The Battle of Tennoyama arrives
The Second Grizzlies in the West are beginning to realize they're in trouble. In terms of talent, they are no better than the Timberwolves, and the reason why the regular season record is far better than the Timberwolves is because they have a mature system and play more stably in the long regular season. But coming to the playoff stage, a seven-game, four-win format, the Grizzlies did not have any advantage. In particular, their regular season pride in interior scoring and frontcourt rebounding has no place in front of the Timberwolves.
Whether it's Towns or Edwards, they can make Adams a burden on the court, so the Grizzlies have to abandon Adams. In the past three games, Adams has played a total of 6 minutes and 41 seconds without contributing anything. In this way, the two teams came to the battle of Tianwangshan, the home of the Grizzlies, and this battle may determine the outcome of the series.
Morant made a layup
Although it was an away game, the Timberwolves showed talent in the first quarter, Russell scored 6 points and 4 assists, Towns and Edwards both scored 5 points, the team scored 31 points in a single quarter, but the Grizzlies also scored 28 points, and it was only 1 point in Morant. After returning from the second quarter, Edwards stepped forward and scored nine points on 3-of-6 shooting, but Towns and Russell both scored only two points, so the Timberwolves only scored 24 points in a single quarter, while the Grizzlies blasted down 25 points, and the point difference returned to 2 points.
In the second half, Downs stepped forward, shooting 3-of-4, hitting 2 three-pointers, getting 12 points and 3 rebounds, leading the team to 30 points in a single quarter, while the Grizzlies only scored 21 points, including Morant 6 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, and also staged the top ten goals of beasley. The Timberwolves came to the final quarter with an 11-point lead, but who would have thought that Morant would have exploded, shooting 4-of-9 from the field, making 9-of-10 free throws, scoring 18 points and 2 rebounds, including a final-minute layup to lead the Grizzlies to a 111-109 win over the Timberwolves.
The Grizzlies won the Battle of TennosAn, leading 3-2 in the series, and they took the initiative in this series. However, the next game will be at the home of the Timberwolves, as long as they can withstand the pressure, then this round of the series will become a set winner.
Towns was still too soft
As the team's star, Morant blasted down 30 points, 13 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals, which was not very efficient, but he scored 17 free throws and was aggressive. As for Downs, 7-of-15 shooting, 7-of-7 three-point shooting, 28 points, 12 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks, is indeed more efficient than Morant, but you can't take center and guard to compare offensive efficiency, although Downs's style of play is very defensive. As a center, Towns' face-frame offense is definitely the top in history, and the three-point shot can be ranked first in the history of centers.
A center, a face frame breakout, a three-point shot, which is naturally a good thing, but you can't have only that, the basis of the center, or back-to-back singles, the threat of the box. It is worth mentioning that this game. Towns shot 2-of-7 from the box, 1-of-6 from the basket and 1-of-1 dunk from the dunk, an efficiency that is far below the level of an interior player. Many fans have also questioned that as a center forward, Towns seems to have forgotten his identity and become a pure outside pitcher.