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Wolves defense can be good and bad, just need to see some better consistency guarding the 3P line.

kekgeek1 wrote:

Camden0916 wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:5:30 minutes without a Kat shot. Typical late game Saunders offense

Inexcusable. And yet with the Mavs shot-making it might not have mattered.

It might not have but this is not a one time thing with Ryan. Might as well trade him if Ryan can't find ways to get him shots in the 4th Q

Its 50/50. Towns has to sprint his ass up court and take control. Hes playing a different game 1-4 and none seemed like they had a chance in the 4th. Too bad. This game was winnable.

Here come the losses. They're about to start piling up.

Ended the game with the last 6:46 with 0 Kat shots.

Towns had his faults tonight, but he was far from why the Wolves lost this one.

kekgeek1 wrote:Ended the game with the last 6:46 with 0 Kat shots.

He was doubled a few times I think. Other then that yeah it would be nice to run plays to get him open looks. He passed up some too, so it's not just Ryan.

Dallas just lit it up late, Mr no names have career games again against the Wolves, despite our defense being up to 12th in the NBA.

Camden0916 wrote:Towns had his faults tonight, but he was far from why the Wolves lost this one.

Well he certainly was part of why they lost. He played a lot of shitty minutes in the fourth along with the rest of the losers. They were all late to their spots and the offense stopped moving. I wouldnt say he was far from the reason when he was out there when they blew the lead and doing nothing to stop it.

thedoper wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:

Camden0916 wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:5:30 minutes without a Kat shot. Typical late game Saunders offense

Inexcusable. And yet with the Mavs shot-making it might not have mattered.

It might not have but this is not a one time thing with Ryan. Might as well trade him if Ryan can't find ways to get him shots in the 4th Q

Its 50/50. Towns has to sprint his ass up court and take control. Hes playing a different game 1-4 and none seemed like they had a chance in the 4th. Too bad. This game was winnable.

Don't disagree. I have had this take going back year though with Kat having 0 shots out of 13 in possessions that went down to the last possession. (That he didn't create with an offensive rebound).

But we saw it tonight no different actions to get him looks. I saw a solid play in the Memphis game where they ran Kat off 2 screens and got an open look (missed it but it was a different solid action).

They gave a stat before the game the wolves offense here worse as the game goes on, they have the 6th best 1st quarter offense and the 27th 4th quarter offense. When teams can make adjustments Ryan gets his ass kicked

It is a general trend though that KAT gets his points in quarters 1-3, then when the game is on the line it goes to Wiggins. Teams clamp down on KAT plus he isn't as aggressive later in games I think. And of course, Wiggins takes over, but has been pretty effective too, so I don't mind it.

WolvesFan21 wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:Ended the game with the last 6:46 with 0 Kat shots.

He was doubled a few times I think. Other then that yeah it would be nice to run plays to get him open looks. He passed up some too, so it's not just Ryan.

Dallas just lit it up late, Mr no names have career games again against the Wolves, despite our defense being up to 12th in the NBA.

Don't disagree that some of it being Kats fault but this is a constant thing. Kat doesn't get shots for long stretches because Ryan can't find arguably the best offensively talented center of all time