Minnesota Sports Forum

BloopOracle wrote:The Timberwolves are one of only 9 teams left in championship contention, who would have thought LOL

And it's not even summer league!

I might be willing to give up one of my children (I'd want him or her back within a few years though) plus an appendage of Milwaukee's choice to have Jrue Holiday on the Wolves.

Ja most be loving he doesn't need to play the Wolves anymore

I'm so conflicted on the Griz-Warriors series.

I hate the Warriors with a passion but I'm bitter over the Griz series.

Ja and JJJ are loving they don't have to play the Wolves D anymore

Volans19 wrote:I'm so conflicted on the Griz-Warriors series.

I hate the Warriors with a passion but I'm bitter over the Griz series.

I'm in similar boat. Rooting for the warriors though

kekgeek1 wrote:

Volans19 wrote:I'm so conflicted on the Griz-Warriors series.

I hate the Warriors with a passion but I'm bitter over the Griz series.

I'm in similar boat. Rooting for the warriors though

If the Griz didn't have Dillon Brooks on their team they'd be so much easier to root for

Volans19 wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:

Volans19 wrote:I'm so conflicted on the Griz-Warriors series.

I hate the Warriors with a passion but I'm bitter over the Griz series.

I'm in similar boat. Rooting for the warriors though

If the Griz didn't have Dillon Brooks on their team they'd be so much easier to root for

Facts, I hate the Grizzlies now. This is why sports are the best. Hope wolves vs Grizzlies is a great rivalry going forward

kekgeek1 wrote:Ja most be loving he doesn't need to play the Wolves anymore

I was very interested how GS would guard Jah and they used a less complicated approach than the high wall: Go under the screen and back off. The result was 31 shot attempts for Morant, many of which he missed. He ended up with 34 points, but it wasn't the most efficient game for him.

Meanwhile, Bane was held to 10 shot attempts and 9 points.

It's something for Minnesota to keep an eye on. Our high wall defense definitely got the ball out of Jah's hands, but it also allowed a guy like Bane to absolutely torch us. Golden State was perfectly fine with Jah taking 3's (he had 11(!) 3-point attempts), but only 3 FTAs.

If JJJ didn't have a freakish shooting game, this game would not have been as close.

Q-was-here wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:Ja most be loving he doesn't need to play the Wolves anymore

I was very interested how GS would guard Jah and they used a less complicated approach than the high wall: Go under the screen and back off. The result was 31 shot attempts for Morant, many of which he missed. He ended up with 34 points, but it wasn't the most efficient game for him.

Meanwhile, Bane was held to 10 shot attempts and 9 points.

It's something for Minnesota to keep an eye on. Our high wall defense definitely got the ball out of Jah's hands, but it also allowed a guy like Bane to absolutely torch us. Golden State was perfectly fine with Jah taking 3's (he had 11(!) 3-point attempts), but only 3 FTAs.

If JJJ didn't have a freakish shooting game, this game would not have been as close.

Looking at the box score as I didn't watch the game I think Bane and Brooks shooting 6 for 23 and only taking that many shots (somewhat offset by JJJ shooting) is more significant than Ja's efficiency as he still hit over 36% from 3 and 50% on 2 point shots which I think most Grizzlies fans would be reasonably happy with.

I noticed JJJ only had 3 fouls. Are the Warriors going to attack him enough to get him in foul trouble? That was a big factor in the series with the Wolves limiting his minutes.