Minnesota Sports Forum

longstrangetrip wrote:Well, somehow it's comforting to wake up to the 2 + 1 after such a tough loss...kind of like having an old friend reappear.

My worst part of the game is different from all of yours. I came home from a function at about 9 looking forward to enjoying the DVRd game (my Wolves' owner friend was there too, and we shared our optimism about the opener as we were saying good night). Unfortunately, the game "timed out" with about 90 seconds left in the game right after KAT had hit a long shot (they were reviewing to see if it was a three pointer as my screen went black). I uttered an expletive and then went to the ESPN website to get the final results, and I uttered a louder expletive when I saw they lost (sorry neighbors). Early season rookie mistake by me...gotta remember to DVR the show after the game too rather than just the game to make sure this doesn't happen again. Oh well...both the Wolves and I have to improve.

Yes, KAT didn't have his best game...he didn't rebound well, and took some ill-advised shots when teammates were open. But the guy is so good, his stat line was still very good...21-4-5 on efficient shooting. I think he is poised for an incredible sophomore year.

Here's the most depressing part of the night for me...Thibs was outcoached by some guy I've never heard of before. And that just can't happen if we have any hopes of making the playoffs. We got off to a ridiculously great start just based on athleticism and hot shooting (and a nod to some defensive concepts Thibs has drilled into them). But after the first 5 minutes, I saw no difference between this team and last year's Mitchell-coached team...the same lack of ball movement and inability to defend the perimeter (a 24 to 18 3-point deficit is worse than our average from last year). There were several times I was screaming at the TV for Thibs to call a timeout, but he choose to let Memphis get back in the game by "letting them play". Maybe he needs to shake the rust off after a year off.

This is a game we should have won, and now we have to travel to Sac-town to play a talented team that just won in Phoenix by 19. Target Center just isn't going to be as much fun next Wednesday if we come home 0-2.

AbeVigodaLive wrote:I feel bad that Cool got blue-balled by the Wolves last night.

Q12543 wrote:Agree with the 2+1 for the most part. On blowing the lead, to me this was a little different in that it all happened so early in the game. It's one thing to go into the 2nd half or 4th quarter with a commanding lead. It's another to do it 5 minutes into the game. There is A LOT of time to make up that ground and the 3-point shot is the great equalizer.

It still sucks though. There was literally no wrong we could do and it was fun to watch. Then Memphis started getting stops and made every damn 3-pointer they took - something like 6 or 7 straight 3's made. That was just a killer.

Q12543 wrote:Agree with the 2+1 for the most part. On blowing the lead, to me this was a little different in that it all happened so early in the game. It's one thing to go into the 2nd half or 4th quarter with a commanding lead. It's another to do it 5 minutes into the game. There is A LOT of time to make up that ground and the 3-point shot is the great equalizer.

It still sucks though. There was literally no wrong we could do and it was fun to watch. Then Memphis started getting stops and made every damn 3-pointer they took - something like 6 or 7 straight 3's made. That was just a killer.