Road to 56-66, pt. 2: Crumbling Empires
by Stop-n-Pop on Jan 29, 2012 5:30 PM CST
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ima so psyched for this game
let’s go wolves!
by Bob Mcflallergy on Jan 29, 2012 5:31 PM CST reply actions
Hi everyone here from Spain,
I feel so nervous today because here we have two of our best players from Spain, Gasol of LA and RR of my beloved wolves.
My prediction today is that RR will get 20 points and 10 assists as well as KL gettin 30 point and 15 boards, thus the wolves win the game 104-102.
by Anthony Real Thing on Jan 29, 2012 5:45 PM CST reply actions
Hola, hola.
Let´s beat L.A.
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
by blond unicorn on Jan 29, 2012 5:47 PM CST up reply actions
I hope they win for our CH brethren attending the game including
dontbesomean, cynical jason, coolminnesota, PDGirl, etc., etc.
speaking of which, SnP.. do you not go to the games?
You’re always running the board.
back to back games for L.A.
they’re tired, but they, like every other team, will be up 10-0 to start the quarter.
I also made a bet with myself on this game...
If the Wolves win, I’m gonna order a pizza. If they lose, I’m eating Ramen for the second meal today.
I wouldn't either
If I was playing for a team that ried to trade me.
by Lance Steele on Jan 29, 2012 6:08 PM CST up reply actions
Hi 1922! glad to see u here, i really like ur posts!
by Anthony Real Thing on Jan 29, 2012 6:08 PM CST up reply actions
When was the last time we were favored against the Lakers?
Gotta win this one! Go Wolves!
Looking forward to this game
and of course the glorious company of the CH community!
www.unleashkevinlove.com
my wife once accidentally called kobe...
…“Colby O’Bryant.” the nickname has stuck around here.
http://www.davechisholmmusic.com
NBA TV pregame
is a joke. They said Pek came off the bench against SA (he started). They got something else wrong, then they put up a graphic where they clearly switched the free throw numbers with the 3-point numbers.
Yo ho ho and a FirstRow stream!
MWP starting
Luke is going to be a problem on defense
Michael Beasley is a Small Forward. Derrick Williams is a Power Forward.
And another start for Wes
…that’s it
by Spread-the-Love on Jan 29, 2012 6:12 PM CST up reply actions
Better than putting him on Kobe
Michael Beasley is a Small Forward. Derrick Williams is a Power Forward.
I thought that was going to be disastrous,
but Mr. Peace had an awfully quiet game.
"Oh my, oh my, oh my. Is that great basketball or what?" --Hubie Brown, Jan. 20, 2012
by Cynical Jason on Jan 29, 2012 10:06 PM CST up reply actions
wasn't there a purple shirt in the lane when pek got 3 seconds?
am i crazy?
http://www.davechisholmmusic.com
hahhaa
http://www.davechisholmmusic.com
by davechisholm on Jan 29, 2012 6:15 PM CST up reply actions
Ron Artest says...
“I got bored with defense because it was so easy for me to stop people over the years. I got real bored with it. When you’re playing against guys and you’re stopping guys every single time, what else are you going to do [but get bored]? It caught up to me, but this year I’m doing better. This year I’m almost back to where I want to be.”
by they_are_who_we_thought_they_were on Jan 29, 2012 6:15 PM CST reply actions
So this is the game where Pau actually plays like Pau
Fan-goddamn-tastic.
T'Wolves 2012: Where A Is For Intangibles
it's not Pau.. it's that the Lakers haven't been playing through him Mal..
I was hoping they wouldn’t figure it out just for us, but it looks like they have.
Ricky gets so many layups blocked..
still love him though
by Spread-the-Love on Jan 29, 2012 6:19 PM CST reply actions
a block out of bounds
is so worthless, what a waste, Bynum could have easily tipped it to himself, instead he swats it to the third row and immediately start high fiving teammates, idiot.
