The visitors start strong in this year’s NBA Playoffs. The first two are for them. You have to join the two international hours this Saturday: the Jazz in Dallas and the Timberwolves in Memphis. Both from the West. In the case of the Grizzlies, we are talking about one of the most feared teams, capable of keeping up when stars like Brooks, Jackson or, in the same way, Ja Morant were missing. The game of Taylor Jenkins has fallen in love and has elevated them as a reality rather than a project for the future. But the title series makes you rethink everything. They will have to do that after conceding 130 points in their FedEx Forum and only scoring 117. The victory travels to Minneapolis and with it goes the home court factor for another of the squads that represents youth and the rejuvenation of those who go the furthest in this tournament.
Again, as an element outside the game, there was a protest against the still owner of the Wolves, glen taylor, for eliminating a batch of chickens from one of the farms he owns after an outbreak of bird flu broke out there. Although the television cameras did not capture it, a woman tried to chain herself to one of the pavilion’s baskets during the first part. Dante show. In the previous meeting another tried to adhere to the parquet with glue.
The Timberwolves were really constant during practically all the minutes, leaving little air for the talent that the Grizzlies have to breathe and that was reduced to little. On a very poor night D’Angelo Russell led Edwards (36) and Towns (29) and Beasley (23) remained as most successful squires. A short rotation, of ten players but in which Reid and McLauhglin had little impact, served to cover all that flow of points they had in their hands. The one in charge of embodying the defensive spirit, to complete the script twist, was the one who gave the Grizzlies the finishing touch and not only when it came to protecting the rim. These wolves have a heart and that chicken has a head. Patrick Beverley is a show in himself and in Memphis, which is loaded with this season, he was in charge of giving the last shout.