On April 30, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued to play, the Timberwolves sat at home to usher in the sixth game with the Grizzlies, the previous 5 games, the Timberwolves fell behind 2-3, once the game was lost, it was out. At the beginning of the game, Edwards took the lead in the performance, scoring 16 points on 6-of-7 in the first quarter, scoring 20 points at halftime, suppressing the Grizzlies who only had 4 points at halftime, and the Timberwolves also maintained a slight advantage. Russell scored five straight points in the second half to extend the Timberwolves' advantage, but the Grizzlies were not going to concede defeat, at one point playing a wave of 12-0 to narrow the point difference to one point.
In the final quarter, the two sides were already anxious, and in the last 6 minutes of the regular season, the Timberwolves led by 3 points, but at this time, the sharpshooter Bane hit a three-point shot to tie the score. In the following leg, the Timberwolves home fans were ignited, Edwards chased after a three-point hit in response, Dillon Brooks did not want to show weakness, around the open position also three-point win, the game fell into a white-hot.
At the most critical moment of the game, the Grizzlies showed a more advantageous side, more calm, Edwards and Towns kept shooting three points, giving up the impact on the inside line, while the Grizzlies played more reasonably, Bane hit three points again, Morant won two rebounds in the frontcourt with an active scramble, and completed a layup, and the Grizzlies successfully rebounded. In the final minute of normal time, the Grizzlies led by 4 points, McLaughlin broke through, and in the next leg, Morant broke through the score, Jackson scored with a dunk, and Beverley immediately got a three-point opportunity in the bottom corner of the open space, but failed to hit, which directly made the Timberwolves lose the possibility of turning the game. In the end, the Grizzlies defeated the Timberwolves 114-106 on the road, eliminating the opponent 4-2 to reach the Western Conference semifinals, and the Grizzlies semifinals opponent was the Warriors led by Curry!
In this game, the Grizzlies are better at mastering and handling details than the Timberwolves, Morant took the initiative to respond in the case of poor personal offensive status, sent 11 assists, led the Grizzlies forward in another way, and the multiple active scrambles to rebound in the key moments of the final quarter showed the comprehensiveness of Morant's influence. In contrast, the Timberwolves still had an advantage in the final quarter, did not continue to attack, the two core figures Towns and Edwards chose to continue to shoot three points from the outside, which made the Timberwolves lose their tough aggressiveness and have been relieved in momentum.
On the other hand, the Grizzlies played the role players in this game as the key, two sharpshooters Bane and Brooks shot a headache for the opponent's three-point shooting rate, the two shot a total of 15 three-pointers, hit 10 goals, a total of 46 points and 10 rebounds, to maximize the gap in Morant's offensive downturn.
Of course, the Timberwolves have stopped in the first round of this season than they have been in the past 3 seasons, Edwards' pride, Towns' comprehensiveness, offseason regrouping, next season, the wolf cubs still have a chance to transform into the wolf king!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)