Game 45: Timberwolves vs Hawks 6:30PM

_AIJ_ · Post #41 » by **_AIJ_** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 2:58 am

We win this game if towns wasnt over reacting

_AIJ_ · Post #42 » by **_AIJ_** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:00 am

Towns sucked so bad this game. So inconsistent

Post #43 » by **Calinks** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:01 am

Hawks took advantage of the myriad opportunities presented to them and dominated the second half. Good on them. We got to grow up and move on. Can't afford to give away games, we need to fight every night and not make it easy.

Folklore · Post #44 » by **Folklore** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:03 am

So DLo couldn't get that rebound over TY?

_AIJ_ · Post #45 » by **_AIJ_** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:05 am

Why did towns foul young there? Showing his 50 iq

winforlose · Post #46 » by **winforlose** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:07 am

Calinks wrote:Hawks took advantage of the myriad opportunities presented to them and dominated the second half. Good on them. We got to grow up and move on. Can't afford to give away games, we need to fight every night and not make it easy.

We were better than the Hawks, but we couldn’t beat the refs. KAT was being fouled and trashed talked all night but was being called for every little thing. They called a tech and flagrant on Towns for something that was a foul on the defender for leaning on him. That alone was a 5 point swing and put KAT on the bench for a good chunk of the 4th with 5 fouls. Ejecting Ant, swallowing the whistle on so many drives by basically everyone. We beat the Hawks but lost to the refs.

IceManBK1 · Post #47 » by **IceManBK1** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:10 am

edwards and towns need to control their tempers..they totally gave the hawks all the momentum they needed..beverly injuring his ankle was a bummer..nobody else could even attemp to stop trae young. wish dlo shot it more tonight..he was efficient.

winforlose · Post #48 » by **winforlose** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:13 am

IceManBK1 wrote:edwards and towns need to control their tempers..they totally gave the hawks all the momentum they needed..beverly injuring his ankle was a bummer..nobody else could even attemp to stop trae young. wish dlo shot it more tonight..he was efficient.

They are getting repeatedly cheated by the refs and taking extra punishment in the process. Ant had a right to be pissed, and so did KAT. This game was a joke and any objective fan or official watching it can see it. We take a lot of 3s because every time we attack they bump, and hack, and reach in, and more, but we get no calls. On the other end they cannot blow the whistle fast enough. At some point it stops being basketball and just becomes a clown show.

_AIJ_ · Post #49 » by **_AIJ_** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:15 am

Whats the point in attacking the paint if the refs just swallow their whistles??

Folklore · Post #50 » by **Folklore** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:16 am

Seeing Jimmy get ejected and the look on the refs face reminds me that Silver has been a ghost. Someone needs to just go off on these refs while they're with the press. Get some money together from the players and choose someone to let them have it.

Horrible game by Russell and Finch should have put mac in because Russell wasn't scoring and we needed to push the ball.

winforlose · Post #51 » by **winforlose** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:24 am

Folklore wrote:Seeing Jimmy get ejected and the look on the refs face reminds me that Silver has been a ghost. Someone needs to just go off on these refs while they're with the press. Get some money together from the players and choose someone to let them have it.

Horrible game by Russell and Finch should have put mac in because Russell wasn't scoring and we needed to push the ball.

JMAC is out in protocols, isn’t he? Nowell was pulled early in the fourth and it was a mistake. Beasley missed several open 3s when it could have still made a difference.

moss_is_1 · Post #52 » by **moss_is_1** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:58 am

We need another real vet on this team. Bev has been great but after that we have no one that knows how to win and to be a level head.

casteral · Post #53 » by **casteral** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 4:17 am

feck the nba officiating, it's getting beyond absurd of the bias for ppl like Tra and against Towns and Ant , for a few examples smh

theGreatRC · Post #54 » by **theGreatRC** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:55 am

I guess the good news is that Lakers and Clippers both lost..so we're still 7th seed lol..sucks we couldn't get any separation though

minimus · Post #55 » by **minimus** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:19 am

We need another PoA defender, and defensive minded backup big.

theGreatRC · Post #56 » by **theGreatRC** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:25 am

I think Nate Knight deserves some backup PF run.

