Minnesota Sports Forum

Q -- Actually, I didn't have much emotion tied up in last night's game. I just sort of watched the game dispassionately and couldn't quite believe how bad our team was last night. Thankfully there were a few isolated bright spots, but not many. One observation I didn't include in my report was that Ricky seemed like he didn't enjoy playing. That's the first time I've ever seen him play without an aura of joy. I hope things look very different when I'm at the game next Saturday.

Long -- lol. Yes, the look on Turiaf's face was priceless.

lipoli390 wrote:Kiwi -- Shved did a terrible job setting up teammates last night and was also very poor defensively. His terrible decision to pass to Turiaf on the fast break was one of many examples. He dribbled the ball aimlessly on most possessions and would often end up driving the lane out of control. It was the worst game I've ever seen him play -- and that's saying something.

Only caught the last quarter and OT Lip so I will take your word. Shved did make a great pass to Williams for an And 1 and I noticed he picked up a steal and two blocks. He did looked out of control for most part though!

Makes me feel a little better that CSKA took the Spurs into OT tonight. They looked like a very well coached team to me Monday night, and they're showing it again tonight against the Spurs.

longstrangetrip wrote:Makes me feel a little better that CSKA took the Spurs into OT tonight. They looked like a very well coached team to me Monday night, and they're showing it again tonight against the Spurs.

That's encouraging, Long.

Even more encouraging is what appeared to be a relatively easy win against the Raptors.

A couple tidbits:

D-Will did play a bit of 3 with the starters (sans Brewer) in the 2nd quarter against CSKA. Wasn't anything special. Looks like D-Will was less impressive last night.

K-Mart left the game last night after 6 minutes with a "sore achilles". Shved took his spot and started the 2nd half at SG, too.

Tonight's game vs the Bucks is on FSN+.

People seem to forget the fact that this team may take a bit to get on track with basically only Rubio and Pek as returning starters from the end of last year. I would like to see some of these preseason games but oh well. Love looks amazing. I don't think I will ever stop being in awe of his ethic and desire to get better and he has an amazing body of proof.