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Denver Nuggets at Minnesota Timberwolves, Nov 29, 2008 7:00 PM CST


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The Wolves host Northwest Division rivals the Denver Nuggets (10-6) tonight, coming off of last night's squeaker in OKC. The Nuggets boast a 5-4 road record. We lost in Denver on 11/16 by 6 points

Take a look at the Game Flow from last night and notice the two runs that OKC went on in the 4th quarter. It's not easy to survive that, but thanks to Miller's last-second shot, Wittman kept his job.

I've been in the San Francisco area all weak, so unfortunately I missed the Suns and Thunder games, and will miss the game tonight. But I've gotten to see plenty of Jamal Crawford and the Warriors. They were up by 13 on the Celtics at half, then lost by 8. They also lost to the Wizards by 24. So the Wolves didn't have the worst week in basketball.

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by Stop-n-Pop on Nov 29, 2008 9:04 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

What a Debacle

wittman needs to go.

by Tony_O on Nov 29, 2008 9:46 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Still in California...

… only saw the box score. But after taking another look at our game log, it’s obvious that 3-pt shooting has a lot to do with our wins and losses.

In 4 wins, we’re 22 for 48. That’s 45.8% and an average of 5.5 makes on 12 takes.

In 11 losses, we’re 52 for 180. That’s 28.9% and an average of 4.3 makes on 15 takes.

I haven’t looked at other factors (especially confounders of 3-point shooting like half-court heaves and garbage time) but this factor in our wins and losses stands out pretty significantly.

by wyn on Nov 29, 2008 11:18 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

I only saw the boxscore too

but FTs (i.e. them getting them and us not) look pretty big too.

by plinytheelder on Nov 30, 2008 12:23 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

FTs...

…were ridiculous.

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by Stop-n-Pop on Nov 30, 2008 11:49 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

The Nuggets had 0 team fouls in the second

Not one. They may have had one offensive foul, but otherwise literally zero. I’ve never seen anything like that — the refs weren’t great, but we weren’t aggressive.

Shaddy, by the way, is going Section 8. He was acting very strangely on the sideline, and hoisted it every time he got it. It’s an untenable situation. I understand that he thinks he should play more, but he’s got a lot riding on this and no matter how stupid Witt is, it’s clear he’s not going to play unless he plays the way Witt wants him to. Shaddy needs to grow up or go.

by Sterno on Nov 30, 2008 3:22 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Boxscore Watching...

No TV, so…

Jefferson was his usual self; Foye had a good scoring day; Kevin Love probably had the best game of his young career thus far.

Problem is everyone else had a pretty bad night across the board. Jason Collins, according to ESPN, played 18 minutes with ZERO rebounds.

by jianfu on Nov 30, 2008 4:18 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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