Michael Beasley is a Small Forward. Derrick Williams is a Power Forward.
Hell of a drive for Wes, taking Fish to the bucket!
by Spread-the-Love on Jan 29, 2012 6:20 PM CST reply actions
why would they not put kobe on rubio?
by Ray Williams? on Jan 29, 2012 6:21 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
I thought they would start Darko to deal with Bynum on the defensive end..
but yeah, there is no disputing Pek is much better than Darko offensively.
Kobe just yelled an expletive
when he saw he was airborn headed Pek’s way….
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the good thing is pau gasol's not gonna shoot this well all game
by Bob Mcflallergy on Jan 29, 2012 6:22 PM CST reply actions
Wes better be in the game every second that Kobe is.
He’s playing great defense.
Now if Love can stop Gasol…
not down by too many
hanging in there. the lakers’ bench is even worse than the wolves’ … should be interesting
http://www.davechisholmmusic.com
freaking lockout schedule...
…so brutal
http://www.davechisholmmusic.com
by davechisholm on Jan 29, 2012 6:23 PM CST up reply actions
I'm rather enjoying
games every other day, my body doesn’t ache watching tv…
Michael Beasley is a Small Forward. Derrick Williams is a Power Forward.
damn it Gasol
like a well raised spaniard I just love unconditionally any son we’ve sent overseas… but don’t take it so seriously tonight !!!
Wayne hasn't done too bad so far on him surprisingly.
Not a good as Wes though.
by DukePettyjohn on Jan 29, 2012 6:28 PM CST up reply actions
We have no one tall or fast to stop Pau in this kind of mood.
T'Wolves 2012: Where A Is For Intangibles
As well as Pau is shooting, Lakers are only up by 3? The game is totally in our hands
by bluedevil_unicorno on Jan 29, 2012 6:28 PM CST reply actions
Yeah, I see a 10-point victory at the end of this one
Lakers look tired and uninspired
by HowManyFoulsOnShaq? on Jan 29, 2012 6:29 PM CST up reply actions
I thought I'd give the CH game thread a try
it always amazes me that the TW can be 20-17 when they are shooting so poorly…
magical unicorns somehow keep the other team's points
practically the same as the Twolves even though it seems like they should be 10 up… I believe
It's true :)
We don’t question why or how. Ricky – the magical unicorn – is an experience all its own.
Beat LA.
Live And Stupid From England
by JonesTheCat on Jan 29, 2012 6:29 PM CST via mobile reply actions
I didn't watch, I just popped in to throw that in the mix.
Live And Stupid From England
by JonesTheCat on Jan 30, 2012 7:46 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
One thing we don't want to see is Kobe distributing
You just hoist up those fadeaways, Kobe.
T'Wolves 2012: Where A Is For Intangibles
That was an assist
like a PG tossing it off the backboard on a break.
They even looked cold
warming up for the second half. It was a brick-fest.
"Oh my, oh my, oh my. Is that great basketball or what?" --Hubie Brown, Jan. 20, 2012
by Cynical Jason on Jan 29, 2012 10:10 PM CST up reply actions
If we'd hit the wide open treys
This would be looking good.
T'Wolves 2012: Where A Is For Intangibles
HE MADE HIS OWN SHOT HAPPEN
I"D LIKE TO SEE LOVE TRY THAT %%%%%%
http://www.davechisholmmusic.com
by davechisholm on Jan 29, 2012 6:35 PM CST up reply actions
definitely should be down by more...
…now let’s take the lid off the rim and go to town!
http://www.davechisholmmusic.com
I think we should just expect slow starts with this team
we are now 2/20 with the only good starts being the first SA game and the WAS game.
Michael Beasley is a Small Forward. Derrick Williams is a Power Forward.
You get the feeling the Lakers dished out about all they had
and the Wolves have yet to get started, and we’re only down by three
by HowManyFoulsOnShaq? on Jan 29, 2012 6:35 PM CST reply actions
Need Webster in there taking the corner 3's
It’s not even good defense, just bad misses on wide open shots.
