Game 21: Minnesota Timberwolves vs Indiana Pacers (7:00pm Central)

wolves_89 · Post #141 » by **wolves_89** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:31 am

If Okogie could hit wide open shots at even a 32-33% rate he would be a very valuable player. Unfortunately, the lack of a jump shot is going to severely limit his career (and cost him a lot of money on his next contract).

shrink · Post #142 » by **shrink** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:31 am

Is Marnie really asking Towns how the team kept its composure? Towns?

Post #143 » by **Calinks** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:31 am

Aroooooooo! Big win with no Vando and McDaniels but man, Towns' you got to get your crap together. He's a damn mess with these calls. The falling, late to get back, complaining. Stop man be better.

The team has shown a ton of heart. Guys were scraping. The defense wasn't great at all times tonight but it was great in moments when it needed to be.

Bring a big in here STAT. These other bigs are regularly getting career-high rebounds, its crazy how small we are.

life_saver · Post #144 » by **life_saver** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:32 am

It really feels good to win these close games, especially due to defense.

D1SGRUNTL3D · Post #145 » by **D1SGRUNTL3D** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:34 am

Importantly 3-1 without our spirit animal wolf warrior out there with his calming presence.
And we know the 1 loss was from a team going HAM from deep

shrink · Post #146 » by **shrink** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:34 am

I think Finch has done a great job, not just getting the perennially lazy Wolves to play hard, but get such great efforts out of bench players. It’s hard to keep players motivated when they might have gotten a DNP-CD the night before, and it’s a credit to Finch, and these guys, that they are always ready to lay it on the line when their number is called.

FinnTheHuman · Post #147 » by **FinnTheHuman** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:34 am

Arooooo!!! Big win, big win!

I wonder tho, is the team better off without KAT in the clutch? We've done really well without him these last 2 games and there were a lot of clutch possessions. Non-Jokic bigs don't do well in the clutch on their shot attempts, KAT should probably be no more than a decoy in the last couple of minutes of clutch games when he actually gets to play those minutes.

winforlose · Post #148 » by **winforlose** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:34 am

D1SGRUNTL3D wrote:
winforlose wrote:
Nick K wrote:I'll give Okogie credit on that block. Big play for sure. Even Josh can't do everything bad. The problem is for every one thing he does good, he does 4 things bad.

Rebounding, help D, point of attack D, smart passing, JO is more than a one trick pony.

He’s incredible defensive energy. Maybe I’m being harsh on him because he made a terrific defensive play. But he should be shooting lay ups (wide open) or for sure dunks.

Either way ABOVE .500!!!

JO really outplayed Prince. Check the stat lines.

Nick K · Post #149 » by **Nick K** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:35 am

shrink wrote:Is Marnie really asking Towns how the team kept its composure? Towns?

Yes!

D1SGRUNTL3D · Post #150 » by **D1SGRUNTL3D** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:37 am

winforlose wrote:
D1SGRUNTL3D wrote:
winforlose wrote:
Rebounding, help D, point of attack D, smart passing, JO is more than a one trick pony.

He’s incredible defensive energy. Maybe I’m being harsh on him because he made a terrific defensive play. But he should be shooting lay ups (wide open) or for sure dunks.

Either way ABOVE .500!!!

JO really outplayed Prince. Check the stat lines.

Prince was an absolute turd that did nothing. But they’re both far worse than vando and mcdaniels. JO was just less stinkier tonight

FinnTheHuman · Post #151 » by **FinnTheHuman** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:37 am

winforlose wrote:
D1SGRUNTL3D wrote:
winforlose wrote:
Rebounding, help D, point of attack D, smart passing, JO is more than a one trick pony.

He’s incredible defensive energy. Maybe I’m being harsh on him because he made a terrific defensive play. But he should be shooting lay ups (wide open) or for sure dunks.

Either way ABOVE .500!!!

JO really outplayed Prince. Check the stat lines.

