Minnesota Timberwolves Are SURVIVING by Beating Bad Teams | Time to PANIC Over Losing to Good Teams?
The Minnesota Timberwolves continued their early-season trend over the weekend: beating a bad team and losing to a good team. Ben Beecken (@bbeecken) explains why it’s not quite time to panic about the Wolves’ trajectory. Plus, looking ahead to more inferior opponents, breaking down what happened in the loss to the Denver Nuggets, and previewing the matchup against the Dallas Mavericks.
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8 Comments
No excuses but back to back are never easy for any teams
Ant played like ass and DD not much better. Shit happens – especially on a BtB – even to MVPs. 13-5 on TG after beating OKC will be great – so would 12-6! Should have given Berenger a few minutes – especially in BtB. If/when Rudy goes down we are going to need big minutes from him. There is absolutely nothing to worry about! Ant is top 5 player in league, Randle is playing like All Star Julius, Jaden has improved his game which was already very good, Naz is back to his 6th man of year level, DD has played great – is amazing 4th option despite having to wear mask and Rudy has been great. We have a solid and deep bench with Naz, Mike, Clark, Shannon, Rob, Bones and Berenger.
lmao Denver was down two starters brah
Man I miss NAW. I think they should have kept NAW and got rid of Naz. NAW is feasting in Atlanta averaging 17ppg. Naz is way too streaky and he SUCKS at defense. I'd rather have a pg NAW then a streaky naz. 3 or 4 years ago they lost 18 games to teams below 500
casual play….
waaaaaay too many sloppy casual turnovers. it's not practice, guys.
You are what Denver was last season. Might get better after a trade or in the Playoffs.
Wolves should learn how to actually play basketball. They’ve only been good at “being physical” (aka hacking and fouling without the whistle being blown) and chucking 3’s. Halfcourt offense and shot creation has always been horrible & tough to watch.
Let’s look at the excuses:
-2nd night of a B2B (nevermind the facts that both were at home & Denver was missing 2 starters)
-MN shot a low 3P% (maybe they were chucking them up because MN halfcourt offense is putrid & can’t break it down effectively?)
-ANT had his worst game of the season (if you’re a real superstar, this does not happen)
-15 FTA differential (that’s what happens when you are getting bullied on the boards & hack the shit out of guys at the rim)