Game 65 : Timberwolves vs Trail Blazers, 7:00 pm CST

[winforlose]

Best offense in the league!

We keep scoring 135 plus without Ant. Your god damn right we are the best offense in the league!!!

[shrink]

Towns was 13-for-13 on 2PA, 0-4 on 3PA. 36 points, 15 RB, 5 AST, 3 BLK…

…and during the postgame interview, Towns only mentions missing the three’s.

This happens a lot, where Towns only remembers any mistakes, and it makes me wonder about KAT’s mentality .. a mentality I share. No matter how well I do in a sport, regardless of who wins, I drive home dwelling on my miscues. How could I have moved my body differently? What should I have identified before my mistake?

Now, I think this introspection is important to improve mistakes - and I think we see that in Towns, particularly on the offensive end. However, it is hard on your motivation, if you don’t celebrate your successes and only remember your failures. In postgame interviews, Towns blames almost every Timberwolves loss over the last five years on his own mistakes that game. I’m happy though to see he is still so motivated to play - moreso this year than in the rest of his career.

[life_saver]

Wolves offense was something like 6th or 7th worst during first 2 months of the league but over the past 10 weeks, Wolves have been the best offense in the league and now are upto 7th best offense across entire season. All they needed was role players to stop missing wide open shots

[winforlose]

Wolves offense was something like 6th or 7th worst during first 2 months of the league but over the past 10 weeks, Wolves have been the best offense in the league and now are upto 7th best offense across entire season. All they needed was role players to stop missing wide open shots

The emergence of Jaylen Nowell, the resurgence of Beasley, the rebirth of Prince, and the resurrection of JMAC. I may be agnostic but this sounds down right biblical.

[winforlose]

Towns was 13-for-13 on 2PA, 0-4 on 3PA. 36 points, 15 RB, 5 AST, 3 BLK…

…and during the postgame interview, Towns only mentions missing the three’s.

This happens a lot, where Towns only remembers any mistakes, and it makes me wonder about KAT’s mentality .. a mentality I share. No matter how well I do in a sport, regardless of who wins, I drive home dwelling on my miscues. How could I have moved my body differently? What should I have identified before my mistake?

Now, I think this introspection is important to improve mistakes - and I think we see that in Towns, particularly on the offensive end. However, it is hard on your motivation, if you don’t celebrate your successes and only remember your failures. In postgame interviews, Towns blames almost every Timberwolves loss over the last five years on his own mistakes that game. I’m happy though to see he is still so motivated to play - moreso this year than in the rest of his career.

I heard something different. I heard Towns say he always tries to find ways to deliver for the fans. If the 3 won’t fall he will do it in the paint. Towns sounded like a man who knew he did good and was loving it. He was feeling the crowd, feeling the love from his teammates (head on a swivel for Dlo and the water bottle,) and loving the MVP chants. I think this version of KAT smiles more and is enjoying being on the right side of .500

[Calinks]

We are really showing the signs of a good team. We always seem to find a way to get it done against the teams we should beat. The depth has been unreal. We are embodying the next man up mentality. We had several players miss/get hurt today and another role guy just took their place. Great to see, that's what good teams do. Even the 2017 Thibs team didn't have this much depth IMO and we have a lot more potential.

[winforlose]

We are really showing the signs of a good team. We always seem to find a way to get it done against the teams we should beat. The depth has been unreal. We are embodying the next man up mentality. We had several players miss/get hurt today and another role guy just took their place. Great to see, that's what good teams do. Even the 2017 Thibs team didn't have this much depth IMO and we have a lot more potential.

2017 KAT and Wig hate JB and Thibs. This team loves each other and their coach. This is not only better on the day to day, but suggests sustainability for the future.

Also worth noting we are super young and our guys will get better with time and maturity.

[life_saver]

We are really showing the signs of a good team. We always seem to find a way to get it done against the teams we should beat. The depth has been unreal. We are embodying the next man up mentality. We had several players miss/get hurt today and another role guy just took their place. Great to see, that's what good teams do. Even the 2017 Thibs team didn't have this much depth IMO and we have a lot more potential.

that 2017 roster was a very poorly constructed roster imo with very terrible depth. That roster had very little perimeter shooting and the main scorer off the bench was an old Jamal Crawford who was pretty much a chucker with horrible defense that season. That team was mainly carried by KAT, Jimmy offensively but was easy to stop when teams focused on doubling KAT due to awful outside shooting of rest of the team

[Neeva]

Wolves offense was something like 6th or 7th worst during first 2 months of the league but over the past 10 weeks, Wolves have been the best offense in the league and now are upto 7th best offense across entire season. All they needed was role players to stop missing wide open shots

The emergence of Jaylen Nowell, the resurgence of Beasley, the rebirth of Prince, and the resurrection of JMAC. I may be agnostic but this sounds down right biblical.

