Wolves @ Jazz

[The J Rocka]

Jerry Zgoda ‏ @JerryZgoda
Love said his thumb is OK, said he'll play Fri vs. Lakers...then they took him to get it x-rayed after game. No word yet on the result...

[Hambone93]

is kluv falling in love with the 3. i've been hearing this from all the tv pundits on nbatv and tnt for the past 3 weeks. started with barkley and now everyone seems to be expressing it. i kinda agree, i'm always disappointed when kluv is <15 boards. i think the wolves have needed more O from kluv and their record shows it, but he can make a living in the paint anytime he wants too.

He had 16 boards this game, although I agree with the sentiment. I feel like love doesn't really know what his offense is going to be right now, and what his go to move is. He showed up this off season in better shape and with a step back and a totally new system, where he is the go to guy, and I think that he doesn't always know what he is going to do on any given possession. Low post, high post, three, pick and roll, mid-range... etc etc. and he has all those things he can do, just doesn't know which of them to do.

Really? You guys need to chill out. Nobody's going to be perfect night in and night out, but Love is doing everything he can to win games for us right now. He has more heart than 9/10 of NBA players and came back in this one when we were down late and was one of the big reasons the game went to overtime. He's the best player we have on the court right now and he's shouldering a huge load. When you can suggest a better option, then go ahead. But right now you're just bitvhing.

chill out dude, I think that love can be, and will be the franchise player and first option. I just don't think that he knows exactly how his offensive skills are going to fit together. I'm confident that he will have it figured out by next season. I agree that he is doing all he can right now, and admire it.

[Klomp]

Jerry Zgoda ‏ @JerryZgoda
David Kahn walked down to arena xray room to check on Love, came back saying xray is "normal." "It's nothing," he said.

[Mattya]

Love takes the threes that are given to him. I have only see him force a three when the shot clock is running down or when they need a three. Hard to complain about a guy doing that when last week he was averaging 37 ppg. Tonight Sam Mitchell and Rick Fox complained about it. I don't think I can complain about the threes he took when he hurt his hand in that game and Milsap had 8 stls, i wouldn't want him putting it on the floor then. While this loss hurts, you can definitely see how bad we miss Rubio's passing into the post. Luke could not get Love the ball in the post 2 times in OT. I won't be sad to see Webster, Randolph and Tolliver gone this offseason, which is funny because I really liked those guys at one point and time. I still think we could make the playoffs but Wes, Barea, Beas, and Williams have to step up.

[Grits n Gravy]

Jerry Zgoda ‏ @JerryZgoda
David Kahn walked down to arena xray room to check on Love, came back saying xray is "normal." "It's nothing," he said.

good stuff

what a tough loss and listening to fricken utah announcers made it even worse. can't believe the two goaltending calls on wes in the 2nd half, beyond (Please Use More Appropriate Word)...the second one wasn't even close to even getting above the rim.

can we please amnesty jj please...i have no doubt we will be able to trade darko for an expiring in the off season, just amnesty jj PLEASE.

[Spottieottie]

I was at the game and knew you got screwed on those goaltends. Don't worry though thr Jazz aren't making the playoffs

[Varejao17]

Yessir! The goaltendings were atrocious... :|

[Narf]

I think somebody needs a hug

[miltk]

Love takes the threes that are given to him. I have only see him force a three when the shot clock is running down or when they need a three.

he never forces shots, but his 3's are there because HE'S there, ie he's not in the paint. staying in the paint and going out to receive a pass for a 3 is a lot different than staying outside around the arc.

[Krapinsky]

To me Rubio was the heart & soul of this team. Soon as he went down for the year, this team snapped and aren't the same. I'm not seeing the same exciting energy out of these guys like we were used to seeing most of the time. Even if Rubio playing, we still were uncertain about making the playoffs. Now with Rubio out, no deadline deals, and this lazy heartless brand of basketball, I don't see it this season.

Webster, Barea, Ridnour, Johnson, Ellington, etc. aren't going to carry us very far. We cannot count on Love, Pekovic, and Ridnour every night to carry this team to the playoffs. We're going to see a lot more fight out of teams like the Nuggets, Rockets, and the Jazz from here on out. They look like they want it more than us right now.

Overeactionary post of the day!

