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The Minnesota Timberwolves blew a 26-point lead to lose 104-95 to the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 3 of their first-round series on Thursday.

Jon Krawczynski Jon Krawczynski Minnesota led by 16-points to start the fourth quarter but went scoreless for several minutes.

Following a decisive weekend matinee victory in Game 1 at FedEx Forum, we officially have a series on our hands after the Memphis Grizzlies laid the.

Despite Russell’s struggles in Game 1, Beasley picked up the slack for Minnesota’s offense as he has done time and time again for this team during the stretch-run. Truth be told, Beasley could and probably should have had an even better start to the series after he missed some wide-open looks from three down the stretch of Game 1. Edwards struggled mightily, going 1-of-11 from the field for just five points in 32 minutes. If this team has taught us anything, it’s that there’s certainly enough firepower offensively to help lessen the load for Minnesota’s Big 3. And just like he did for Russell in Game 1, Beasley stepped up for Ant with 17 points off the bench and 5-of-7 from deep in Minnesota’s 119-114 victory at Target Center. Naz Reid was inserted for the rest of the first half, and the Timberwolves trailed by 11 at the break. Beasley is shooting .446 percent from three on nearly seven attempts per game over the past 23 contests, including the play-in and playoff games against Memphis. With Memphis doing everything they can to force either Patrick Beverley or Anthony Edwards off of Ja Morant, will Russell be able to answer the call defensively when the Grizzlies continue to hunt him by forcing the switch onto Morant? To his credit, DLo isn’t turning the ball over at an alarming rate, but the Timberwolves certainly miss his offense right now. Which brings us to our next All-Star on the roster. Following a decisive weekend matinee victory in Game 1 at FedEx Forum, we officially have a series on our hands after the Memphis Grizzlies laid the hammer down on the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 2 on Tuesday night. But Towns quickly flipped the script after he dominated Game 1 against Memphis with 29 points on .611/.400/1.000 shooting, 13 rebounds, three assists, and one block in Minnesota’s 130-117 win.

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But again, the Grizzlies answered by going on a 21-0 run to tie the game at 83. The game felt like it was over, but the Grizzlies closed the first half on a 23-4 run to trail 51-44 at halftime. Just like in the first quarter, the Timberwolves started the second half on a 28-10 run. The Grizzlies started Kyle Anderson in Game 3 over Steven Adams after Adams struggled in the first two games. Yes, basketball is a game of runs, but stretches like the Grizzlies and Timberwolves had Thursday don't happen often. Memphis closed the game strong on their way to a 104-95 victory.

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His poise and ability to navigate the storm remains so important for a Memphis team that is young, but has scar tissue from previous postseason shortcomings. But far too consistently he fell out of the rhythm of the game, both on and off the floor due to foul trouble. The Grizzlies continued to scratch and claw, fighting their way back in to the contest on an 18-0 run that helped Memphis get within 3 points with 9 minutes to play. With his 20 points and 8 rebounds he showed he’s ready for a larger role, and that while Ja Morant should be getting an extension this summer early on that he should not be far behind. But the Grizzlies punched back in the 2nd quarter and got the lead down to 7 by halftime. The Memphis Grizzlies took a couple of pretty powerful haymakers from the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 3.

The Minnesota Timberwolves were leading the Memphis Grizzlies by 26 points at one point during Game 3 of their best-of-seven series.

The capper of the night. — Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz)— Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz) pic.twitter.com/oZgog6JLh5 April 22, 2022 — Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz)— Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz) pic.twitter.com/hDzBTUxcN7 April 22, 2022 It's great in the regular season, and the Grizzlies proved that. — Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz)— Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz) pic.twitter.com/XCRqILV2rN April 22, 2022 Dillon Brooks is 7-of-25 in his past two games. The Grizzlies haven't gone quite so small in this series, but it's worth noting that Steven Adams played 24 minutes in Game 1 and has played just three ever since. If the Timberwolves can take solace in anything, it's this: teams that blow enormous leads don't always lose the series in which those leads were blown. Minnesota opened the game on a 12-0 run and got the lead to 26 in the second quarter. Here are some historical markers the Grizzlies hit by overcoming a 26-point deficit: Minnesota will have a chance to bounce back in Game 4 but, based on this result, Memphis should be very confident heading into this weekend's game at Target Center. The Minnesota Timberwolves were leading the Memphis Grizzlies by 26 points at one point during Game 3 of their best-of-seven series.

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It was very easy to tell and to feel that so, last couple of years we haven’t been in the playoffs. Seven straight years in the playoffs and five trips to the Finals and there was a lot of fatigue at that point, emotional, physical fatigue. “The sense that I get from the guys who have been here a long time, it’s they are happy as hell to be back. But he shook it off and toyed with Jazz on a variety of drives to the baskets against several different defenders. They went 8:34 of game time between the second and third quarters without a basket until Russell swished a 3. The game was physical and chippy at times, featuring 60 fouls. They stunned a Wolves team that won Game 1 on the road 130-117, but took an ugly 124-96 loss in Game 2. Brunson appeared to hurt his back midway through the second quarter when Royce O’Neale hit him full-speed from behind. Once the Jazz finally matched the Mavericks and played without a center, the court opened up for Utah. Mitchell (18) and Bogdanovic (12) scored at will in the third quarter against a leaky Dallas zone. “I think in some ways, we are reinvigorated after the last couple of years,“ Kerr said. Karl-Anthony Towns, Minnesota’s other max-contract player, had another clunker with eight points. D’Angelo Russell had 22 points and eight assists as the key driver of a third-quarter surge for the Wolves that pushed the lead back to 23 points, but he went 0 for 3 and was scoreless in the fourth.

