Home sweet home...Wolves/Jazz GDT

[FNG]

I'll continue in my backup role as Tim travels the country. The 7-3 Wolves return home for an 8-game homestand, and get to kick it off against the hapless Utah Jazz. How Danny Ainge has managed to keep his job with Utah always languishing near the bottom of the Western standards (currently dead last...just as they finished each of the past two seasons) ever since his disastrous Gobert trade is a mystery to me...Utah fans have to be sick of losing and demanding a change. Anyway, their loss has been our gain, and it shows up in the 11.5 spread tonight...despite the continuing absence of perhaps our two best shooters, and perhaps Joan who had his face rearranged Friday night but still managed to calmly swish two free throws before exiting for the locker room. But Shannon should be back as he no longer appears on the injury list, and Utah will be missing a lot of rebounding with JJ Jr. and Nurkic out...plus Lauri a GDT with a sore wrist.

The Wolves get a nice 4-day break after tonight, so there is no excuse for them not to go all out against a very bad team. We should expect to see Isaiah Evans jacking up treys the entire 4th quarter tonight.

[Q-is-here]

Thanks for kicking things off FNG. I have to believe we are going to encounter a rough stretch at some point, right? That may be due to injuries piling up or guys just going into a funk. That's why building additional buffer on top of an already great start is so important. This win counts as much as any other regular season win. Let's not slip into the bad habits of the past two seasons. Get it done!!!

I'm surprised we haven't sent any of our two-way guys or Evans to Iowa, especially now that we are back home. Rocco and Isaiah could absolutely use the work down there. Why haven't they been sent down for today's game against the Herd (that's the Wisconsin Herd for you G-League neophytes out there)???

[Phenom]

Joan is available and will likely be donning a mask

[kekgeek]

Wolves offense is creating great looks just missing open shots

[kekgeek]

The starters missed so many open looks, including dunks

[kekgeek]

Bench comes in and they are cooking!

[BloopOracle]

Bench boost!

[Coolbreeze44]

I live 800 miles from SLC and League Pass blacks out the game saying I'm not outside the regional boundary.

[Phenom]

I live 800 miles from SLC and League Pass blacks out the game saying I'm not outside the regional boundary.

I have a double whammy getting blacked out for Bulls and Pistons. I'm surprised they don't get me for Pacers too. The whole thing is bogus.

[Phenom]

There is a lid on the rim