A sequence, during a time-out, on the Wolves bench, captured in the second quarter, shows the confidence of Karl-Anthony Towns and his teammates during this Game 3 dominated from the first seconds.
Inside it says: “We’re in Minnesota now. I told reporters after Game 2, we’re cool, we’re coming home. They are only good at home. »
Words that then made Ja Morant laugh, who knows the end of the story.
we in minnesota now ???? https://t.co/p9JPRp3wvB
— JaMorant (@JaMorant) April 22, 2022
It must be said that the first minutes of this match were perfect for Wolves. They smothered the Grizzlies early on, going up to 26 points in the second quarter. A first alert before the break, with a 15-0 for the Grizzlies, could serve as a lesson. In the second half, Minnesota drove the point home and regained a 26-point lead (79-54).
“We have to pay tribute to them. They were outplayed and kept fighting”remarks Patrick Beverley to Pioneer Press. “I think once we got ahead, we loosened up a bit. This is a lesson to be learned. »
“We’re going to go home, drink wine and move on to the next day”
The Grizzlies will finish the game, the last 15 minutes exactly, with a whopping 50-13! The Memphis defense will clearly go up a notch after the break, contesting 35 of 39 shots from Karl-Anthony Towns and his band. “Their style of play hurt us”confesses D’Angelo Russell.
In addition, the 21-0 between the end of the third and the start of the last quarter cut Wolves’ legs, especially since Chris Finch did not use any time-outs at that moment to stop the bleeding.
“We were tense” analyzes the coach. “We missed a lot of good shots. I had the impression that we were still in the game, that everything was in place for us to win. They had the momentum on their side, but we didn’t do enough to resist. Players are obviously disappointed, but we still have Game 4 here. We’re not going to let a meeting affect us, that’s clear. »
But how to get up after such a rout and now that Wolves are down 2-1?
“We’re going to go home, drink wine and move on to the next day. It’s as simple as that, we’re going to decompress “, announces Karl-Anthony Towns, author of only eight points, to the Commercial Appeal. “We will have to remember how and why we are here. We have to build on that. It’s a tough defeat to take, really. We have to regroup and be ready. »
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Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
Karl-anthony Towns | 74 | 33.5 | 52.9 | 41.0 | 82.2 | 2.6 | 7.2 | 9.8 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 24.6 |
Anthony Edwards | 72 | 34.2 | 44.1 | 35.7 | 78.6 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 21.3 |
D’angelo Russell | 65 | 31.9 | 41.1 | 34.0 | 82.5 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 7.1 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 18.1 |
Malik Beasley | 79 | 25.0 | 39.1 | 37.7 | 81.7 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 12.1 |
Jaden McDaniels | 70 | 25.8 | 46.0 | 31.7 | 80.3 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 9.2 |
Patrick Beverley | 58 | 25.4 | 40.6 | 34.3 | 72.2 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 9.2 |
Jaylen Nowell | 62 | 15.7 | 47.5 | 39.4 | 78.3 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 8.5 |
Naz Reid | 77 | 15.8 | 48.9 | 34.3 | 76.5 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 8.3 |
Taurean Prince | 69 | 17.1 | 45.4 | 37.6 | 75.6 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 7.3 |
Greg Monroe | 4 | 20.4 | 59.1 | 0.0 | 42.9 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 7.2 |
Jarred Vanderbilt | 74 | 25.4 | 58.7 | 14.3 | 65.6 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 8.4 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 6.9 |
Jordan Mclaughlin | 62 | 14.5 | 44.0 | 31.8 | 75.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 3.8 |
Nathan Knight | 37 | 7.2 | 51.1 | 30.8 | 73.3 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 3.7 |
Josh Okogie | 49 | 10.5 | 40.4 | 29.8 | 68.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.7 |
Jake Layman | 34 | 6.8 | 41.1 | 22.9 | 72.2 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
Leandro Bolmaro | 35 | 6.9 | 31.5 | 27.8 | 84.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.4 |
Mckinley Wright | 5 | 3.8 | 66.7 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
Chris Silva | 1 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |