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Nice first half from all 5 starters. Not so good from all 5 reserves, although G worked the boards well

monsterpile wrote:

worldK wrote:Man, you can see that payne travel coming the moment he catch that pass.

yeah but he has played pretty well tonight.

Yes he has. Hit 2 3's and hasnt done anything wild.

longstrangetrip wrote:Nice first half from all 5 starters. Not so good from all 5 reserves, although G worked the boards well

The good depth isn't so good when you're short three starters.

On the bright side the Wild got a couple nice breakaway goals, one shorthanded to take a 3-1 lead!

Adreian Payne has the Wolves highest +/- at the half. According to those that put value in that meaningless stat, he's been a big presence to our starters.

Note: Payne has played pretty well tonight despite a few bonehead mistakes, such as coming down with a defensive rebound in traffic and then trying to push the break himself only to turn the ball over, but the +/- stat is one that shouldn't be taken all that seriously.

Vanek is on fire.

Holy crap, Vanik is playing like a 25 year old tonight! Two beautiful goals!!! 4-1 Wild!!!

worldK wrote:

monsterpile wrote:

worldK wrote:Man, you can see that payne travel coming the moment he catch that pass.

yeah but he has played pretty well tonight.

Yes he has. Hit 2 3's and hasnt done anything wild.

Everybody that has played has shown something. Its great to be in this game at this point. I hope the Wolves make some adjustments at halftime. At least Tyus was pressuring at times and he made some plays getting to the paint he just didn't finish the play. There isn't much rim protection for Charlotte.

Let's gett'er goin' Momma!!

Geez, the Wild are playing like last night's 1st half Wolves!! 5-1 barely half way through the game, and no Momma mojo needed!!!