GameThread #68: @ Phoenix
by wyn on Mar 16, 2010 8:30 PM CDT
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Minnesota Timberwolves at Phoenix Suns, Mar 16, 2010 9:00 PM CDT
| 2009/2010 NBA Season | ||
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| 14-53 (Road 5-28) | vs. | 41-26 (Home 25-9) |
| March 16, 2010, 9:00 PM CST | ||
| Broadcast: | ||
| Radio: 1130 AM KFAN | ||
| TV: FSN, League Pass | ||
| Probable starters: | ||
| Jonny Flynn | PG | Steve Nash |
| Corey Brewer | SG | Jason Richardson |
| Ryan Gomes | SF | Grant Hill |
| Al Jefferson | PF | Amare Stoudemire |
| Darko Milicic | C | Robin Lopez |
| Stats | ||
| (29th) -8.64 - SRS - 3.50 (9th) |
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| (29th) 101.1 - Offense - 114.5 (1st) |
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| (26th) 110.4 - Defense - 110.9 (28th) |
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| (3rd) 96.1 - Pace - 95.3 (4th) |
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| Previous Meetings | ||
| Links: | ||
| Bright Side of the Sun / Yahoo Preview / Timberwolves.com Gameday/a> | ||
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Anybody staying up for this one?
We have been strangely competitive with PHX the last few years.
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
Atlanta sat Joe Johnson...
…and Harris was hurt for Jersey. Jersey got crushed by 24 at home and now stand at 7-60. The must go 3-12 to avoid tying for the worst NBA record ever.
Well, you know.
Thought I get that out of the way early :)
'It's just noise coming out of an ugly scientist.' Michael Scott
You know it's bad when
it’s gonna be hard to go 3-12.
by Bad News Wolves on Mar 16, 2010 9:11 PM CDT up reply actions
I think you forgot to say
poor bastards.
A Darko Fan since 2010!
by TheEvilProfessor on Mar 16, 2010 9:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah it's kinda sad.
But at least it’s not us.
by Bad News Wolves on Mar 16, 2010 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Watch them get the 4th pick in the draft too.
by Bad News Wolves on Mar 16, 2010 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions
I smell a new Canis tagline...
“At least we’re not the Nets”
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
Oh Corey
4 possesions, 2 dumb TOs, a brick and shot blocked. I guess it can only get better from there.
'It's just noise coming out of an ugly scientist.' Michael Scott
Jefferson is not pretty?
How can you watch as much hoops as an NBA play-by-play guy and think Al is not pretty?
'It's just noise coming out of an ugly scientist.' Michael Scott
Richardson with 10 points...
…and three absolutely blown attempts at the rim. Yet another dynamic wing playing like a HOFer. Why must every game remind us of the same defects?
'It's just noise coming out of an ugly scientist.' Michael Scott
I wonder what it would take to get
Grainger
Odd thing is...
Our wings are outscoring theirs at HT.
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
Gomes got hot hand
"It's not too far; it just seems like it is."
by WillistonCoyote on Mar 16, 2010 9:22 PM CDT reply actions
If you're there, Nash will get it to you.
"It's not too far; it just seems like it is."
by WillistonCoyote on Mar 16, 2010 9:26 PM CDT reply actions
Love looks 6'8" next to AlJeff.
"It's not too far; it just seems like it is."
by WillistonCoyote on Mar 16, 2010 9:27 PM CDT reply actions
Or as Jonny calls it...
“A week’s worth”
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
Kevin Love looks like he is shrinking and his arms look more like dough every time I see him.
by Stay classy, Joe. on Mar 16, 2010 9:34 PM CDT reply actions
Yeah it looks like he's trying to lose weight but it doesn't
look right.
by Bad News Wolves on Mar 16, 2010 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions
I've thought the same thing lately
Wonder if their are behind the scenes issues as far as how much effort Love is putting in to have an NBA body. Something about Love is bugging Rambis. He keeps talking about energy…not good when the guy is 21.
I think Love's tired of losing.
A lot of these guys come into the NBA and they’ve never lost in basketball consistantley, I’m sure it’s a pretty big change.
by Bad News Wolves on Mar 16, 2010 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm sure that is part of it
but guys who start moping and playing soft when they are sick of losing make me nervous.
Damien's hit 17 3's this year
how many of them have been pure luck shots?
by Bad News Wolves on Mar 16, 2010 9:39 PM CDT reply actions
COREY...
That was sick!!!
