On April 22, Beijing time, when the Timberwolves led by 26 points at the most, they were tragically reversed by the Grizzlies, especially in the last quarter by the Grizzlies to play a 37-12 wave of collapse. Timberwolves interior core Towns into foul trouble became one of the biggest causes of defeat, this game Downs only 4 of 3 only 8 points, 5 rebounds and 5 blocks data, a new playoff career low, but also sent 4 turnovers and 5 fouls, he has been in two consecutive foul trouble caused the Timberwolves to suffer two consecutive losses. It is worth mentioning that Towns scored 6 points in the first 6 minutes of the game and 0 points on 0-of-1 in the last 38 minutes.
When the Timberwolves defeated the Grizzlies in the first game of the playoffs, it seemed that the outside world saw the possibility of "Black Seven", but the last time the Timberwolves were hanged by the Grizzlies. One of the important factors in the Timberwolves' last rout was that the core Towns was in foul trouble, resulting in his 4-of-7 crosshairs, only getting 15+11 statistics, but there were still 5 turnovers and 5 fouls that were the highest in the game.
Now back at home for the Timberwolves, the Timberwolves once played a fantastic offensive and defensive performance, especially at most the time they had a huge advantage of 26 points ahead of the Grizzlies, almost killing the game in advance. However, Towns was once again in foul trouble, and it was also a huge reversal of the Timberwolves' crazy reversal by their opponents.
Towns suffered from the Grizzlies' targeted defensive limitations, he played 19 minutes in the first half, only 3 shots hit 2 goals, only 6 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist data, fortunately the defensive end sent 4 big caps, and the Grizzlies chased only 7 points behind the Timberwolves in the first half.
Entering the second half, the Timberwolves started in the third quarter to open up the point difference again, but Towns is still in a slump mode, especially in the last quarter just to 9 minutes and 24 seconds, he has eaten offensive fouls, has accumulated his fifth personal foul, so that Towns completely unable to defend on the court, but also let the Timberwolves fall into passive mode.
The Grizzlies took the opportunity to continue to crush the Grizzlies to expand their double-digit advantage for a while, and finally successfully broke the Timberwolves to complete a major reversal, and Downs's two consecutive downturns became an important cause of loss that needed to be reflected.
(Text/Drunken Floating Life)