Beijing time on April 30, the Grizzlies ushered in the sixth game of the playoffs with the Timberwolves, G5 relied on Morant's kill to win the Victory of Memphis Soldiers in Tianwangshan, in order to avoid the night long dream, naturally hope to directly solve the battle in this game, although in the first three quarters are at a backward disadvantage, but in the last quarter the Grizzlies played the Timberwolves a 40-22, thus completing a 13-point reversal, 114-106 there is a thrilling defeat to the Timberwolves, with an aggregate score of 4-2 to eliminate the opponent, and the Warriors will meet the semifinals.
Morant slumped Bain to the top, a key three-pointer to help the Grizzlies eliminate the Timberwolves to reach the semifinals
And this key game, the Grizzlies young master Morante's feel is not ideal, the whole game 14 shots 4, only 17 points into the account, in his downturn, the Grizzlies another backcourt core Bane stepped forward, helped the team out of the swamp, the whole game Bane in 43 minutes of playing time, 15 shots 9, 9 of 3-pointers, cut 23 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal 1 block all-round data at the same time, +22 plus or minus is also the highest in the team. Especially in the final quarter of the decider, the key three-pointer that received Dillon's pass helped the team to equalize the score, which can be said to be the Grizzlies' final victory.
In the playoffs, Bain was in the top four in the league in terms of plus-minus, and the two teammates did not add up to him
This round of the series with the Timberwolves ended, Bane in these 6 games, in the playing time to the team's maximum 38 minutes, can also average the team's high 23.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.2 blocks, three shooting rates to 49.5%, 48.2% and 90%, almost able to make himself into the 190 club. Known as the "meat curry", he is the first in the league in the playoffs, whether it is the average number of three-point shots per game (4.5) or the total number of three-point shots (27), which can be said to be the performance of the All-Star level.
According to relevant statistics, Bain's total plus-minus of +70 in the playoffs ranks fourth in the league, second only to PJ Tucker (+71), Dream Green (+75) and Alphabet Brother (+86), and in the Grizzlies, Bane's plus-minus also leads the team, and the second Clark (+35) and Morant (+30) do not add up to him alone, I have to say that in the first round of this playoff, Bane really proved his strength thoroughly.
Morant's "fastest improving player", the Grizzlies want to go far Bain is the key
In the regular season this season, Bain, who sat firmly in the team's starting No. 2 position, averaged 18.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game, and the three-point shooting rate was as high as 43.6% of the second in the league, and the average score per game was almost 1 times higher than that of the rookie season (9.2 points), but in the end he did not win the fastest improvement award, but was "robbed" by his teammate, the Grizzlies' number one core Morant, and Morant, who has a high emotional intelligence, also chose to give this trophy to Bain. He also called Bain the "fastest improving player" he deserved. On the second playoff trip of his career, Bain really became the thigh of the team in the first round of the series, and perfectly filled the gap in the case of Morant's unsatisfactory feel (averaging 21.5 points per game, shooting only 38.6% from the field and shooting only 20% from three-point range). And this time in the semifinals will be a powerful Warrior, if the Grizzlies want to go further and launch an impact towards the Western Conference Finals, Bane's play may be more important than Morant.