WolvesFan21 wrote:Probably the most fun game of the year.
I'd say in years.
Since Brewers or Mo Williams 52? Probably.
Personally, I felt a tinge of sadness during both of those games. Granted, Brewer's late-season explosion gave hope to a .500 season (Wolves lost next 3 games to finish 40 - 42 though). But Robbie Hummel was a starter in that game. The season was over... and it was wildly disappointing.
Mo Williams' game was even worse. The Wolves were 5 - 31... on a 15-game losing streak. Screamed "distracting fluke game" if there ever was one. Completely irrelevant in the grand scheme of Wolves lore. In fact, it was sorta sad that we were reminded repeatedly that both guys had bigger scoring games than a guy like Kevin Garnett.
Yep. Mo Williams... a guy who wasn't deemed good enough to be an everyday starter on an 11 - 41 team... was the best single-game scorer in team's history.
I think those stand out for me because of course, the team wasn't going anywhere. A small but very entertaining highlight game in the myriad of disastrous losing years. Both were out of no where and by obvious, not that great of players. Both being primarily backups or marginal starters on bad teams.
Mo Williams...the Wolves have a 2nd round pick coming for trading him in 2019 that's based on where the Heat finish.
What about the Wolves OT win over GS the year when they won 73 games?
Again... that win meant very little in the grand scheme of things, sans giving fans false hope for the 2017 season.
It felt like more of an entertaining blip on the radar... where I feel like the other games I noted felt more significant.
For example, I listed a few of the most memorable/signature games I remember...
- The first win in franchise history is probably more along the lines of a blip... but it was the first win... in OT so it's always memorable. I think there were 35k or 40k people there in the Dome. Basketball was back!
- The Sealy bank shot in 2000 came after some moderate success... it got the Wolves back above .500 and it was used as a springboard for the rest of the season. There was a great vibe to the Wolves at that time.
- The game vs. Sacramento early in 2004. The team was only ho-hum record-wise. That's the Garnett game... where he put his name into the MVP race. He willed them to victory against a good team. The team went about 50 - 17 the rest of the way.
- Game 7. Obviously. Franchise-high moment.
- The Love three pointer. The Wolves were plugging along at .500 after years of ineptitude. The Spanish rookie was captivating. Love was hitting the next level. It was a dramatic shot that got A LOT of play. It felt like the corner had been turned.
- I got some of the same Sealy/2004 vibes vs. Cleveland. It seemed like a game that was more than a game... a season-changing or at least defining type of game.
I agree it's not in your pantheon. I was just asking where it would rank below that. It's probably was one of the best feel good wins among the bad seasons though just because the opponent was legit chasing history. Of course the Wolves raw talent was pretty good in that game (unlike some other woeful seasons) and Bazz probably had the best game of his career. He will always have that to tell his family and probably his international basketball teammates...
WolvesFan21 wrote:Probably the most fun game of the year.
I'd say in years.
Since Brewers or Mo Williams 52? Probably.
Personally, I felt a tinge of sadness during both of those games. Granted, Brewer's late-season explosion gave hope to a .500 season (Wolves lost next 3 games to finish 40 - 42 though). But Robbie Hummel was a starter in that game. The season was over... and it was wildly disappointing.
Mo Williams' game was even worse. The Wolves were 5 - 31... on a 15-game losing streak. Screamed "distracting fluke game" if there ever was one. Completely irrelevant in the grand scheme of Wolves lore. In fact, it was sorta sad that we were reminded repeatedly that both guys had bigger scoring games than a guy like Kevin Garnett.
Yep. Mo Williams... a guy who wasn't deemed good enough to be an everyday starter on an 11 - 41 team... was the best single-game scorer in team's history.
I think those stand out for me because of course, the team wasn't going anywhere. A small but very entertaining highlight game in the myriad of disastrous losing years. Both were out of no where and by obvious, not that great of players. Both being primarily backups or marginal starters on bad teams.
Mo Williams...the Wolves have a 2nd round pick coming for trading him in 2019 that's based on where the Heat finish.
What about the Wolves OT win over GS the year when they won 73 games?
Again... that win meant very little in the grand scheme of things, sans giving fans false hope for the 2017 season.
It felt like more of an entertaining blip on the radar... where I feel like the other games I noted felt more significant.
For example, I listed a few of the most memorable/signature games I remember...
- The first win in franchise history is probably more along the lines of a blip... but it was the first win... in OT so it's always memorable. I think there were 35k or 40k people there in the Dome. Basketball was back!
- The Sealy bank shot in 2000 came after some moderate success... it got the Wolves back above .500 and it was used as a springboard for the rest of the season. There was a great vibe to the Wolves at that time.
- The game vs. Sacramento early in 2004. The team was only ho-hum record-wise. That's the Garnett game... where he put his name into the MVP race. He willed them to victory against a good team. The team went about 50 - 17 the rest of the way.
- Game 7. Obviously. Franchise-high moment.
- The Love three pointer. The Wolves were plugging along at .500 after years of ineptitude. The Spanish rookie was captivating. Love was hitting the next level. It was a dramatic shot that got A LOT of play. It felt like the corner had been turned.
- I got some of the same Sealy/2004 vibes vs. Cleveland. It seemed like a game that was more than a game... a season-changing or at least defining type of game.
I agree it's not in your pantheon. I was just asking where it would rank below that. It's probably was one of the best feel good wins among the bad seasons though just because the opponent was legit chasing history. Of course the Wolves raw talent was pretty good in that game (unlike some other woeful seasons) and Bazz probably had the best game of his career. He will always have that to tell his family and probably his international basketball teammates...
It's a legit memorable win IMO because of the promise that a win like that over such a great team offered us. That was during a nice stretch of wins at the end of the season that had all (most) of us thinking big for the 2017 season. I think it became muted when last season didn't back it up...
