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Post by levine on Jan 24, 2024 12:02:33 GMT -6
Minnesota QUESTIONABLE: Mike Conley (illness)
OUT: Jaylen Clark (right achilles tendon rupture rehab) Leonard Miller (G League assignment) Josh Minott (G League assignment)
Washington OUT: Jules Bernard (two-way contract) Jared Butler (two-way contract) Johnny Davis (G League assignment) Eugene Omoruyi (two-way contract)
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Post by kingsxman on Jan 24, 2024 12:05:50 GMT -6
I fully expect to win this game by 15 points or more. Number one, the team should be pissed and embarrassed after how they handled last game. Number 2, it will be a free throw line for the Wolves from the refs tonight after that 2 minute report came out. I just wish the NBA would make up for it with our OKC game or something instead of the wizards.
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Post by quinn on Jan 24, 2024 13:45:02 GMT -6
I didn't realize the Wolves haven't beat the Wizards since November 2, 2019. RoCo, Wigs, and Culver all had 20+ pts.
Gotta get a win...
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Post by XRaySpecs on Jan 24, 2024 14:15:40 GMT -6
The Wolves absolutely need to rebound from the debacle of the Hornets loss. Conley being questionable isn't great. I hope he doesn't push through it and play poorly because he's not game ready. Unlikely Conley would do that given how professional he is, but apparently he did that vs. Atlanta (played after just getting food poisoning) and had one of his worst games.
Need the win to avoid our first 3 game losing streak.
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Post by wunderwolf on Jan 24, 2024 15:36:03 GMT -6
I fully expect to win this game by 15 points or more. Number one, the team should be pissed and embarrassed after how they handled last game. Number 2, it will be a free throw line for the Wolves from the refs tonight after that 2 minute report came out. I just wish the NBA would make up for it with our OKC game or something instead of the wizards. Although I hope you are right, I do not expect it to be an easy game by any means. Most road games are tough in the NBA, and the Wolves are just not playing great right now (poor closing of games in 4th quarter when we have good leads, etc.) Considering they have back to back Thursday at New Jersey, it sure would be nice to have the game in hand so the starters can play fewer minutes.
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Post by levine on Jan 24, 2024 16:59:37 GMT -6
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Post by kingsxman on Jan 24, 2024 17:22:55 GMT -6
I actually think thats ok. this team needs to learn to play without him. And if he's all thats holding this team together...that also needs to be made obvious.
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Post by Nick K on Jan 24, 2024 19:13:44 GMT -6
Our bench is 3 for 15. Ant is 4 for 11, and Kat is 3 of 10.
We've committed 3 T.O's to their 10. We can't play much worse.
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Post by levine on Jan 24, 2024 19:17:24 GMT -6
Our bench is 3 for 15. Ant is 4 for 11, and Kat is 3 of 10. We've committed 3 T.O's to their 10. We can't play much worse. 3 turnovers is a revelation for this squad. You didn't even mention our defense. 59 points to a bottom 5 offense. Whatever we were doing to get that #1 ranking, it doesn;t appear to work anymore of late.
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Post by Nick K on Jan 24, 2024 20:42:39 GMT -6
We pick it up in the 2nd half for the win but still only 15 points from the bench. 41 points from their bench. Kat, Ant and Gobert really came through.
Kat 27 pts on 11 of 24. Ant with 38 on 11 of 28 and Rudy had 19 and 16 boards.
7 turnovers for us against 21 for them. Huge! Some good defensive moments but still not enough of them.
Jonny K is getting better on the post game interviews. Good for him!
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Post by jojo on Jan 25, 2024 9:33:02 GMT -6
I liked that KAT took 10 3s even if he only hit 2 of them. Maybe they’re finally getting through to him. Wolves took over 30 as a team but had poor percentage this time, which I’m also ok with. Incremental improvement.
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Post by kingsxman on Jan 25, 2024 12:19:07 GMT -6
I liked that KAT took 10 3s even if he only hit 2 of them. Maybe they’re finally getting through to him. Wolves took over 30 as a team but had poor percentage this time, which I’m also ok with. Incremental improvement. KAT played a really solid game tonight. Lots of really excellent lobs to Rudy, really good mix of driving vs 3s. And yes...I dont care that he missed so many 3's: HE TOOK 10!!!! Thats a revelation. He mention in his post game interview with Jonny K that "apparently they want me to take more 3's". Apparently the "take more 3's" memo went by carrier pigeon. I truly believe that the biggest part of opening up our offense is him taking more 3's. Re: Jonny K. Glad to see him expanding his profile around the league by doing the TV stuff. Now he's just gotta smile when he does it as he looks like someones got a gun pointed at him behind the camera. He's getting better every time I see him though. Good for him.
