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No they didn't. They lost by 43 to us once. There next largest loss was 17.

kekgeek wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2026 11:18 pm

Crazysauce wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2026 11:17 pm Okc doesn't have a problem with not showing up for games. We do.

They literally lost by 40+ twice in the playoffs last year. Yes this is a god awful game but these games happen to even great teams in the playoffs

Boston lost by 38 to Dallas in their one loss when they won the title. Denver took care of business on their championship run. Golden State lost by 39 to Memphis when they won their championship the year before that. Shit happens, flush it.

Crazysauce wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2026 11:23 pm No they didn't. They lost by 43 to us once. There next largest loss was 17.

My bad my buddy texted me they lost by 40 against the nuggets.

But my point still stands 4 of the last 5 champions had a game where the team lost by 30+ in the playoffs

Yeah we need to flush it but you can't just no show to games in the playoffs. But hey what do I know. Apparently it's perfectly acceptable these days.

Anybody want to hear how Sleuth was at the Guthrie tonight?

Crazysauce wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2026 11:33 pm Yeah we need to flush it but you can't just no show to games in the playoffs. But hey what do I know. Apparently it's perfectly acceptable these days.

Dude several people have given you examples of CHAMPIONSHIP teams losing by 30+ in the playoffs. Obviously it's not good and no one here is feeling better about the Twolves now than they did at 8 PM Central, but it's not existential.
6 out 8 games so far they have been more intense, physical, and better than their opponent. We'll see what happens

Started watching this one at 11pm last night and realized rather quickly I would be fast forwarding most of it...disaster! Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seemed to me Ant was on ball way more than he was on game 1. Why? Hopefully Finchy corrects this for Game 3. Ant said we came out "cool" and the announcer (was it Breen?) said the Wolves were nonchalant like they often were during the season. I didn't see it that way. I thought our defensive effort was just fine...the Spurs were just much more motivated and better.

Box score review:
10% 3-point shooting by our starters...wow!
19 assists and 22 turnovers!
We won't document Ant's box, but he certainly deserved his team-worst -33. We were actually only -5 when Ant was out.

The Spurs were in a desperate state coming into this game, and they played with incredible urgency. They're better than a Wolves team with Ant and Ayo not healthy, but this series is far from over. Maybe getting blown out in Game 2 was just what we needed...perhaps they will pay attention to Finchy today and tomorrow when he tells them what they did wrong on offense. Friday will be huge of course...I may have to sell my tickets to Little Women at the Guthrie .

Closed circuit to Q, since I don't want to talk about this game anymore.

Where are you going on your golf trip? You're a Philly guy, right? I was lucky enough to play Merion Cricket Club the summer they were hosting the US Open. They had grown the rough and narrowed the fairways to make it tougher for the pros, and it was WAY too tough for me...suffice it to say my score was higher than the number of points the Wolves scored last night!

FNG wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2026 7:50 am Closed circuit to Q, since I don't want to talk about this game anymore.

Where are you going on your golf trip? You're a Philly guy, right? I was lucky enough to play Merion Cricket Club the summer they were hosting the US Open. They had grown the rough and narrowed the fairways to make it tougher for the pros, and it was WAY too tough for me...suffice it to say my score was higher than the number of points the Wolves scored last night!

Hilton Head. I have no idea which courses we're playing since it's all being planned by the guy hosting us at his place down there.

Merion East is one of the old-school tracks in the U.S. Open rotation. Another good one not too far from Merion is Aronimink, which is hosting the PGA Championship next week. I'd say they are Philly's version of Interlachen - old, very private courses with a prominent legacy. The difference is that Interlachen has faded in national prominence over the years.

It's cool you got to play Merion. It's truly one of the top courses in the world (or at least the East course is). I found over the years that the novelty of playing a top rated tough course wears off after about your third triple bogey! Give me a really well-maintained golf course with reasonable greens, shorter rough, and not too much water!

Q-is-here wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2026 8:24 am

FNG wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2026 7:50 am Closed circuit to Q, since I don't want to talk about this game anymore.

Where are you going on your golf trip? You're a Philly guy, right? I was lucky enough to play Merion Cricket Club the summer they were hosting the US Open. They had grown the rough and narrowed the fairways to make it tougher for the pros, and it was WAY too tough for me...suffice it to say my score was higher than the number of points the Wolves scored last night!

Hilton Head. I have no idea which courses we're playing since it's all being planned by the guy hosting us at his place down there.

Merion East is one of the old-school tracks in the U.S. Open rotation. Another good one not too far from Merion is Aronimink, which is hosting the PGA Championship next week. I'd say they are Philly's version of Interlachen - old, very private courses with a prominent legacy. The difference is that Interlachen has faded in national prominence over the years.

It's cool you got to play Merion. It's truly one of the top courses in the world (or at least the East course is). I found over the years that the novelty of playing a top rated tough course wears off after about your third triple bogey! Give me a really well-maintained golf course with reasonable greens, shorter rough, and not too much water!

Totally agree with your last paragraph! 7 of us had a friend who had terminal brain cancer, and one of the guys being on the PGA board arranged for us to play Merion and Pine Valley the next day...both way too hard for me! Special connection for me though since my mom grew up walking distance from Merion (she graduated from the same high school as Kobe...different years!)...her best friend's dad was the groundskeeper at Merion so she got to play it several times as a teenager. Have fun at Hilton Head and play better than our Wolves did last night!