Halftime Adjustments - What gives?
by JesusCat on Jan 26, 2012 1:52 PM CST
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PrintIn recent games, the Wolves seem to be developing a habit of building a run immediately after halftime to start the 3rd quarter.
- 13 to 4 run out of halftime against Dallas leading to a Dallas timeout
- 13 to 7 run out of halftime against Houston leading to a Houston timeout
- 12 to 3 run out of halftime against LA Clippers leading to (you guessed it) a Clippers timeout.
The pattern isn't perfect, of course. Utah is a recent outlier. However, Adelman must be making some pretty good halftime adjustments.
What are the Wolves doing to start these post half-time runs? Is there a consistent pattern or is it something a little different against each team?
I haven't been able to watch any of the games, so I'm very interested in your thoughts and insights below.
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It could be
That this year what they’re being told at halftime makes sense to them, given what they just experienced in the first half. Comfortable in what they’re doing, they have confidence and concentration going into the second half. But my real guess is that we have a decent team, and decent teams sometime get off to better starts after half than their opponents, and three game in at least five (Utah and the game before LAC) isn’t anything outside of a random pattern.
You can't...dust...for vomit.
Yes
Good coaches (plural) analyzing well and players buying in. I don’t know if the “decent team” theory holds up but the players have to execute after buying in. Also Ricky absolutely has to buy in or nothing will work offensively.
"pokin' the animals at the Canis Hoopus zoo"
by pastyearsears on Jan 26, 2012 10:26 PM CST up reply actions
You mean shouting
Writing “STOPS!” over and over on the white board during half-time doesn’t do this?
"It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." -- Yogi Berra
I'm pretty sure that's what Thibodeau does (and during every timeout)
Can’t blame success.
I like to imagine
that every halftime locker room meeting ends with a heartfelt speech from Rubio that goes something like
"I came here to play basketball. I like basketball. You also like basketball, yes? Let’s go play." All players, especially Pek, nod in silence and admiration for the innocent savior.
In any case, whatever we do at halftime to get set for those runs is needed pregame. Just imagine how good we could be if we didn’t have to claw back from a double digit deficit by the end of the first quarter every game.
by spinozagreen on Jan 26, 2012 2:52 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
I love that visual/audial
If the Wolves promo guys were really, really on the ball they’d shoot that and play it on the jumbotron during halftime.
by dontbesomean youngfella on Jan 26, 2012 3:27 PM CST up reply actions
Darko puts out a 1/2 finished cig with his fingers
“let’s ass kicks!”
by fanslaststand on Jan 26, 2012 4:23 PM CST via mobile up reply actions 3 recs
Ha!
"Oh my, oh my, oh my. Is that great basketball or what?" --Hubie Brown, Jan. 20, 2012
by Cynical Jason on Jan 26, 2012 4:35 PM CST up reply actions
Pek is really benefiting
from Rubio’s vision. Nobody could get him the ball down low last season, and this year he consistently catches within a step of the basket.
"Oh my, oh my, oh my. Is that great basketball or what?" --Hubie Brown, Jan. 20, 2012
by Cynical Jason on Jan 26, 2012 4:36 PM CST up reply actions
“I came here to play basketball. I like basketball. You also like basketball, yes? Let’s go play.”
Perfect! I will never be able to look at Rubio the same way.
by Stabby Stabby on Jan 26, 2012 5:49 PM CST up reply actions
Umm...
So if we shall look at Adelmans second half and say it is his pure genius, then what can we say about his first halves? I would like to see how we start games because my feeling is the numbers there would be much less satisfying.
by bringbackbrewer on Jan 26, 2012 6:20 PM CST reply actions
No, this is the way we want it to be
The first half is about us finding out how the other team has wracked its collective brain trust trying to figure out how to stop Love and Ricky. The second half is about us showing them that no, they can’t stop them.
Think the teams that face us aren’t going nuts trying to figure out how to shut down Rubio. Think the opposing bigs don’t start every game determined to seal out Love and stop his double-double string?
We’re not sneaking up on anyone anymore. We’re beating other teams because we’re better.
God but I love the 2012 season!
Yo ho ho and a FirstRow stream!
For some reason
I read your post as if you were James Brown (the musician not the cbs guy) and it worked perfectly.
TMiss has a brand new bag
Woke up in a Cold Sweat and said it Loud, I’m TMiss and I’m Proud! Please, Please, Please Get Up ‘cause I Got the Feelin’ so Give It Up Or Turn It Loose and Make It Funky ‘cause TMiss’s Got a Brand New Bag.
Also, It’s a Wolves, Wolves, Wolves World so Get on the Good Foot and Don’t Take No Mess.
[sinks to one knee on the stage, waiting for someone to bring him his cape]
Yo ho ho and a FirstRow stream!
by TMiss on Jan 27, 2012 1:37 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
God but I love the 2012 season!
Agreed. Never realized how satisfying sub-500 basketball can be, yet I find myself filled optimism. Time to change my signature…
Now will you all please raise your right hand ... and place the paper bag over your head.
by Cedarpenguin on Jan 27, 2012 12:27 PM CST up reply actions
the diff between good coaching and bad
is the ability to see what isn’t working, and make adjustments in game to correct whats going wrong, and to take advantage of the weakness thta have been exposed thus far. Rambis never could do this. Adelman has so far.
Will the Real Thor Please Stand Up ... ?
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