First of all, congratulations to the Grizzlies for successfully advancing to the Western Conference semifinals.
In the first round of G6, the Grizzlies trailed by 13 points until the halfway point of the third quarter, and played a wave of 40-22 in the fourth quarter, successfully reversing the victory while also eliminating the opponent with a large score of 4-2 and advancing to the second round.
In this series, it is not easy for the Grizzlies to win, and three of the four games they won were reversed in the final quarter, one of which was a reversal done after falling behind by 20+ and up to 26 points at most - the Timberwolves are really not weak, but the Grizzlies have proved themselves to be the tougher team.
The Grizzlies advanced, and the core of the team, Morant, naturally attracted much attention.
In six games, Morant averaged 21.5 points, 8.7 rebounds, 10.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game, and his performance at G5 Tianwangshan was particularly crazy, cutting 30 points, 13 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals, sending a slam dunk, and using a pull-up to complete the kill.
But to be honest, Morant also has a lot of shortcomings in this series, shooting only 38.6% from the field, 20.0% from three-point range, 49.6% from the field, and 4.2 turnovers.
If nothing else, the MVP of this series should be Bain.
In this game, Morant had 17 points, eight rebounds and 11 assists, which looked good, but his shooting was only 4-of-14, 5-of-5 three-point shooting, and six turnovers, with a plus-minus of just +2 on the field.
Look at Bane, who played 43.5 minutes, shot 9-of-15, 5-of-9 from three-point range, had 23 points and 7 rebounds, and had a plus-minus of +22 on the court — less than 5 minutes after Bain wasn't on the floor, the Grizzlies lost the Timberwolves by 14 points.
In the first quarter, Edwards scored 16 points in a single quarter, and Bane also scored 13 points against Biaohuazi; three minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves led the Grizzlies 99-98, and it was also Bane, who hit a three-pointer to overtake the opponent, which was also the first time the Grizzlies took the lead in the second half of the game.
Zoom in to see Bain in this series:
- G1, 6 of 15, 3 of 8 from three, 17 points
- G2, 5 of 10, 1 of 4 from three, 16 points
- G3, 8 of 19, 7 of 15 from three, 26 points
- G4, 11 of 18, 8 of 12 from three, 34 points
- G5, 9 of 20, 3 of 8 from three, 25 points
- G6, 9 of 15, 5 of 9 from three, 23 points
In 6 games, 4 games 20+, he averaged 23.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game, shooting 50%/48%/90% of the three, shooting a true shooting rate of 66.6%, and his total scores (141 points), total goals (48), and total three points (27) all ranked first in the Grizzlies.
In addition to the offensive end, The defensive end of Bain is also very eye-catching - Bain this round of the game main defense Edwards and Russell, against Edwards in the 28 minutes of Edwards, Edwards a total of 29 shots to score 31 points, against Russell's 19 minutes, Russell a total of 17 shots to score 13 points.
After today's game, Morant said of Bane: "If you ask me who is the MVP of this series, it's this brother sitting next to me who hits the key ball again and again and stands up in a moment of crisis because he can go further. ”
Morant's words are really not modest, the first round of the game, when Bane was on the floor, the Grizzlies beat the Timberwolves by 14.4 points per 100 rounds, Bane was not present, and the Grizzlies lost 23.2 points per 100 rounds to the Timberwolves, which is very exaggerated - the Grizzlies must give Bane a bump in this round of the series, if it were not for him, the Grizzlies might still be preparing to grab seven games at the moment, and may even be out of the game.
Of course, this is only the first round, the next round of the game, the fans jokingly called "Meat Curry" Bane will meet the real Curry warriors, considering some of the two teams in the past two seasons of some grudges, this will be a very high-profile game, whether win or lose, the three-time championship match is bound to improve a lot, come on, young people.