Porks first Game thread to 55 wins

[thedoper]

Did KAT injure Paul George on that last pick? It was a winning play but definitely questionable.

[thedoper]

https://soundcloud.com/wolves-radio/andrew-wiggins-with-marney-gellner

The post game audio is all up on SoundCloud if anyone is interested.

[Q12543 [enjin:6621299]]

Yawn, just another Sunday. Oh wait, holy crap, we just beat a potential top 4 or 5 NBA team on the road! Yes!

- Game ball obviously goes to Wiggins. Awesome 4th quarter. He got up a lot of 3's again too. He also bottled up Paul George, so he got 'er done on both ends.

- For all of KAT's struggles, you look up and he ends the game with 27 and 12. As J-Pete said, he just has to let the damn game come to him. His defense on Adams....yikes. Just got man handled in there.

- Butler's role is starting to come into focus. I think he realizes that KAT and Wig are probably the two more naturally gifted scorers, but he's the better play maker. So he's finding himself facilitating more than scoring. Still, he made a couple of awful turnovers again tonight and missed a couple of wide open shots.

- I'm OK with what Thibs did tonight with minutes. That is a huge road win against a division rival. He can't do that every night obviously, but it was justified tonight.

- Westbrook made some ridiculous shots. I mean those 3's are line drive balls that he was hitting off the dribble. Karma was finally on our side when Andrew hit his own ridiculous shot to seal the deal.

- I'm starting to appreciate Taj and how he defends vs. Dieng.

Big win!

Is that a bit of positivity there Q? Be careful you actually might start enjoying yourself.

Hard not to be positive with an unexpected road win after 'melo ripped our hearts out (for a few seconds anyway). Hard not to be negative after watching the first two games of ugliness.

[Crazysauce]

Reporter to wiggins: did you call glass?

Wiggins: nah i didn't

Towns: he called Game!



Boom man.

[Duke13]

Wow what a win. Best I've seen Wiggins move the ball in his entire career. My favorite play was the second to last possession when they iso'd Wig, he drove, it wasn't there and didn't force it. He passed it to Butler who then passed to Kat for a huge shot. Wig had been playing unselfishly all game, but that capped it off for me.

Look at the stat sheet, the assist column pops out to me. It was evident all night. Now if you had a small ball 4 we'd be in business!! Haha. Great win all the way around

[worldK]

Wow what a win. Best I've seen Wiggins move the ball in his entire career. My favorite play was the second to last possession when they iso'd Wig, he drove, it wasn't there and didn't force it. He passed it to Butler who then passed to Kat for a huge shot. Wig had been playing unselfishly all game, but that capped it off for me.

Look at the stat sheet, the assist column pops out to me. It was evident all night. Now if you had a small ball 4 we'd be in business!! Haha. Great win all the way around

Wiggins looks to have adjusted to his new role on the team well. He can still take the most shots on the team but he isn't being asked to dominate the ball much anymore. He gets his shots in the flow of the offense and we still go to him for iso as he is good with that and get favorable matchups playing alongside butler on the wing.

I love what jimmy butler brings to the team. He brings that calming vet and star presence that the team lack. He is a leader.
We had rubio and kg before who brings the passion and intensity but it was different with them. Rubio was just not talented enough to really lead and kg was done when he came back. Butler in his prime playing with wig and towns is trally hoing to benefit the wolves.

[Duke13]

In my above post I mentioned the assist. I was referring to the whole team, not just Wiggins. Best wolves game I've seen in years. Also the shot distribution was great also

[Leado01]

That was a blast. That was the Sealy shot and the Love step back 3 red into one.

[Lipoli390]

I missed the game, but plan to watch the recording. It will be great to watch knowing the outcome. :).

[Lipoli390]

Wow what a win. Best I've seen Wiggins move the ball in his entire career. My favorite play was the second to last possession when they iso'd Wig, he drove, it wasn't there and didn't force it. He passed it to Butler who then passed to Kat for a huge shot. Wig had been playing unselfishly all game, but that capped it off for me.

Look at the stat sheet, the assist column pops out to me. It was evident all night. Now if you had a small ball 4 we'd be in business!! Haha. Great win all the way around

Wiggins looks to have adjusted to his new role on the team well. He can still take the most shots on the team but he isn't being asked to dominate the ball much anymore. He gets his shots in the flow of the offense and we still go to him for iso as he is good with that and get favorable matchups playing alongside butler on the wing.

I love what jimmy butler brings to the team. He brings that calming vet and star presence that the team lack. He is a leader.
We had rubio and kg before who brings the passion and intensity but it was different with them. Rubio was just not talented enough to really lead and kg was done when he came back. Butler in his prime playing with wig and towns is trally hoing to benefit the wolves.

Great observation on Wiggins, World. I noticed how Wiggins looked better in the first two games as a result of not having to dominate the ball as much and having Butler to draw attention away from him. Also nice insight on the difference between a pretty good player with intensity (Rubio) and a really good or great player with intensity (Butler). Butler makes a huge difference for us.