Energetic athletic big that could spark some life off the bench. Taurean Prince gives you almost nothing

Baseline81 · Post #57 » by **Baseline81** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 12:54 pm

winforlose wrote:They are getting repeatedly cheated by the refs and taking extra punishment in the process. Ant had a right to be pissed, and so did KAT. This game was a joke and any objective fan or official watching it can see it. We take a lot of 3s because every time we attack they bump, and hack, and reach in, and more, but we get no calls. On the other end they cannot blow the whistle fast enough. At some point it stops being basketball and just becomes a clown show.

Extremely frustrating. Last night, Embiid and Jokic took 17 and 16 FTA, respectively.

Dewey · Post #58 » by **Dewey** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:33 pm

Baseline81 wrote:
winforlose wrote:They are getting repeatedly cheated by the refs and taking extra punishment in the process. Ant had a right to be pissed, and so did KAT. This game was a joke and any objective fan or official watching it can see it. We take a lot of 3s because every time we attack they bump, and hack, and reach in, and more, but we get no calls. On the other end they cannot blow the whistle fast enough. At some point it stops being basketball and just becomes a clown show.

Extremely frustrating. Last night, Embiid and Jokic took 17 and 16 FTA, respectively.

I still remember Kobe (for one) getting calls vs MN on TNT in a close game … they would show the replay and the wolves defenders hand was no closer than 6” … perfectly executed defense resulted in 3 free-throws. The next time a different defender was about 12” away with body making contact and Kobe went to the line again. Both calls were clearly anticipated and badly wrong. The announcers were stuttering trying to explain and they stopped showing replays. This is not uncommon for the Wolves, but it is what it is for now.

fattymcgee · Post #59 » by **fattymcgee** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 4:39 pm

Dewey wrote:
Baseline81 wrote:
winforlose wrote:They are getting repeatedly cheated by the refs and taking extra punishment in the process. Ant had a right to be pissed, and so did KAT. This game was a joke and any objective fan or official watching it can see it. We take a lot of 3s because every time we attack they bump, and hack, and reach in, and more, but we get no calls. On the other end they cannot blow the whistle fast enough. At some point it stops being basketball and just becomes a clown show.

Extremely frustrating. Last night, Embiid and Jokic took 17 and 16 FTA, respectively.

I still remember Kobe (for one) getting calls vs MN on TNT in a close game … they would show the replay and the wolves defenders hand was no closer than 6” … perfectly executed defense resulted in 3 free-throws. The next time a different defender was about 12” away with body making contact and Kobe went to the line again. Both calls were clearly anticipated and badly wrong. The announcers were stuttering trying to explain and they stopped showing replays. This is not uncommon for the Wolves, but it is what it is for now.

In regards to the NBA and TV replays, they've always been that way. It happens all the time after a foul where I want to see the replay and then they show a clip from earlier in the game. In the NFL they immediately show the replay. In the NBA they protect the refs.

Post #60 » by **Calinks** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:16 pm

We wont get calls until we get more respect. You do that a few ways. Being physical and being good. I don't like it but that's how the NBA works. Both KAT and ANT should be getting to the line way more, they both attack and get worked over but they don't get the calls superstars would get. We make it worse with the constant complaining.

The best recipe is for the players to shut up. Play hard. Get better. Eventually, the referees will start giving us more calls as we look like a team that can make some noise and be marketable.

I feel ike KAT was actually getting calls in this last week or two and things were starting to turn around but now I'm worried last nights incidences will set us back with the refs. It shouldn't but I don't think you can take the human element out of this. They don't like the way we call them out in games.

That said, no matter how hard the refs screw you over, you can still win games. The team has to be better and they have shown they can be. We weren't last night,