If you like to swipe social media such as Weibo, you may think that the number one contributor to today's Grizzlies' victory over the Timberwolves is Morant.
At first glance it seems that this is indeed the case. He slashed for 30 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists, delivered a "death dunk" at the end of the third quarter, hit a three-pointer at a key moment in the fourth quarter, and completed the pull-up layup in the final 3 seconds against Edwards' reckless steals.
Thirty points say ball 17
But in fact, data can deceive people.
Morant still struggled with the first four games for most of the game. He couldn't find his basket (averaging 3 three-point shots per game, shooting 26.7 percent), and in more than 90 percent of defensive rounds he was passed by opposing guards (not to mention Beverley and Edwards, McGrawlin). Many of his offensive options are simple and brainless: rush into the box, two fingers in the sky. Can there be a plus or minus value of +5.6? Really got to kowtow to Bane.
Bain spent most of his time with Morant, with a plus-minus of +9.6, +4 more than Morant.
This round of the series, the Grizzlies' best player, Bain deserved it. Averaging 23.6 points per game, the team's highest score, shooting 4.4 three-pointers per game with 46.8 percent three-point shooting. In every game, Bane is the most accurate gun on the Grizzlies' outside line, and he also needs to take on some of the strong shots that he didn't have in the regular season to hold the ball around the cover.
Morant gave Bain the trophy of the fastest improving player, as he deserved.
But today's game of Kings Mountain, the Grizzlies player who decided to win was actually Clark. Clarke scored 21 points and 15 boards on 9-of-14 (including nine frontcourt rebounds, including the crucial rebounds that were finally allocated to Morant for the latter to shoot three-pointers, and the Timberwolves only had six frontcourt rebounds).
On the defensive end, Clark repeatedly interfered with Edwards' shots, causing his attack efficiency to plummet. In this series, Jenkins was afraid of Russell's military training squat and abandoned Adams, which would theoretically cause the Grizzlies to decline in the league's first rebound and second offense in the regular season, but Clarke both provided a rebounding scramble that was not inferior to Adams's, and had the same excellent protective frame: When Clark Town guarded the basket this round, the Timberwolves' basket shooting rate would drop by 8.3%.
On the offensive end, Clark will not do much, but he can fight and grab, second offense and eat cake, completely blowing up the Timberwolves' inside line. For the whole game, the Grizzlies scored 62 points in the penalty area and the Timberwolves only had 38 points.
After the game, Celtics player Grant Williams updated Twitter. "I know people give other people a lot of compliments, but Clark is the reason the Grizzlies won this game. "It's the affection between the top lubricant players.
The Grizzlies are such a slightly bizarre team, and the regular season "no bears" is no accident. Without Morant, the Grizzlies have a +6.4 point difference per 100 possessions; with Morant, the Grizzlies have a 4.1 points per 100 possessions. Morant feels different from Trae Young on the defensive end.
Trae Young's defense is a pseudo-military defense: the Imperial Army entrusted me with a message for you, your side please.
Morant's defense is amnesiac: Who am I? Where am I? What am I going to do? Did the opposite side do the action? Then I'm going to fan him? yes? How is it a fake action? Don't talk about martial arts?
The two teams in this series are the first and fourth most error-prone of the 16 playoff teams. Today's game, looking tense and exciting, lively, but you think carefully: I lean on, how can they make so many mistakes? Why doesn't the coach's last attack call a timeout? Does Edwards have to do this to steal? What is this all about?
Well, the playoffs should be a film exhibition, there are literary films that talk about concept feelings, and there must also be noisy comedies. It's hard to say what the grizzly bears and timber wolves will be able to fight. What 21-0 does not call a timeout, Morant is undercover on the field, Downs is diss Morant on the sidelines, the chaotic plot, and it really stands up.
After watching this set of duels, don't forget the little people like Clarke. Changed this series. Probably not Morant, Downs, Edwards. It's Beverley, who was left the field today by 6 criminals (if he had defended Morant at the end, would the Timberwolves still be killed?). ), Clark, or Tillman.