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*** Wolves vs Warriors - Thursday Night - 7pm CT FSN ***

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Post#21 » by _AIJ_ » Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:27 am

Arooooo!!!! 1000 wins baby!!!
LETS GO WOLVES!!! 8-)
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Post#22 » by Mattya » Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:29 am

We’ve been getting some nice wins when we don’t even play too well.
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Post#23 » by Nick K » Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:31 am

Ant hadn't attempted a 3 until late 4th qtr then made 2 quick ones.
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Post#24 » by Nick K » Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:32 am

AARROOOOOOO!!
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Post#25 » by Nick K » Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:34 am

_AIJ_ wrote:Arooooo!!!! 1000 wins baby!!!


Slowest to 1000 ever. What does that average out at.....15 wins per year. :lol: Just kidding.

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Post#26 » by Calinks » Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:36 am

Went from the worst team in the NBA to the best in one week. Also, we may end the season with one of our best division finishes ever lol.
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Post#27 » by Dalvin » Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:38 am

AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! 4 game win streak! Man how long has that been? Can we close out the season by wining all of them? :lol:
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Post#28 » by Nick K » Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:40 am

Ant wins NBA March player of the month!!! Good for him. He deserves it all day!
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Post#29 » by Playmaker17 » Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:51 am

Ant once again showing off his greatest quality tonight: dude is an elite closer. He now ranks 3rd in the NBA in 4th quarter player rating

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Post#30 » by Rookie-Mistake » Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:05 am

Yes!
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Post#31 » by Klomp » Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:10 am

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Post#32 » by Playmaker17 » Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:25 am

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Post#33 » by Calinks » Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:53 am

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Post#34 » by shrink » Fri Apr 30, 2021 11:57 am

If the refs had called the out of bounds play at the end of the Kings game, the Wolves would be on a six game winning streak!

But four straight feels damn good!
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Post#35 » by shrink » Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:27 pm

Towns dunk was #1 in RealGm’s “Top 10 Plays” clip today.
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Post#36 » by LesGrossman » Fri Apr 30, 2021 5:07 pm

Nick K wrote:WTF with Ricky? Nice game Ricky!

IKR? The defense is always there, the playmaking a hustle too. Not a fluke he has by far the highest +/- tonight. Ant wasnt there until 4th quarter, Ricky carried. However theres no mention of him anywhere. Same same...
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Post#37 » by life_saver » Fri Apr 30, 2021 5:32 pm

The play at 0:27 was my fav play of night from Ant..nice drive and excellent pass..I wonder if Ant would drive and kick it out more if there were more reliable 3 pt shooters on current starting lineup

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Post#38 » by Calinks » Fri Apr 30, 2021 6:19 pm

life_saver wrote:The play at 0:27 was my fav play of night from Ant..nice drive and excellent pass..I wonder if Ant would drive and kick it out more if there were more reliable 3 pt shooters on current starting lineup


Ant's path to greatness are in three key areas.

1. Defense, he needs to get better, being average would be enough.

2. Finishing/Attackingalready, he already has a handle good enough to get to the rim 75 percent of the time, the other part is he needs to become elite at finishing. Right now he's solid, get that to elite status and drive more, that is points all day (layups and free throws). Modern NBA cannot stop that attack, it's like Thanos, inevitable.

3. Passing. With his ability to get by defenders and get to the rim, the last piece of his game that would make him elite is the ability to pass to open players. He needs to work on his vision and his pass skills (both are already mediocre-which is pretty promising at 19 as most players would have zero skill here or be bad). Wolves get shooters and solid cutters and Any is looking at 5-10 assist games on a frequent basis.

The more prime time ready Ant becomes the more important it is to keep Towns. Towns today is a must double player, he gets the second most hard double teams in the entire NBA. Ant when he gets better will also be a guy teams double/focus on. You put shooters and cutters around that and it's an absolute debacle on offense. Teams simply will not be able to defend the Timberwolves.
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Post#39 » by life_saver » Fri Apr 30, 2021 6:32 pm

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life_saver wrote:The play at 0:27 was my fav play of night from Ant..nice drive and excellent pass..I wonder if Ant would drive and kick it out more if there were more reliable 3 pt shooters on current starting lineup


Ant's path to greatness are in three key areas.

1. Defense, he needs to get better, being average would be enough.

2. Finishing/Attackingalready, he already has a handle good enough to get to the rim 75 percent of the time, the other part is he needs to become elite at finishing. Right now he's solid, get that to elite status and drive more, that is points all day (layups and free throws). Modern NBA cannot stop that attack, it's like Thanos, inevitable.

3. Passing. With his ability to get by defenders and get to the rim, the last piece of his game that would make him elite is the ability to pass to open players. He needs to work on his vision and his pass skills (both are already mediocre-which is pretty promising at 19 as most players would have zero skill here or be bad). Wolves get shooters and solid cutters and Any is looking at 5-10 assist games on a frequent basis.

The more prime time ready Ant becomes the more important it is to keep Towns. Towns today is a must double player, he gets the second most hard double teams in the entire NBA. Ant when he gets better will also be a guy teams double/focus on. You put shooters and cutters around that and it's an absolute debacle on offense. Teams simply will not be able to defend the Timberwolves.

I think Ant has the ability to become a really good defender...it's about putting effort for the most part. He has definitely looked much better on defense in last 4 games..looks more engaged on defense and for the most part, he has been avoiding the silly mistakes he usually makes on defense. Question is whether he can maintain this consistency on defense (as always with lot of Timberwolves players).

Another important step for Ant is improving his 3 pt shooting...getting it around league average would be a good start..he is now shooting at 32% with high volume...he does take some tough shots
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Post#40 » by life_saver » Fri Apr 30, 2021 6:48 pm

One big positive so far re-Finch is his usage of timeouts, something Ryan really struggled at.

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