The NBA playoffs continued, with the Grizzlies narrowly beating the Timberwolves 104-95 on the road to give them a two-game winning streak to give them a 2-1 lead over the Timberwolves. Both teams have performed well in this game, with enough effort on the defensive end, the Timberwolves, they have very well limited Morant's play, making it very difficult to play this game, but fortunately, the other Players of the Timberwolves stepped forward, Bane and Clark played very well in this game, they shared the pressure of Morant, in the key moments, they can always hit the shot, the Grizzlies in this game at most 26 points behind, they blasted a 37-12 attack in the final quarter, Successfully completed a 26-point comeback, and finally the Grizzlies won G3 on the road, and the big score came to 2-1.
The Timberwolves started the game with home advantage, their performance was very strong, the team exploded a 39-21 offense in the first quarter, 18 points ahead of the Grizzlies, and the game looked like it had lost suspense. However, the Grizzlies began to exert their strength, they played in the second quarter, with the play of Bane and Clark, the team returned a wave of 23-12 offense, the single quarter recovered 11 points, the half game ended, the Grizzlies only trailed the Timberwolves by 7 points, the gap between the two teams is not large.
In the third quarter, the Timberwolves' Russell and Edwards worked hard, they combined to score 19 points in the single quarter, and the team again played a 32-23 offense in the third quarter, and the team won 9 points in this quarter. At the end of the third quarter, the Timberwolves extended their lead to 16 points. At the end of this quarter, the outside world is also more optimistic about the Timberwolves winning at home. However, in the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies improved their intensity on the defensive end, and they also had a very good performance on the offensive end, while the Timberwolves played very crotch, they were blasted by the Grizzlies in a single quarter to blast out a 37-12 offense, and the team only scored 12 points in a single quarter, which is difficult to win the game. In the end, the Grizzlies successfully completed a 26-point comeback on the road to win the game.
The game's two main player stats: Morant was limited, he scored 16 points on 5-of-18 shooting, but he still had 10 rebounds and 10 assists, a career triple-double in the playoffs, and he helped the team in other areas when his personal offensive performance was poor. Bain hit seven three-pointers to get 26 points, Clarke had 20 points and eight rebounds, Brooks had 11 points, Jones had 11 points, and the team had five in double figures. On the Timberwolves side, Edwards had 19 points and 7 rebounds, Russell had 22 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, Towns had 8 points and 5 blocks in this game, and there were not many shots, while Beverley contributed 14 points and Beasley had 11 points.
The two teams played back and forth in this game, and the Timberwolves led the Grizzlies by 26 points at the most, and the advantage was very obvious. However, the Grizzlies are still the no. 2 team in the league, and their strength is not bad. When the big score was behind, the Grizzlies did not give up the game, and with their tough performance on the defensive end, the team successfully played a 37-12 offense in the fourth quarter, beating the Grizzlies by 25 points in a single quarter, and finally the team also successfully completed a 26-point reversal on the road and won the G3. This round of the series is very exciting, both teams are mainly young players, in the first three games, both teams are playing fiercely, I believe that this round of the series may not be able to distinguish the winner and loser until the last moment, and who can laugh to the end, it is worth looking forward to.