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
Wow
5 point possession for brew
Forever splitting the Cheechakos from the Sourdoughs
www.canishoopus.com
by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 16, 2010 9:59 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Okay, that made it worthwhile
Thanks Corey
'It's just noise coming out of an ugly scientist.' Michael Scott
Has Brewer become are best player now?
by Bad News Wolves on Mar 16, 2010 10:02 PM CDT reply actions
Corey completed what Flynn just tried
Posterizing Sideshow Bob
'It's just noise coming out of an ugly scientist.' Michael Scott
Huge and one dunk
than got the rebound and hit the 3
by Bad News Wolves on Mar 16, 2010 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions
not our best player, but perhaps the player that, for his position (SG/SF), best fits the type of team Rambis wants to build.
by TWolvesFanInLA on Mar 16, 2010 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Can you believe Phoenix once scored 107 points in the first half vs Nuggets…pre-Nash…in 1990.
by TWolvesFanInLA on Mar 16, 2010 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions
I was at that game...
Vs. the Paul Westhead Nuggets when the Suns had KJ, Tom Chambers, etc…
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
Suns do that to a lot of people...
They also are notorious for letting teams back into the game. I’m not bailing yet…
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
In the offseason...
Can we play this game over and over on a loop, and make Jonny watch Nash with his eyelids propped open “Clockwork Orange” style?
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
Well on the bright side,
we had a good night on offense, on the down side we gave up 79 points.
by Bad News Wolves on Mar 16, 2010 10:09 PM CDT reply actions
Field Goal Percentage
Phoenix shot 67% in the first half, including 56% from three. I would have 10 assists if my team was shooting at that clip.
And now we get to watch Ryan Hollins
one bright spot.
by Bad News Wolves on Mar 16, 2010 10:10 PM CDT reply actions
Can you imagine:
How hideous would this game be if we had a poor offensive half? We would be down by 40 on some nights. Eesh.
I noticed a couple nice drive n kicks...
but 6 asst is very surprising. Maybe there is a “Nash osmosis” effect tonight…both in dishing and playing no defense.
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
Most points Wolves have ever given up at the half!
It’s amazing to remember about a decade ago when the Wolves would play a defense minded team like the Knicks and the final score would be about 65-62.
Team has officially quit. Bad time against an offense like the Suns.
Reggie Theus:
“We need to get back on defense.”
No shit Reggie…no shit.
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
Been a problem all season
Watch the wings when someone shoots. Several have a tendency to stand and watch the shot instead of starting back on defense as soon as the ball leaves the shooter’s hand. That half second matters.
During the Lakers-Warriors game last night..
..Mark Jackson and partner were talking about Stephen Curry like Brent Musberger talked about Tim Tebow. I thought Curry had cured cancer and global warming by halftime. So glad that dude is not our coach.
'It's just noise coming out of an ugly scientist.' Michael Scott
Apparently our 3rd quarter suckitude...
Is stronger than their “blowing a big lead” suckitude.
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
I just realized...
Corey really would be perfect on the Suns…
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
Nash is showing why we should be all in on Rubio...
Look at what he does. He makes a mediocre player like Robin Lopez look decent. He makes a very good player like Stoudemire look great. We need that so badly…
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
I would agree
and hope he is a similar player. McHale was this close () to building his wonder team…supposedly, if he didn’t get Marbury he was going to take Nash.
Korean for dinner tonight!
Yummy….
"I was trying to focus on breathing," Milicic said. "I was just focusing on breathing so I didn’t die."
And Ryan Hollins...
Takes a pass off his face…nice.
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
We held them to "only" 35 in that quarter...
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
Is the game wrap up already with 9 mins left?
Here it is. Everyone sucked. Gomes and Brewer sucked slightly less though.
DONE.
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
Just found out why the Wolves fall behind so often and so fast
Hanny was saying this is the 20th game this season the Wolves have given up at least 10 three pointers. Also, their avg. 3’s against is 3rd worst in league history!
Huh
Does Steve Nash have a sibling better at hoops than he was? He seems to like less talented brothers – Collins, Griffin, Lopez.
'It's just noise coming out of an ugly scientist.' Michael Scott
WahWahWeeWah
Theres a way to be a lovable loser… and their is a way to be just awful. This is the way to be just awful.
Fire Rambis. Too soon?
Well it might take some creativity on your guy's part to make it seem like Love played like an all-star tonight...
when you write your game analysis, but you’ve done it before so I believe in you.
Once the Wolves are locked into the 2nd worst record
it will present the team with an interesting dilemma over how ever many games remain. Do they continue to work on “development,” ending the season on a very down note, and leaving a whole summer to wonder just how bad the players and incompetent the coaching staff and POBO are?
