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And let the emotional roller coaster begin. Wolves fans are the best. Harden was the best player in the league this year and Houston was the best offense. This isn't going to be the only game they steamroll another team. The sky isn't falling, it's only the first step in a process.

crazysauce wrote:Should have got rose in the game much earlier in 2nd half. Team was rolling with him in

Here's a crazy idea, possibly start him the second half! Just can't play a traditional PF against them. Especially when Taj gives you no advantage on offense

I was over the first couple possession of the 2nd half. When wig and Kat inexcusably got mixed up on defense and Kat ended guarding Harden. Just lazy

thedoper wrote:And let the emotional roller coaster begin. Wolves fans are the best. Harden was the best player in the league this year and Houston was the best offense. This isn't going to be the only game they steamroll another team. The sky isn't falling, it's only the first step in a process.

Fans have a reason to be pissed. A lot of these thoughts are not new, they've been shared all season.

Thibs is stubborn and him and the players fail to adjust. We have had a higher fg% in three games, including this one. You just can't beat a team like this while shooting 20 less threes. We have to have our best game while they struggle, case in point game three.

Too many contested jumpers, not enough threes, serious lack of ball movement, and poot defense.

These are all areas that have not changed all season.

Minnesota sports fans can't have nice things.

khans2k5 wrote:

monsterpile wrote:

khans2k5 wrote:

monsterpile wrote:There was talk in other threads about the Wolves having more talent than the Rockets forget about Eric Gordon and he hasn't really gotten on track in this series.

Our top 4 is better than their top 4. Their top 2 is just that much better than our top 2.

Harden/CP3/Gordon/Who?
Butler/Towns/Wiggins/Teague

You didn't list Capela.

Well Capela isn't good if he's treated like G by the refs so...

Instead he gets to play lead blocker for Houston and he looks great.

Dude averages a double double in under 30 minutes. Yeah he gets away with illegal screens but he is a good player. Don't let the illegal screens cloud the view of him.

thedoper wrote:And let the emotional roller coaster begin. Wolves fans are the best. Harden was the best player in the league this year and Houston was the best offense. This isn't going to be the only game they steamroll another team. The sky isn't falling, it's only the first step in a process.

Agreed.

TheFuture wrote:

thedoper wrote:And let the emotional roller coaster begin. Wolves fans are the best. Harden was the best player in the league this year and Houston was the best offense. This isn't going to be the only game they steamroll another team. The sky isn't falling, it's only the first step in a process.

Fans have a reason to be pissed. A lot of these thoughts are not new, they've been shared all season.

Thibs is stubborn and him and the players fail to adjust. We have had a higher fg% in three games, including this one. You just can't beat a team like this while shooting 20 less threes. We have to have our best game while they struggle, case in point game three.

Too many contested jumpers, not enough threes, serious lack of ball movement, and poot defense.

These are all areas that have not changed all season.

I couldn't agree more, future. I waited 14 years to lay down a lot of $$$ to watch a playoff game, and I was in my car headed home even before Houston scored their 50th point of the 3rd quarter. Truth be told, I actually felt like I should have left after the first quarter. Even though it was tied after one, the basketball was incredibly ugly...2 assists in the first quarter, good grief! The lack of movement (ball and player) on offense was totally on display, and it was really difficult to watch. A friend of mine stopped by at halftime and said he was certain we were going to win...I told him Houston was going to take us seriously in the second half, and we would lose by 20.

The only enjoyment I got from this game was watching Derrick Rose...he seems to be the only player who completely tunes Thibs out on offense and instead just relies on his athletic instincts...fun to watch. He only ended up with 4 assists on the night, but at least the ball moved when he was on the court.

I can only assume that Tyus Jones was hurt and was unable to play, although I'm pretty sure I saw him on the bench. Tough to take away minutes from Jeff Teague, though, when he's playing so well on both sides of the court. Good decision, Thibs.

monsterpile wrote:

thedoper wrote:And let the emotional roller coaster begin. Wolves fans are the best. Harden was the best player in the league this year and Houston was the best offense. This isn't going to be the only game they steamroll another team. The sky isn't falling, it's only the first step in a process.

Agreed.

I can only speak for myself, but I haven't felt any emotional roller coaster this season at all...mostly just a big yawn. I didnt see Game 3, but it was predictable that Houston would sleepwalk through at least one of the games here and toss us a bone. I read through the Game 3 GDT and saw all the comments about Thibs' reacting to the first two games and making changes, but in person tonight, I only saw the same old sorry Thibs.

So much talent on this team (and I give Thibs some credit for that for trading Zach and Dunn for Butler), but so much underperformance. What a team this could be with a coach who understands today's NBA.

monsterpile wrote:

thedoper wrote:And let the emotional roller coaster begin. Wolves fans are the best. Harden was the best player in the league this year and Houston was the best offense. This isn't going to be the only game they steamroll another team. The sky isn't falling, it's only the first step in a process.

Agreed.

I got a feeling us three are going to need a therapy session after these next couple of days.

I feel like us 3 have similar view points on where the wolves are as an organization. I'm with you sky isn't falling. We held the best offense in the NBA to the 12th best offense in the playoffs for 14 quarters. Then the rockets got loose it happenes.

Add MLE guy, draft a quality player. Continue development of Wiggins/Kat/tyus/Patton.

Saw enough signs this postseason. It was good for our players to go through this. I'm very happy with this season