Among the G3 of the Grizzlies and Timberwolves, if you only look at the first 3 quarters, many fans may think that the Grizzlies are hanging, especially in the final stage of the 2nd quarter, the Grizzlies once fell behind their opponents by as much as 26 points, and it seemed that they were about to enter garbage time, but the Grizzlies did not give up, directly defeated the Timberwolves with their strongest weapon, achieved a wave of big reversal, and led 2-1.
To be honest, the Grizzlies' offensive performance in this battle is not particularly outstanding, for example, Morant, in the first two games, he scored 32 points and 23 points respectively, but in this battle, he only got 16 points, of course, this is not to say that he did not perform well, just offense, and in this battle, the Grizzlies' offensive performance is Bain and Clark, who came off the bench, 2 people got 26 points and 20 points respectively, although 5 people scored double-figures, but the Grizzlies' offense is still not good. So why did the Grizzlies achieve a reversal? That's defense, and they just let the Timberwolves score 12 points in both the 2nd and 4th quarters.
Although Morant's offensive performance is not particularly good, but he also ushered in his own milestone in this game, the whole game down, Morant played 41 minutes, handed over 16 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists of the triple-double data, which is also the first player in the history of the Grizzlies to get a three-double in the playoffs, you know, the Grizzlies have always been a defensive team, the team can appear a player who won a triple-double in the playoffs is rare, and it is worth mentioning that Morant's offensive efficiency in this battle is not particularly high, But his plus-minus is +20, and when he's on the floor, the Grizzlies can beat their opponents by 20 points, so it can be seen that Morant is the key to the Grizzlies' ability to reverse.
But when it comes to timber wolves, the author really hates iron and steel, in recent years, the Timberwolves have never lacked talent, and even had a number of titles, but they can't play, and today's Timberwolves are also talented players such as Towns, Edwards, Russell, etc. Unfortunately, they just can't get up, just like today's showdown, who could have imagined that the Timberwolves could be overturned when they were once 26 points ahead in the first 3 quarters? And in the 4th quarter, the Timberwolves even net loss of 25 points against the opponent, such a huge gap that surprised everyone, and this also made the Timberwolves equal a shameful record in the NBA playoffs, that is, the record of the largest net negative point difference in the 4th quarter, this battle, the Timberwolves were nailed to the column of shame.
If you mention that the Timberwolves were overturned, who did the Timberwolves lose? Although the Timberwolves are not innocent, from the data, Russell, Edwards, Beverly, Vanderbilt, Beasley's performance is really normal, belongs to the acceptable range, only Towns, the core of the Timberwolves, is really shocking jaws, although there are 4 shots and 3 shots, but the whole game, Towns only handed over 8 points and 5 rebounds of data, which is obviously a failing performance for Downs as the core, of course, some people will say that this is the reason for the lack of attack times of Towns, But this also reflects that Downs did not have any way to crack it when facing the Grizzlies' tough defense, not even the opportunity to attack.
I have to say that the Grizzlies can be described as the representative of the league's tough defense, their defense is simply breathless, and the Timberwolves are the "grave" of the newcomers, even if they have the best talent, the Timberwolves can not always play, this time the Timberwolves may be hanging again. 26 points reversal! Morant's plus-minus was as high as +20, the Timberwolves tied the record for humiliation, and Towns was 8+5
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