The Timberwolves lost 106-114 at home to the Grizzlies today, eliminating the series 2-4, stopping the first round and missing out on the Black Seven.
Today's game is the last game of the first round of the playoffs of the season, after this game, the first round of the series has all ended, the top four in the East and West have successfully advanced to the second round, and no team has done the following. It is worth mentioning that in the first round, only the Nets were swept away, and there was no seven-time battle.
In today's game, the Timberwolves trailed badly in rebounds, with a total of only 37 rebounds, including only 6 frontcourt rebounds. The Grizzlies grabbed 17 rebounds in the frontcourt and got a total of 56 rebounds.
The Timberwolves were reversed again today with a big lead, and at the end of the third quarter, the Timberwolves just had a 10-point lead, but they only scored 22 points in the final quarter, but let the Grizzlies cut 40 points, a net loss of 18 points in a single quarter, and finally lost the game and lost the entire series.
In this series, the Timberwolves lost a total of four games, three of which had double-digit leads in the fourth quarter, but they were reversed. From this point of view, the Timberwolves are not without the strength to eliminate the Grizzlies and complete the feats of Black Seven, but they themselves did not seize the opportunity, it can really be said that "giving you the opportunity you are not useful"!
The Timberwolves' performance can't help but remind people of the Clippers and Rivers, because the Clippers and Rivers are both masters of reversal, and have had many experiences of being reversed, especially Rivers, who is the most reversed coach in history, known as the "God of Reversal", and the Clippers have changed from a team that is always reversed to a team that always reverses others after Tyrone Lu became the head coach.
The team has been reversed many times, the coach is undoubtedly responsible, the Timberwolves head coach Finch is the same, after the Timberwolves score was reversed, Finch was indifferent, reluctant to call the timeout, which is obviously a big problem, so the fans also jokingly called Finch Rivers Finch.
For the Grizzlies, they have won three games in this series after falling behind double digits at the end of the first three quarters, becoming the first team in history to achieve this achievement three times in a single-round series.