[The J Rocka]

To me Rubio was the heart & soul of this team. Soon as he went down for the year, this team snapped and aren't the same. I'm not seeing the same exciting energy out of these guys like we were used to seeing most of the time. Even if Rubio playing, we still were uncertain about making the playoffs. Now with Rubio out, no deadline deals, and this lazy heartless brand of basketball, I don't see it this season.

Webster, Barea, Ridnour, Johnson, Ellington, etc. aren't going to carry us very far. We cannot count on Love, Pekovic, and Ridnour every night to carry this team to the playoffs. We're going to see a lot more fight out of teams like the Nuggets, Rockets, and the Jazz from here on out. They look like they want it more than us right now.

Overeactionary post of the day!

I was actually quite calm while posting this. I don't see how I'm overreacting here. It was a bad night for everyone. I get that. It's going to happen. Unless Michael Beasley helps carry this team like he should've been doing from the get-go, I don't see how losing Rubio and having teams in the hunt like the Rockets & Nuggets getting stronger at the trade deadline helps us.

Whatever happens, playoffs or not, I'm not bashing anything that we've accomplished this season. I'm damn proud of this team this season. We're going to be a deep playoff team next season, but for this season, I'm not seeing the 8th seed. Hopefully I'm wrong but we'll see.

[Worm Guts]

The post seemed a little dramatic considering we lost in overtime on the road.

[The J Rocka]

The post seemed a little dramatic considering we lost in overtime on the road.

That game was lost in the 4th. Matter in fact, we were pure ass that whole game. We had a two game break and the Jazz were coming off a tough road loss the previous night. I just expected a little bit more of a fight out of our team. Onto the next one.

[Worm Guts]

Weren't we down 12 with 5 minutes left? Looking at the boxscore, we outscored them by 6 in the 4th. We may not have played well, but we didn't give up.

[The J Rocka]

That was the story of the whole game. We kept cutting the lead to 1-3 points and then the Jazz would go on their run (their run was in OT). By the time we caught up, we continued to play lazy defense and took poor shots down the stretch. I'm glad that we in fact did comeback when it mattered but we looked gassed after that run. That Millsap bunny should've been the dagger. We practically threw the game away on that play. Just so happened he missed it and we didn't take advantage. Hopefully we put up a bigger fight against the Lakers.

[Krapinsky]

The post seemed a little dramatic considering we lost in overtime on the road.

That game was lost in the 4th. Matter in fact, we were pure ass that whole game. We had a two game break and the Jazz were coming off a tough road loss the previous night. I just expected a little bit more of a fight out of our team. Onto the next one.

I only saw the first quarter, but we started out very sharp carrying over from the PHX game. Not sure where it went from there, but Utah is a tough place to play. There's a reason they're 16-6 at home and 5-16 on the road.

We also didn't have Beasley who probably would have been the difference in the game when you see how ineffective the alternatives were.

The Lakers beat Miami, then lost on the road to Detroit and Washington, then beat us and Memphis in overtime. It's an up and down season.

[Mattya]

Love takes the threes that are given to him. I have only see him force a three when the shot clock is running down or when they need a three.

he never forces shots, but his 3's are there because HE'S there, ie he's not in the paint. staying in the paint and going out to receive a pass for a 3 is a lot different than staying outside around the arc.

Yes, but Love is consistently battling for boards. It's not like he just roams the perimeter, and when shots go up scrabbles to the paint. If that were the case he would never grab any O boards. Love is usually the primary screener because of the attention he draws at the arc. It opens up the point guards, wings and post. He actually cuts more than outsiders think. The pocket pass to either Love or Williams is a very popular option after the pick and roll. Plus Love passes a lot out of the post because of the emergence of Pek. Pek is on of the few guys who cuts hard near the basket and gives Love an easy target. Love would get a lot more assists as well if Wes or Webster were consistent.

[Mattya]

That was the story of the whole game. We kept cutting the lead to 1-3 points and then the Jazz would go on their run (their run was in OT). By the time we caught up, we continued to play lazy defense and took poor shots down the stretch. I'm glad that we in fact did comeback when it mattered but we looked gassed after that run. That Millsap bunny should've been the dagger. We practically threw the game away on that play. Just so happened he missed it and we didn't take advantage. Hopefully we put up a bigger fight against the Lakers.

I couldn't believe how Wes and Webster were totally blind on that play. Milsap goes right by them and neither reacts. We didn't take care of the ball, and poor rebounding killed us. I was very surprised we got back in the game at all.

[Saltine]

Considering that love, Pek, Luke and jj are the only ones who played well, we did all right.