Kobe's so smooth...
but he’s teetering on the edge of the cliff this season…you can see him having to work harder and harder to get shots that used to come easy
by LosAngelesTWolf on Jan 29, 2012 6:37 PM CST reply actions
I don´t like
the ball movement of the wolves tonight, seems to be a RR issue
by Anthony Real Thing on Jan 29, 2012 6:39 PM CST reply actions
Beasley makes both FTs!
The apocalypse is coming
by Spread-the-Love on Jan 29, 2012 6:39 PM CST reply actions
Nice dish from Beas
I like the way he’s playing today even if his shot is not dropping
Can't work out who's the bigger ball stop
Beas or Derrick Rose. I know Rose actually scores for his team but did any of you see the Heat game earlier? No other Bull ever saw the ball!!!
It was really fun to be there and witness that.
Pek really bothered Bynum (wish he’d bothered Pau more). He didn’t see the court again, though, after getting called for his fourth foul.
"Oh my, oh my, oh my. Is that great basketball or what?" --Hubie Brown, Jan. 20, 2012
by Cynical Jason on Jan 29, 2012 10:12 PM CST up reply actions
WTF is with this lineup..
Beas if you’re doubling down on Bynum.. fucking double down.. don’t just stand next to him
Derrick.. you don’t have to drive every time.. you can shoot the open jumper
Just horrible shooting. We could be up by a ton right now if we had just hit our open shots.
If I'm pissing you off its probably sarcasm
Beasley
is disrupting the flow of our offense, but it is getting better.
haven't seen much flow to disrupt
by Ray Williams? on Jan 29, 2012 6:44 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
It is getting better.
But only when Beasley doesn’t touch the ball. At all. Ever.
Yeah, silver lining is once we start hitting shots we'll be up
If I'm pissing you off its probably sarcasm
by CoffeeJanitor on Jan 29, 2012 6:46 PM CST up reply actions
too much x games
these guys are trying too hard to get some sick air
by Bob Mcflallergy on Jan 29, 2012 6:45 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
everyone watch Beas when he doubles down on Bynum..
What is he doing?
he can't shoot off they bounce
just let it fly.
by Ray Williams? on Jan 29, 2012 6:49 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Who is this #0 kid for the Lakers?
Never heard of him, but he’s Norris Coleing all over us.
by LosAngelesTWolf on Jan 29, 2012 6:49 PM CST reply actions
ok.. beas needs to get out of the game right now.
not moving on the offensive end.. not playing team D
Maybe they're trade-baiting him
If I'm pissing you off its probably sarcasm
by CoffeeJanitor on Jan 29, 2012 6:50 PM CST up reply actions
i'm genuinely worried...
…that bynum is going to thug rubio at some point late in the game and the unicorn will explode into a glorious cloud of glitter.
http://www.davechisholmmusic.com
Adelman doing a lot of experimentation 'cause he's got to work guys back into the rotation.
Makes things a little rough.
by 1922 on Jan 29, 2012 6:50 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Good call
He’s gonna be feeling out what he can do with the bench as more and more guys come back from injury, too. Webster’s back, Beasley, Miller coming, maybe even Lee at the end of the month… Gonna get a little iffy as guys fight for minutes.
And he looks great!
I’m loving the mohawk
by princelyfrank on Jan 29, 2012 6:54 PM CST up reply actions
Why has Rubio been sitting for so long?
We need him back for our hopefully-patented end-of-second-quarter-scoring explosion
Oh, they made up for it
on that ridiculous call on Pek on Fisher.
I thought unicorns are supposed to have wings
by bluedevil_unicorno on Jan 29, 2012 6:57 PM CST up reply actions
Nope.
That’s pegasusses. Pegases. Peg—
Wingy horses. (Pegasi!)
