MEMPHIS – The Timberwolves said all the right things ahead of Tuesday's 124-96 blowout at the hands of the Memphis Grizzlies.
They said they weren't satisfied with just winning Game 1, how they would be ready for a turbocharged Grizzlies team to amp up the intensity and make adjustments.
It was all just talk.
The Grizzlies backed up their talk and responded like a No. 2 seed should while all of the Wolves' warts were on display.
Everything the Wolves did right on Saturday — control the glass, hit from outside, Karl-Anthony Towns keeping himself out of foul trouble — they couldn't do Tuesday at all or until it was too late.