Beijing time on April 27, the NBA playoffs continued, the battle of Tianwangshan between the Grizzlies and Timberwolves, the first two teams of the series scored a 2-2 draw, after the Timberwolves G1 victory, the Grizzlies won 2 consecutive sets to take the lead, but in G4 The Timberwolves relied on key free throws from Edwards and Towns to narrowly beat the Grizzlies by 1 point.
In the first quarter of the game, the home team Grizzlies took the lead and played a 13-2 start, but the Timberwolves did not want to show weakness to score 9 points in a row, the gap narrowed rapidly, and then played an 8-0 climax to reverse the score, the first quarter ended, the Timberwolves led the Grizzlies 31-28, in the second quarter, the Timberwolves once widened the point difference to 10 points, but Kyle Anderson became the Grizzlies, 6 points of 3 of 3 in a single quarter, helping the Grizzlies narrow the point difference to only 2 points, and at the end of the half, the Grizzlies only trailed 53-55.
The two teams fell into a tug-of-war, the Grizzlies narrowed the point gap 6-0, the Timberwolves broke out to open to more than 2 digits, Towns scored 12 points in the single quarter to burst the Grizzlies inside, and the third quarter ended, the Timberwolves 85-74 Grizzlies. In the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies changed their playing style, rushing to grab rebounds in a row, grabbing 8 more rebounds than the Timberwolves in a single quarter, and the point gap quickly narrowed. After Morant scored 9 consecutive points, the Grizzlies rebounded by 1 point to enter the decisive moment, Edwards shot a difficult three-point equalizer, only 3.7 seconds left, Morant received the serve and committed suicide to the basket, facing the defender to score, completed the kill, the whole game, the Grizzlies 111-109 narrowly beat the Timberwolves.
Player stats, Timberwolves: Towns 28 points and 12 rebounds, Edwards 22 points, Russell 12 points and 8 assists. For the Grizzlies, Morant had 30 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists, Bane 25 points and Clarke 21 points and 15 rebounds. 30 points + 25 points + 21 points, the Grizzlies rejected the Black Seven, Morant scored 18 points in the final quarter, and the kill completed the redemption
Dillon, one of the Grizzlies scorers today, did not feel good, shooting only 3 of 18 shots in the whole game, and Morant did not feel good in the first half, and only scored 1 point in the first quarter. At this stage, it was Bane and Clark who held up the game, biting the point difference and not pulling it apart, especially Clark's 9 frontcourt rebounds, which brought too many opportunities to the Grizzlies. Morant began a big explosion in the final quarter, making 4 of 9 in the quarter, scoring 10 free throws and scoring 18 points.
It can be said that Morant completed his self-redemption, scoring only 6 points in the first two quarters of the game, while in G4, he scored only 11 points on 4 of 13. Although G4 had a triple-double of 16 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, it shot too inefficiently from 5 of 18 shooting. Coupled with the regular season stage, Morant was injured and absent from the game, the Grizzlies had a better winning percentage, so he played the best season of his career, but also met with the biggest doubts.
The performance at the key moments of this game proved that Morant was indeed a superstar, and the 19 points in the last quarter also set a team record. Teammate Jarren Jackson Jr., even more bluntly: We know Morant's ability, will always trust him, he has been doing this all season, and he will continue to do it.
However, taking down the Tenno Mountain only takes the lead, and it does not mean the end. The Timberwolves' stardom is also very good, the strength of the two teams is between Bo Zhong, I believe G6 will also be a very fierce game.