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Post by darko on Apr 14, 2024 13:54:51 GMT -6
Terrible call on Kat there.
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Post by darko on Apr 14, 2024 14:04:25 GMT -6
Might need to start Kyle at point.
Suns on fire.
Suns d is amazing, gonna be tough to break. What a back breaker, should have been a turnover on Book.
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Post by darko on Apr 14, 2024 14:06:55 GMT -6
J-Mac and Kyle gonna have to get the rock moving.
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Post by darko on Apr 14, 2024 14:07:47 GMT -6
What a pass!
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Post by darko on Apr 14, 2024 14:08:43 GMT -6
Nurkic pulling out the Draymond screens.
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Post by Nick K on Apr 14, 2024 14:13:20 GMT -6
We've committed 13 turnovers!!!! Shot 3 ft's. Doesn't seem like we were ready to play or take the game seriously. Do we want to finish 3rd?
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Post by darko on Apr 14, 2024 14:16:51 GMT -6
This type of d is what we needed to figure out all year, even more so since the change in officiating.
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Post by darko on Apr 14, 2024 14:30:21 GMT -6
If the officiating was called this way, I’m not sure you’re building an o that requires all guys driving like we have. Naz, McD, Kat, even Mike could have a heck of a time now. That’s why teams used to have to have point guards and an offense to generate clean looks.
The drive and kick flow thing followed FOM, in theory it should be much more difficult to do if guys can defend again, and more importantly cut drives off.
What would Utah do when The Blender was cut off?
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Post by darko on Apr 14, 2024 14:36:41 GMT -6
OKC will be interesting in the playoffs too now.
Great job cutting the lead. This would be an outstanding opportunity for Finch to make his case for Coach of the Year second half.
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Post by darko on Apr 14, 2024 15:10:01 GMT -6
Ten point game!
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Post by darko on Apr 14, 2024 15:27:50 GMT -6
Bad reach and charge by Kat, Rudy putting Suns in foul trouble keeping us alive. Trying to punish switching.
I feel like that year Kat was driving on terrible teams and dominating has been a problem for us ever since.
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Post by darko on Apr 14, 2024 15:39:20 GMT -6
3 seed it is, see the Suns in a week.
Wolves brain trust has their work cut out for them. In terms of ball moving would try Leo Miller here, see what it looks like. What would we have to lose?
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Post by Nick K on Apr 14, 2024 15:44:47 GMT -6
PHX has our number. I can take a loss but to lose this way is more than disappointing. It just didn't look like we cared.
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Post by levine on Apr 14, 2024 15:46:43 GMT -6
Are we even going to be favored in R1?
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Post by stretcharmstrong on Apr 14, 2024 15:48:21 GMT -6
Looks like the team mailed this game in before it started for some reason. That or KAT has messed up all the chemistry. I would of had him off the bench these last two games.
rob
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Post by darko on Apr 14, 2024 15:53:04 GMT -6
It’s really not a new problem. Probably should see if there’s anything we can glean from Cav’s O when they had Double R, Garland, Mobley, Mark, and Allen, and how they dealt with good shell d.
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Post by darko on Apr 14, 2024 15:56:05 GMT -6
Cedi Osman and his cutting comes to mind, also envisioning some Mark operating above the elbow.
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Post by jojo on Apr 14, 2024 16:49:09 GMT -6
They definitely figured out how to guard Ant and that led to the whole team becoming discombobulated. I’m sure everyone will be picking suns now and that may not be a bad thing for the Wolves. They have enough options to figure things out. I’d probably have KAT coming off the bench and go to more switching on D.
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Post by araxen on Apr 14, 2024 17:02:51 GMT -6
Having no structured offense really hurts this team. The Suns pass the ball freely and run set plays. Things we rarely if ever do. We are screwed.
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Post by langcow on Apr 14, 2024 17:26:59 GMT -6
Are we even going to be favored in R1? I don’t think we’ll be favored even if we win the first two home games!
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Post by tmirvin on Apr 14, 2024 17:47:57 GMT -6
Officiating was tough to overcome in the first half. Phoenix didn't miss many shots and the wolves had too many turnovers. Finch has a week to get it figured out. I'm sure Phoenix is pretty confident, time for the Wolves to sneak up on them.
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Post by WolvesLife on Apr 14, 2024 17:49:06 GMT -6
Officially suns-wolves for the 3-6 matchup. Well, it was a fun season, but we're gonna get swept now so, ciao!
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Post by levine on Apr 14, 2024 18:10:38 GMT -6
Officiating was tough to overcome in the first half. Phoenix didn't miss many shots and the wolves had too many turnovers. Finch has a week to get it figured out. I'm sure Phoenix is pretty confident, time for the Wolves to sneak up on them. Officiating? Nurkic picked up 4 fouls in 15 minutes and we went the to line 31 times to their 18. Pretty sure we doubled them up in FTAs in the first half.
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Post by langcow on Apr 14, 2024 20:00:03 GMT -6
Officially suns-wolves for the 3-6 matchup. Well, it was a fun season, but we're gonna get swept now so, ciao! I don’t think we’re getting swept but I’ll also be surprised if we can win 4 out of 7. We’ll probably win 2.
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Post by darko on Apr 14, 2024 20:02:28 GMT -6
Wolves have played kind of that aggressive style shell, I feel like most teams that is what you're trying to do limit drives into the paint. For Suns that starts with Book and Beal. KD isn't as difficult to keep in front of you, might have to live with him going ham from the mid range if we can curb some of the driving.
But yeah, to me this is about our O. Last time Wolves looked that rough on O was last Suns game, without Kat btw, and second half of that Nugs game. I don't believe you can solve d, with out correcting our offense right now, against a d, that really we've known is a problem for us, and teams will likely employ come playoff time.
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