"No will" bid farewell to the Nets in the 21-22 season, with regret and unwillingness, hoping that next season will not "torture each other".
If you don't see the Morant partition today, it will really be a pity for you.
The Grizzlies' final attack before the end of the third quarter, when Morant was holding the ball outside the three-point line, one step past Mike Daniels, facing Malik Beasley, who was waiting to make a foul in the penalty area, Morant jumped straight past Beasley, and came with a shocking dunk.
I also saw the young man pulling a full bow, not afraid of the years and not afraid of the wind.
This ball can basically lock in the best dunk in this year's playoffs. It was also from this goal that Morant finally unlocked his seal and regained the style of the league's first waist king.
Of course, after the young people score this goal, they naturally have to do Versailles.
Morant spoke about the dunk after the game and his response was very expressive: "I wasn't excited about it because it's a very easy thing to dunk a defender. ”
Grizzlies teammate Bane sighed: "Poor guy, at the wrong time, in the wrong place." Morant did what he was supposed to do. I like Beasley a lot, he's a nice guy, but he'll see the spread of this scene on Twitter tomorrow. ”
In fact, before this dunk, Morant's performance was not good. In the first three quarters, Morant only scored 1, 5 and 6 points respectively, which is also the epitome of Morant's entire series.
In his first four games against the Timberwolves, Morant averaged 20.5 points and 10.8 assists per game, which seemed good but very inefficient, shooting only 40% from the field and only 27.3% from three-point range.
The Timberwolves' man-sea tactics allowed Morant to pass through several layers of defense to rush to the basket every breakthrough, and Morant, who shot 58.9% in the three-second zone in the regular season, fell to 46.6% in the Timberwolves' defense, and the shooting rate in the throw position also fell from 48.1% to only 36.4%.
These two areas are Morant's most core offensive areas, and almost 90% of the shots are from these two areas.
For comparison, in the regular season, Morant averaged 27.4 points per game, shooting 49.3%/34.4%/76.1% and shooting 57.5% from the field.
From the data point of view, even in the playoffs, Morant can always play a triple-double performance, but the real watching the content of the game, Morant's influence on the court is not so large. After all, Morant's lanky stature is a presence on the defensive end that Beverley can chase.
For example, in this game, Morant scored a triple-double of 12 points, 11 boards and 9 assists in the third quarter, but the Grizzlies are still behind.
However, it was this "soaring ninety thousand miles" dunk that completely unlocked Morant's seal. Throughout the fourth quarter, Morant played 12 minutes, shooting 4 of 9, hitting 10 free throws, and contributing a full 18 points in the fourth quarter.
How to describe it? It was Morant's score in today's quarter, which was higher than that of Trey Young throughout the game.
The 18 points in the fourth quarter also set a record for scoring in the fourth quarter after the Grizzlies' history. No way, who makes the grizzly bear ancestors not rich.
In the first seven minutes, Morant scored frequently, leading the Grizzlies to a 24-14 scoring climax, narrowing the point difference to just one point.
If you narrow the range to the last four minutes of the game, Morant alone contributed 13 points, and these 13 points are also the 13 points the Grizzlies finally scored. Arguably, Morant was the last man to dominate the Grizzlies' offense.
According to statistics, Morant scored 13 points at key moments in this game (the difference between the two teams in the last 5 minutes of regular time and overtime was 5 points or less), and also equaled the playoff team record held by Randolph.
In the 2013-14 season, Randolph scored 13 points at a pivotal moment in the first round of the playoffs against the Thunder's G2 game, but Randolph played overtime that game.
So if you want to compare, it is still Morant's last moment of the gods who are more impactful.
Morant had two balls, both heroic balls that determined the life and death of the Grizzlies. One was that at 1:03 ahead of the finale, Morant shot the Grizzlies' most important three-pointer, a goal that allowed the Grizzlies to complete the score reversal.
Before shooting that goal, Morant tried three three-point long-range shots in the game, but none of them were. This three-pointer is enough to prove Morant's guts.
The other was Morant's pull-bar layup at the last second.
Pull back the time to the final 8 seconds of the game, when the Timberwolves trailed by three points 106-109. On the verge of danger, the Timberwolves side of the big heart player Edwards stepped forward, he ran from the outside 45 ° angle to the bottom line, received a breakthrough pass from his teammate, and directly hit the defensive fluttering hit.
With 3.7 seconds left, the two sides drew 109-109. At this time, there was a scene of Chengye Huazi defeating Huazi.
The Grizzlies served from the sidelines, and Edwards caused a loss of position on Morant's gambling-style defense, who accelerated directly out of the defense, burst into the box under Vanderbilt's defense, cleverly glided and pulled the left hand to layup, and finally hit the board to complete the quasi-kill.
