Wolves Record: 7-9

Adelman & McFail face off against their former teams. Weird. The Rockets are 7-1 at home and 2-6 on the road, so I think the wolves can win this one. It should be a close game.

Timberpup Guess 'em Game

Last Game: 98-108 loss to Jazz
Guesses: 11
Season Total: 224

Flash was closest (off by 6) and guessed the wolves score for 4 timberpups

Loyal Wolf & I get a timberpup for guessing Milsap for MVP

houston gets half a TP for his Rubio prediction

wolfenstein gets a TP for his D-WIll prediction

Player - Timberpups (Games in 1st place)

Flash - 31 (11)
CW - 26 (2)
roundhouse - 22
WallyWorld - 21 (3)
mmaland - 20
Loyal Wolf - 18
Minnesota Polars - 17
BonK - 16.5
cycosurgeon - 16
No_Love_Sessions - 16
TheBigTicket - 15 (1)
daddyfatsax - 14
kidoatmeal - 13
wolfenstein - 12.5
Zonker - 10
TrulyRaNdOm - 9.5
czaras - 9
LineMN - 6
houston - 3.5
zookeeper - 3
onebyone - 2


Game Challenges

#1 Guess the combined points of Kevin Martin and Wayne Ellington. 2 TPs for guessing, 1 for closest

#2 Guess the combined assists of Rubio and Kyle Lowry. 2 TPs for guessing, 1 for closest

#3 Predict which player will make the FINAL 3-pointer of the game.

worth 2 TPs - Love, Ridnour, Kyle Lowry, Kevin Martin
worth 3 TPs - Rubio, Ellington, Chase Budinger, Courtney Lee
worth 5 TPs - anyone else not listed
worth 1000 TPs - Darko

Rockets 99
Wolves 102

#1 31
#2 19
#3 Kevin Martin

Wolves 109
Rockets 101

#1 29
#2 24
#3 D-Charge

Why am I so bad at this game? I have ideas...but maybe I need a consultant. Flash, I'll give you some timberpups of mine if you can make me good at this game. Here are the caveats: I'll always predict the Wolves to win. I'll always predict them to win by too much. I'll never predict anything good for players I don't like.

Ok KLAV, time to get back on track. How about 50% FG's this game? How about maybe only jack up 5 or so 3's? How about Luis Scola scores no more than 15 points? Do work.

Under the radar matchup of Lowry and Rubio. Rubio should definitely guard him, not Ridnour. He needs to be disrupted so he can't pass at will. This should be one of those games that D-Charge and Love can play 20 minutes together, at least.

Hey what about my Rubio having a double double prediction? I thought that was worth a pup. Oh well.

Wolves 98
Rockets 87

1. 36
2. 25
3. Love

1. 33 points

2.17 assists

3. Lowry

K love will go for 40 points

wolfenstein wrote:
But Rubio has been ballin and has a bunch of DD's this season already.

I really don't know. Houston is legitimately good. Lowry is a beast. Kevin Martin can score like anyone. Scola is solid. I don't really like our chances here, just because I think Houston is a very good team, especially fundamentally.

And Ricky should definitely guard Lowry, he might actually have a chance at slowing him down and keeping him off the boards somewhat.

Houston 104 - Wolves 101


Game Challenges

#1 - 36 points

#2 - 17 assists

#3 - Kevin Martin

Forgot to put a score up, well guys, we have been in alot of tight games this year, and seems like were always down early and have to come back! I predict this is a blowout in our favor, and we get a hot start. Wolves 108 rockets 93

wolves 98
rockets 94

#1 28
#2 18
#3 Tolliver

bonus: twolves go down by 15 but come back for the W!

College Wolf wrote:
But it was his first double double in 4 games and he shot 2-19 his previous two games.

Oh well, I noticed it wasn't actually a BONUS guess like I remembered but part of my MVP prediction. I'll withdraw the complaint.

I would classify this is a must win for symbolism purposes.

Wolves - 100
Rockets - 92

#1
KM - 27
WE - 9
=36

#2 11 each. 22

#3 How AWESOME would it be if Darko hit a hail mary at the buzzer?

Love

Bonus: Surprisingly, McHale receives a pleasant round of applause from the crowd, vs. a chorus of boos

Hmmm, out of spite of Mchale

Ervin Johnson - 96
Hakeem Olajuwon - 92

#1 - KM - 27 WE - 12 = 39
#2 - 12+14 = 26
#3 - Wesley Johnson!!! haha nope, Ricky Rubio

PS record-wise Houston isn't as good as you might think. Only 2 wins ahead of Minny? And NO ONE has had as tough of an early schedule as us those first 10 games. This is a perfectly winnable game. I would classify a loss to the Rockets as a big disappointment relative to other opponents.

Remember the Wolves actually somewhat defend on the perimeter this year. We are very surprisingly a decent defensive team! KMart shouldn't at least DESTROY us. Scola and KMart are not playing anywhere near the level of last year. Only 5.9 rpg for Scola and a major dip in scoring for Martin. Ricky can guard Lowry nicely.

McHale does a drive and kick offense every time down the floor. He is a simple guy, remember.

What I'd really like to see from the Wolves is a GOOD START. Both Wes and Darko's shots are starting to fall which is encouraging. But I want to see a game where we aren't crawling back to stay in it. Hold the immediate advantage.

Can't tell you for sure, but I think that you are bad daddyfatsax because you don't like Derrick. How can you want to trade him for Gortat? Give the man some love in the elimination game and you will be better. Oh, and you have to say something good about Bosh.

Wolves 98
Rockets 106

#1 33
#2 17
#3 Kevin Martin

Reading through the ESPN commentary before todays game and a Rocket fan is on there saying the rockets would probably take Pek, Barea, and Utah's 1st for Kevin Martin. Do Houson fans hate him?