2023-2024 Regular Season Game 37: Minnesota Timberwolves (25-10) at Orlando Magic (21-15) - 7pm

[p0peye]

I feel bad for any team matched up with the Wolves in the playoffs.

I don't think they're a real team until proven otherwise. But they are specifically well-equipped for us and our Paolo-and-nothing-else lineup, that's for sure.

Stopping Paolo = stopping Magic. Teams usually do that with zone and hot shooting proves to be a cure on our side, but Wolves have no need to zone up.

[thelead]

wow.. Paolo posts, Paolo scores...

Bro you know it is not that easy in general, but esp against Minnesota lol.. posting is a dead art in the game unless you have Shaq size and finishing ability.

That being said, Paolo absolutely needs to play more like a bully. We see glimpses of it but it's like he'll have a great move and then do some cute ****.

yes, but they need to post him against McDaniels and CLEAR his side. 1-on-1, he would be fine. Crashing into Gobert because Mo is 5 feet away is a problem.

[eyriq]

Looking at the bigger picture, we are not going to be a top 6 eastern team for much longer if the FO doesn't make a move. We have too many often-injured players to depend on them. We don't need a star, or even a starter, but a solid rotation player or two is much needed.

I mean at the start of this season the goal was to make the playoffs. If we are the 7th seed that's better then most of us thought. Having a home play in game is a huge step.

Getting into the playoffs should be the goal at this point. Losing the play-in is a fancy way of saying 'lotto team'.

Haha I love this. "Losing in the play-in is a fancy way of saying 'lotto team'". Truth

[Rick Rolled]

Would be awesome to have Admiral out there to break Towns’ jaw.

God I’m coping so hard right now. This sucks.

Admiral is out injured.

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Yes. He is.

[basketballRob]

We have 2 days off after this. Hopefully, everyone comes back.

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[GameOver25]

Shot a frosty 29% from the field. I'm gonna go warm up and eat some dinner.

I'm going to take my anger out on a smashburger now.

[SOUL]

Yeah, let's not wish for injuries. We're just getting our ass whooped.

Hope Towns has 20 turnovers though this half

[Rick Rolled]

Just get out of this one without any further injuries or hangnails.

[eyriq]

So, is this one of those games that we have a comeback win with crazy shooting 3 pointers and Paolo having the best second half of his career? Or do we lose by 50?

We lose by 13

[richi_v25]

Wow we're getting blown out at home, even at full strength i think we'd be down right now

[RookieStar]

Anyone wqtching jett?

[Howard Mass]

The Wolves are so big with Golbert and Towns that they have resorted to just shooting and getting killed down low due to being short-handed.

[basketballRob]

If we took 8 players off Minnesota and we were healthy, the score would be flip-flopped.

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[Fortune Teller]

Really wish the NBA would send an independent doctor in to check out our injuries.

I mean, they’re probably legit…. But the recovery time is just unnatural to me, and has been for years.

I know, why does this keep happening year after year? It can't just be coincidence.

Obviously a big part of the problem is re-signing guys who you know are injury-prone -- Isaac, Fultz, Gary Harris, WCJ. But that still doesn't explain the elongated recovery times and the FO's refusal to be forthcoming about their injuries.

Gary Harris and Fultz strike me as guys who simply won't play through pain. Tendinitis is soreness caused by inflammation of the tendon. It should not keep you out for months like it has Fultz. And Gary Harris sits out multiple times a year, multiple games each time, for things like sore knee, strained hamstring, bruised quad. They aren't actual injuries, and players like Paolo and Franz are probably playing through the same things.

[MartinsIzAfraud]

Shot a frosty 29% from the field. I'm gonna go warm up and eat some dinner.

I'm going to take my anger out on a smashburger now.

Now we’re talking!!!!
Double or triple ? Condiments or adders??

[IllMagic04]

Looking at the bigger picture, we are not going to be a top 6 eastern team for much longer if the FO doesn't make a move. We have too many often-injured players to depend on them. We don't need a star, or even a starter, but a solid rotation player or two is much needed.

I mean at the start of this season the goal was to make the playoffs. If we are the 7th seed that's better then most of us thought. Having a home play in game is a huge step.

Getting into the playoffs should be the goal at this point. Losing the play-in is a fancy way of saying 'lotto team'.

I dont think there's any way we are losing 2 play in games. But I guess it depends on the match ups

[RichCollab]

Shell shocked!

[ORLMagicGirl15]

Yeah, let's not wish for injuries. We're just getting our ass whooped.

Hope Towns has 20 turnovers though this half

If the pattern hold up, he's going to have a monster game the second half. Even if Orlando try to get back in it, he'll be the one that takes over.

Not sure why that's the pattern this season with us, but that's what normally happens.

[ORLMagicGirl15]

Anyone wqtching jett?

He's playing?

[BCS]

Anyone wqtching jett?

Jett not playing.

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