Game 61: Los Angeles (39-21) @ Minnesota (13-45)

[mkwest]

Who:


Where: Target Center in Minneapolis, MN


When: Monday, March 2nd, 2015 @ 5:00PM (PST)
TV:
Radio:








The Supporting Cast


11 - Jamal Crawford | 0 - Glen Davis | 25 - Austin Rivers

15 - Hedo Turkoglu | 30 - CJ Wilcox | 31 - Dahntay Jones

13 - Ekpe Udoh | 1 - Jordan Hamilton





Starters

Rubio | Neal | Wiggins | Garnett | Dieng

Reserves

LaVine | Budinger | Payne


Inactive List:

Redick (Knee) is active.
Matt Barnes (Hamstring) and Blake Griffin (Right Elbow) are inactive.


Anthony Bennett (Strained Right Ankle), Robbie Hummel (Broken Hand), Kevin Martin (Flu), Shabazz Muhammad (Finger) and Nikola Pekovic (Ankle) are inactive.



Team Leaders and Statistics

Scoring

22.5 PPG in 35.3 MPG| 20.5 PPG in 33.4 MPG

Rebounding

14.4 RPG in 34.0 MPG| 8.5 RPG in 28.9 MPG

Assists

10.0 APG in 34.9 MPG | 8.5 APG in 30.6 MPG


Team Performance (Away)
Road Record: 16-13
105.6 Points Per Game - 3rd Overall
Def. Rebounding %: 75.1 - 11th Overall
Off. Rebounding %: 23.7 - 22nd Overall
11.2 Turnovers Per Game - 1st Overall
3P%: 35.7% - 9th Overall
Opponent 3P%: 36.3% - 23rd Overall
Offensive Rating: 109.5 points scored per 100 possessions - 1st
Defensive Rating: 106.3 points allowed per 100 possessions - 25th
Pace: 96.3 possessions per game - 15th


Team Performance (Home)
Home Record: 8-22
96.6 Points Per Game - 22nd Overall
Def. Rebounding %: 73.2 - 26th Overall
Off. Rebounding %: 28.4 - 5th Overall
14.5 Turnovers Per Game - 19th Overall
3P%: 32.4% - 26th Overall
Opponent 3P%: 35.1% - 19th Overall
Offensive Rating: 99.1 points scored per 100 possessions - 27th Overall
Defensive Rating: 105.8 points allowed per 100 possessions - 30th Overall
Pace: 96.7 possessions per game - 13th Overall

[QRich3]

This has trap-game written all over it, the Wolves have actually been pretty good since Rubio/Martin/Pekovic came back from their respective injuries, and they're still riding on the adrenaline of bringin Garnett back. Plus we're on a b2b and spent a lot of energy on the weekened road victories, I can see us droppin this one easily :/

[mattd13]

have to agree Q, however maybe Austin will go for 28 again or hawes could make 7 or 8 3's. what do you think???

[QRich3]

have to agree Q, however maybe Austin will go for 28 again or hawes could make 7 or 8 3's. what do you think???

lol yeh, maybe we win on a JJ Redick dunk from the FT line as time expires too

But yeah, Hawes is due for a great shooting game to be honest, he's just so scared of f*cking up whenever he gets the ball that his shooting numbers are horrible, but the guy can shoot and there's gonna be a day when the ball starts goin in and his confidence grows as he keeps taking and making shots. Man's gotta hope at least.

[thanumba2clippersfan]

This is a winnable game but I can see us losing this one since we played yesterday. The Twolves have some of their better players back so I hope we're ready.

[mattd13]

we seem to do ok in these type of games. somebody will step up. we win. I like the jj dunk. could happen!!!!

[og15]

Lucky for us, after Rubio's hot 3 game start since he came back from injury, his scoring / shooting averages since then are not so impressive:

12.0 ppg / 29.6% FG / 25.0% 3PT

This guy really is shooting and isolating ability from being a totally elite PG, but developing isolation ability at the NBA level is a pretty hard thing to ask, but at least the ability to shoot off the dribble / off pick and roll would do him wonders.

His is turnover prone, but he does so many things well, push the pace, defense, rebounding, but that scoring and shooting, it's hard for a PG.

[QRich3]

Lucky for us, after Rubio's hot 3 game start since he came back from injury, his scoring / shooting averages since then are not so impressive:

12.0 ppg / 29.6% FG / 25.0% 3PT

This guy really is shooting and isolating ability from being a totally elite PG, but developing isolation ability at the NBA level is a pretty hard thing to ask, but at least the ability to shoot off the dribble / off pick and roll would do him wonders.

His is turnover prone, but he does so many things well, push the pace, defense, rebounding, but that scoring and shooting, it's hard for a PG.

Yeah honestly, the fact that he can still get starter minutes with how historically awful he is at scoring says a lot about the rest of his game. It's a similar conversation with Deandre and his free throws, he's so painfully bad at it, but still worth it to have him on the floor.

[Forte IV]

Matt Barnes is out

[mj_shoefanatic]

Hopefully Hamilton can step up as well as other reserves like Hawes, Rivers and Baby.
This most definitely is a trap game.

[QRich3]

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At least they have injuries too

[LACtdom]

Some consistent team defense should make this an easy win. I hope there is no complacency.

[Forte IV]

Love that Hamilton got the start. Hopefully he can show us something tonight and stick here.

[Quake Griffin]

here's to praying Hamilton works out.

[Quake Griffin]

btw, sorry bros.

LOVE THE ROAD BLUES!!!!
The only reason I don't ask for the reds to go is because of tradition.

[mkwest]

6 1/2 minutes in and CP3 already has 6 assists.

[LACtdom]

Nice 3 by Hamilton on the break.

[Forte IV]

Hamilton has looked great so far. 5 pts (1 trey), had a tip out after a DJ missed free throw. Made a great drive with a nice dish off to Hawes who missed it.

[Quake Griffin]

BINGO JORDAN HAMILTON!

[mttwlsn16]

I take it JHam has played well? That's good. How is he defensively?