"Oh my, oh my, oh my. Is that great basketball or what?" --Hubie Brown, Jan. 20, 2012
by Cynical Jason on Jan 29, 2012 10:17 PM CST up reply actions
We are building quite a house
With all those bricks being thrown.
fucking lakers are playing like thugs
they are getting away with wayyy more contact than the wolves are
http://www.davechisholmmusic.com
Lots of points in the paint
So at least we are hitting the easy shots, but damn, you need to hit something from outside.
T'Wolves 2012: Where A Is For Intangibles
Our bench is 3 for 18
And a lot of those are wide open shots.
i dont think so
If I'm pissing you off its probably sarcasm
by CoffeeJanitor on Jan 29, 2012 7:00 PM CST up reply actions
I do
it’s nearly impossible to keep shooting this poorly. That’s not saying we can dig our way out…
yeah i just expect it in the second half not right now
If I'm pissing you off its probably sarcasm
by CoffeeJanitor on Jan 29, 2012 7:02 PM CST up reply actions
thought the game was at 7
Pek > "Demarcus Cousins"
by running with Twolves (and scissors) on Jan 29, 2012 7:01 PM CST reply actions
both
Pek > "Demarcus Cousins"
by running with Twolves (and scissors) on Jan 29, 2012 7:02 PM CST up reply actions
Early Laker's run led by Pau
Run back to even by the Wolves. 2nd Quarter’s been all Lakers. Wolves bench is playing like jit.
We look like and excellent team
Excellent handball team.
Or soccer team, perhaps.
I like this Kobe iso Lakers team
As opposed to the pound every possession through the paint team we saw in the 1st.
Beas needs to learn how to move off the ball on offense..
He’s destroying the offense.. take the ball out of Ricky’s hands and doesn’t move when he doesn’t have it. Damn it Beas..
Adelman Jumped off the bench after that pass
I’ve never seen him so excited.
only down 8
have to take that with this performance
Down 8 at the half.
Gasol’s 1st quarter mastery slowed a bit in the second. Lots of Kobe iso in the second.
Hopefully our bench normalizes in the second and they can fight back into this.
offensive boards
second-chance points.
weird half
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by davechisholm on Jan 29, 2012 7:08 PM CST up reply actions
I thought we looked okay
outside of the terrible outside/bench shooting.
I have nightmares
about Nikola Pekovic. They involve lots of fire, broadswords, axes and darkness.
www.unleashkevinlove.com
A thousand years ago
Pek probed the field of battle in a suit of leather, chain, and plate, and cut men to pieces with an axe. You should fear him.
If you shoot 17% less and are still in it, then it's definitely a game
T'Wolves 2012: Where A Is For Intangibles
I hate to say it, but incorporating Beas in the game is killing us..
the defense and offense are awful when he is in the game.. he needs to figure it out
How many more games does he have
in your 20-30 game trial plan? I need to start a count down.
I didn't realize the first par of the season was off the clock
What if I told you the trade deadline was 23 games away. Does that shorten the lenient end of that range at all?
Quick game synopsis anyone?
Who are the studs and duds?
Pek > "Demarcus Cousins"
by running with Twolves (and scissors) on Jan 29, 2012 7:08 PM CST reply actions
Studs: Pek, Love, and Rubio
Duds: Defense
by Darth Paxton on Jan 29, 2012 7:08 PM CST up reply actions
ya it looks like our bench has made 4 fgs
Pek > "Demarcus Cousins"
by running with Twolves (and scissors) on Jan 29, 2012 7:10 PM CST up reply actions
We are getting good, open shots..
…but missing terribly. Beas, Wes, Martel, Miller, Ellington, Ricky… all had bad misses. As in, WAY off.
duds: outside shooting
that’s literally the only bad thing. But, unfortunately, it is an extremely bad thing.
T'Wolves 2012: Where A Is For Intangibles
Too many missed free throws, as well.
