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Weird game. I'll take whatever we can get in terms of W's, but the fact we had to labor so hard against a very mediocre Eastern Conference team on the second night of a back-to-back is not encouraging. Lucky for us, Wiggins bailed us (and himself) out after a really sloppy 4th. He came through big in the end though.

You gotta be kidding me, Cleveland loses to Dallas! That's three teams now we're competing with for the 8th seed that Cleveland has lost to recently: Dallas, Sacramento, and New Orleans (without Anthony Davis!).

Of course they have us at home next. As Thibs would say.....!@#$ ! &^% !@#$ *&^)#!@

Q12543 wrote:Weird game. I'll take whatever we can get in terms of W's, but the fact we had to labor so hard against a very mediocre Eastern Conference team on the second night of a back-to-back is not encouraging. Lucky for us, Wiggins bailed us (and himself) out after a really sloppy 4th. He came through big in the end though.

Eh it's the NBA any team can win any night. The Cavs and Spurs are struggling right now. Is anyone really worried about either of those teams? Oh and guess what we have the same number of wins as the Magic now it's not like the Wolves are super awesome or something.

Q12543 wrote:You gotta be kidding me, Cleveland loses to Dallas! That's three teams now we're competing with for the 8th seed that Cleveland has lost to recently: Dallas, Sacramento, and New Orleans (without Anthony Davis!).

Of course they have us at home next. As Thibs would say.....!@#$ ! &^% !@#$ *&^)#!@

Love isn't going to play though so that's probably a good thing for the Wolves since he has been playing so well.

monsterpile wrote:

Q12543 wrote:Weird game. I'll take whatever we can get in terms of W's, but the fact we had to labor so hard against a very mediocre Eastern Conference team on the second night of a back-to-back is not encouraging. Lucky for us, Wiggins bailed us (and himself) out after a really sloppy 4th. He came through big in the end though.

Eh it's the NBA any team can win any night. The Cavs and Spurs are struggling right now. Is anyone really worried about either of those teams? Oh and guess what we have the same number of wins as the Magic now it's not like the Wolves are super awesome or something.

I'm not worried about the Cavs, I'm just pissed that the teams they are losing to are all the ones competing for the 8th seed with us! They did just fine against OKC the other day, but then they lose to Dallas, who is nipping at our heels.

Q12543 wrote:

monsterpile wrote:

Q12543 wrote:Weird game. I'll take whatever we can get in terms of W's, but the fact we had to labor so hard against a very mediocre Eastern Conference team on the second night of a back-to-back is not encouraging. Lucky for us, Wiggins bailed us (and himself) out after a really sloppy 4th. He came through big in the end though.

Eh it's the NBA any team can win any night. The Cavs and Spurs are struggling right now. Is anyone really worried about either of those teams? Oh and guess what we have the same number of wins as the Magic now it's not like the Wolves are super awesome or something.

I'm not worried about the Cavs, I'm just pissed that the teams they are losing to are all the ones competing for the 8th seed with us! They did just fine against OKC the other day, but then they lose to Dallas, who is nipping at our heels.

Yeah I agree it's frustrating. Dallas seems to be playing good ball lately. I guess Curry has been starting and really playing well is part of it. I really wish we had signed that kid...wait Yogi Ferrell has been playing a ton of minutes next to him? Lol lol that's too much espcially beating the Cavs with Lebron whining about not having a PG and 2 undrafted guys handed them a loss. Lol good stuff.

Edit: lol more good stuff.

Rick Carlisle on the Mavs: "We're a shit team, but we're an underrated shit team. That's about as accurately as I can put it."

https://twitter.com/tim_cato/status/826280362431094784

Rubio and Dunn combined (they played a few minutes together) for 26 points 12 rebounds 12 assists and 4 blocks. Not bad.

I hadn't heard this nickname before, but Fox sports had a tweet referencing "Maple Jordan" when talking about Andrew's game. I like it.

As noted, another ugly win. But again... a win is a win. You gotta taken them. Every time. But I was ready for a full-fledged tirade. They (nearly) blew that game...

- Good career night for Rubio behind the arc. He looked for that shot. And looked confident. Now... about those layups he keeps passing up...
- I was going to write about this earlier... but Payton owns Rubio for whatever reason. Coming into the game Payton averaged 18 / 7 / 5 vs. Rubio's 5 / 7 / 7 over their careers against each other.
- That last play in regulation for Orlando though. Oh. No. That was Kurt Rambis level bad basketball.
- Zach LaVine was terrible. Even worse defensively than offensively. He made CJ Watson look legit. CJ Watson! The worst play was when Payton drove the rim... and LaVine moved AWAY from him instead of challenging him in the 4th quarter. YUCK.
- Towns was pushed and shoved but kept battling. He's a lot of fun.
- Wiggins was all over the map in the 4th with TWO of the worst TOs of the year sandwiched around that dunk. But he came up big at the end and in OT.
- I was wondering why Dieng was on the bench and Bjelicia was playing the entire OT. Good call on that one coach. You were right...
- Orlando's GM has to get fired at some point. Turning Tobias Harris, Victor Oladipo, #11 pick, into one year of Serge Ibaka? That's not good. (Harris traded for Ersylova/Jennings for 1/2 season last year). And then wasting FA on Jeff Green and Biyombo? Pushing their most promising young player out of position at the 3 as a result? None of it makes sense.
- Tyus Jones was +2 in 4 seconds. Suck on that!

Yeah that GM is a joke. Orlando looked very promising two seasons ago with young talent across the board. Now they're a mismatched pile who is likely to lose Ibaka to FA after giving up far too much for him. #11 or just oladipo would've been enough but never should've been made either way.