GameThread #24: @ Sacramento
by wyn on Dec 12, 2009 8:00 PM CST
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Minnesota Timberwolves at Sacramento Kings, Dec 12, 2009 9:00 PM CST
In case you haven't heard the TV promos for tonight's game, the Wolves will be taking on Kevin Martin and the Sacramento Kings tonight. Except Martin won't be playing because he's injured. As he has been for all but 5 games this season.
If there's a game that the Wolves are "likely" to win on their road swing, it's this one. The same Kings that many predicted would be the worst team in the league, however, have 9 wins already. Three times as many as the Wolves.
Go visit Ghostface Ziller at Sactown Royalty for our opponent's point of view. The man's a pro.
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Holy crap, that dunk is just awesome!
We give Corey a hard time, but that was just sick. More please.
At least we didn't pass on him or..
..trade him.
Because there are no fours.
Toine
Was trying to figure out how these guys are 9-12
They’ve had 11 home games. Eight wins at home vs MEM, GS, OKC, HOU, NY, NJ, NO, IND.
Because there are no fours.
Toine
I'm eager to see Evans in action.
Frankly, I didn’t like him pre-draft, and still don’t quite understand what makes him so good.
I refuse!
I’d rather he be lousy, somehow. He can’t shoot, right? Shouldn’t they be able to sag off him?
That was just a pre-draft argument from people that wanted Harden
Evans is shooting 46% so far this year. He just has such a size advantage. We might want to put Brewer on him for a while tonight.
FG%
Doesn’t tell us much about a player’s ability to shoot jumpers. His .262 3PFG% suggests he wouldn’t do much if you just played for the drive. I’ll be interested to see why shutting him down won’t be so simple, since clearly it isn’t.
Because he plays point guard
And has an enormous size advantage. He’s 6’6", 220 lbs….that’s like Jonny trying to stop Kobe going to the hoop.
Perhaps it just that simple.
It looks like he moves well without the ball, too. That’s how his first two buckets have come.
Kings are starting Evans at point guard
Eeeshh….Jonny’s giving up 6 inches and a good 30 lbs in that matchup…
In pre-draft workouts
Jonny impressed by being the only oneof the PG crop to give Evans some trouble. So, let’s hope it has carried over.
Because there are no fours.
Toine
I remember Truehoop commenting on that
Said Flynn was the best defender of the group, and Evans the best scorer
Jonny Flynn!
Loses track of his man on the first play. Nice to know he’s learning, since that’s what we’re starting him for.
The white man oop!
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a lob pass handled like that. Props to Love for getting it into the basket though.
neither up yet
hopeful though
Because there are no fours.
Toine
Stream
Does anybody have the internet stream for this game?
Prediction:
Al Jefferson goes over 30 tonight. Not a soul on the Kings who can guard him remotely, and he looks focused.
That's the thing...
..always awkward, rarely works :)
Because there are no fours.
Toine
Jason Thompson was a great pick for the Kings
Props to Geoff Petrie for not giving in to traditional thinking with that pick
Same with Evans over Rubio...
Although that still may end up being a bad move. I think that it’ll be hard to fault them for taking Tyreke though, regardless of how good Rubio is.
It won't be a bad move
Because of how great Tyreke has been lately. It may (hopefully for us) be a somewhat disappointing pick relative to those who were drafted after, but he’s been so good already that it’s always gonna be a good pick.
Stream is up on adthe.net
Judd: "...I've since watched some Steven Seagal movies and I realise that pressure points are no laughing matter.".
Hollins so far:
Forgets to box out the shooter, allowing an offensive rebound. Fouls for an and-1 on the resulting extra Kings’ possession. Offensive foul.
Oh well, at least he’s making free throws.
Veteran move by Evans there
Swing the ball through a low arc to catch the defenders hand on the shot attempt
Flynn may ride the bench a fair bit tonight.
Judd: "...I've since watched some Steven Seagal movies and I realise that pressure points are no laughing matter.".
Jawai!
Judd: "...I've since watched some Steven Seagal movies and I realise that pressure points are no laughing matter.".
Absolutely
Judd: "...I've since watched some Steven Seagal movies and I realise that pressure points are no laughing matter.".
Why exactly...
…did we pull Love and Jefferson after 4 and 6 minutes, respectively? They were killing it on the boards, and now we’re down. I guess they’ll be back soon and we can resume the domination, but still, a head-scratching decision by Rambis. No fouls for either of them, incidentally.
Love comes back in
and immediately nails a three. We’re a different team with Love and Jefferson in.
Make that five
Judd: "...I've since watched some Steven Seagal movies and I realise that pressure points are no laughing matter.".
Jason Thompson's really good on the offensive glass
Not as skilled as Love with the positioning, but longer and more physical
Mening he's more likely to just get into a muscle match with his man
Love crashes around a lot, but he does most of his work based on positioning
Would a team...
featuring a shooting guard-small forward line-up of Rudy Fernandez and Omri Casspi not be one of the most fun teams to follow ever? It’d be like a cross between basketball and Borat.
I'm pumped that Love's 3PT shooting isn't a fluke...
…like I thought it was after his first game back when he shot 2/3
Well I'm keen to get the Casspi poster and the Tyreke Evans bobble-head.
