Wolves at Bulls Preseason GDT

[Phenom]

Gd damn layup line with Rudy sitting

[60WinTim]

I don’t know what we are doing on the defensive end to start the 4th quarter, but it is not defense…

[FNG]

I don’t know what we are doing on the defensive end to start the 4th quarter, but it is not defense…

Nope, it's not at all. But this is garbage time with no starters in for us. We won the first three quarters when both teams were playing for real.

[KiwiMatt]

In the half court we look like a legit contender. Good ball movement, resulting in good looks.

In the fast break we look like a circus. Indecision resulting in 4 on 1's somehow ending up in a turnover and easy hoop for the other team.

Fix the later and we'll be ok.

TC has filled the roster with high character players, not high IQ players. That could be a problem.

[60WinTim]

In the half court we look like a legit contender. Good ball movement, resulting in good looks.

In the fast break we look like a circus. Indecision resulting in 4 on 1's somehow ending up in a turnover and easy hoop for the other team.

Fix the later and we'll be ok.

TC has filled the roster with high character players, not high IQ players. That could be a problem.

It's clear that creating more transition opportunities is a point of emphasis this season. Hopefully, they get better at it the more they do it...

A second emphasis is getting the ball to Rudy. It sucked in the first half, although the opportunities were there. It worked pretty well in the 2nd half.

[Q-is-here]

The 7 assists and continued good 3 pt shooting for Shannon is another encouraging sign that he is growing into a potential future #2 option to Ant. Just won't be this season.

[Lipoli390]

I didn’t watch the game but the box score is pretty revealing. The Bulls outperformed the Wolves in every category except shooting percentage. The Bulls had 12 more foul shots, 5 more rebounds, 5 fewer steals and 4 more blocks than the Wolves. Our starting bigs combined for 5 turnovers between them.

[Lipoli390]

I noticed that the Wolves were outscored by 11 points in the 2nd quarter. Since I haven’t watched the game yet, I’m curious to know who was on the floor for us in the 2nd quarter. Did we have our second unit out there that quarter? We won the 3rd quarter then last the 4th. I assume our second unit was on the floor in the 4th - were they on the court in the 3rd?

[FNG]

I noticed that the Wolves were outscored by 11 points in the 2nd quarter. Since I haven’t watched the game yet, I’m curious to know who was on the floor for us in the 2nd quarter. Did we have our second unit out there that quarter? We won the 3rd quarter then last the 4th. I assume our second unit was on the floor in the 4th - were they on the court in the 3rd?

Lip, kind of a mixed bag. We started the quarter with 4 reserves and Julius, and then gradually worked the starters back in. It was not as good a quarter as the first and third, and we had nobody but scrubs in the game in the 4th.

My homer takeaway from this game is that our starters beat their starters on their court. The 4th quarter is irrelevant.