Game 40 Wolves at Pistons 1/17/24 28-11

[MN7725]

Game is over but don’t think finch was happy with ant shooting two early shot clock 3s in a row

[_AIJ_]

Man the pistons are annoying

[KGdaBom]

Did Ivey just become the 2nd player ever to score 100? It seemed like it.

[winforlose]

Did Ivey just become the 2nd player ever to score 100? It seemed like it.

Not quite, but you are forgiven for the mistake

[winforlose]

Rudy 19, NAW 7, Jaden 23, Ant 27, Karl 27

[winforlose]

Game is over but don’t think finch was happy with ant shooting two early shot clock 3s in a row

Trying to get to 30.

[Murphs56]

Well that took a lot more effort than I anticipated. Probably will rest Conley tomorrow. Going to need a lot more effort on the back to back. At least we are at home.

Or...you could say it really didn't take much effort, considering they've slept through most of it.

Probably more accurate

[Dalvin]

Aaaarrrrroooooo!!!!! Another 3 game winning streak! If they take care the sub .500 teams and win big twice against OKC. They could be looking at a 10 game winning streak entering February

[winforlose]

29-11. A win tomorrow and we are half way to 60 wins.

[WolfAddict]

Ugly win but a win nonetheless - Now Finch just needs to get in their ears and let them know to bring back that impenetrable defence for the Grizz

[FrenchMinnyFan]

Was kind of mixed games. Some moment where we did not care at all, and some where we put the minimum to win. I 'dont look much at the scoring part at Detroit dont't play defense. Tomorrow will be more tough even if the Grizz are depleted.
Hope Mike dont't rest. He was really bad in first half, came better in second ant put some disciplin when needed ( he get the best +/- at 20).
Anyway a win is a win. We cannot always win in style

[KGdaBom]

29-11. A win tomorrow and we are half way to 60 wins.

At exactly the halfway point of the season.

[KGdaBom]

Ugly win but a win nonetheless - Now Finch just needs to get in their ears and let them know to bring back that impenetrable defence for the Grizz

A win is a win is a win is a win is a win.

[Calinks]

50 wins is looking very likely right now. That was quite questionable to start the season.

[KGdaBom]

50 wins is looking very likely right now. That was quite questionable to start the season.

Nah.. It was a lock. 50 is looking like a lock. 60 is now the goal.

[younggunsmn]

50 wins is looking very likely right now. That was quite questionable to start the season.

If we play .500 the rest of the way we will end up with exactly 50 wins.

If we sweep the bad teams and split the rest of our games, we should be able to hit 55+ pretty easily.
But there is still a lot of season left.

[winforlose]

50 wins is looking very likely right now. That was quite questionable to start the season.

Sorry you have a typo. I think you mean 60!

[younggunsmn]

Good Rudy game tonight.
Good Jaden game, 23 points on 11 FGA and zero fouls.
Slo mo 9 assists and one of the few to play good defense.
KAT some lights out shooting but poor driving.
NAW with some decent bench play and a couple tough baskets when the wheels were starting to come off of the bus.
Ant with a monster dunk, decent stat line, but lazy play and 2 inexcusable early shot clock 3's chucked inside of 2 minutes with a double digit lead.

Jaden Ivey has a really quick first step, you can see the potential there.
But he played out of his mind tonight because we didn't respect him or Bogdanovic or really give a sh-t at all about the defensive game plan.
Detroit hasn't done a real good job of developing him to this point.

As good as our team concept defense looked a game ago against 3 hall of famers, it looked that bad tonight.
We would have lost this game had we not shot out of our minds.

Duren is going to be a good player too, he just has a lot to learn about the game, he is skilled and strong and athletic and when he learns team concept and positioning better in 2 or 3 years he is going to be pretty good.
Reminds me a bit of a rookie Bam Adebayo.

How were the Thompson Twins both top 5 picks when neither can shoot at all?
Detroit has better talent than 4-37, but they play zero defense and have so much inexperience that it cancels out the talent somewhat.
They'd be better served starting Burks on the wing and Bogdanovic at the 4, but I suppose they are more concerned about the development of Hayes and Stewart. They have backup level talent, maybe they would be better served developing in their eventual role, and Ivey, Cade, and Duren would be better served sharing the court with a bit more veteran leadership.

Not a very good win.t it's better than a loss I guess.
We put this effort out against Memphis again tomorrow, they are perfectly capable of beating us.
They still have a good coach and a deep roster and they just beat a full strength Warriors squad down 4 of their best 5 players.

[KGdaBom]

Good Rudy game tonight.
Good Jaden game, 23 points on 11 FGA and zero fouls.
Slo mo 9 assists and one of the few to play good defense.
KAT some lights out shooting but poor driving.
NAW with some decent bench play and a couple tough baskets when the wheels were starting to come off of the bus.
Ant with a monster dunk, decent stat line, but lazy play and 2 inexcusable early shot clock 3's chucked inside of 2 minutes with a double digit lead.

Jaden Ivey has a really quick first step, you can see the potential there.
But he played out of his mind tonight because we didn't respect him or Bogdanovic or really give a sh-t at all about the defensive game plan.
Detroit hasn't done a real good job of developing him to this point.

As good as our team concept defense looked a game ago against 3 hall of famers, it looked that bad tonight.
We would have lost this game had we not shot out of our minds.

Duren is going to be a good player too, he just has a lot to learn about the game, he is skilled and strong and athletic and when he learns team concept and positioning better in 2 or 3 years he is going to be pretty good.
Reminds me a bit of a rookie Bam Adebayo.

How were the Thompson Twins both top 5 picks when neither can shoot at all?
Detroit has better talent than 4-37, but they play zero defense and have so much inexperience that it cancels out the talent somewhat.
They'd be better served starting Burks on the wing and Bogdanovic at the 4, but I suppose they are more concerned about the development of Hayes and Stewart. They have backup level talent, maybe they would be better served developing in their eventual role, and Ivey, Cade, and Duren would be better served sharing the court with a bit more veteran leadership.

Not a very good win.t it's better than a loss I guess.
We put this effort out against Memphis again tomorrow, they are perfectly capable of beating us.
They still have a good coach and a deep roster and they just beat a full strength Warriors squad down 4 of their best 5 players.

Thing is we won. Sure just the Pistons, but we won. We will win tomorrow. The Grizz are perfectly capable of beating us, but they won't because we will take care of business.

[KGdaBom]

50 wins is looking very likely right now. That was quite questionable to start the season.

If we play .500 the rest of the way we will end up with exactly 50 wins.

If we sweep the bad teams and split the rest of our games, we should be able to hit 55+ pretty easily.
But there is still a lot of season left.

Depends on what you mean by "bad teams". How bad do they have to be. I don't expect us to sweep the sub 500 teams. Can't take care of business every single game. I don't expect us to split with the over 500 teams. I expect us to do better than that. 55 Minimum with a goal of 60 which should win us the west.