Minnesota Sports Forum

Well, there's not too much analysis required for this game. Minnesota's favored by 12.5 points at home. D'Angelo Russell is back in the starting lineup. The Wolves are far superior to this Pistons team. That doesn't mean that they should let their energy slip like it did last game. I can't begin to describe how frustrating that was to watch, especially from Anthony Edwards as he allowed inferior talents to casually blow by him on the defensive end. If his knees are bothering him to the point where he's incapable of trying to defend, then he needs to sit out and recover. Otherwise, he needs to put out.

I'd like to see a quick and aggressive start from our Wolves in this one. Don't let this Pistons team hang around and think they have a chance. Get up by 20 and leave no doubt about who's the better team. I'm hoping for less mental mistakes and more organization on both ends of the court. Having both Patrick Beverley and D-Lo back should help with that. I'm also curious to see if Jaylen Nowell's minutes are reduced in favor of Jordan McLaughlin. The latter has looked really good as of late and might have earned some more run. We haven't had too many 3:30 PM ET start times this year so I hope you guys don't miss this one thinking it started later (like I almost did)!

Certainly the type of game we need to get. I'm not betting the spread, so just win baby.

Not an ideal start to this one. Very sloppy.

Isaiah Stewart is a very wide body. Guy takes up a lot of space and can kill you on the glass. Minnesota needs to box out and gang rebound when he's in the game.

D-Lo's shaking off some rust on the perimeter shot, but he's had some nice feeds already. Good to see PatBev bury a triple early as well. KAT should have a big game in this one. Detroit can't matchup with him.

Pretty give and go to beat the horn from KAT and Bev.

Insert the Spider-Man meme for Jaden McDaniels and Jerami Grant as they're matched up with each other during this stretch.

KAT is going down hill

Jaylen Nowell enters the game as usual. Jordan McLaughlin remains on the bench. Interesting. I dig it. I thought Jo-Mac might have played his way into some more time. Chris Finch is going with what he knows works.

Also, Malik Beasley just drilled his first three. That's typically a good sign.

CoolBreeze44 wrote:KAT is going down hill

The home broadcast noted that KAT leads the league in drives for the center position with Embiid as a distant second. Love that.

Taurean Prince is banged up. Contested a shot and came down holding his left calf/ankle area. He seems to be playing through it, but it's something to watch.