Beijing time on April 27, today, the NBA playoffs continue, the Timberwolves away challenge the Grizzlies, the first four games, the two sides to 2-2, the importance of this battle of Tianwangshan is self-evident. In the first quarter, the Timberwolves dominated the attack, leading the opponent by 5 points at 33-28; in the second quarter, the two teams fought hard to solve the score, and the Grizzlies narrowed the point difference to 2 points, 53-55. Yi Bian fought again, the Timberwolves became more courageous under the leadership of Towns, and at the end of the third quarter, they stretched the point difference to 11 points. In the final quarter, the Grizzlies narrowed the gap to one point in the first seven minutes.
After that, Beverley forced the basket, turned around and hooked the hand to sneak up, however, Morant was bold, accelerated into the interior and scored 2 points, then, Morant made a "you weak explosion" gesture to Beverley, followed by Edwards' emergency stop mid-range splash, the Timberwolves expanded the point difference to 3 points, soon, the Grizzlies made a mistake, but Edwards shot iron, but Bane shot also bounced out of the frame, back, Beverly missed three points, Edwards grabbed the offensive rebound, Unfortunately, the hooker is not in the middle.
On the Grizzlies side, Morant forced a foul to go to the free throw line, and Beverley graduated with six fouls, with a point difference of only 1 point. In the decisive moment, Downs showed his star nature, three points and one arrow through the heart, however, Morant quickly caused a foul and walked to the free throw line again. In the final 90 seconds, Edwards deflected the board, Morant finished with three-pointers in the open space, and the Timberwolves were stopped, with only 63 seconds left. The timeout returned, Towns made a fatal mistake, Russell made a quick stop from mid-range, and the Timberwolves chose to foul Morant.
Key 2 free throws, Morant did not disappoint, he hit steadily, Edwards extreme three-point tie, the last 3.7 seconds, Morante broke through to complete the kill, in the end, the Grizzlies completed the reversal, 111-109 narrowly defeated the Timberwolves, won the battle of King's Mountain, the total score of 3-2 to take the lead to get the match point. In this game, Morant stood up when the team needed it most, he scored 11 points in one go, played 44 minutes, 9 of 22, although the shooting rate was not good, but the performance in the decisive moment was very eye-catching, cutting 30 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists to beat Edwards; Bane 25 points; Clark 21 points and 15 rebounds; Jaren Jackson 12 points and 5 rebounds.
For the Timberwolves, Towns played 35 minutes, 7-of-15, with 28 points and 12 rebounds; Edwards scored 22 points on 8-of-20; Russell had 12 points and eight assists; Beverley had 9 points, three rebounds and six assists; Vanderbilt had 6 points and 10 rebounds; Reed had 9 points and 2 rebounds; and Beasley had 8 points and 6 rebounds. Towns played well tonight, but made a fatal mistake in the final moments, and in this game, Morant showed his star nature, and without him, the Grizzlies could not win the game.