that game was stolen from us on that crap call with lebron and his charge no call. he put his shoulder down and ran tolliver over! unreal.

our missed free throws really hurt.....

and yes a legit SG would help soooo much. jj would have been on the court with rubio at the end instead of ellington, but still.

and can we please stop playing luke and wes?! our "starting lineup" puts us in the hole and then rubio and the rest get us back out of it.

but all in all great effort by the twolves and loved the fans! its fun to see fan support again for the wolves, makes things so much more exciting!

wolfenstein wrote:
And more importantly, Williams needs to realize that he is not LeBron and isn't getting that call. Ridiculous how many times we had our hands straight up and got called for fouls. But that is the way it is going to be for a young team. At least Love draws fouls and doesn't have a rookie reputation.

Williams did play well in the 4th. Stupid stepping out of bounds at a critical point. But Ricky should have slowed it down and not even given him the ball. I guess I can't fault him too much for continuing to move the ball and be aggressive, but at that point, he should have just eaten the clock and set it up.

The young bucks are going to have to work hard on their D. Especially since they aren't exactly surrounded by a bunch of KG's that can pick up the slack.

I've been catching some of the Celtics games. I can't help but think: KG should come home and we can put him in the middle next year!

Fun game to watch. I expected a blow out. I really wish Webster was healthy or we had a stud SG.... I dont hate on Ellington for the game but why is he taking the final shot??? Id rather have an ice cold BEEZY take that shot. I like that Rubio was still pushing the ball toward the end... the Wolves need to be aggresive in those situations (should have been a score if DWill didnt step out of bounds) they will never win a back and fourth game against a team like the heat trying to PROTECT and 2 point lead. Gott be aggressive and take a lead.

So fun to watch Rubio and to actually have a crowd again at the Target Center. We gotta get in the win column REALLY soon. Our fan base is fragile.

And I LOVE Norris Cole! Wow what a player.

No hate for Adelman at the end?

1)He said they knew the alley-oop was coming and he couldn't prepare them for it? Watching the replay I would have had Rubio, Love, and Williams ALL play that differently defensively.

2) Why not have Beasley in at the end for that shot instead of Ellington? Cold or not, he's the best scorer and Adelman said he coaches to win.

Props to the under appreciated: Darko, Tolliver, and Wellington (A 3rd string SG playing big minutes against the cHeat).

Hoping the sulking crew gets their heads out their assess: Beasley and Luke.

Props to the not skilled crew who still managed to get an awesome NBA contract: Emo Johnson...that's about it.

Watching the play, Love failed to bump Wade coming off the backscreen, or to hang near the basket.

I suspect Adelman is taking the heat for Love's failure to execute. All things considered, still a good game and we were in position and made the play to win it.

Damn that was an awful call. That charge gets called anywhere, playground, whatever. He just lowered his shoulder and knocked a guy in position right on his ass. That's a foul.

wolfenstein wrote:
Eh, didn't want to single out Love because I'm trying to not hate on him defensively so much and just appreciate his overwhelmingly positive play.

Back side help would have been nice too.

Tod Murphy wrote: As much as we'd all love that, KG will NEVER EVER play for Glen Taylor again.

daddyfatsax wrote: Having Darko defending the hoop at the end would have help.

Adelman did kind of fail with his weird lineups at the very end. Trying not to hate on him too much though, as he's clearly a good coach and making a big (positive) difference overall.

College Wolf wrote:
Agreed. Just dumb to put Williams in that position. Darko would have rotated over to tip that away, for sure. Had Darko been on Bosh he would have checked Wade so he didn't get that lane to the bucket. Oh well.