Wolves-Grizzlies Game 6 Tips Off At 8 P.M. Friday
It's a must-win for the Wolves, who are down 3-2 in the first round series.
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It's a must-win for the Wolves, who are down 3-2 in the first round series.
Ja Morant scored on a layup with a second left, and the Memphis Grizzlies rallied from 11 points down in the fourth quarter to edge the Minnesota Timberwolves 111-109 on Tuesday night and grab a 3-2 lead in their first-round Western Conference series.
With the series tied 2-2, the Minnesota Timberwolves head to Memphis to take on the Grizzlies in Game 5 of their playoff series Tuesday night.
The league announced Monday Jenkins faces a $15,000 fine "for public criticism of the officiating."
Karl-Anthony Towns roared back from two rough games with a career playoff-best 33 points and 14 rebounds, helping the Minnesota Timberwolves move past their Game 3 collapse and pull out a 119-118 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night to even the first-round series at 2-2.
Including Saturday, protesters have interrupted three of the Wolves' last five games -- and they've won each of those three games.
Despite the big comeback win last night, Grizzlies head coach Tyler Jenkins says there is major room for improvement.
In four postseason games, including the play-in tournament victory that gave the Wolves the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference and this first-round matchup with Memphis, Towns has 19 fouls.
Desmond Bane made seven 3-pointers and had 26 points and the Memphis Grizzlies overcame a 26-point deficit to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 104-95 on Thursday night for a 2-1 lead in the first-round playoff series.
The Timberwolves are expecting a packed house at Target Center Thursday night when the Memphis Grizzlies visit for Game 3.
Ja Morant scored 23 points and handed out 10 assists as the Memphis Grizzlies looked much more like the team that posted the NBA's second-best record, routing the Minnesota Timberwolves 124-96 on Tuesday night to even up their first-round Western Conference series at 1 apiece.
A second consecutive Timberwolves game was interrupted by a protester when a woman chained herself to the basket stanchion during Saturday's matchup in Memphis.
Anthony Edwards is sharing the NBA's brightest lights with one of the league's most talked about young stars in Ja Morant. And Edwards has stepped boldly into the playoff spotlight.
Anthony Edwards scored 36 points in his postseason debut, and the seventh-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves stunned the No. 2 seed Memphis Grizzlies 130-117 on Saturday to grab home-court advantage in the opener of their first-round Western Conference series.
"Wolves Playoff Day" has been declared in Minneapolis as the team gears up for its first postseason game Saturday afternoon.
