like a strong force can not be used, the game to the end of the downs will not have much room to play, only played the first quarter of the good ball.
It seems that the gap between the hard power of the two teams is still there, and the Grizzlies' loss of G1 is more like their own problem. G2 this game the Grizzlies on the defensive intensity, but also increased the focus of the defense, the Timberwolves immediately can not keep up with the rhythm. Maybe the Timberwolves didn't adapt to the environment of this away game, but the dominance displayed by the Grizzlies is a bit of a regular season. Fortunately, the Timberwolves have won a win on the road, which is already a goal accomplished, and then returning to the home court is the key, and that time is also the biggest test for Towns, who has been in the doldrums for two consecutive playoff games.