Or do they turn it up, start Sessions, Brewer, Gomes, Love, and Al, leave Hollins and Sasha at home on road trips, and actually try to win a couple of games—thereby giving most of the several hundred remaining fans a glimmer of hope for next season, but open the team up to charges of blatant tanking?
Or is there a greater truth that’s so sinister that we dare not speak of it: Is this the best the players can play, and/or Rambis can coach?
by tonight's game only
I would say start Sessions, Brew, Wilkins, Gomes, and Darko. Kevin Love looked like crap…is he sick or something? and Al’s defensive shortcomings make me wonder if he should be the 6th man off the bench. that way, the second unit can just pound it down low to Al, and the first unit can try and run…and actually pass the basketball…to each other (hopefully)
Hate to say it, but....
…. our best player is a whiner and pouter because he is not starting, and he’s been
pouting ever since he’s gone to the reserves. Sign of immaturity. He says stuff in
print about how he misses Kevin McHale & takes shots at his coach. I believe he
wants to be traded to a team (already good team) that he thinks he deserves. I
noticed this way back. I’m not saying he’s not right about his criticisms, but his
childish, selfish attitude is hurting his team, and he doesn’t care. As good as he is,
and as much as I like to see him play, I don’t like whiners, and I’d bench him for the
rest of the season and play guys that want to play and contribute.
"It's not too far; it just seems like it is."
by WillistonCoyote on Mar 17, 2010 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions
An Addendum:
and, as an ex-seviceman 1966-1970, I have to say I don’t like guys that quit when
you need them the most. I hate quitters. You can’t count on them; all they do is
drag you down further. If he wants to be traded, fine. I just say that we have to get
something substantial back. Besides, he’ll carp until he’s paid as much as AlJeff
anyway, and who can take his tantrums that long? I don’t want to. Talent isn’t
everything. Desire trumps that every time. If he holds his feces in until he turns
purple andgets his way, he’s just going to hold us back and be a thorn in our side. He wants to go. Let him go. A guy never helped a team when he didn’t want to be there.
One thing lacking in his talent package: Footspeed. He can shoot and rebound,
but he’s not terribly athletic.
"It's not too far; it just seems like it is."
by WillistonCoyote on Mar 17, 2010 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Multiple visits to the Disabled List don't help a team, either.
"It's not too far; it just seems like it is."
by WillistonCoyote on Mar 17, 2010 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions
I Haven't Seen So Much Korean Cooking
since the last LPGA tournament.
Pining for a Troy Hudson/Marko Jaric backcourt.
I'm not sure that effort merited a Korean Recipe. Might I offer a suggestion?
"It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." -- Yogi Berra
Love only played 26 minutes...
not enough time for him to show the world his awesomeness?
Where is all the hyperbole tonight? I miss the laughs!
Love says it best
Strib:
Love had his foot soaking in ice after he played 26 minutes, didn’t make a shot (0-for-7) and had three points and seven rebounds.
“It felt fine,” he said of his foot. “One of the less effective games of my career, as you could tell from the stat sheet. That’s kind of how it was for everybody tonight.”
I'm still convinced
that Love and not Jefferson get traded in the offseason. I think Kahn and Rambis are much higher on Al Jeff’s potential than K Love’s. Big Al is more expensive (and thus could bring more back in return) but I think they try to package Love with Gomes to get a draft pick or a player.
I'm thinking the same
Rambis obviously annoyed by KLove, and Love may have higher trade value (at least a top-5 pick, if not higher).
I'm ready to trade Love because of his attitude, and the fact he's not durable.
he may have a career like Bill Walton. All potential and sitting in a suit on the sidelines
hoping the last operation will get him back in the game in a few months.
"It's not too far; it just seems like it is."
by WillistonCoyote on Mar 17, 2010 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Jonny Flynn is a joke.
One of the worst rookie PG’s in the first round. It’s beyond me why he plays more than 10-15 minutes per game.
Please, someone disagree with me and tell me how awesome he is… I need a laugh.
Because he's a "leader", played in a really long game that everyone remembers, and he really wanted to come to MN...
most likely because we were dumb enough to draft him 10 spots higher than he should have gone.
Ummmm
He’s one of the best players in a Twolves uniform on any given night… HAHAHAHAHAHAHA…. I’d say hes top five on our club! Here’s my ranking just for fun… Jefferson>Love>Brewer>Sessions>Flynn>Darko>Gomes>Ellington>Hollins>Wilkins>Pecherov>Jawai>Tucker>Pavlovic>My Grandma
Actually, maybe the last two should be flip-flopped… seriously Pavs is probably the worst player in the NBA.
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