True Durant is out with hatred, but Ja-Morant is still fighting hard.
The Timberwolves once again had a lead in the first three quarters, with Brooks shooting 3-of-18 and 10-of-10 from three-point range, giving the Timberwolves a good chance of winning Over King Mountain. Morant's performance in the first three quarters was not very good, and the brutal scene of the barrier beasley became the only bright spot.
However, the Grizzlies still trailed their opponents by 11 points in the third quarter. Fighting again in the final quarter, Towns' three-point strong suppression seemed to want to harvest victory early. Morant began to attack the basket at 8:53 and opened the counterattack. Bain fired three-point shots, Jaren Jackson hit two free throws, and Brooks hit the only three-pointer of the game. As the game entered the final five minutes, Morant forced the score to a 96-99 run with two free throws.
At this time, the moment that belonged to Morant officially arrived. In a chaotic scramble, Clark hit a basket on the inside line with one to two; Morant drove a long car, stepped through the defense and threw into the net; in the last 2 minutes, Morant rushed to the basket, threw his body into the air again and again, and then hit a steady free throw.
After Beverly scored a goal, he lowered his hand and taunted "you're too short", Morant had a vendetta, and immediately played the imitation show with color, and also lowered his hand in response. At 1 minute and 03 seconds, Clark again set aside a rebound in the frontcourt, Morant received the ball and hit a three-pointer, and the Grizzlies completed the reversal to take a 107-106 lead.
Morant made two free throws in 8.2 seconds to help the Grizzlies get a three-point advantage. But the Timberwolves didn't tie their hands, and Edwards hit a three-pointer in the bottom right corner to score a 3.7-second tie. But after all, there are still 3.7 seconds left, Morant quickly pushed to the basket, left hand to pick the basket to kill powerfully. In the last second, the Timberwolves were powerless to return to the sky.
In the game, Morant shot 9-of-22 and 1-of-4 from three-point range to blast 30 points, 13 boards, nine assists and three steals. Morant got the quasi-triple-double data early, only 1 assist away from the triple-double, but in the moment of life and death, he shouldered the heavy responsibility. In the final quarter, Morant scored 18 points, and in the last 4 minutes and 05 seconds, he scored 13 consecutive points, hit the key three points, and scored a powerful kill.
During the game, the famous Skip once complained, "At the end of the third quarter, Morant brutally dunked Beasley, but the Grizzlies trailed by 11 points." If only his buckle could be counted as 10 points. They're out of the game, go to Minnesota to play G6. ”
Unfortunately, people overestimate the Timberwolves and underestimate Morant.