Wolves vs Kings 3-4-2023

[Calinks]

Arrrrrrrooooooo!!!!!!!

Kings were on a 5 game win streak, they hit every damn shot in the book but the Wolves held tough and got the W. Amazing win!

[minimus]

What a win!

[shangrila]

Good win on the road against one of the best teams in the West.

This team is just night and day when playing against good teams.

[Domejandro]

Huge win, now effectively tied with Dallas for the sixth seed!

[theGreatRC]

I almost can't believe we got Conley AND NAW for DLO..wow

[minimus]

Ant wtf dude?!!!!

Breathe bro, just breath!

[D1SGRUNTL3D]

Wow huge win!

[urinesane]

That was great.

Fun to see them beat California.

[TimberKat]

Another great win. All year long, SAC has been hitting shots that they have no business making. Someone need to measure those hoops to ensure they are regulation size. They look double wide to me.

[_AIJ_]

Mike Conley, +17 and ZERO turnovers!

[cmoss84]

Couple questions:
1) is NAW a combo of Beasley and Vando?
2) where are all the haters when we win? I don't mean this in a derogatory sense. I enjoy and respect many of their thoughts. But can't go quiet when we start winning.

[Calinks]

Read on Twitter

Read on Twitter

[minimus]

Read on Twitter

Me right now.

[Neeva]

Im so happy for NAW balling out and helping us win but at the same time a little bummed we probably can’t resign him for super cheap Gupta special anymore.

[theGreatRC]

Couple questions:
1) is NAW a combo of Beasley and Vando?
2) where are all the haters when we win? I don't mean this in a derogatory sense. I enjoy and respect many of their thoughts. But can't go quiet when we start winning.

If NAW was a sniper like Beasley with this defensive intensity, he'd still be in New Orleans.

His defensive intensity reminds me of Okogie and Vando. His shot is still a work in progress, but it looks quick and repeatable.

Honestly, he has had some passes that made me say "whoa" out loud, the accuracy on his passing is surprising to me...but on the flip side, he has had some dumb turnovers, but I give him a pass because he's still the new guy

Also, this would never happen, but should we bring KAT off the bench when he comes back and just let him go to work against second units until he gets his legs back?

[theGreatRC]

Im so happy for NAW balling out and helping us win but at the same time a little bummed we probably can’t resign him for super cheap Gupta special anymore.

As long as we can keep him, idc it's not my money lol.

I'm just happy we have at least a look at another PG prospect after Conley's time is up with the Wolves.

[shrink]

Statline of the night:

Kyle Anderson: FG 7-8, 3P 3-3, RB 7, AST 9, STL 1, BLK 2, TO 1, PTS 18, +17

Runner up

NAW: FG 4-9, 3P 4-8, RB 3, AST 5, STL 1, BLK 1, TO 0, PTS 16

[TimberKat]

Chuck- Twolves aren't dropping out of play-in. Gobert trade is working. Shaq - Edwards is no Linsanity. It's Antsanity. We are going to beat 76er on TNT next week. Wolves will own the 6 seed. (yes, I am a bipolar fan )

[younggunsmn]

Now THAT was a quality win! A couple crazy Klay Thompson shots away from sweeping California!
Tough to say a team played good defense when they gave up 134 points, but it was true tonight, Kings were just cold blooded.

I love the intensity and defense from NAW. He's got the length and quickness to bother people.
The shot doesn't look great coming out of his hand but he's been shooting it at a high rate.
He will be a RFA with about a 7 mil Qualifying offer, I can see him back for that if he keeps this up.
He plays defense like Rivers, but brings more offense. Interesting that Finch played him as backup PG to Conley in the 2nd half over Jmac and put him out there with Slo-Mo. That might be a good combination.

I wouldve liked them to change it up a bit how they were defending Fox, but you have to hand it to the Kings they were shooting lights out and attacking the basket.

Absolutely terrific ball movement from us in the first half. Love the unselfishness of this post deadline team.
Not just ball movement, but the player movement without the ball, cutting, spacing, was marvelous tonight.

Gobert battled and did a much better job not turning the ball over tonight. He and McDaniels some key crunch time putbacks to help us keep the lead.

McDaniels intensity up a notch on this road trip, he's turning into a dangerous offensive player.

Conley giving us exactly what we hoped for, steady veteran ballhandler, good defense, hit open 3's, and crunch time free throws.
He's a great PG for a team with 2 other big scoring threats, not so much when he's needed to create his own.

Nice game from Slo-mo and Naz was big in the first half, had trouble in 3rd quarter with D and fouls but the refs were also blowing the whistle on marginal contact tonight. At least they were consistent with that though.

Kings cut a 17 point lead down to 1, then a 12 point lead to 1. But we hung on. This was like a playoff game, Kings-Wolves would be an intense first round matchup, we can take that 6th seed if we can outplay the Mavs and Clips the rest of the way.

[thinktank]

ANT will be so good when he starts recognizing when the double is coming and starts manipulating the D to get teammates open
needs a little tighter handle and patience

Needs to watch Doncic.