Beijing time on April 22, the Grizzlies defeated the Timberwolves 104-95 to win the series G3, this game the Timberwolves two teams ahead of the Grizzlies by more than 20 points was finally reversed, the Grizzlies reversed the Timberwolves 26 points let Finch swallow the humiliating record, the last quarter of a wave of 21-0 Finch did not call a timeout to make everyone speechless, you did not call a timeout and just played well Russell did not change the court, and so the team has been overtaken, Russell is also cold and then changed, Finch this coach is uncomfortable.
D'Angelo Russell was the most questioned player in the first two series, scoring 10 points, 9 assists and 3 rebounds for 2 of 11 + 3 of 3 three-pointers, and 11 points and 4 assists on 3 of 11 and 2 of 7 three-pointers in G1. Both Towns and Edwards are on, and Timberwolves fans say they want to see Russell beat the Clippers in the playoffs. Russell actually played quite well in this G3, but it was a pity that it was "ruined" by the manager.
Russell broke out in the first quarter of this campaign, he is no longer "water pull", the opening hit a three-point shot to open the feel, Beverly's passion helped the Timberwolves once play a 14-0 climax, after Beverly and Towns went off, Russell led the team to play a second 12-0 climax, the Timberwolves bombed 39 points in the single quarter, Russell scored 10 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, and he scored 18 points for the Timberwolves.
Russell's second quarter was rest time, the second quarter he only played 5 minutes most of the time was Beasley in the play, this quarter Russell did not shoot 1 assist, this quarter Timberwolves net loss of 11 points in a single quarter, close to 6 minutes a minute did not win, by the Grizzlies hit 23-12 to narrow the gap to 7 points, the most time leading 26 points ah.
In the third quarter Russell came on and broke Anderson's dragon dunk, assisted McDaniels's three-point shot, assisted Vanderbilt's empty cut, and he helped the Timberwolves play a 17-4 climax to stretch to 20 points. Then assist McDaniels hit another three-pointer to stretch to 23 points, the Grizzlies are already a little discouraged, Russell easily cut the score, 8 of 4 in the single quarter, 3 of 3 for 2 with 10 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists and 1 steal, and has 22 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds and 1 steal in the 29 minutes of the third quarter.
The Grizzlies played a 21-0 climax in the final quarter Russell sat on the team to be overtaken (7 minutes and 31 seconds before the final game), this time he not only sat cold, the Momentum of the Timberwolves was gone, and then Russell did not score 3 of 0, the score was fixed at 22 points in the first three quarters, 9 of 21 in the whole game, 4 of 8 three-pointers, 22 points, 8 of 5 rebounds and 1 steal, shooting 42.9%.
After this game, the probability of the Timberwolves Black Seven is only 19%, the probability of the Grizzlies entering the second round is 81%, and the probability of the Timberwolves Black Seven before the game is 56%, who would have thought that the Timberwolves, who once led by 26 points, could be reversed?
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream