The NBA playoffs first round of contention continued, with the Grizzlies heading to the road to challenge the Timberwolves, leading 3-2 in the first five games of the series.
Although the Grizzlies won the Battle of King's Hill, and Morant finally figured out the relationship between the individual offense and the team system, the Grizzlies still need to be very careful this game because it is an away game.
Because the gap between the two teams in terms of hard power is not large, and both are young teams, anything can happen.
As soon as the game began, the two teams entered the form early, and the Timberwolves, who played at home, blossomed inside and outside, taking the lead first.
But the Grizzlies responded in time, playing a counter-attack wave in the middle of the quarter, but instead took the lead, but the Timberwolves Edwards stepped forward and helped the team complete the rebound again, ending the first quarter with a 1-point advantage.
In the second quarter, the two teams still played back and forth, and the point difference was not pulled apart, but in the middle of the quarter, the Timberwolves suddenly made an offensive climax and successfully entered the half-court with a 3-point lead.
Easy to fight again, the two teams are still inseparable, and the Timberwolves, who are playing at home in the middle of the pull, have gradually widened the point difference to double digits.
The Timberwolves also maintained that advantage until the end of the third quarter, when the Timberwolves held a 10-point lead.
Entering the final quarter of the competition, the Timberwolves are still an old problem, the core players are not hard enough, the lack of stable means of finishing, the point difference is constantly eroded by the Grizzlies, and finally completed the counterattack to beat the Timberwolves 114-106.
As a result, the series score was fixed at 4-2, and the Grizzlies successfully defeated the Timberwolves, refusing to appear in the black seven and playing against the Warriors in the next round.
It is worth mentioning that the grizzlies and warriors can be described as an old enemy, and the feud between the two teams dates back two years.
When Iguodala was traded to the Grizzlies, he then announced that he would not play for the Grizzlies, which caused dissatisfaction among the Grizzlies, and several core Grizzlies players, including Dillon Brooks and Morant, publicly mentioned the matter.
Then in last season's playoffs, the Warriors were eliminated by the Grizzlies, and after beating the Warriors in the regular season this season, the Grizzlies Dillon Brooks and Jalen Jackson Jr. publicly mocked Iago and the Warriors.
During the period, Curry publicly supported Iago many times, and the war of words between the two teams never stopped, which made this round of duels quite interesting.
The two teams meet in the second round, which can be described as a new hatred and old hatred together, and neither side will be polite in the confrontation.
However, compared to the off-field pinpoint to Mai Mang, the excitement of this series is difficult to compare with the Sun and the Lone Ranger.
The reason is also very simple, the Grizzlies exposed too many problems in the first round, and most of these problems revolve around the core Morant's playing style, and the possibility of trying to solve them for a while and a half is slim.
In addition, it is not difficult to see from the game against the Timberwolves that the Grizzlies are an ordinary dark horse team, without much background and experience, and even without an absolute championship longboard.
In contrast, in the Warriors, the core of the team is still Curry, Klay and Dream chaser during the 5 years and 3 crowns, and the three have unparalleled tacit understanding and chemistry.
In addition, the Warriors are not inferior in terms of the depth of the Grizzlies' proud lineup, and the role players have much better experience and psychological stability than the Grizzlies.
Therefore, if the Grizzlies want to beat the Warriors in this series, they can only expect the Warriors to fall into injury trouble, otherwise it is difficult to pose a substantial threat to the Warriors, after all, the playoffs are the stage for stars, and the core player levels of the two teams are too different.