Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Cities wasn’t intrigued in talking about his absence of offense soon after Minnesota blew a 26-issue guide in a 104-95 Game 3 reduction to the Grizzlies on Thursday. He had wine on his mind instead.
Soon after Memphis took a 2-1 series direct over Minnesota, Cities was requested about trying just four photographs in Activity 3.
“Next dilemma,” said the Timberwolves star, who finished with 8 factors, five rebounds, 5 blocks, a single support and 5 fouls in 33 minutes. “Go home, consume some wine and move on to the up coming day.
“I mean that is really straightforward. Just decompress. Just go home and keep in mind what bought us here. Recall what received me in this article. … It’s our help procedure, our function and every other, and we just acquired to lean on that.”
Cities has been typically a non-factor on the offensive conclusion in the to start with-round collection, with just 11 shot attempts in the past two games.
“This is a challenging just one. It’s seriously rough,” Towns stated. “We’re heading to regroup and then get all set.”
The Timberwolves will need to have a lot a lot more from their star middle if they hope to upset the 2nd-seeded Grizzlies and Ja Morant, who recorded a triple double in Recreation 3. Soon after the match, Charles Barkley expressed his disappoint in Cities, declaring that he could not think the solutions the former very first-spherical pick gave to reporters.
“Dude, this is two occasions in the very last 7 days in playoff cases you get far more fouls than points and rebounds and your response is, ‘Next problem. I’ll just go drink me some wine.’ That is bogus. That’s overall B.S.,” Barkley explained on TNT. “You had been the No. 1 select in the draft. You’re intended to be a franchise player … you’ve obtained to play greater, guy. There is under no circumstances an excuse for a dude that is an All-Star … I picked Minnesota to gain this sequence mainly because they obtained talent, but they acquired no brains in anyway.”
Barkley went on to scold Timberwolves mentor Chris Finch for not contacting a timeout when they Grizzlies went on a 21- operate late in the third and early fourth.
The Timberwolves, nevertheless, weren’t constantly in jeopardy all through the game. Towns was talking trash in the huddle when the Timberwolves were being up 26 in the second quarter and then by 25 details in the 3rd.
“Yeah, we in Minnesota now,” Cities stated to his teammates. “Like I mentioned soon after [Game 2] to the media, [all right] neat, we got to appear back again to our household now. I only noticed them at their household.”
Morant reposted the movie to Twitter, trolling Towns’ comments. “We in Minnesota now,” he tweeted, including a smiling experience emoji.
Game 4 is established for Saturday at 10 p.m. ET in Minnesota.
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