Western Conference | Play-In - (7) Minnesota Timberwolves vs (8) Los Angeles Clippers

[BeatDaCavs420]

You can tell those guys behind Lue are rich as hell lmao

[Exp0sed]

Lue going small is working

King of the 3rd

[djsunyc]

The stupidest NBA thing is saving your challenges for late in the game. You should use your challenge for the highest point differential call. If it comes in the first use it in the first.

The myth you need to save it for end of games is so dumb rooted in the myth of the 4th Q. If LA wins this game it will be probably because of their dominant 1st Q/3rd Q.

well it would be dumb to use it in the 1st half unless you are trying to reverse a 3rd foul call on your star player.

[Ballerhogger]

Cant miss Ft to end the 3rd. Now it’s 6 pt game. How do let that happen clippers ?

[TheAlchemist]

Timberwolves have legit talent, really think the coaching can be heads and shoulders better.

[QUIZ]

Crazy that someone who can drop 60 in a game can be this useless and a liability in a game that actually matters........

The playoffs will let you know which guys you can count on. Scouting reports are dialed in to a whole different level.

[CIN-C-STAR]

The stupidest NBA thing is saving your challenges for late in the game. You should use your challenge for the highest point differential call. If it comes in the first use it in the first.

The myth you need to save it for end of games is so dumb rooted in the myth of the 4th Q. If LA wins this game it will be probably because of their dominant 1st Q/3rd Q.

Agreed it's probably the most obvious market inefficiency in the league today imo.

[Rubio9Guy]

KAT lucky he never played with Kobe. Kobe would rip him to shreds

I mean we basically saw what would happen...

Watch on YouTube

Nah because one of those two is worth listening to

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[darkse1d]

Refs did a good job getting KAT out of the game.

One LA team must make the playoffs

[BeatDaCavs420]

Crazy that someone who can drop 60 in a game can be this useless and a liability in a game that actually matters........

The playoffs will let you know which guys you can count on. Scouting reports are dialed in to a whole different level.

Gobert is another guy this usually happens too

[Bruin]

I'm a huge Siakam fan but I bet you Toronto would him for KAT in a second. KAT next to Barnes and OG would be pretty nice and he shores up a lot of Toronto's offensive weaknesses.

Maybe but we also only like players who are good defenders. Doubt Masai would pull the trigger for a player that’s this soft

If I'm Minny I'm taking that deal tbh.
Siakam more versatile and his game is more scalable to the playoffs imo.

I mean yeah put Pascal in this game right now alongside Ant and Dlo and the Wolves are actually scary

[dockingsched]

KAT is a team worst -14!!! You have one quarter to save your reputation for now smh

[Los_29]

I'm a huge Siakam fan but I bet you Toronto would him for KAT in a second. KAT next to Barnes and OG would be pretty nice and he shores up a lot of Toronto's offensive weaknesses.

I don’t think Masai would. Pascal is literally perfect for what they are trying to do.

As a die hard Raps fan...I don't think I'd do that trade straight up. Siakam is too good a defender in today's age to give up. Siakam has made strides this season.

Agreed. Pascal is perfect for what this team is trying to do. KAT wouldn’t fit into the Raptors system.

[Wolfgang630]

Huge 3 by Minnesota. They needed that

[djsunyc]

Timberwolves have legit talent, really think the coaching can be heads and shoulders better.

i think it's very difficult to win big w/ such a weak defensive center especially in the playoffs.

[og15]

Refs are horrible, I thought they were supposed to tighten up the whistle in the post-season?

Every single play is drawing a whistle, it's not even a chippy or particularly physical game

Technically this is how the more physical era's were, you could get away with harder contact, but there were also a lot of FT's. A thread was posted about the 90's physicality, citing the 97-98 season I believe. In the 98 playoffs, teams shot an average of 27 FTA/G. The Lakers (13 games) and the Cavs (4 games) averaged 35 FTA/G. This was with an average of 74.3 FGA/G compared to this season for example at 88.1 FGA. So if you had the same pace with the same physicality and calls of that season, you would expect something like 32 FTA/G average.

[Dubnation]

Lue going small is working

No KAT helps lot

Small ball makes Kat even more useless

With the exception of playing us.

[Rubio9Guy]

Timberwolves have legit talent, really think the coaching can be heads and shoulders better.

They probably have a top 10 coach in the league...

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[Blame Rasho]

Off topic but I hate how stupid insurance commercials

[Tha Cynic]

The stupidest NBA thing is saving your challenges for late in the game. You should use your challenge for the highest point differential call. If it comes in the first use it in the first.

The myth you need to save it for end of games is so dumb rooted in the myth of the 4th Q. If LA wins this game it will be probably because of their dominant 1st Q/3rd Q.

If you're a team that routinely gets screwed on bad calls at the end of the game you learn to keep it. Sometimes it doesn't matter since you basically have refs reviewing themselves and admitting they made a bad call. One of the dumbest decisions the NBA could have made.