WCF Game 1, 5/20: Timberwolves @ OKC, 7:30 PM CST

Post #1 » by **Domejandro** » Tue May 20, 2025 8:44 pm

Game Thread

KGdaBom · Post #2 » by **KGdaBom** » Tue May 20, 2025 9:29 pm

3 hours and 20 minutes of hoopla from tipoff. Go Wolves.

LSWF · Post #3 » by **LSWF** » Tue May 20, 2025 11:45 pm

Thunder are going to foul the **** out of us and dare the refs to call them. Need to stay poised and take care of the ball in order to win.

Loaf_of_bread · Post #4 » by **Loaf_of_bread** » Tue May 20, 2025 11:52 pm

Methodical, yet intense. This isn’t a must win game, but would like to see a sense of urgency. Try to keep the turnover margin close, and smash the boards.

Will be interesting to see our defensive approach.

Loaf_of_bread · Post #5 » by **Loaf_of_bread** » Wed May 21, 2025 12:14 am

Finch looks like a trainwreck in latest video from wolves on YouTube. Hair is combed terribly, and hairsprayed. Looks EXHAUSTED. Can the wolves not employ someone to take 5 minutes to make him look somewhat put together? It's just weird.

winforlose · Post #6 » by **winforlose** » Wed May 21, 2025 12:15 am

LSWF wrote:Thunder are going to foul the **** out of us and dare the refs to call them. Need to stay poised and take care of the ball in order to win.

I am more than fine with that… if it goes both ways. If we can hack the hell out of them, body check them on the drive, push them in the back on the boards (The Gobert Special,) and get away with super physical defense. A loose whistle favors… US. That said, an uneven whistle is just devastating for the team that gets prevented from defending.

Post #7 » by **Calinks** » Wed May 21, 2025 12:37 am

Sadly I can't pick us over OKC. They are insanely deep and play elite defense. I think we will struggle big time to score like we have all playoffs. Julius and Ant might be able to drag us through but we have to have elite passing and defense. We have turned the ball over way too damn much.

LSWF · Post #8 » by **LSWF** » Wed May 21, 2025 12:40 am

winforlose wrote:
LSWF wrote:Thunder are going to foul the **** out of us and dare the refs to call them. Need to stay poised and take care of the ball in order to win.

I am more than fine with that… if it goes both ways. If we can hack the hell out of them, body check them on the drive, push them in the back on the boards (The Gobert Special,) and get away with super physical defense. A loose whistle favors… US. That said, an uneven whistle is just devastating for the team that gets prevented from defending.

Agree...needs to be evenly called.

winforlose · Post #9 » by **winforlose** » Wed May 21, 2025 12:43 am

Calinks wrote:Sadly I can't pick us over OKC. They are insanely deep and play elite defense. I think we will struggle big time to score like we have all playoffs. Julius and Ant might be able to drag us through but we have to have elite passing and defense. We have turned the ball over way too damn much.

We are better shooting team and are more rested. This is not a game or series I can confidently say we SHOULD win. If we lose it won’t be a let down. That said, we are good enough to hang with this team, and we are good enough to beat them.

TimberKat · Post #10 » by **TimberKat** » Wed May 21, 2025 12:45 am

winforlose wrote:
Calinks wrote:Sadly I can't pick us over OKC. They are insanely deep and play elite defense. I think we will struggle big time to score like we have all playoffs. Julius and Ant might be able to drag us through but we have to have elite passing and defense. We have turned the ball over way too damn much.

We are better shooting team and are more rested. This is not a game or series I can confidently say we SHOULD win. If we lose it won’t be a let down. That said, we are good enough to hang with this team, and we are good enough to beat them.

We better "show" that we are the better shooting team. We got to take one of two at OKC.

TimberKat · Post #11 » by **TimberKat** » Wed May 21, 2025 12:45 am

Great start JMaC

winforlose · Post #12 » by **winforlose** » Wed May 21, 2025 12:52 am

Refs already screwing us.

KGdaBom · Post #13 » by **KGdaBom** » Wed May 21, 2025 12:54 am

SGA shooting 1.5 FTs per minute.

Nick K · Post #14 » by **Nick K** » Wed May 21, 2025 12:55 am

winforlose wrote:Refs already screwing us.

No doubt. The Ant "T" was a bad call. Shai gets everything. Is the defender allowed his space? Doesn't seem that way.

Guest84 · Post #15 » by **Guest84** » Wed May 21, 2025 12:57 am

Rudy’s fouls were legit. The rest…idk. The T on Ant was soft but he had to know better.

Shai was already going to the ground on those drives and lowering the shoulder. This generations Harden

winforlose · Post #16 » by **winforlose** » Wed May 21, 2025 12:58 am

Let us get away with as much contact as you allow OKC. You wanna call Rudy for the shove on Chet, call IHart for the over the back the very next play on Jaden. You want to say any contact on SGA is a foul, then let Ant and JR live at the line.

winforlose · Post #17 » by **winforlose** » Wed May 21, 2025 12:59 am

Guest84 wrote:Rudy’s fouls were legit. The rest…idk. The T on Ant was soft but he had to know better.

Shai was already going to the ground on those drives and lowering the shoulder. This generations Harden

SGA offensive fouls people every time. He has been outright shoving Mike with the off arm.

KGdaBom · Post #18 » by **KGdaBom** » Wed May 21, 2025 12:59 am

We are shooting out of our minds and they can't buy a basket. Otherwise we'd be getting blown out. We better keep it up.

Guest84 · Post #19 » by **Guest84** » Wed May 21, 2025 1:01 am

Wolves win going away without the fouls and unnecessary turnovers

KGdaBom · Post #20 » by **KGdaBom** » Wed May 21, 2025 1:02 am

Why are we trying to drive straight through the defense. We are handing the ball over to them, but if we were getting the whistles they are those TOs might be fouls on the Thunder.