In this season's Western Conference, morant's Grizzlies are undoubtedly the largest dark horse team, with the team's excellent performance, they achieved a record second only to the Suns in the regular season, and finally entered the playoffs with the second place in the West, and their luck was also very good, did not meet the Clippers in the first round, but met the Timberwolves, before the start of this series, almost all fans thought that the Grizzlies could easily qualify, but the result was unexpected Today's Timberwolves are no longer the huskies in the mouth of the fans, they played a very good performance under the leadership of the big three Towns, Edwards and Russell, in the first four games of the two sides stubbornly and the opponent to fight a 2-2 draw, the fifth game of the Battle of King Mountain, the two teams still played difficult to score, although they once extended the lead to double digits in the middle of the game, but did not end the suspense early, in the final final battle, Morant hit a quasi-killer ball with his signature layup, In the end, the Grizzlies also narrowly defeated the Timberwolves 111-109, taking the lead in the series!
Free throw amateur level, Morant redemption in the last quarter
Before the start of the playoffs, Morant, who is regarded as the absolute core of the Grizzlies, has not met expectations, which is also the reason why the Grizzlies, whose overall strength is obviously dominant, stumbled and could not take the lead, in the battle of Tianwangshan, which is enough to affect the trend of the series, Morant still performed poorly most of the time, although from the data point of view, Morant cut 30 points, 13 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals of the quasi-triple-double, but his offensive efficiency is not high, Only 9 of the 22 shots were hit, and what made the fans even more eye-catching was that there were only 17 free throws and 11 performances on the free throw line.
Under the influence of Morant, the Grizzlies stood on the free throw line a total of 39 times, only hit 26 goals, shooting only 66.7%, which is also the reason why they were suppressed by the Timberwolves for a long time, fortunately, in the final quarter of the game, Morant achieved self-redemption, not only found the target of the free throw, but also hit the only three-pointer of the game in the anxious moment, reversed the decline and hit a final-minute layup to help the team kill the Timberwolves!
Only the Big Three are the Timberwolves' biggest weakness
Before Morant completed his self-redemption, the Grizzlies were able to hold on to the score, relying on their whole team's performance, the entire game in addition to Morant, the Grizzlies and Bane and Clark personal scored more than 20 points, while the Timberwolves can only rely on the Big Three, and the offensive firepower of the Big Three in this battle is not strong enough to defeat the opponent.
Downs and Edwards were hot in the whole game, and the two scored a total of 50 points, especially Hanako's three-pointer in the last moment, which once gave the team hope of dragging the game into overtime, but Russell only scored 12 points in this game, giving Morant the opportunity to become a superhero in the last moment!
After winning this game, the Grizzlies are only one step away from qualifying, but judging from the performance of the two teams in five games, the suspense of promotion may be difficult to end in Game 6, and it is expected that the Timberwolves can return to the home court with excellent performances and drag the series into a brutal seven-game game!