Losing 13 points in the first game of the playoffs and completing a 28-point win in the second game, the Grizzlies are truly a magical team. In fact, the Grizzlies were able to make such a big shift, not just by adjusting the team's twin-tower lineup, but in large part because Wolves didn't have the explosive stats of the first game. Morant's performance has been consistent, and he does hope to be the leader of the league in the future. According to statistics, the Timberwolves players only had a bad shooting percentage of 4 of 19 in the process of being defended by Morant, and only scored 10 points!
It seems that we have only seen Morant's tough offensive ability from beginning to end, but ignored that he also has defensive ability. And this time pulling the team to Minnesota, can Morant maintain the stability of the attack and defense integration, and lead the team to win the G3 again? At the start of the game, the Timberwolves' sharp arrows played an unparalleled aggressiveness on the offensive end. They started with a 12-0 climax, and in the following hours of the first quarter, they were able to take a 26-point lead with the blossoming situation of the players on the team, and maintained an 18-point lead with a 39-21 score before the end of the first quarter.
In fact, Morant, who ushered in the away game, was not in very good shape, and received 2 fouls in the first quarter in the process of delivering 3 points and 2 assists. Dillon's performance was also terrible, shooting 0-of-4 in the first quarter and also getting 2 fouls! Without the advantage of home combat, the players on the team have been mute, and the Grizzlies seem to have lost the style of the dark horse team in the previous regular season. Entering the second quarter of the showdown, the Timberwolves actually fell into a scoring drought, allowing the Grizzlies, who were behind by a large margin, to seize the opportunity to counterattack.
Bane stepped forward, scored 3 three-pointers in a single quarter, and delivered a key 9 points, and Morant's shooting feel was still bad, but he could also send 2 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, and did his part on the defensive end and the organizational offensive end. At the end of the first half, the Grizzlies chased back 11 points they trailed in the first quarter and narrowed the gap to seven points! The Timberwolves made another threat, and with the successive efforts of Edwards and Russell on the team, they scored a 32-23 score, widening the point difference to double digits.
Regrettably, the Timberwolves, who are in the final quarter of the tiebreaker, are once again in a scoring drought. The Grizzlies once hit a 21-0 climax, not only recovering the previously trailing score, but also achieving a 37-12 score reversal at the end of the fourth quarter of the regular game. In the end, the regular time of the fourth quarter was completed, and the Grizzlies completed the final reversal with a score of 104-95, making the series 2-1 and taking the lead. The Timberwolves' performance in this game has been really ups and downs.
At one point, he took a 26-point lead in the first quarter, and then was countered by opponents in the second quarter, narrowing the point difference to 7 points, and in the third quarter, he was able to continue to expand the point difference to double digits, and the Grizzlies completed a shocking reversal in the final quarter! There is no doubt that the Timberwolves themselves lost a good game and gave up the opportunity to take a big lead to the opponent. Towns played a really humiliating game: he delivered 7 mistakes in a single game, which lost his self-confidence; the performance of 5 fouls in a single game had to worry about the cruel reality of 6 fouls leaving the field.
So in the whole game, he only had 4 shots, sent 8 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 5 blocks, and failed to help the team relieve the pressure on the offensive end. As the leader of the team, he could not help the team effectively, and also became a burden in the process of the game, and Downs could be said to have a hard time.