Tbh that doesn't say much as Prince has been awful. Tbh they're both below replacement level wings, but Josh really did a lot of great things for us tonight. It's just that I can't imagine us winning with him in the rotation, if he doesn't improve his shot by a lot.

life_saver · Post #152 » by **life_saver** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:37 am

KAT had a good game scoring wise (he is probably the only player on the team who consistently scores efficiently) but man these turnovers have to be addressed...had 9 Turnovers today...he also must be the player with most number of offensive fouls in the league..so so frustrating because he gets into foul trouble so frequently. Lot of his offensive calls are due to his use of elbow when he is driving or in the post. Hope Finch and coaching team can address this.

Another problem is that I feel like KAT wants to be a playmaker like Jokic but he doesn't have the consistency or touch like Jokic when it comes to passing...he will have one or two really flashy passes but also 2-3 bad turnovers every game due to some really awkward passes. That behind the shoulder pass that he tries when he is doubled rarely works.

_AIJ_ · Post #153 » by **_AIJ_** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:39 am

Okogie with the defensive play of the night. KAT on the other hand, was a total disaster. We would’ve lost the game if he was on the court the last minute

Post #154 » by **Calinks** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:42 am

Read on Twitter

Note30 · Post #155 » by **Note30** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:42 am

KAT needs to be a 4

fattymcgee · Post #156 » by **fattymcgee** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:44 am

Wolf_Cry wrote:Wolves win! Shouldn't have been this difficult, but a win is a win. Can't be picky with this franchise.

We were missing 3 of our top 6 players and our 3 best defenders of the regular rotation guys.

winforlose · Post #157 » by **winforlose** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:45 am

_AIJ_ wrote:Okogie with the defensive play of the night. KAT on the other hand, was a total disaster. We would’ve lost the game if he was on the court the last minute

To be fair he kept us in it in the first half. He was Mr: efficient tonight. Also he takes a truckload of contact with no whistle. That foul out offensive foul only happened cause Sabonis got into his body after grabbing his arm.

D1SGRUNTL3D · Post #158 » by **D1SGRUNTL3D** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:45 am

life_saver wrote:KAT with 9 Turnovers today...he also must be the player with most number of offensive fouls in the league..so so frustrating because he gets into foul trouble so frequely. Lot of his offensive calls are due to his use of elbow when he is driving or in the post. Hope Finch and coaching team can address this. Another problem is that I feel like KAT wants to be a playmaker like Jokic but he doesn't have the consistency or touch like Jokic when it comes to passing...he will have one or two really flashy passes but also 2-3 bad turnovers every game due to some really awkward passes. That behind the shoulder pass that he tries when he is doubled rarely works.

His dribble drives give me anxiety. He’s either likely to miss, turnover, offensive foul or land on his wrist.

winforlose · Post #159 » by **winforlose** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:46 am

For the second straight game we finished the end of a close game without MCD, V8, or KAT. Also, for the second straight game we found a way to win.

life_saver · Post #160 » by **life_saver** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:47 am

D1SGRUNTL3D wrote:
life_saver wrote:KAT with 9 Turnovers today...he also must be the player with most number of offensive fouls in the league..so so frustrating because he gets into foul trouble so frequely. Lot of his offensive calls are due to his use of elbow when he is driving or in the post. Hope Finch and coaching team can address this. Another problem is that I feel like KAT wants to be a playmaker like Jokic but he doesn't have the consistency or touch like Jokic when it comes to passing...he will have one or two really flashy passes but also 2-3 bad turnovers every game due to some really awkward passes. That behind the shoulder pass that he tries when he is doubled rarely works.

His dribble drives give me anxiety. He’s either likely to miss, turnover, offensive foul or land on his wrist.

yeah..I am always scared when he drives and takes a fall..it feels like an injury waiting to happen. He just needs to make smart decisions and cut down some of these drives unless the team is in desperate situation

Will Minnesota win tonight?