The Timberwolves lost 2-4 to the Grizzlies in the first round of the series and unfortunately suffered a first-round trip. In fact, from this series, the Timberwolves have a good chance, they have taken the lead in many games, and at most they have led by more than 20 points. But in the case of the lead, they did not take the opportunity, the team had no tactics in the final quarter and key moments, the play was very messy, and the offensive choices of the core players were also problematic, which also caused their lead to be instantly narrowed by the Grizzlies and overtaken. With the score glued, the Timberwolves couldn't win the game either. In the end, they lost to the Grizzlies in this series and were eliminated in the first round.
In this series, Edwards is the Timberwolves MVP, this is beyond doubt, this season is Edwards' first playoffs, the newborn calf is not afraid of the tiger, he showed his strength in the game, shine, in a total of 6 games, he can average 25.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3 assists per game, shooting 45.5%, three-point shooting rate of 40.4%, personal competitiveness is very strong, when the team needs to score, He's always been able to step up and make his contribution in the game, he's playing better than Towns and Russell, and in a way, Edwards has shown the ability to be the leader of the team in this series, and his ceiling will be higher than Downs'.
As the leader of the team, Downs played less than ideally in this series, and he was somewhat depressed. In the game, he was unfavorable to use his own internal advantage to complete the scoring, many shooting choices are on the outside, playing hard enough, defense is not hard enough, so that Clark and other players to fight for a lot of offensive rebounds, the team lost this round of the series, Towns need to bear a large part of the responsibility.
In this series, Towns averaged only 21.8 points, 10.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game, with 4.5 turnovers per game, lacked competitiveness in the game, played very softly, and could not give the team too much help. In his second playoff, Towns' performance was disappointing.
Russell as the third core of the team, his performance in this series is too hip, in a total of 6 games, he can only get 12 points, 2.5 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game, averaging 2.8 turnovers per game, shooting 33.3% from the field, in terms of key goals, he always loses, and he has not been able to save the team. As the core defender of the team, playing such a performance in the series, Russell's performance is undoubtedly disappointing.
Role players such as Beverly, McDaniels and McLaughlin performed very well in the playoffs, with Beverly averaging 11 points, 3.2 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game, and was very energetic on the defensive end, while McDaniels was able to score 9.3 points, shooting 50% from three-point range and 52.9% overall, and he was one of the best Playing Timberwolves role players. McLaughlin was able to contribute 6.2 points, 2.4 rebounds and 3.4 assists, shooting 70.6% from the field and 57.1% from three-point range.
After losing G6, the Timberwolves have also ended the season, and although there are some regrets, the Timberwolves have a very bright future, and the team has potential new stars like Edwards. In the offseason, if the team can make some reinforcements on the lineup to put Edwards in the back, then the Timberwolves still have the hope of impacting the playoffs next season.