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Post by levine on Jan 25, 2024 12:27:09 GMT -6
Re: Jonny K. Glad to see him expanding his profile around the league by doing the TV stuff. Now he's just gotta smile when he does it as he looks like someones got a gun pointed at him behind the camera. He's getting better every time I see him though. Good for him. He's gone from absolutely terrified to really uncomfortable. Its a big step.
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Post by jojo on Jan 25, 2024 15:41:27 GMT -6
I liked that KAT took 10 3s even if he only hit 2 of them. Maybe they’re finally getting through to him. Wolves took over 30 as a team but had poor percentage this time, which I’m also ok with. Incremental improvement. KAT played a really solid game tonight. Lots of really excellent lobs to Rudy, really good mix of driving vs 3s. And yes...I dont care that he missed so many 3's: HE TOOK 10!!!! Thats a revelation. He mention in his post game interview with Jonny K that "apparently they want me to take more 3's". Apparently the "take more 3's" memo went by carrier pigeon. I truly believe that the biggest part of opening up our offense is him taking more 3's. Re: Jonny K. Glad to see him expanding his profile around the league by doing the TV stuff. Now he's just gotta smile when he does it as he looks like someones got a gun pointed at him behind the camera. He's getting better every time I see him though. Good for him. Didn’t see the post game but the “apparently” remark shows just how hard it is to get through to him. It’s like he’s oblivious. I get the feeling Finch is getting fed up and will start being less of a “players coach”. They’ve got a golden opportunity this year and it’s time to stop treating guys with kid gloves.
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Post by Nick K on Jan 25, 2024 16:18:06 GMT -6
KAT played a really solid game tonight. Lots of really excellent lobs to Rudy, really good mix of driving vs 3s. And yes...I dont care that he missed so many 3's: HE TOOK 10!!!! Thats a revelation. He mention in his post game interview with Jonny K that "apparently they want me to take more 3's". Apparently the "take more 3's" memo went by carrier pigeon. I truly believe that the biggest part of opening up our offense is him taking more 3's. Re: Jonny K. Glad to see him expanding his profile around the league by doing the TV stuff. Now he's just gotta smile when he does it as he looks like someones got a gun pointed at him behind the camera. He's getting better every time I see him though. Good for him. Didn’t see the post game but the “apparently” remark shows just how hard it is to get through to him. It’s like he’s oblivious. I get the feeling Finch is getting fed up and will start being less of a “players coach”. They’ve got a golden opportunity this year and it’s time to stop treating guys with kid gloves. Think about this realistically. When Kat said "apparently they want me to take more three's". Maybe they never demanded he do it. I just think Kat is trying to be a team player and not dominate the ball. Kat can't win no matter what he does. Haters hate.
I hope you're right with the Finch being less a players coach. Early in the season when they started out bad on the defensive end, Finch had entire practices of only defense. He needs to do that again to get them to re-focus. Better yet have them do that on their day off. That will get their attention.
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Post by kingsxman on Jan 25, 2024 18:07:40 GMT -6
Didn’t see the post game but the “apparently” remark shows just how hard it is to get through to him. It’s like he’s oblivious. I get the feeling Finch is getting fed up and will start being less of a “players coach”. They’ve got a golden opportunity this year and it’s time to stop treating guys with kid gloves. Think about this realistically. When Kat said "apparently they want me to take more three's". Maybe they never demanded he do it. I just think Kat is trying to be a team player and not dominate the ball. Kat can't win no matter what he does. Haters hate.
I hope you're right with the Finch being less a players coach. Early in the season when they started out bad on the defensive end, Finch had entire practices of only defense. He needs to do that again to get them to re-focus. Better yet have them do that on their day off. That will get their attention.
I think to a certain degree this is true. For certain things he's been the consumate team guy. New players always love him. He's a great teamate and he was the one who did the most to make Rudy fit in and feel welcome. He's always been asked to do more than others when it comes to changing his game or doing something different. I do applaud all that. But shoot more g**damn 3's.
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