Locking down Ja Morant critical to Timberwolves' playoff success

Wolves center Karl-Anthony Towns attempted to stop fellow All-Star Ja Morant as the Grizzlies guard drove to the basket late in Saturday’s playoff game at Target Center.A little after midnight Sunday, two days after coughing up a big lead in a Game 3 loss, the Timberwolves evened their first-round NBA playoff series at two games each with a gritty 119-118 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies.

And here is one very big reason: Ja Morant's performance.

Morant had 15 assists to go with 11 points in Saturday night's game at Target Center. But he needed 13 shots to score those 11 points, making only four. And he got to the free throw line just three times. Yet again in this back-and-forth series, one…