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Leado01 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 20, 2025 12:10 amFU Brett Barry

AbeVigodaLive wrote: ↑Sat Dec 20, 2025 1:51 am Abe's Late-Late Night DVR Review:

- Fun UGLY game. Incredibly competitive... and a big Wolves win.

- Obviously, it helped that OKC played last night and had to travel... but meh... who cares. Any win over that team should be celebrated.

- That was a calculated ejection from Finch. And it looks like it worked. The Wolves gave as good as they got from OKC in this one. And I think it goes back to Finch being ejected. The Wolves took 47 FTAs! And it should have been more.

To be fair, a different crew on a different night would have fouled out McDaniels in 4 minutes. Other Wolves followed his lead though. Both team were incredibly physical and handsy. Not many NBA teams can play as physical as these two teams...

- All the replays went in the Wolves favor... OKC lost theirs. To be honest, I thought the Wolves were going to lose both of theirs on sorta technicalities... Bones did have a handful of SGA's shirt and Naz did touch the rim. But I'm not complaining.

- SGA is a superstar. I hate the grifting. But I respect his overall skill.

- Edwards is a superstar. This organization has been around for 37 years. This is one of the better superstar finishes we've seen. A TOUGH three... a block... and a steal on the MVP. Heck, it's the 2nd time in 2 seasons that the Wolves won on a late block by Ant on SGA. (And then there's the block at the end of the Indiana game.)

Edwards is not as good or consistent as SGA or Jokic or Doncic. But he's one bad ass motherfucker... and every Wolves fan is pretty damn lucky to have him to root for. (I wonder if Camden is finally ok with the Wolves taking him over Wiseman. LOL.) He's going to make mistakes (on and off the court). He's going to play hero ball and lose because of it at times. He's going to irritate us.

But how many MN athletes have "it" like Anthony Edwards has? Edwards wouldn't normally be my type of guy... but damn... he's a bad ass motherfucker sometimes. And that can be pretty damn endearing.

- Gritty. VERY gritty win. Again, much of that game (both teams shot 37% and the Wolves sucked at the line, too) hurt my eyes and my pure basketball soul. But the Wolves earned that win.

AbeVigodaLive wrote: ↑Sat Dec 20, 2025 1:51 am Abe's Late-Late Night DVR Review:

- Fun UGLY game. Incredibly competitive... and a big Wolves win.

- Obviously, it helped that OKC played last night and had to travel... but meh... who cares. Any win over that team should be celebrated.

- That was a calculated ejection from Finch. And it looks like it worked. The Wolves gave as good as they got from OKC in this one. And I think it goes back to Finch being ejected. The Wolves took 47 FTAs! And it should have been more.

To be fair, a different crew on a different night would have fouled out McDaniels in 4 minutes. Other Wolves followed his lead though. Both team were incredibly physical and handsy. Not many NBA teams can play as physical as these two teams...

- All the replays went in the Wolves favor... OKC lost theirs. To be honest, I thought the Wolves were going to lose both of theirs on sorta technicalities... Bones did have a handful of SGA's shirt and Naz did touch the rim. But I'm not complaining.

- SGA is a superstar. I hate the grifting. But I respect his overall skill.

- Edwards is a superstar. This organization has been around for 37 years. This is one of the better superstar finishes we've seen. A TOUGH three... a block... and a steal on the MVP. Heck, it's the 2nd time in 2 seasons that the Wolves won on a late block by Ant on SGA. (And then there's the block at the end of the Indiana game.)

Edwards is not as good or consistent as SGA or Jokic or Doncic. But he's one bad ass motherfucker... and every Wolves fan is pretty damn lucky to have him to root for. (I wonder if Camden is finally ok with the Wolves taking him over Wiseman. LOL.) He's going to make mistakes (on and off the court). He's going to play hero ball and lose because of it at times. He's going to irritate us.

But how many MN athletes have "it" like Anthony Edwards has? Edwards wouldn't normally be my type of guy... but damn... he's a bad ass motherfucker sometimes. And that can be pretty damn endearing.

- Gritty. VERY gritty win. Again, much of that game (both teams shot 37% and the Wolves sucked at the line, too) hurt my eyes and my pure basketball soul. But the Wolves earned that win.

FNG wrote: ↑Sat Dec 20, 2025 8:54 am Yep, I agree. The defensive intensity was there last night, and it was team wide. We have guys like Jaden and Donte that bring it every night, but we are so much better on defense when our offensive stars (Ant and Ju) bring it on the defensive side too...and they did last night. Bodes well for the playoffs.

It's difficult to be critical after a big win like this, but I need to talk about Ju. His decision making was terrible against Memphis...he continued to try to attack JJJ one on one, and it just wasn't working. And last night he needed to pass more rather than putting up ill advised shots with three guys on him. That's how you end up 3 for 15. In all fairness we don't win the game without his rebounding, tough defense and 16 (!) free throw attempts. But his basketball IQ on the offensive end has slipped the past two games.