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Re: Wolves vs Pacers 

Post#61 » by TwolvesFanRome » Thu Dec 8, 2022 10:54 am

Do you think we saw some glimpses of the best Rudy?
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Re: Wolves vs Pacers 

Post#62 » by minimus » Thu Dec 8, 2022 10:58 am

TwolvesFanRome wrote:Do you think we saw some glimpses of the best Rudy?


Rudy is a 100% system player. It means better we play as team, better he looks.
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Re: Wolves vs Pacers 

Post#63 » by _AIJ_ » Thu Dec 8, 2022 12:21 pm

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Nick K wrote:Finch isn't the problem! The players play. If they don't execute it's their problem first. Coaches second. The players know what to do. All they do is play basketball every day. They know what to do.

Lol


What's so funny?

It's a better answer than you saying we're playing like ass. Even if we are playing like ass. No ****?!

Man you cant out Moore and Garza together. You just cant. Thats just malpractice
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Re: Wolves vs Pacers 

Post#64 » by shrink » Thu Dec 8, 2022 3:45 pm

Nick K wrote:Finch isn't the problem! The players play. If they don't execute it's their problem first. Coaches second. The players know what to do. All they do is play basketball every day. They know what to do.

I was impressed when I heard that Finch was 7-2 in crunch time, and did well last year too.

With the players we have on the team, coach deserves credit for pushing the right buttons.
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Re: Wolves vs Pacers 

Post#65 » by shrink » Thu Dec 8, 2022 9:29 pm

I was looking at the box scores, and I’m surprised we can win any games as much as we turn the ball over.

DRussell 4 AST, 3 TO
Edwards 8 AST, 6 TO
McDaniels 1 AST, 3 TO
Anderson 0 AST, 1 TO
R.Gobert 1 AST, 2 TO
Naz Reid 0 AST, 3 TO
MacLaugh 4 AST, 3 TO

The only guys that weren’t giving it up were Austin Rivers (3/0) and, happily, Jaylen Nowell (4/0).

But that is still a crazy number of turnovers.
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Re: Wolves vs Pacers 

Post#66 » by Klomp » Thu Dec 8, 2022 9:35 pm

shrink wrote:I was looking at the box scores, and I’m surprised we can win any games as much as we turn the ball over.

DRussell 4 AST, 3 TO
Edwards 8 AST, 6 TO
McDaniels 1 AST, 3 TO
Anderson 0 AST, 1 TO
R.Gobert 1 AST, 2 TO
Naz Reid 0 AST, 3 TO
MacLaugh 4 AST, 3 TO

The only guys that weren’t giving it up were Austin Rivers (3/0) and, happily, Jaylen Nowell (4/0).

But that is still a crazy number of turnovers.

21 turnovers last night is actually an improvement from the 23 turnovers in the first Pacers game...
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Re: Wolves vs Pacers 

Post#67 » by shrink » Thu Dec 8, 2022 9:38 pm

Klomp wrote:
shrink wrote:I was looking at the box scores, and I’m surprised we can win any games as much as we turn the ball over.

DRussell 4 AST, 3 TO
Edwards 8 AST, 6 TO
McDaniels 1 AST, 3 TO
Anderson 0 AST, 1 TO
R.Gobert 1 AST, 2 TO
Naz Reid 0 AST, 3 TO
MacLaugh 4 AST, 3 TO

The only guys that weren’t giving it up were Austin Rivers (3/0) and, happily, Jaylen Nowell (4/0).

But that is still a crazy number of turnovers.

21 turnovers last night is actually an improvement from the 23 turnovers in the first Pacers game...

Wow. Sure seems like we need to bring in one of those Jones brothers, who went #1 and #2 in AST/TO ratio last year!
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Re: Wolves vs Pacers 

Post#68 » by Klomp » Thu Dec 8, 2022 9:41 pm

Considering McLaughlin had similar turnovers and he's up there in the Jones category, I think it's more a result of the style of play when these teams share the court. I'm not too concerned.
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Re: Wolves vs Pacers 

Post#69 » by cmoss84 » Fri Dec 9, 2022 12:34 am

shrink wrote:
Klomp wrote:
shrink wrote:I was looking at the box scores, and I’m surprised we can win any games as much as we turn the ball over.

DRussell 4 AST, 3 TO
Edwards 8 AST, 6 TO
McDaniels 1 AST, 3 TO
Anderson 0 AST, 1 TO
R.Gobert 1 AST, 2 TO
Naz Reid 0 AST, 3 TO
MacLaugh 4 AST, 3 TO

The only guys that weren’t giving it up were Austin Rivers (3/0) and, happily, Jaylen Nowell (4/0).

But that is still a crazy number of turnovers.

21 turnovers last night is actually an improvement from the 23 turnovers in the first Pacers game...

Wow. Sure seems like we need to bring in one of those Jones brothers, who went #1 and #2 in AST/TO ratio last year!

How about both?
Those 2 in, Dlo and Nowell out. Extend Naz for cheap.
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Re: Wolves vs Pacers 

Post#70 » by TimberKat » Fri Dec 9, 2022 12:54 am

cmoss84 wrote:
shrink wrote:
Klomp wrote:21 turnovers last night is actually an improvement from the 23 turnovers in the first Pacers game...

Wow. Sure seems like we need to bring in one of those Jones brothers, who went #1 and #2 in AST/TO ratio last year!

How about both?
Those 2 in, Dlo and Nowell out. Extend Naz for cheap.

We also have 15 steals which resulted in 19 Pacers turnovers. We also out rebounded them 51 to 31 with 16 to 4 offensive rebounds while both teams shot similar percentages.

sloppy/careless turnover and playing faster than we can handle are still major problems with this team. I don't consider that a style of play. If a team gets more offensive rebounds, more steals, more blocks and less turnovers, it usually wins the game. Those are non-replaceables where as points and defensive rebound are more replaceable. Someone could run the stats and see if there is a correlation.

Despite a great game from DLo, having one of the Jones or a better defensive PG would help a lot. JMcL is too small to be consistent on defense.

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