Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Cities wasn’t involved in discussing his lack of offense after Minnesota blew a 26-point lead in a 104-95 Sport 3 loss to the Grizzlies on Thursday. He had wine on his thoughts as an alternative.
After Memphis took a 2-1 sequence lead over Minnesota, Cities was requested about making an attempt simply 4 photographs in Sport 3.
“Subsequent query,” stated the Timberwolves star, who completed with eight factors, 5 rebounds, 5 blocks, one help and 5 fouls in 33 minutes. “Go house, drink some wine and transfer on to the subsequent day.
“I imply that’s actually easy. Simply decompress. Simply go house and keep in mind what received us right here. Keep in mind what received me right here. … It’s our assist system, our work and one another, and we simply received to lean on that.”
Cities has been largely a non-factor on the offensive finish within the first-round sequence, with simply 11 shot makes an attempt up to now two video games.
“This can be a robust one. It’s actually robust,” Cities stated. “We’re going to regroup after which prepare.”
The Timberwolves will want far more from their star heart in the event that they hope to upset the second-seeded Grizzlies and Ja Morant, who recorded a triple double in Sport 3. After the sport, Charles Barkley expressed his disappoint in Cities, saying that he couldn’t imagine the solutions the previous first-round decide gave to reporters.
“Dude, that is two occasions within the final week in playoff conditions you get extra fouls than factors and rebounds and your reply is, ‘Subsequent query. I’ll simply go drink me some wine.’ That’s bogus. That’s complete B.S.,” Barkley stated on TNT. “You have been the No. 1 decide within the draft. You’re imagined to be a franchise participant … you’ve received to play higher, man. There may be by no means an excuse for a man that’s an All-Star … I picked Minnesota to win this sequence as a result of they received expertise, however they received no brains in any respect.”
Barkley went on to scold Timberwolves coach Chris Finch for not calling a timeout after they Grizzlies went on a 21-0 run late within the third and early fourth.
The Timberwolves, although, weren’t all the time in jeopardy in the course of the recreation. Cities was speaking trash within the huddle when the Timberwolves have been up 26 within the second quarter after which by 25 factors within the third.
“Yeah, we in Minnesota now,” Cities stated to his teammates. “Like I stated after [Game 2] to the media, [all right] cool, we received to return again to our home now. I solely seen them at their home.”
Morant reposted the video to Twitter, trolling Cities’ feedback. “We in Minnesota now,” he tweeted, including a smiling face emoji.
Sport 4 is ready for Saturday at 10 p.m. ET in Minnesota.
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