Judd: "...I've since watched some Steven Seagal movies and I realise that pressure points are no laughing matter.".
It's Wayning
Judd: "...I've since watched some Steven Seagal movies and I realise that pressure points are no laughing matter.".
My feed has crapped out
Judd: "...I've since watched some Steven Seagal movies and I realise that pressure points are no laughing matter.".
stream is back
Because there are no fours.
Toine
They seem to get a lot of offensive rebounds
the same way we do: ugly offense and bad misses leading to unpredictable bounces, with big men ready to capitalize.
Is it too much to ask Sessions to work on his free throw shooting. That is the worst aspect of his game.
He made 79%
his first two years, on 400 attempts. Clearly he’s capable. This is either bad luck or nerves, but either way he should get better eventually.
I'd say his worst aspect
Other than his inability to be Chris Paul, is his 3-pt shooting. Not a threat from deep at all. That would help him out a lot, especially if we actually wanted to use a 2-PG lineup.
the power of suck...
….is equally strong with hawes.
Forever splitting the Cheechakos from the Sourdoughs
www.canishoopus.com
I agree..I'd rather trust Cardinal or Blount in there against Hawes
although the latter of that could never happen
Kings' ball movement is impeccable
Westphal looks like he’s let Casspi, Udrih and Nocioni inject some Euroball into the playbook
That's a hell of a deal
$50 lower level ticket..plus a hot dog,chips and a Small pepsi for $20…I think i might head to the Wolves game friday ha
How are we only down 5?
I feel like we’ve been getting outplayed all game. They definitely have more energy. I see they had two days off before this game. Hmmm…
Eventaully some team will give him the ball and let him run an offense
He’s incredibly good. Just a victim of draft position and strange coaching decisions.
Flynn is hesitating with the ball
As unsure as Love looked last night, that’s how unsure Flynn looks tonight
How can Corey possibly believe
that he can dribble in traffic?
Because there are no fours.
Toine
Can it be coincidence...
That the Wolves let the other team break the game open in the 3rd quarter every single game?
Last 9 minutes
we got bum rushed 29-11. By Beno effing Udrih and some guy named ‘Jonathan Brockman’. Yet another second game of a back-to-back against a subpar team.
Because there are no fours.
Toine
Watching this team's backups
Makes me think about our plans beyond our future “top player(s)” or starters. What the hell are we gonna do for our bench? That’s a pretty important part of a playoff or championship team, and ours is easily among the worst in the league. Kahn had better have some ideas in mind, because even some of the other worst teams in the league seem more promising in that regard.
Wayne has a worse 3pt% than Corey
Because there are no fours.
Toine
This team
Makes absolutely no sense. In every aspect. I feel like the Timberwolves were assembled in a junkyard. We’re like Frankenstein’s basketball monster, if Dr. Frankenstein hadn’t gotten his doctorate and instead dropped out of high school to smoke peyote.
If we played like this against the Lakers
we would’ve lost by 80.
Because there are no fours.
Toine
Why does Corey look surprised?
Surely he’s used to missing layups.
Because there are no fours.
Toine
How the heck
do we beat Utah and Denver but get wrecked by GS and SAC?
Because there are no fours.
Toine
Is Love like 1-9 in the last few quarters?
He started out hot, but …
Because there are no fours.
Toine
It's been a while
He had that one shot that Thompson practically killed him blocking, and I can’t remember him making one since
Jesus
Sean May scored on us. Well, I guess Jawai scored on them. Wash.
Because there are no fours.
Toine
I'm surprised
Neither of them tried to eat the ball before they put it in the hoop. Both of those guys could be pretty damn good if they were in decent physical condition.
Most depressing loss of the year?
We’re at full strength against the team that most analysts thought would be the worse team in the league and we get blown out by 20.
I’m not suggesting any reactionary moves, but I’m also beginning to think there should be no sacred cows on this team.
Who were also missing their best player, Kevin Martin.
Unbelievable.
by TWolvesFanInLA on Dec 13, 2009 3:14 AM CST up reply actions
Tyreke Evans is their best player.
Sorry, Kevin Martin. You’ve been demoted.
by Princely Frank on Dec 13, 2009 12:16 PM CST up reply actions
back end of a back-to back on the road … Agree we should have won or at least shouldn’t have been blown-out by 20 .. but the “at max strength” isn’t completely correct in that regard.
Official Kahn/Rambis band-wagon rider since 2009
by Wim (Belgium) on Dec 13, 2009 1:31 PM CST up reply actions
The thing that made me switch this off was at halftime
When did broadcasts start doing up promotional placements like the one for Caribou Coffee as if they were public service spots? Love and Pecherov handing out samples, with the guy from the corporate sponsor comparing his company to the Wolves? That was atrocious.
Maybe I wasn’t watching closely enough, but it seemed as if there should be some pretense that Caribou was…. I don’t know, helping orphans, or supporting Parkinson’s research, or something.
I had watched the second quarter, but felt a sudden urge to watch The Best Years of Our Lives and study pathology then.
"It has come to the editor’s attention that the Herald-Leader neglected to cover the civil rights movement. We regret the omission."
Still no gamewrap?
First the LA one gets put off until today, and now it’s the double wrap is delayed? Where can I air my grievances? I got a lot of problems with you this team! And now you’re gonna hear about it.
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