Twice. On both occasions, the Memphis Grizzlies took it square on the chin, staggered to their feet, and went to work. That's what true contenders do.

The more pressing issue for the Timberwolves, however, is that Karl-Anthony Towns continues to come up small when the lights get bright. Maybe the Timberwolves thought it was going to be easy after jumping out to a 12-0 lead in the first quarter. They got some inspired play from D’Angelo Russell, who helped his teammates regain their composure and helped the Timberwolves restore their lead to 25 points. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the Grizzlies walked right in. Instead, the Timberwolves got complacent when the scoreboard read 47-21 with 10:28 left in the second quarter. That’s going to be a tough pill to swallow moving forward.

With the Timberwolves up big on the Grizzlies in the first half of Game 3, Karl-Anthony Towns blustered to his teammates.

And the Timberwolves kept shooting themselves in the foot. The Grizzlies used a two point-guard lineup. Led by Towns (who finished with five blocks), the Timberwolves walled off the rim.

TNT analyst Charles Barkley rarely holds back on his opinions.

They lost by 10 (it was actually nine). When you lose by two and blow a big lead ... that was embarrassing for basketball. "Tell you what though, one of my things that I always believe happened tonight," Barkley said during TNT's postgame studio highlights. One thing I can't stand is stupidity on the basketball court.

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When the Grizzlies trailed the Timberwolves 47–21 early in the second quarter of Game 3, all of the momentum inside Target Center belonged to Minnesota.

In a stunning turn of events, Memphis kept the momentum and outscored Minnesota by 25 points in the fourth quarter to earn the 104–95 come-from-behind victory. Tyus Jones scored 11 off the bench, Ja Morant posted a triple-double of 16 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists while Dillon Brooks pitched in 11. Four other Memphis players finished in double figures in the contest.

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“Three in the post, and at the top of the key, they’re in on him. He yips, he pesters, he pushes the lines of decorum and fair play to their breaking points. And he gave up nothing in messing with the Target Center crowd, jawing with several fans in the final seconds. Bane was about the only weapon the Grizzlies had for a while, and he finished with 26 points and seven 3-pointers. No way around it: The Game 3 outcome for Minnesota was right out of their playoff history book. Even Ja Morant was off for much of the game, shooting 5-for-18 from the floor and 5-for-10 at the line. Karl-Anthony Towns is one of the most talented big men in the NBA, now and arguably ever. losing. What the Wolves and their fans needed to hear was the stuff Chicago’s DeMar DeRozan said after stinking up Game 1 against the Bucks: Followed by a third quarter in which he and his staff could raise their voices and freeze-frame a fleet of failings, only to turn around and beam like proud papas over what transpired down the stretch. The Wolves missed 10 of their first 11 shots in the fourth quarter. To regroup a little or perhaps disrupt the Grizlies’ rhythm. I thought we were still in the game.”

Charles Barkley did not hold back, blasting the Minnesota Timberwolves for blowing a 26-point lead in their Game 3 loss vs. the Memphis Grizzlies.

They lost by 10 (it was actually nine). When you lose by two and blow a big lead ... that was embarrassing for basketball. "Tell you what though, one of my things that I always believe happened tonight," Barkley said during TNT's postgame studio highlights. One thing I can't stand is stupidity on the basketball court.

The Memphis Grizzlies overcame a 26-point deficit to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 3 on Thursday.

A Desmond Bane 3-pointer with 8:33 left in regulation tied the game at 83 and capped off a 21-0 Memphis run. Brandon Clarke chipped in eight points over the final six minutes. The Grizzlies’ comeback is tied for the fourth-largest in NBA playoff history.

"We in Minnesota now," a cocky Karl-Anthony Towns was heard saying on the bench.

It's our support system, our work and each other and we just got to lean on that." "Go home, drink some wine and move on to the next day," Towns told reporters about how he would recover from the defeat. I only seen them at their house.'"

The Memphis Grizzlies overcame a 26-point deficit to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 3 on Thursday.

A Desmond Bane 3-pointer with 8:33 left in regulation tied the game at 83 and capped off a 21-0 Memphis run. At the start of the third quarter, it appeared as though Minnesota had staved off Memphis' comeback attempt. The Grizzlies’ comeback is tied for the fourth-largest in NBA playoff history.

