On April 22, Beijing time, the Minnesota Timberwolves were reversed by the Memphis Grizzlies by 26 points at home, and the team is currently behind 1-2. In this game, Downs' performance can be said to be inexhaustible. After the game, Barkley attacked Towns' "red wine decompression theory."
Downs made just four shots in the game and only one shot in the second half. With 6:49 left in the first quarter until 3:36 left in the fourth quarter, Towns didn't score, and for 38 minutes.
As a result, Towns only had 8 points and 5 rebounds in this game, while he made 3 of 4 shooting and made 4 turnovers. Towns have been plagued by fouls in both of their last two playoff games, with 10 fouls in both games.
In the post-match press conference, when Towns was asked "why did he only shoot four times", Towns interrupted the reply with "the next question", and for the game's tragic 26-point reversal, Towns said that he would go home for some red wine to decompress and then look forward.
Therefore, Barkley also directly bombarded Towns: "I can't believe this is his answer, the playoffs have started for more than a week, your points and rebounds are not even as many times as the number of fouls, but with the 'next question' and 'drink some red wine' prevarication, I can't accept such remarks at all, it's really bullshit!" ”
"We all know that you are the champion, so you should be the front of the team, you have to play better. As an All-Star player, you've had this twice in two weeks, and there's no excuse for that! ”
"I said before that I was really optimistic that the Timberwolves could win this series, but tonight the Timberwolves let the other side play a 21-0 attack wave and didn't do anything. It's the playoffs! The 21-0 climax, even a pause will not be called, this is really too embarrassing, this is really unacceptable, it is simply ridiculous! ”