"Oh my, oh my, oh my. Is that great basketball or what?" --Hubie Brown, Jan. 20, 2012
by Cynical Jason on Jan 29, 2012 10:20 PM CST up reply actions
Rubio
Needs to be more aggressive and take the ball to the rack more. Fisher can’t stay in front of him.
Adelman looks like a guy who wandered in off the street with a bottle of Boone Farm in a paper bag.
I wonder where he copped the suit.
50% disagree
and the rest were hanging out with Michael Beasley and have no idea what’s going on.
T'Wolves 2012: Where A Is For Intangibles
the rest said "Mike's not here man... I want to go to white castle"
T'Wolves 2012: Where A Is For Intangibles
Please anybody can tell me if Pek has any kind of accent when speaking english? i listened to him in the interview and he speaks very very well...
by Anthony Real Thing on Jan 29, 2012 7:10 PM CST reply actions
yes has east european accent
but clear in his wordings
by Souvik Roy Chowdhury on Jan 29, 2012 7:11 PM CST up reply actions
Yes
He does, I noticed on the Spanish broadcast they said he didn’t. But he does and its a very noticeable Balkan accent.
Its hard to pick up accents
When listening to a language that’s not your native one.
+1
Turns out that up until age 3 your mind catches a lot of subtle sounds pertaining to your language and learns them. If you don’t grow up with a language you won’t hear those sounds and thus won’t be able to replicate them
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by CoffeeJanitor on Jan 29, 2012 7:16 PM CST up reply actions
Ugh. Lousy half.
Only down 8, though. We can make that up. And that Ricky to Love pass was a nice way to end the half.
Pek on track for a 20 point game
Beast. Wolves should average out their shooting in the second half
If I'm pissing you off its probably sarcasm
They should try to get him the ball early in the 3rd quarter
Bynum has 2 fouls. Of course, LA probably has the same strategy since Pek has 3.
by Rascal Flatts on Jan 29, 2012 7:13 PM CST up reply actions
I hate Kobe Bryant. He killed the All-Star Game
My favourite game of the year in my youth.
An excellent display of passing, fastbreak, sharing the ball, the minutes and the pure joy until that greedy Grinch wanted badly to get the MVP shooting 30+ shots one year.
Since then LeBron, Kobe and the like, individual mined freaks playing a collective game have transformed the ASG in a series of boring 1 on 1 with no D.
I hate Kobe Bryant
because he’s Kobe Bryant.
Man I hate him
But he is so damn good off the dribble. Even as an old man.
If I'm pissing you off its probably sarcasm
by CoffeeJanitor on Jan 29, 2012 7:17 PM CST up reply actions
It was weird seeing him from the stands.
He doesn’t look like he’s doing anything special, but all of a sudden he’s past the defense and at the rack. And every shot goes in. Unreal. I hate him, but I was just shaking my head all game.
"Oh my, oh my, oh my. Is that great basketball or what?" --Hubie Brown, Jan. 20, 2012
by Cynical Jason on Jan 29, 2012 10:23 PM CST up reply actions
they are going to feed the post in the third quarter..
for sure lots of Bynum and Gasol coming.. they went away from it in the second quarter and will go back to it now..
2nd half thread is up
http://www.canishoopus.com/2012/1/29/2757161/2nd-half-thread
This Laker team is pure shit. They are the Josh McRoberts of the NBA. And yes, Josh McRoberts plays on the Josh McRoberts of the NBA. My god, this team is just garbage.
Nice run there
AR + Beas both passing a little and running the floor
KLOVE
People can officially stop worrying about KLOVE leaving in three years, That is a Minnesota Beard.
Let "da packs" mating dance ritual commence....
Todd Rundgren time!
KLOVE bring da pail to work!
"If a kid calls his grandma "Mommy" and his mama "Pam", he's going to jail!"---Chris Rock
Kobe is finishing us off.
Need some unicorn magic.
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