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While some blame goes to his teammates for not getting him the ball enough, the ultimate blame falls on his broad shoulders. He needs to take this personally and put his stamp on Game 4. The Grizzlies went on a 13-4 run to close the third quarter to make it a 16-point game heading into the final frame. When you only score 12 points in a quarter, that means you can’t buy a bucket, can’t control the ball or both. When looking at the box score, Patrick Beverley somehow took the most shots for the team in the fourth quarter. He did commit a pair of turnovers, though. Towns finished with as many turnovers as shot attempts and had more fouls than shot attempts. In no world should Patrick Beverley be taking that shot, and in no world should he be the Timberwolves’ leader in shot attempts in a fourth quarter with the game on the line. The Timberwolves jumped out to a 12-0 lead, led by 26 points early in the second quarter and led by 25 points with three minutes to go in the third quarter. Malik Beasley also missed three 3-pointers in the final quarter and four shots overall. The Timberwolves actually only committed three turnovers in the final frame, but they just couldn’t make a damn shot. It shouldn’t be possible to lose a game like that, especially at home.

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Drop 12 points in the fourth quarter of a playoff game and it doesn’t matter how large your lead is through the first 36 minutes. Their season-long inability to secure defensive rebounds (Brandon Clarke—who was great—grabbed three of his team’s misses in the fourth quarter alone) and keep opponents off the free-throw line made it harder to play fast, too. Now, scoring the ball definitely matters, especially for a team that owned the NBA’s best offense in 2022. The Wolves also finished with a whopping 15 deflections and coaxed seven turnovers from Ja Morant, who wasn’t able to attack in transition, draw fouls or get downhill like he had been. In a series that still has a lot of basketball left in it, featuring two young, mutually inexperienced teams that have minimal playoff resumes, this has meaning. But in the spirit of classic postseason collapses like Clippers-Rockets and Jazz-Clippers before it, Minnesota’s massive lead soon evaporated and a historic comeback engraved itself in NBA lore.

The Memphis Grizzlies overcame two huge deficits in Game 3 to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves thanks to some understated hot shooting from Desmond Bane.

This fourth-quarter dagger in the corner effectively put the game away as Memphis outscored Minnesota 37-12 in the final frame to match the fourth-largest comeback in NBA playoff history. @DBane0625: 26 PTS, 6 REB, 7 3PM Memphis started the game down 12-0 and found themselves down 26 points in the first half and 25 in the second before going on significant runs to get back in the game before halftime and snatch a 2-1 series lead in the second half.

The Memphis Grizzlies stormed back from a 26-point deficit Thursday night to defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves 104-95 and take a 2-1 series lead.

"Luckily, the guys know the themes of this series -- we stay consistent in that area. Memphis outscored Minnesota 37-12 in the fourth quarter, and their aggressive defense played a decisive role in their rally. "[My teammates] deserve a lot more respect and recognition for what they do for us on the floor," said Morant, who shot just 5-of-18 for 16 points but added 10 rebounds and 10 assists. But in the final minute of the third quarter, the Grizzlies launched a 21-0 spurt that knotted the game at 83-83, with 8:33 remaining. The Grizzlies answered by shaving the Minnesota lead down to seven at halftime, but Minnesota answered with a dominant third quarter when it stretched the lead back to 25 points. The Grizzlies sent early double-teams at Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns but failed to account for the rest of the Timberwolves' attack.

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Trip was able to play well when he was in the game, but he needs to be out there for that to happen. He also realized that Tillman wasn’t giving you what you got in Game 2, so those minutes went to Clarke and Tyus in the second half. If he wasn’t grabbing the rebounds, he was getting a hand on it and doing what he could to keep the play alive. While most of the team couldn’t get a shot to fall, Bane was able to catch fire toward the end of the first half. Props to Head Coach Taylor Jenkins for making adjustments when needed and realizing that Steven Adams is more of a liability over a luxury in a series like this one. If the Grizzlies finish off the Timberwolves, then Golden State will be waiting for them, and he provides your best chance to trade buckets. It will be interesting to see if Jenkins goes with Clarke or Slo-Mo in Game 4. While Ja did finish with a triple-double, he struggled for the majority of the game. We have seen that Coach Taylor Jenkins is willing to tinker with the lineups if he feels its best for the team. In saying all of that, the Grizzlies comeback wouldn’t have happened without Ja. In the last minute of the third quarter, Ja flipped a switch. It looked as if the Minnesota Timberwolves were just too good and it would be OK to prepare for Game 4. Then something happened, the Grizzlies we had seen for the majority of the 82 games in the regular season showed up.

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Rodriguez, who was first linked to Padgett earlier this year, also appeared to support the Timberwolves on Thursday night, sharing a video of himself with fellow fans on Instagram. Padgett, a Dallas-based fitness professional, took to her Instagram Stories to share a photo of herself from the court inside the Target Center, a little over a week after she was spotted at a game with Rodriguez, who is a co-owner of the Minnesota franchise. Alex Rodriguez’s rumored gal pal Kathryne Padgett was back in Minnesota on Thursday night for Game 3 of the Timberwolves’ first-round playoff series against the Memphis Grizzlies.

The Minnesota Timberwolves and Memphis Grizzlies face off on Saturday at the Target Center in Game 4 of their NBA Playoffs series.

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