Game 31: Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Los Angeles Lakers

Post #1 » by **Domejandro** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:21 am

Blackouts are cringe, so I'm having to watch streams that are two minutes behind. Good job, NBA!

KGdaBom · Post #2 » by **KGdaBom** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:22 am

One thing that does drive me crazy about our team is that we tend to fall behind in almost every game. We usually turn it around and win. As I type this we are behind 17-6.

KGdaBom · Post #3 » by **KGdaBom** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:22 am

Domejandro wrote:Blackouts are cringe, so I'm having to watch streams that are two minutes behind. Good job, NBA!

Simultaneous opening of the game thread. :lol:

KGdaBom · Post #4 » by **KGdaBom** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:23 am

Rudy Rudy Rudy !!!!!!!!!!!

KGdaBom · Post #5 » by **KGdaBom** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:31 am

Naz and Rudy keeping us afloat.

Post #6 » by **Domejandro** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:33 am

Anthony Edwards is doing much better at flopping into players for free-throws. Sucks to have to do it, but it is good that he is!

KGdaBom · Post #7 » by **KGdaBom** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:34 am

Why is Brow allowed to constantly fend off his defender with his off arm. He does it every play.

KGdaBom · Post #8 » by **KGdaBom** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:37 am

I love how Ant knows how to shoot bank shots. It's practically a forgotten skill in the NBA, but scientifically proven to have a better chance of going in.

KGdaBom · Post #9 » by **KGdaBom** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:38 am

Dome good merging, but it's actually the Lakers at the Wolves.

Post #10 » by **Domejandro** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:42 am

Minnesota looks horrible when Mike Conley is not in the game. It is legitimately a serious problem.

winforlose · Post #11 » by **winforlose** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:50 am

Domejandro wrote:Minnesota looks horrible when Mike Conley is not in the game. It is legitimately a serious problem.

I love Karl, but they look horrible when he is on the floor tonight. He has been struggling the last few and tonight is just not his night.

Post #12 » by **Domejandro** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:59 am

Hate to see that injury, very rare for Anthony Edwards to not try to play through an ankle roll.

EDIT: Whelp, he's back in forty seconds. :lol:

winforlose · Post #13 » by **winforlose** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 2:05 am

Domejandro wrote:Hate to see that injury, very rare for Anthony Edwards to not try to play through an ankle roll.

EDIT: Whelp, he's back in forty seconds.

The look on AD’s face when Ant yanks him priceless.

Post #14 » by **Domejandro** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 2:12 am

Not a fan of Anthony Edwards refusing to leave the game with three fouls. That isn't his call to make.

KGdaBom · Post #15 » by **KGdaBom** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 2:16 am

Domejandro wrote:Not a fan of Anthony Edwards refusing to leave the game with three fouls. That isn't his call to make.

I get where you're coming from, but if Jordan had done this and I think he did, it would have been considered praiseworthy.

winforlose · Post #16 » by **winforlose** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 2:18 am

You’re both right. Ant was disrespectful to Finch. But with 25 seconds left the odds of Ant getting a foul are very low.

KGdaBom · Post #17 » by **KGdaBom** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 2:18 am

I love that Ant took 5 FTs in the first half and made them all. If he is ever going to be an MVP he will have to continue this.

winforlose · Post #18 » by **winforlose** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 2:20 am

I need KAT to wake up. He doesn’t need to be our best player tonight, but he cannot be our worst. Ant and Jaden both need to play carefully with the foul trouble, and Mike is gonna need some screen help to get open. Cannot let V8 take him away (I refuse to call him V2.)

Post #19 » by **Domejandro** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 2:22 am

KGdaBom wrote:
Domejandro wrote:Not a fan of Anthony Edwards refusing to leave the game with three fouls. That isn't his call to make.

I get where you're coming from, but if Jordan had done this and I think he did, it would have been considered praiseworthy.

Yeah, because people like to be wrong. It's a "three fouls at the end of the half" situation, there is absolutely zero reason for Anthony Edwards to be publicly upending his coach because of his ego. It's dumb and selfish, just an immature play.

MN7725 · Post #20 » by **MN7725** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 2:26 am

Domejandro wrote:
KGdaBom wrote:
Domejandro wrote:Not a fan of Anthony Edwards refusing to leave the game with three fouls. That isn't his call to make.

I get where you're coming from, but if Jordan had done this and I think he did, it would have been considered praiseworthy.

Yeah, because people like to be wrong. It's a "three fouls at the end of the half" situation, there is absolutely zero reason for Anthony Edwards to be publicly upending his coach because of his ego. It's dumb and selfish.

It wasn’t clear to me if Finch even knew ANT was back from injury when he immediately went on court coming back from locker room

They didn’t have the camera angle to show it, but the announcers seemed surprised ANT went in without even going to bench