Wolves/Pacers GDT

[Coolbreeze44]

Russell and Jaden +21, Towns +19

[Coolbreeze44]

Had to watch the game a 2nd time because they played the way they need to. Very enjoyable even the 2nd time around. You have to love Slo-Mo don't you? He's that guy the other team has that finds a way to beat you. Just a great pickup.

[D-Mac [enjin:19736340]]

I hear your sarcasm on Duerte Cam, you hung in there early on, much better than I my friend, you deserve this victory lap.

Lol you're giving Cam a victory lap because we beat our first nba caliber team in this 5 game stretch? Talk to me when we actually do something that matters like win a playoff series against a team that isn't depleted from injuries... that might start to justify the Dlo and Rudy trades. We have so much more talent than all of these teams we're beating plus we're totally healthy and they're not... I hope to God we beat them.

[Camden [enjin:6601484]]

- We're 18 games into an 82-game regular season. Just like it's way too early to panic (ahem), it's also way too early to celebrate anything more than the here and now. Like the legendary Kobe Bryant once said during the NBA Finals, "What's there to be happy about? Job's not finished."

- Minnesota is 10-8, riding a five-game winning streak, and just had a convincing start-to-finish victory against a mostly-healthy and worthy opponent. Additionally, it was a complete team effort on both ends of the court. The stars carried the load, the supporting cast contributed sufficiently, and the fill-ins did their job. That stands as the blueprint for how they need to play moving forward, and fans should be thrilled with that performance. Period.

[Jester1534]

I hear your sarcasm on Duerte Cam, you hung in there early on, much better than I my friend, you deserve this victory lap.

Lol you're giving Cam a victory lap because we beat our first nba caliber team in this 5 game stretch? Talk to me when we actually do something that matters like win a playoff series against a team that isn't depleted from injuries... that might start to justify the Dlo and Rudy trades. We have so much more talent than all of these teams we're beating plus we're totally healthy and they're not... I hope to God we beat them.

I'll say this again what is the point of this post? If you're mad about the don't watch them till the playoffs. The point of sports is to watch and enjoy them and get invested. You can't tell me if you watched tonight's game you were not entertained.

Everyone on this board is so obsessed with being right. Who gives a shit? Nobody is going to care in a year about your opinion if it was right or not.

Hey I predicted like 4 years ago based on info I got the Twins were going to Draft Royce Lewis when Vegas put it at 10% odds that's who they were taken #1. You should remember I was right and I should get my fucking cookie. The wolves could go to shit in the playoffs but fucking enjoy the journey and stop being such pessimistic baby tonight was fun basketball game.

[Lipoli390]

I missed the game and haven't watched the replay yet. Fifth win in a row! Playing a good team with all of its key players led me to look at last night's game as a good benchmark for whether this team has turned the corner. The Wolves passed the test with a convincing 14-point win. Looking at the box score and reading comments, it looks like the Wolves played well except for the turnovers. I haven't seen any reports of rampant booing last might. Could it be because the Wolves played well and played hard? Or maybe that's just coincident. :)

Anyway, a good win for this team and nice to see things starting to come together.

[kekgeek]

I missed the game and haven't watched the replay yet. Fifth win in a row! Playing a good team with all of its key players led me to look at last night's game as a good benchmark for whether this team has turned the corner. The Wolves passed the test with a convincing 14-point win. Looking at the box score and reading comments, it looks like the Wolves played well except for the turnovers. I haven't seen any reports of rampant booing last might. Could it be because the Wolves played well and played hard? Or maybe that's just coincident. :)

Anyway, a good win for this team and nice to see things starting to come together.

It's because it was a road game :) Happy Thanksgiving Lip.

In all seriousness highly recommend watching this game. I don't say that a lot but this was the first sign of what this team could be!

[FNG]

I missed the game and haven't watched the replay yet. Fifth win in a row! Playing a good team with all of its key players led me to look at last night's game as a good benchmark for whether this team has turned the corner. The Wolves passed the test with a convincing 14-point win. Looking at the box score and reading comments, it looks like the Wolves played well except for the turnovers. I haven't seen any reports of rampant booing last might. Could it be because the Wolves played well and played hard? Or maybe that's just coincident. :)

Anyway, a good win for this team and nice to see things starting to come together.

It's because it was a road game :) Happy Thanksgiving Lip.

In all seriousness highly recommend watching this game. I don't say that a lot but this was the first sign of what this team could be!

So much fun to see our Wolves play an almost perfect game! As others have said, everyone except Nowell was terrific tonight. Sure, we had 23 turnovers...but when you move the ball the way we did tonight and are aggressive on offense, you're going to have more turnovers.


Not a surprise that Jaden, DLo and KAT were a combined +61...they were all great tonight. Everyone is commending Jaden's defense and KAT's exceptional offensive game, but I expect that kind of performance from both of them. But DLo gave us a game that we don't see enough from him. Jim Pete said it best during the 4th quarter: "If only we could get this DLo every night...". Others and I have said it before...DLo is at his best when he is facilitating more than shooting, and tonight that was what he did. Russell took only 10 shots and didn't miss a 2-point shot all night (he was only 1 for 4 on threes, but I didn't wince on any of his attempts...no hero ball, and all good looks that just didn't fall.) Great game DLo!

I was a little worried coming into the game about our backcourt trying to defend their terrific backcourt, but of course I missed the obvious move by Finchie to put Jaden on Halliburton...way to go, Finchie and Jaden. But I didn't like Gobert on Turner...dumb move that hurt us at times as Rudy was not going to challenge Turner beyond the arc. Next time I want to see KAT on Turner and Rudy on Smith.

10-8 now baby with a VERY beatable Ball-less Hornets team coming up tomorrow followed by a fun game Sunday against a Warriors team that is currently 1-9 on the road. Could we be 12-8 by the end of the week?

[kekgeek]

I want to mention that Prince left the game with a shoulder injury. With Slow Mo in and out of the lineup with his backs spasms our big wing depth could be tested soon

[FNG]

I want to mention that Prince left the game with a shoulder injury. With Slow Mo in and out of the lineup with his backs spasms our big wing depth could be tested soon

Yeah, it was painful to watch the injury. He and DLo got tangled up going for the ball, and it kind of looked like a shoulder separation. Let's hope not, because Taurean has been good this year. SloMo looked healthy last night, but back spasms seem to recur. And JMac is struggling to stay healthy. With Nowell shooting poorly this season, we need those three (and Naz) to be healthy.