On April 27, Beijing time, the Memphis Grizzlies sat at home to welcome the challenge of the Minnesota Timberwolves. The two sides had previously drawn 2-2 in the first two matches, winning one match each at the opponent's home court. This battle of Tennozan is very important for the morale of both teams and the movement of the series.
As a result, the Grizzlies are eager to defend the home game to win the Battle of King's Mountain, while the Timberwolves want to extend the game and return home to end the game. This is destined to be a contest full of talent!
Previously, the Timberwolves had twice held a 20+ lead in G3 games, but in the end the Grizzlies achieved a reversal, which hit the morale of their opponents hard. In this game, the Timberwolves still have a 13-point lead at the most, and they could have hoped to keep the situation and win the game, but beverly left the game at the time of the decisive battle, and Towns was deeply in foul trouble.
Opponent Morant opened the superstar mode in the final quarter, shooting 4 of 9 in the individual quarter, 1 of 1 in 3-point shooting, 9 of 10 from the free throw line, cutting 18 points and 2 rebounds, helping the team successfully complete the reversal, 111-109 narrowly defeated the Timberwolves!
In this game, Towns continued his previous hot state, Towns 28 points, 12 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks. Edwards and Russell also deserve praise, with the former having 22 points, the latter having 12 points, 8 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals, and Prince also having 10 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.
Especially in the last quarter, after Morant turned on the rampage mode, he once reversed the score, at this time, Edwards was in danger, after receiving a pass from his teammate in the left bottom corner, he raised his hand and tied the score to 109, at this time there were 3.8 seconds left in the game.
However, edwards, who had just made a career, defended Morant in the final moments, and the former noticed the opponent's sideline ball and chased Morant for a gambling forward steal. The defensive Morant saw through Edwards' plan and turned around and left his opponent behind.
Then, Morant strode forward, facing the two opponents who had come to defend him, completed the twist in the air, came to a left limit lever, and threw himself out. The ball just landed in the net, and time ran out, and the Grizzlies killed the Timberwolves at home, and Memphis over the home court, shouting their MVP --- Morant!
After losing the game, the Timberwolves were in a very bad situation. They have only one last home game left in the game against the Grizzlies, and when they return to Minnesota, they have to return to Memphis to finish the game in addition to ensuring that they don't lose, so that they have a chance to advance to the second round.
More than 80% of the teams that won the Battle of Tianwangshan entered the next round, and the Timberwolves wanted to complete the reversal, and the difficulty of this team can be imagined.
In fact, after these 5 games, fans must have a general understanding of these two teams. Their talents are enviable, but their lack of experience also makes them devastated.
The Timberwolves and Grizzlies, both teams have a very unstable competitive state, at any time there is a possibility of playing a wave of spectator games, there may also be a cliff-like cold performance, so that the opponent can complete the reversal. Therefore, for both teams, it is a good summary after the end of this series.
So, no matter who advances on two teams, if they want to be smart in front of opponents like the Warriors and Nuggets, it's simply a food delivery.
Edwards and his teammates need to review the game in the next time and determine the main attacker of the team's key moments. After all, the key moment of the glue game is the performance stage of the superstar, and if there is no reasonable distribution of ball rights and priorities, it will make mistakes at the last moment and become a fatal flaw in the opponent's blow.