You forgot McDaniels he has been big the last two months, first month a lot here had given up on him already lol

[winforlose]

Wolves offense was something like 6th or 7th worst during first 2 months of the league but over the past 10 weeks, Wolves have been the best offense in the league and now are upto 7th best offense across entire season. All they needed was role players to stop missing wide open shots

The emergence of Jaylen Nowell, the resurgence of Beasley, the rebirth of Prince, and the resurrection of JMAC. I may be agnostic but this sounds down right biblical.

You forgot McDaniels he has been big the last two months, first month a lot here had given up on him already lol

Fair enough, “McDaniels reinvention.”

[KGdaBom]

Best offense in the league!

We keep scoring 135 plus without Ant. Your god damn right we are the best offense in the league!!!

We have a 45 point quarter last night and top it with a 46 point quarter tonight. Unreal.

[Domejandro]

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[theGreatRC]

This has hands down been my favorite Wolves season. I really hope we avoid the play-in tourney

[KGdaBom]

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That's a very nice game.

[winforlose]

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That's a very nice game.

What we are seeing is that small teams cannot guard Towns. Small ball has serious risks and you see them more than ever against super bigs like KAT. Also worth noting that GSW has fallen to 3rd and may keep falling. I read today that Wiseman likely won’t be used in the playoffs and Draymond has no timetable for return. Wolves catching Denver and playing GSW might be a great matchup because they cannot guard KAT either.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/warriors-injury-reports-no-timetable-for-draymond-green-james-wiseman-unlikely-to-crack-playoff-rotation/ar-AAUD1eo?ocid=uxbndlbing

[D1SGRUNTL3D]

We are really showing the signs of a good team. We always seem to find a way to get it done against the teams we should beat. The depth has been unreal. We are embodying the next man up mentality. We had several players miss/get hurt today and another role guy just took their place. Great to see, that's what good teams do. Even the 2017 Thibs team didn't have this much depth IMO and we have a lot more potential.

Which is why unloading this wing depth to get Simmons or someone was crazy talk. We have 4-5 wings after edwards and vando that contribute every game in one way or another. That’ll be highly needed come playoff time.

[winforlose]

We are really showing the signs of a good team. We always seem to find a way to get it done against the teams we should beat. The depth has been unreal. We are embodying the next man up mentality. We had several players miss/get hurt today and another role guy just took their place. Great to see, that's what good teams do. Even the 2017 Thibs team didn't have this much depth IMO and we have a lot more potential.

Which is why unloading this wing depth to get Simmons or someone was crazy talk. We have 4-5 wings after edwards and vando that contribute every game in one way or another. That’ll be highly needed come playoff time.

I saw the Simmons trade ideas as basically the Westbrook situation in LA. You give up a lot of depth for a player with a history of success but is a poor fit. On top of that the salary boxes us in so that we cannot rebuild our depth properly. I really think we dodged a bullet by not making a desperation Simmons trade.

[Calinks]

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That's a very nice game.

What we are seeing is that small teams cannot guard Towns. Small ball has serious risks and you see them more than ever against super bigs like KAT. Also worth noting that GSW has fallen to 3rd and may keep falling. I read today that Wiseman likely won’t be used in the playoffs and Draymond has no timetable for return. Wolves catching Denver and playing GSW might be a great matchup because they cannot guard KAT either.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/warriors-injury-reports-no-timetable-for-draymond-green-james-wiseman-unlikely-to-crack-playoff-rotation/ar-AAUD1eo?ocid=uxbndlbing

I will disagree about Golden State not being able to guard KAT. Draymond will give KAT fits. He can't drive against him as easily as their other bigs and he can't post up very effectively against him either. They will probably double on the post ups too and though KAT has gotten better, it could still spell disaster. They will try to play like the Clippers do and that really messes with KAT's game. Freaking Nic Batum was a nightmare for us with that style.

[winforlose]

That's a very nice game.

What we are seeing is that small teams cannot guard Towns. Small ball has serious risks and you see them more than ever against super bigs like KAT. Also worth noting that GSW has fallen to 3rd and may keep falling. I read today that Wiseman likely won’t be used in the playoffs and Draymond has no timetable for return. Wolves catching Denver and playing GSW might be a great matchup because they cannot guard KAT either.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/warriors-injury-reports-no-timetable-for-draymond-green-james-wiseman-unlikely-to-crack-playoff-rotation/ar-AAUD1eo?ocid=uxbndlbing

I will disagree about Golden State not being able to guard KAT. Draymond will give KAT fits. He can't drive against him as easily as their other bigs and he can't post up very effectively against him either. They will probably double on the post ups too and though KAT has gotten better, it could still spell disaster. They will try to play like the Clippers do and that really messes with KAT's game. Freaking Nic Batum was a nightmare for us with that style.

You may be right, but Draymond still doesn’t have a time table for his return. He said 3-4 weeks during the all star break but nothing has come out to confirm that is still on target. The Draymond they get back (if they get him back,) might not be the Draymond that went down with the disc issue.