Beijing time on April 30, today, the NBA playoffs continue, the Grizzlies away to challenge the Timberwolves, in the previous 5 games, the Timberwolves are 2-3 behind, therefore, this game can not be lost. In the first quarter, the two teams fought hard to score, the Timberwolves led the opponent by 1 point at 29-28; in the second quarter, the two teams still played without points, the difference was only 3 points, the Timberwolves led 52-49, Edwards was 7 of 11 in the half, and cut 20 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. Yi Bian fought again, and the Timberwolves came up and played a wave of 5-0. After that, Dillon forced the basket to stop the bleeding, and Vanderbilt also made up the basket.
However, the Timberwolves lost their defensive focus, Tillman received the ball easily from the basket, and then Towns threw a 2+1 shot, and the point difference reached 11 points. Looking back, Morant made a mistake, Downs ignited the whole field in mid-range, however, Dillon was bold, it rained three points immediately, Beverly did not hesitate to let go, but also returned a three-pointer, Morant felt warm, consecutive strong kill baskets into two 2+1, just after one round, Dillon stopped in the middle distance also, Anderson fake fax suddenly 2 points into the account, the Grizzlies played a wave of 9-0 attack flow, the point difference was only 4 points, the Timberwolves suspended.
Timeout back, Dillon three-pointers fell, Beverly bottom corner three-pointers are still colored, however, Anderson is three steps slower, the Timberwolves side, Towns sent two assists in a row to help the team score 5 points, McDaniels fell into the sky, consecutive dunks to win, in just one minute to score 7 points, the Grizzlies were stopped. After the timeout, Edwards scored two points from a basket to end the third quarter with the Timberwolves 84-74 leading by 10 points. In the final quarter, Jackson teamed up with Jones to hit two three-pointers, at which point McLaughlin stepped up, first breaking through, and then assisting McDaniels and Downs dunks in succession, and the Grizzlies were stopped.
Back from the timeout, Bain teamed up with Jackson to score four points, the Timberwolves scored points through free throws, and then Jones threw a flower. In the final 6 minutes, Bane tied the score with three points, but Edwards was bold, and the three points pierced the heart, and Dillon's three points were equalized again. At the moment of the decisive battle, Bane's empty three-point counterattack, Morant flashed to move the basket and then advanced, McDanis three-point stopped bleeding, but Jones pressed the whistle three-point splash, McLaughlin also scored 2 points, Jackson dunked again, the two sides came and went, in the end, the Grizzlies defeated the Timberwolves 114-106, 4-2 to advance to the semifinals of the Warriors
In this game, Edwards was 9 of 24, cutting 30 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, he became the player in NBA history who scored the most points in a single series of playoffs, setting an NBA record and becoming the first person in history; Towns was not good, 6 of 19, contributing 18 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists; Russell 7 points and 4 assists; Beverley had 10 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists; McDaniels scored 8 of 9, cutting 24 points, becoming the team's fig leaf; McLaughlin's performance was eye-catching. Contributed 9 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists; on the Grizzlies side, Dillon had 23 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists; Bane had 23 points and 7 rebounds; and Morant was 4 of 14, contributing 17 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists.
In addition, Jaren Jackson had 18 points and 14 rebounds, Clark had 17 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists; and Jones had 10 points and 4 assists. The Timberwolves had a chance to win the game, but downs' several key shots were too bad, directly burying the team's good game.