Morant's quasi-killer only left the Timberwolves with 1 second, and the Timberwolves who served in the backfield were powerless to return to the sky, and finally lost the Battle of King Mountain.
Morant played 45 minutes in the game, 9 of 22, 4 of 3 points, cut 30 points, 13 boards, 9 assists and 3 steals, not only single-handedly arranged the last 13 points of the Grizzlies team, but also staged a death slam dunk, a three-pointer, and a pull-up layup.
Morant gathered all the elements of heroism in almost one game. All played such a performance, no matter how bad the front shot, there is nothing to say.
After the game, Grizzlies coach Jenkins said: "Today, the execution of the players is very good, and Morant's goal at the end of the game is amazing. ”
According to statistics, the Grizzlies have been behind by 16 points at the end of the third quarter in this series (G3 Grizzlies have fallen behind by 16 points at the end of the third quarter), but finally reversed, and is the first team in NBA history to fall behind 10+ in the third quarter in a single round series and complete a reversal.
In addition, the Grizzlies are also the second team in NBA playoff history to fall behind 10+ in the third quarter of the playoffs in a single season, the first being the 2020 Heat.
I have to admit that both young teams are very immature in the handling of the game. The Timberwolves, in particular, don't play the downwind ball at all, and the reason why they are always reversed by the Grizzlies is because they can't control the rhythm and will always end their offensive rounds in some sloppy ways when leading.
This situation has been very prominent since the G3. G3 Timberwolves led by 16 points into the fourth quarter, was overturned, in fact, the Timberwolves led by up to 26 points; G4 Timberwolves also led by 16 points and then entered the fourth quarter, still chased by the opponent to only 1 point, and finally won only 1 point; and in this game, the Timberwolves ushered in the final quarter with an 11-point lead, and even 7 minutes before the final game, they still led by 11 points, and the result was reversed...
With 6:58 left in the final quarter, the Timberwolves still hold an 11-point lead. The real-time win rate volatility chart given by ESPN at the time showed that the Timberwolves had a 93.4% chance of winning the King's Mountain.
As a result, the Grizzlies completed the reversal again.
Yesterday I said a phrase called those who thrive on talent, and they will die with the arrogance of self-righteous talent, and the same applies to every leading Timberwolf.
If Lao Li is recognized as the "human reversed essence", then narrowing the sample to this year's playoffs, the Timberwolves are the real "reversed essence".
Grizzlies: Give you a chance that you won't be useful!
Towns and Russell have been in the league for 7 years, but this is the second time they have played the playoffs, and Edwards is a rookie rookie. They didn't have much experience in hard fighting, otherwise Towns wouldn't have been bothered by fouls.
Even Timberwolves coach Finch didn't look like he had much experience, G3 watched the Grizzlies play 21-0 without calling a timeout, and this time Morant finally scored 13 consecutive points.
You have to sigh that experience is something that is needed for both players and coaches.
In contrast, the Suns' big win over the Pelicans today reflected the mastery of this year's First Pair in the West End.
In the last game, Paul Paul played the worst performance of his playoff career on 2-of-8, and there were not many bad criminals and technical offenders, and the whole team only handed over a 25.9% three-point shooting rate.
The game between the Suns and pelicans on the lineup is largely about height. So in this game, the sun once sacrificed the twin towers.
At the end of the first quarter, Ayton and McGee played together; in the second quarter, the Suns played only 2 games in the first 4 games, a total of only 3 minutes of Biyongbo; in the third quarter, McGee and Biyombo played together at the end of the quarter; in the fourth quarter, the Suns returned to Ayton and McGee's combination.
The emergence of the twin towers allowed the sun to make up for the lack of height, and it was this change that gave the sun the first hand advantage. The Suns led by 12 points in the first quarter.
They then held a 10-point lead almost always, leaving the Pelicans always a breathless breath, and finally in the fourth quarter, the Pelicans lost the game 97-112.
Of course, the real highlight in this set of duels is not the others, but the old six Alvarado. Following the previous successful "stealing chicken" Paul + making the old cannon 8 second violation, this time he once again contributed new material for Paul's 8 second violation.
It is worth mentioning that this 8-second example was even caused by Paul's jealousy of Alvarado.
By the time Paul got the kick-off at the back, Alvarado was already sneaking up on the spot. Paul, worried about Alvarado's sneak attack, protected the ball after getting the ball, and did not start dribbling until he saw Alvarado, at this time it had already consumed 3 seconds, and then dribbled wrongly, and finally forced to 8 seconds.
Two consecutive games have forced the point guard god to 8 seconds of violation, which is probably the most glorious moment of the sixth brother.
Paul: I can't help but look back at the night now to see if there's alvarado!
Past Reading: Those who thrive on talent will die with the arrogance of self-esteem
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