Karl-Anthony Towns Feels Compelled to Turn Into Joel Embiid, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Nikola Jokic to Beat Ja Morant?s Grizzlies

The Minnesota Timberwolves started their first round of the playoffs just how they planned. They won the first game in the 7 game series against the Memphis Grizzlies. Both Karl-Anthony Towns and Anthony Edwards dropped brilliant performances to get them over the line. However, they have not been as effective in the following two games.

The Grizzlies have taken the lead by winning the following two games. Ja Morant has proved his worth after a few doubts from people if the Grizzlies play better with or without Ja. And if anything, Ja has proved just how important he is to his team. Unsurprisingly, in the first game he scored 32 points but it was a more complete performance in the second. He looked like a team player and guided his team to a convincing blowout victory. In the 3rd game Ja produced a triple double.

The Grizzlies showed resilience as they came back from a 26 point deficit. Ja Morant went off with 16 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds. Where Ja Morant shined in all three games, Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns both struggled in the 3rd game. Edwards still got 22 points which looked decent, but KAT could only manage a mere 8 points. He also only had 1 assist and 5 rebounds. A player of his quality knows exactly how bad that performance was and has claimed that he needs to do a lot better.

Karl-Anthony Towns introspects and asks more from himself

KAT and the Timberwolves jumped out to double digit leads twice in the game but gave them both away cheaply to an inspired Grizzlies led by Ja. They were in the lead by at least 25 points twice in the game and they gave it away both times. Individually as well, Karl-Anthony Towns had a poor game, underperforming by a mile. However, he knows how bad the game 3 was for Minnesota and aims for better things, especially from himself.

KAT said that he knew how bad that performance was and he needs to ?elevate? himself to do better than that. He compared himself with Joel Embiid, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokic and Christian Wood. Towns said that he needed to be more like them, who lead their teams to victories and come in clutch when the teams require them the most. He said that he needs to do exactly that because as he said, ?That?s what my team needs.??

Although this comment made a lot of sense yet the one which he made just before this did not and he got criticized for it.

KAT has all the weapons in his arsenal, all the attributes to become the leader of the Timberwolves and, in turn someone that can take the league by storm. However, that has not been the case most times. All is not lost yet for them as they still have everything to play for. The battle between two young sides will be even more exciting in the remaining games of the series.