@DaneMooreNBA Only Naz showing up to play tonight? More of the same from the rest of the team
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Clean action for the Wolves' 5-out offense: Shannon, who is being guarded by Wemby, screens for Dosunmu, Wemby switches onto Dosunmu, immediately find a cutting Naz Reid for the finish with Wemby not there to defend the rim.
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@SmallCapKing2 Seems like they are bleeding cash and have a ton of debt.. not sure how they come out this
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$SPRY indicating down >10% premarket. Revs beat, but mkt share flattish in the mid-4%'s for a while. THAT's been the bear thesis. HOWEVER, today's release states CVS Caremark deal should be signed in June. This would be HUGE to lift share. I'm a dip buyer today - and I own a lot.
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@Huncho_Jman Watching this possession live I wasn’t sure why Rudy didn’t switch onto Wemby sooner
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@jordandw22 @KyleTheige Same with OKC and Dallas series. Refusal to change it up while watching the team lose the exact same way every time. Last year he should’ve given TSJ some burn but was too stuck in his ways
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@KyleTheige It’s Déjà vu of OKC. Finch unwilling to see writing on the wall and take a big swing. Fans have seen enough evidence if it goes poorly but at least try something. Otherwise just resigning to our inabilities. The blowouts are more than enough cause to grow a pair.
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Changing the starting lineup (and/or benching someone) risks losing that player… mentally.
Not changing the starting lineup (and/or benching someone) risks losing the series… literally.
We’ll see what happens on Friday.
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@sportssmartnew @KyleTheige I feel like those guys would just drive into the paint and get turned back every time if Wemby is out there
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@KyleTheige Could you tell me if a lineup of bones, AYO, and TSJ would jump start the O with their speed? I’m curious if they have even been on the floor together. Seems like a no brainer to me
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The starting lineup has to change for Game 6. No-brainer.
But if your answer to the Spurs problem is to give other guys on the bench opportunities, we simply aren’t watching the same sport.
Minnesota has 7 playable players in this series. Have to find the right combinations.
Kyle Theige@KyleTheige
Changing the starting lineup (and/or benching someone) risks losing that player… mentally. Not changing the starting lineup (and/or benching someone) risks losing the series… literally. We’ll see what happens on Friday.
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Naz bully balls Wemby for a score to end the 1st Quarter, something of a statement shot.
Down 4 after a quarter that could've been more like down 15.
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@jweyhrauch1 @DaneMooreNBA He coached a good game but he shoulda burned one on that bad inbounds pass when nobody was moving
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@DaneMooreNBA FINCH BROUGHT 2 TIMEOUTS HOME WITH HIM!😂😂😂
Shit is unreal.
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A lot of things are going wrong for the Wolves, and they trail by just 3 after 3.
Broadly, Shannon looking like he can handle a great deal of playmaking responsibility is enormous.
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@PDWolves @happyjoelucky 3 and-1 3PM in like 2 minutes, THJ celebrating a charge, ant looked banged up, I was preparing to go to sleep. And then they just kept chipping away
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@happyjoelucky yeah, I crashed out pretty bad myself. There was absolutely no reason for hope in that moment.
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tweeted this a few days ago, but an odd part of this year is that the season ended in the 1st Quarter of Game 2, yet somehow also began in the 2nd Quarter of Game 2. You say that's impossible, and yet it's what happened.
Jon Krawczynski@JonKrawczynski
A reminder: When Game 1 was over, the Nuggets had won 13 straight games. Heavy, heavy favorites over the Wolves. Minnesota took 4 of the next 5, holding the Nuggets under 100 in three of them.
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@DaneMooreNBA Does Julius Randle have a built in trigger that stops the momentum anytime after TSJ makes a big play
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Finch went with all three of Gobert, Randle and Reid for 8 minutes in the 1st half -- and they won those minutes 22 to 11 (+11).
Naz-at-the-3 is the plan without Edwards, DiVincenzo, Dosunmu and Anderson.
Dane Moore@DaneMooreNBA
The Wolves had a net rating of +29.3 when all three of Gobert, Randle and Reid were on the floor together during the regular season -- though it was only for 123 possessions. Looks like we might get a heavy dosage of that look tonight.
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@adukeMN @Huncho_Jman You could tell he hesitated to even throw it lol
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Mike Conley on if he was trying to start trouble at the end of the game passing it up to Jaden McDaniels
“(Laughs) nah that was a slip up, that’s all on me I take the blame… as soon as I threw it I looked and I was like “ah it’s Jaden” I almost put my hands on my head and I was like “maybe he won’t” and then as soon as I saw him when the ball kind of bounced a couple times “it’s over man” you can even see me like lower my head”
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@skogers03 @JonKrawczynski Follows up 3 good possessions with his patented reckless drive and hero ball
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@JaceFrederick Just sadness. Went from having the nuggets on the ropes to tanking in 2027
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Wolves down 4 at the half
That ... doesn't feel entirely relevant at the moment given the other events of the half
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@jrborman13 Donte hurt, Naz holding his shoulder.. finch is going to need to bring in some better firepower than Conley and Anderson
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Shoutout Julius Randle too. Our second star, zero chance in that game without him.
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@JaceFrederick What got into Randle - his effort multiplied out of nowhere
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Wolves postseason solution does again appear to play spread PnR offense without Gobert on the floor
(And it looks unstoppable)
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@JonKrawczynski I think Denver would score every single possession if they did a Jokic Murray pick and roll. These guys have no idea how to guard that. And they can’t score. This result is one year too late, they got bailed out with injured opponents last year
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And so ends the most mentally unhinged quarter of Wolves basketball in recent memory. They should be down 30 right now.
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I don't agree with all of the calls, but I mean we do have to concede that the Nuggets run good offense, the Wolves run shitty offense, and one of those things is more likely to get favorable whistles.
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@JakePaynting What if they tried throwing Jaylen Clark out there from time to time
Although I think ultimately unless Naz and Julius can be factors nothing will matter
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Matchup data is notoriously noisy but here’s the closest defender numbers for the Wolves vs Jamal Murray in game one.
McDaniels:
35 possessions
11 pts
2-7 FG
7 FT
4 ast
1 to
36 team points
Ayo:
18 possessions
4 pts
2-3 FG
0 FT
1 ast
0 to
24 team points
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With the win, the Wolves Magic Number is down to 1. The next Wolves win or Suns loss, clinches a playoff spot and top-6 seed.
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