On April 22, Beijing time, today, the NBA playoffs continued, and the Timberwolves returned home to face the Grizzlies. Back at home, the Timberwolves were unstoppable, and in the first quarter, the Timberwolves blossomed more, Russell, Towns, Beverley and Edwards scored in succession, and the Grizzlies were caught off guard, with the Timberwolves leading their opponents by 21 points at 42-21. Entering the second quarter, the Grizzlies' offense began to pick up, and Bane led the team to start counterattacking, leading the team to a small 10-0 climax, and at halftime, the Grizzlies narrowed the point difference to 7 points.
Easy side to fight again, Russell continued to win on the offensive end, Edwards state Heat, breakthrough, dunks are all available, McDaniels also hit three points, the third quarter ended, the Timberwolves pulled the point difference to 16 points, the score is 83-67. Russell had 22 points, five rebounds and seven assists in the third quarter. In the final quarter, Jackson hit the first three-pointer, Morant also completed a difficult pull-up basket, Clark grabbed an offensive rebound, the basket easily scored, just one round, Bane made another layup, after that, Jones three-point knife fall, the Grizzlies played a wave of 13-0 small climax, the Timberwolves still did not ask for a timeout.
After that, Bane's three-point chase, Edwards' free throw broke the scoring drought, Jones was bold, three points and one arrow pierced the heart, the Grizzlies led for the first time in the game, followed by Clarke's foul, and the game entered a timeout. Timeout back, Reid basket to play 2 + 1, Bain bottom corner three-point step through The Young, back, timberwolves three consecutive points missed, Morant broke through the iron, Towns mid-range stop bleeding, the point difference is only 3 points, the Grizzlies side of Bain three points also did not, but unfortunately Beverly empty three-point frame, failed to equalize the score, the game was suspended.
In the last 2 minutes and 40 seconds, the two teams scored points from each other, and in the decisive moment, Clark first threw 2 points to score, and then made up the basket, the Timberwolves side, Downs appeared to be a step violation, Morant failed to attack, but the Grizzlies got the offensive rebound, Dillon's outside three-point hammer, and finally, the Grizzlies completed a 26-point reversal, defeated the Timberwolves 104-95, led 2-1 on aggregate, and regained home advantage. In this game, Russell had 22 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists on 9-of-21 shooting; Edwards contributed 19 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists on 6-of-13 shooting.
Towns had 8 points, 5 rebounds and 5 blocks on 3-of-4; Beverley had 14 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals on 5-of-13 shooting; Vanderbilt had 10 points and 13 rebounds; Beasley had 11 points and 3 rebounds; McDaniels had 8 points; the Grizzlies, Bain had 26 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists; Morant was 5-of-18, contributing 16 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. In this game, the Timberwolves want to lose in the fourth quarter when the Grizzlies chased points, and head coach Finch was too proud to shout a timeout. The Grizzlies directly used this time to play a wave of 16-0, Towns was plagued by fouls, Russell and others were only one of the small factors in the final slump, and Finch was the big culprit in the loss.