WE BACK!! PLAYOFFS GAME 1 @ DENVER 4/16 9:30 CT

younggunsmn · Post #161 » by **younggunsmn** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:45 am

Denver just has way more talent than us.
They are playing a small as their backup 5 and we are playing 2 7 footers and they are killing us in the paint because one 7 footer has absolutely no skill and the other is soft as can be.

Nick K · Post #162 » by **Nick K** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:45 am

Just not our night. No big deal. I think we come back and beat them next game.
We know just what to expect so we'll be much, much better next time.

Certainly can't play worse.

Post #163 » by **Domejandro** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:46 am

I didn’t want to be a wet blanket, but it was pretty obvious going into the series that Minnesota would get absolutely throttled by Denver.

Neeva · Post #164 » by **Neeva** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:46 am

younggunsmn wrote:Denver just has way more talent than us.
They are playing a small as their backup 5 and we are playing 2 7 footers and they are killing us in the paint because one 7 footer has absolutely no skill and the other is soft as can be.

Especially on their coaching staff.

Guest84 · Post #165 » by **Guest84** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:46 am

Do you just leave the starters on the bench the whole 4th?

This is going to require consistent high IQ basketball to make it a serious. Denver is just smarter and that will be the deciding factor.

Heavy dose of pnr with Ant and whoever is guarding joker going forward. He didn’t want to guard it at all

m2002brian · Post #166 » by **m2002brian** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:48 am

I can’t watch us play so poorly. It like watching my child go through a breakup. Just heartbreaking and I can’t do anything about it.

KAT needs to show up and Finch is not a head coach.

Can we just trade them both to Toronto? Nurse may want Finch back.

TwolvesFanRome · Post #167 » by **TwolvesFanRome** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:48 am

guest81 wrote:I know we want to blame finch but how do you coach a star player who is this mentally weak?

At least "coaching" them...
A coach is also important mentally: every time the ship starts to rock he does nothing to save it. It looks like he's standing there watching it sink.

8:30 2Q...we were in bonus...should we start attacking that **** rim or playing miss match isolations (possibly)..instead? we will have shot yes and no 4 free throws by that time..

guest81 · Post #168 » by **guest81** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:48 am

Why does kat post up at the 3 point line? I feel like nothing ever good comes from it

m2002brian · Post #169 » by **m2002brian** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:50 am

guest81 wrote:Why does kat post up at the 3 point line? I feel like nothing ever good comes from it

That feeling is your intuition that you have honed over many years of experiencing similar situations.

It’s usually not wrong.

guest81 · Post #170 » by **guest81** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:51 am

Why has ant forgotten how to dribble in like the past month?

Post #171 » by **Domejandro** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:52 am

Good to see Ryan Saunders back on the coaching bench! I still maintain that he is a talented coach who was thrusted into a bad situation with Gersson Rosas dictating his offense.

Post #172 » by **Calinks** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:52 am

Domejandro wrote:I didn’t want to be a wet blanket, but it was pretty obvious going into the series that Minnesota would get absolutely throttled by Denver.

I still think we can give them problems. Tonight we are absolute hot trash but if we are scoring and glowing, I think we pose issues. The problem is Denver is far more composed and efficient than us. We pretty much have to be perfect to win the series and we have to be really good to win a game. We are playing horribly, we stand no chance.

Post #173 » by **Calinks** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:53 am

guest81 wrote:Why has ant forgotten how to dribble in like the past month?

Yea his handle has fallen off a cliff. Its really bad right now and its killing his game.

guest81 · Post #174 » by **guest81** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:56 am

Sorry ant you don't get to be mad if you play life this

Guest84 · Post #175 » by **Guest84** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:57 am

guest81 wrote:Why does kat post up at the 3 point line? I feel like nothing ever good comes from it

Weak base. He’s not naturally strong and this hurts his positioning. He allows himself to get pushed out. However, part of it might be because he prefers the face up game instead.

Lockdown504090 · Post #176 » by **Lockdown504090** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:58 am

TwolvesFanRome wrote:
guest81 wrote:I know we want to blame finch but how do you coach a star player who is this mentally weak?

At least "coaching" them...
A coach is also important mentally: every time the ship starts to rock he does nothing to save it. It looks like he's standing there watching it sink.

8:30 2Q...we were in bonus...should we start attacking that **** rim or playing miss match isolations (possibly)..instead? we will have shot yes and no 4 free throws by that time..

is Edwards injured? He looks like he’s on painkillers. Doesn’t look like he can focus

younggunsmn · Post #177 » by **younggunsmn** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:58 am

We need to overhaul our offense because they have everything we run scouted and gameplanned and executed, and what we are running is honestly pretty pathetic pick up basketball.

A real coach would have called a play every time down the floor after they got down 30 to teach his team a lesson.

Post #178 » by **Calinks** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:59 am

Read on Twitter

younggunsmn · Post #179 » by **younggunsmn** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 5:01 am

Lockdown504090 wrote:
TwolvesFanRome wrote:
guest81 wrote:I know we want to blame finch but how do you coach a star player who is this mentally weak?

At least "coaching" them...
A coach is also important mentally: every time the ship starts to rock he does nothing to save it. It looks like he's standing there watching it sink.

8:30 2Q...we were in bonus...should we start attacking that **** rim or playing miss match isolations (possibly)..instead? we will have shot yes and no 4 free throws by that time..
is Edwards injured? He looks like he’s on painkillers. Doesn’t look like he can focus

He sprained his ankle about a month ago and took a really hard fall on his hip last week. Also hand a little beat up.
But he is so tough trying to play through everything all year we don't really know how bad he is hurt.

m2002brian · Post #180 » by **m2002brian** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 5:01 am

Lockdown504090 wrote:
TwolvesFanRome wrote:
guest81 wrote:I know we want to blame finch but how do you coach a star player who is this mentally weak?

At least "coaching" them...
A coach is also important mentally: every time the ship starts to rock he does nothing to save it. It looks like he's standing there watching it sink.

8:30 2Q...we were in bonus...should we start attacking that **** rim or playing miss match isolations (possibly)..instead? we will have shot yes and no 4 free throws by that time..
is Edwards injured? He looks like he’s on painkillers. Doesn’t look like he can focus

He fell on his shoulder. Could be bad enough it partially separated. Has a pad on it tonight.
He likes to go left and layup left. Could be affecting everything from dribbling to balance.