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Post by levine on Dec 6, 2023 12:16:34 GMT -6
Spurs are on a 14 game slide. This is exactly the kind of game we lost last year.
I do not expect that to happen tonight.
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Post by levine on Dec 6, 2023 12:23:51 GMT -6
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Post by wunderwolf on Dec 6, 2023 15:01:04 GMT -6
It would be nice if they can take care of business by end of 3rd quarter so Rudy, Bite Bite, KAT, and Ant can all sit and cheer for the bench guys..
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Post by levine on Dec 6, 2023 18:20:35 GMT -6
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Post by Nick K on Dec 6, 2023 18:40:29 GMT -6
I'm surprised he's playing. If there were ever a game to rest it's this one. I don't want to see him fall on that right hip tonight. I'll feel it at home.
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Post by jojo on Dec 6, 2023 19:31:25 GMT -6
Whole team is out of sync, especially Ant. Can’t buy a bucket. Guess days off created a lot of rust.
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Post by Nick K on Dec 6, 2023 19:47:12 GMT -6
Whole team is out of sync, especially Ant. Can’t buy a bucket. Guess days off created a lot of rust. Down by 7 at the half. MN Shooting 20% from 3 at 4 of 20. Reid is 0-4, Naw is 1 of 5, and TB Jr is 0 for 3.
Let's hope they get serious this 2nd half.
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Post by WolvesLife on Dec 6, 2023 20:26:08 GMT -6
Better 2nd half so far, little spurts of good play anyway. San Antonio not wanting to go down quietly.
Vassell is a nice piece for them, I think if him and Wetbananas get some better pieces around they can definitely make some noise
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Post by WolvesLife on Dec 6, 2023 20:59:54 GMT -6
That's another dub! Not a particularly pretty one at times but holy cow Rudy Gobert has been so good for us this year
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Post by jojo on Dec 6, 2023 21:06:03 GMT -6
Defense still great but shooting is a concern. Need Jaden back.
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Post by Nick K on Dec 6, 2023 21:06:35 GMT -6
If you didn't see the game try to get a replay and fast forward thru it. Rudy Gobert was really something. That's as good a game as I've ever seen him play. He took over defensively when we really needed it.
Rudy had 16 and 21 rebs. He's doing this year everything I had hoped from him when we made the deal.
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Post by araxen on Dec 6, 2023 21:07:40 GMT -6
If Rudy doesn't get MVP consideration this year, it will be a crime. He's by far our best player night it and night out. It's honestly not even close. He's literally keeping us close in games just by his defense alone.
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Post by jr on Dec 6, 2023 21:42:42 GMT -6
Towns had some shocking hustle plays. So very different than we had come to expect.
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Post by Nick K on Dec 6, 2023 21:57:53 GMT -6
Towns had some shocking hustle plays. So very different than we had come to expect. Yep. He had an off night for sure. It happens. I think he still had 14 and 10 but he had 6 turnovers. He didn't want to shoot the 3 either. Maybe he wasn't feeling it. I don't know.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2023 0:14:49 GMT -6
Prepare. To. Soar.
20 games in, 16-4. Just normal Wolves ball.
I can't believe the 3-17 Spurs aren't winning more despite clearly tanking?
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Post by jojo on Dec 7, 2023 6:32:22 GMT -6
Towns does a very good job guarding big men on the perimeter. He’s not good in post defense but there’s almost no one left to worry about on that score except for Embiid. And he’s rebounding better this year. Still with charges but at least he’s not whining about them.
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Post by stretcharmstrong on Dec 7, 2023 6:52:48 GMT -6
This would be a game we would have lost in years previous. There is fight in this team. I was only able to watch part of the first quarter as I had a Board meeting for 2 hours.
In years past, an off night on Offense would have resulted in a coasting night for the other team. Wemblestiltskins......... man he is skinny.
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Post by Nick K on Dec 7, 2023 11:09:42 GMT -6
This would be a game we would have lost in years previous. There is fight in this team. I was only able to watch part of the first quarter as I had a Board meeting for 2 hours. In years past, an off night on Offense would have resulted in a coasting night for the other team. Wemblestiltskins......... man he is skinny. Yep. That happens when you are like 9 feet tall.
You can just see the talent that kid has. Give him 3 years.
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Post by jr on Dec 7, 2023 11:18:38 GMT -6
This would be a game we would have lost in years previous. There is fight in this team. I was only able to watch part of the first quarter as I had a Board meeting for 2 hours. In years past, an off night on Offense would have resulted in a coasting night for the other team. Wemblestiltskins......... man he is skinny. Watching the spurs last night was like watching the Wolves of almost any year in memory. Looking good for a lot of the game while guys hustled and made shots, but somehow fading as the end approaches. The good teams always seemed to hit the necessary shots at the end and we seemed to start missing with 5-6 minutes to go. This year we're the good team. I think it is partly that we have a lot of guys who CAN make the important play/shot: Towns, Ant, Rudy, Naz, Naw, Conley, McD, and TB jr is showing something. In the past there have been only 2-3 guys who might inspire that confidence. This is fun being on the "expected to win" side!
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Post by kingsxman on Dec 7, 2023 12:13:55 GMT -6
Its interesting that as I was watching that game, normally I would be thinking "Yep...they're gonna F this up!". But last night, my mind said "They'll pull this out in the end". What a change.
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Post by quinn on Dec 7, 2023 12:19:45 GMT -6
If Rudy doesn't get MVP consideration this year, it will be a crime. He's by far our best player night it and night out. It's honestly not even close. He's literally keeping us close in games just by his defense alone. I don't think he would, which is a shame, but this has to be one of his best defensive seasons in the league, no? I find it hard to see the league giving MVP to a big that's not offensively dominant like Embiid or Jokic. Now, DPOY, he should be the heavy heavy favorite for right now. If he keeps this up and doesn't win DPOY, then yes, we can riot.
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Post by tmirvin on Dec 7, 2023 19:12:32 GMT -6
This would be a game we would have lost in years previous. There is fight in this team. I was only able to watch part of the first quarter as I had a Board meeting for 2 hours. In years past, an off night on Offense would have resulted in a coasting night for the other team. Wemblestiltskins......... man he is skinny. Yep. That happens when you are like 9 feet tall.
You can just see the talent that kid has. Give him 3 years.
He has to stay "too skinny" though to avoid major injury. I just can't imagine a guy that tall not getting hurt unless he keeps his weight down and the likelihood is still quite high he'll get injured still. He'll probably get wirey muscles like KG did, but I don't think he'll get thick.
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Post by stretcharmstrong on Dec 8, 2023 13:36:14 GMT -6
This would be a game we would have lost in years previous. There is fight in this team. I was only able to watch part of the first quarter as I had a Board meeting for 2 hours. In years past, an off night on Offense would have resulted in a coasting night for the other team. Wemblestiltskins......... man he is skinny. Yep. That happens when you are like 9 feet tall.
You can just see the talent that kid has. Give him 3 years.
If he doesn't injure knees like a long list of other tall and skinny players.
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Post by jr on Dec 8, 2023 13:55:29 GMT -6
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