On April 20, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, the Grizzlies sat at home to meet the Timberwolves, the Grizzlies learned the lessons of the first game, did a good job against the Timberwolves inside the defense (the first leg against the Timberwolves scored 130 points), and finally the Grizzlies won 124-96 against the Timberwolves.
At the beginning of the first quarter of this game, both teams are fighting with enthusiasm, trying to overpower each other in momentum, the two sides you come and go the score alternately rises, the first quarter ended, the Grizzlies 33-32 led the Timberwolves by 1 point, into the second quarter, the Timberwolves offense suddenly muted, only scored 17 points in a single quarter, and the Grizzlies scored 27 points in one fell swoop, the Grizzlies led by 11 points at the end of the half, and in the second half of the game, the Grizzlies still firmly controlled the situation on the court, and the third quarter won by 8 points again. Entering the fourth quarter with a 19-point advantage, the Timberwolves' offense still did not improve in the final quarter, and finally the Grizzlies won the game, and the score of the two series came to 1-1.
It is worth mentioning that today's game can be described as a foul war, the whole game Timberwolves side fouled 28 times, the Grizzlies side 22 times, the two sides committed a total of 50 fouls, and the free throw comparison is also very exaggerated, the Timberwolves free throws 28 times, the Grizzlies 32 free throws, the two teams total 60 free throws, this is still in the second half of the game to reduce the intensity of the game, the enthusiasm is not high in the case of statistics, if the two sides have been fiercely confrontational, presumably the statistics of free throws and fouls will be more terrible, It was really a "penalty shootout".
However, in this game, the players on both sides did not have players with too many free throws, the Timberwolves side of the Downs 8 free throws for the team first, the whole game he appeared to have no offensive enthusiasm, 7 shots 4 of 15 points and 11 rebounds, the Grizzlies side of the top star Morant played 29 minutes, 16 shots 9, 4 free throws for 23 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists.