Text/Mr. Basket Guo
The NBA's playoffs continued, with the Grizzlies vs Timberwolves, and in the end, the Grizzlies defeated the Timberwolves 104-95. In terms of statistics, the Grizzlies' Morant had 16 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, Bane 26 points and Clark 20 points; Dillon of the Timberwolves had 11 points, Edwards had 19 points, Russell had 22 points, five rebounds and eight assists, and Beverley had 14 points and five assists.
For the Timberwolves, they would have had a good chance of winning. For them, at one point, they were 26 points ahead, and such a point difference gave people the feeling of a flower game. You know, the Timberwolves are a passionate team. Unfortunately, their ability to "defend the country" is indeed very ordinary. Because of this, even if they once had a very big advantage, they failed to protect the victory. This, judging from the presentation of the results, is indeed not good enough.
All of this gives people a very strange feeling. That is, the Timberwolves are not bad, full of vitality, why are they still reversed by their opponents? This is worth reflecting on. With the Timberwolves reversed again, it was also a big score of 1-2 for them, which is not good news or a good result.
Even, a famous Bo directly criticized, "This Grizzlies fell behind by 26 points at most, and twice fell behind 20+, the fourth quarter of the Grizzlies hit the Timberwolves a wave of 37-12, during a wave of 21-0, the Timberwolves coach did not call a timeout during this period ..." This criticism is the coach. Objectively speaking, the coach must be problematic, and it must be carried by the pot. However, in addition to the coach, there is another person who should also be criticized, and this person is Downs.
In such a game, Towns played 32 minutes, shot 3 of 4, cut 8 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 5 blocks, 4 turnovers, 5 foul data, plus or minus -4, among the starters, only a little better than Edwards. Downs' performance is indeed too general. As the team's only All-Star, he is qualified except for the block, and all other data is unqualified. So Downs, objectively speaking, the sense of existence is a little low, and the performance of the individual is also unqualified, because he lacks the necessary responsibility.
Moreover, for Towns, what is even more frightening is his personal stats, which are indeed a bit poor, the last 2 playoff games, Towns only scored 7 sports goals, but there were 10 fouls. For Downs, the feeling is that he has been invisible and inactive all the time. Such athletes are indeed a bit unqualified, at least not qualified team leaders, we see Beverley's desperation, see Russell and Edwards on the offensive end of the excellent and positive, but what? We don't see Downs' initiative.
Some people say that he does not have the ball, but the problem is that he does not have that kind of domineering, that is, the domineering spirit of "give me the ball". As the core, you should be like the alphabet brother, give me the ball, Lao Tzu will fight all over the world invincible. Unfortunately, Downs's personality, Downs's playing style, are almost interesting. And this is also an important reason why many people say that he is soft. And such a short board also needs him to constantly improve.
Leading by 26 points to losing nine points, Towns was the culprit and almost "stealth" throughout the game. Anyway, as a core, it is downs' performance, such inaction, that also needs to be carried. The Timberwolves may lose this battle not just the game, but also morale.