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Wolves Playoff Seeding Race Thread
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- weimy froob
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Re: Wolves Playoff Seeding Race Thread
they know what doesn't work--now it's time to find out what will work. the right adjustment and this can/will be a competitive series. finch has to figure it out and then get his team to do it. they should be all ears after getting their butts whipped in three straight games.
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Its kinda of a weird thought, but maybe today was a good thing that happened. Wake some people up. Come out focused in the first. The Suns have gotten cooked by teams they took for granted, 1-3 against the Spurs this year, lost to Washington etc etc. Maybe they come into this very overconfident and go in to what they have done all year, think they can just win by showing u p and flipping a switch.weimy froob wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:46 pmthey know what doesn't work--now it's time to find out what will work. the right adjustment and this can/will be a competitive series. finch has to figure it out and then get his team to do it. they should be all ears after getting their butts whipped in three straight games.
The Suns are a Jekel and Hyde team. Their season leads me to believe they are ready for some stinkers against us.
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Re: Wolves Playoff Seeding Race Thread
I would hope that coaching can cure an assortment of terrible turnovers for the first halfweimy froob wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:46 pmthey know what doesn't work--now it's time to find out what will work. the right adjustment and this can/will be a competitive series. finch has to figure it out and then get his team to do it. they should be all ears after getting their butts whipped in three straight games.
I'm not an NBA coach, tho
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Re: Wolves Playoff Seeding Race Thread
contenders or pretenders? we're going to find out right away.
Karl-Anthony Towns believes the test of Phoenix in Round 1 is best for the Timberwolves. Here’s why
Karl-Anthony Towns believes the test of Phoenix in Round 1 is best for the Timberwolves. Here’s why
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- LwnmwrMan222
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Karl's far from mentally tough.
Even Al Horton said today "probably not the best time to flex when you're down by 18 Karl" after he hit a 3.
The big guys can't defend Phoenix, they're too slow.
If I was Finch, I would start with small ball. Something completely different.
It's obvious status quo ain't working since they are what, 2-21 against PHX?
I'd definitely start NAW over Jaden.
Jmac V Connelly? It's a bit of a coin flip, but I think Connelly might be running out of gas.
Maybe he's conserving for the playoffs? But man, I think I'd do some serious changes in the starting line up, try to catch PHX off guard with a completely different game plan, and bring some starters off the bench to play against PHX's rotation players.
I'll also admit I didn't watch the last 4 games, just listened to them on the radio with prior commitments, so maybe what I was told by Horton isn't what actually played out.
Even Al Horton said today "probably not the best time to flex when you're down by 18 Karl" after he hit a 3.
The big guys can't defend Phoenix, they're too slow.
If I was Finch, I would start with small ball. Something completely different.
It's obvious status quo ain't working since they are what, 2-21 against PHX?
I'd definitely start NAW over Jaden.
Jmac V Connelly? It's a bit of a coin flip, but I think Connelly might be running out of gas.
Maybe he's conserving for the playoffs? But man, I think I'd do some serious changes in the starting line up, try to catch PHX off guard with a completely different game plan, and bring some starters off the bench to play against PHX's rotation players.
I'll also admit I didn't watch the last 4 games, just listened to them on the radio with prior commitments, so maybe what I was told by Horton isn't what actually played out.
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Re: Wolves Playoff Seeding Race Thread
We don't have the offense to keep up with the Suns. If we don't bring an insane defensive effort, we will lose.
That being said, Wolves in 6.
That being said, Wolves in 6.
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+900 for Suns sweep.
+4300 for a Suns/Suns/Wolves/Suns/Suns
+5500 for a Suns/Suns/Suns/Wolves/Suns
+4300 for a Suns/Suns/Wolves/Suns/Suns
+5500 for a Suns/Suns/Suns/Wolves/Suns
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Re: Wolves Playoff Seeding Race Thread
Starting on Jan 22nd and over the next two weeks we blew double digit 4th quarter leads to Charlotte, San Antonio, Orlando and Chicago. I think in all of those games we were up 20+ in the 3rd quarter. I said it then, this team had no clue how to play with a big lead and smartly close out a game, and those games were going to cost us...and here we are.
This team peaked in December when they were absolutely phenomenal.I have no clue what happened to them?
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We don’t have an answer when they start tripling Ant. We get stripped often in this scenario or other teams just play the passing lane on the kick outs. We haven’t had focus since the All-Star weekend consistently. We sleepwalk into the 1stQ. Connelly brought it up today-said we get over confident, let our egos get in the way, focus on refs instead of handling what they are doing wrong, etc. part of it’s definitely maturity. Don’t go lefty..don’t think you can just flip a switch..don’t think you can just wait for the 3 to start dropping. We lean on the 3 ball % way too much. Like Chuck said months ago “when you make your 3’s you win. When you don’t, you lose”. That’s called being one dimensional. That’s easy as hell to guard in the NBA. That’s been us since January. Every game we have been down 15+ early, that has been us. If we don’t start driving the lane with authority and start forcing refs whistles we won’t go far. The league has us figured out, we better pull the heads out and acknowledge that. I hope the team isn’t too proud to admit it, and change accordingly.A$$MAN wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:58 pmStarting on Jan 22nd and over the next two weeks we blew double digit 4th quarter leads to Charlotte, San Antonio, Orlando and Chicago. I think in all of those games we were up 20+ in the 3rd quarter. I said it then, this team had no clue how to play with a big lead and smartly close out a game, and those games were going to cost us...and here we are.
This team peaked in December when they were absolutely phenomenal.I have no clue what happened to them?
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Yeah, well, then not watching the game caused the Wolves to lose. I hope you're happy, you selfish shit!
Like that, y'all, pop some more shit.
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Re: Wolves Playoff Seeding Race Thread
Should be a couple of great games tonight and super interesting to watch.
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