On April 30, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs Timberwolves played against the Grizzlies G6. Edwards blasted down 30 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, powerless to prevent the team from being reversed, the Timberwolves also became the most reversed team in the playoffs this season, and the Grizzlies achieved the first team in history.
Trailing 2-3, the Timberwolves had nowhere to go. Before the game, the team held an intra-team meeting with only players, and it seemed that the sixth game was about to let go, determined to drag into the seventh.
Edwards scored nine points on 3-of-3 shooting. However, the others are 1 out of 4. Although Morant did not open, the Grizzlies continued to send assists, playing 8 minutes has delivered 5 assists, Bane shot 5 of 6 in the front, bombed 13 points, brooks in the front 6 shots 3, got 8 points.
After that, Edwards broke out further, facing Morant, he pulled out a three-point shot in the jump, and the Timberwolves rebounded by 3 points. Edwards scored 6 of 7 in the entire first quarter and scored 16 points.
After the first half, Edwards scored 20 points on 7-of-11 shooting, and his fiery form also helped the Timberwolves lead into the second half. In the second half, he walked to the free throw line, and Timberwolves fans even sent him an MVP call.
In the fourth quarter of the tiebreaker, just as the Grizzlies chased 94 draws, Edwards hit a three-pointer. Subsequently, he committed another foul, making two penalties and two shots. Unfortunately, the Timberwolves ultimately fell short.
According to statistics, in this season's playoffs, the team that led by 10 points in the fourth quarter was 30 wins and 3 losses, and it is heartwarming that 3 have been reversed in both games by the Timberwolves. Today, that record has been rewritten to 30 wins and 4 losses, with 3 of the games reversed from the Timberwolves. It also makes the Grizzlies the first team in playoff history to have three 10+ reversals in the same series.
However, this battle Edwards even brushed the record, but also the Timberwolves harvest:
1. 16 points in a single quarter is a new high for his single quarter score in the playoffs.
2) He became the 20-year-old or younger player with the most points in a single series in the playoffs in history.