11/5/12 Wolves/Nets
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Sorry, not much time for a preview today. A few quick bullets.
-Take Care of the Ball. Last night was an outlier in every sense of the word in terms of turnovers (and the dreadful transition D after said turnovers). 24 total. Let's hope the Wolves can take care of the ball a bit more tonight. While last night was abysmal, we can rest on our laurels that the carelessness is highly unlikely to happen often.
-B-Roy Needs a Redemption Game. Easily one of the worst NBA stints I have ever seen, and watching this team since 2009 has yielded a mountain of suck. Brandon Roy looked absolutely terrible. Let's continue to hope he still has something left and can redeem himself tonight. Give it a few more games before overreacting.
-Shved got a haircut. This is neat, yet makes him look slightly less interesting.
-No G Wallace tonight. Crash crashed. One less threat out there. Keep an eye on that Net's backcourt fronting the scoring load (and I definitely lump Disney Lopez into the backcourt category, since he plays like a shooting guard). But if Kyle Lowry is any indication, get ready for a huge night from Deron Williams. If Rubio is considered an "ace" defender, then Ridnour is more like a two of hearts.
-Barea Concussed. Will be a game-time decision as our *gulp* leading scorer.
-Rick's Rotation. Odd that he is still tying to 'find his way' in terms of minute management. I am a little confused why Pek isn't getting the ball more or playing more as our obvious go-to scorer. Hopefully this isn't a trend.
Prediction: A tough trip to 1-2. Brooklyn will be a tough team with above average options all over the court. It would take a sudden Zen moment and some help from the Russian Mafia to win this one. Love can't get healthy soon enough.
I guess we should have realized this would be a game for AK to raise his middle finger at Prokhorov backing up the money truck to 3 non-Russians.
@WallyWorld Just read a recap after being away from the TV last night. 4th Quarter Shved? Wow!
Woohoo! Wolves not giving up!
If the Nyets weren't having the best shooting night of their lives, the Wolves might be able to steal one. Not likely, however :-(
CW, I think we can both admit Williams looked good this quarter, no? Solid effort on D and he went to the hoop strong.
This, like my rebuttal to your 3-pter comment, was premature. Order has been restored. D-Charge is back to normal. Poor guy
@CollegeWolf Speaking of worse, you all will certainly see pretty soon why I didn't want Amundson. He tries but he's bad.
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@CollegeWolf Yea, we all agree the Wolves still need that long-term 2-guard. It's not likely that both Roy and Shved work out. How about a Brooks and Shved combo? What does Brooklyn need? defense. Give em Luke or Barea, the Wolves' best defenders...
@Daddyfatsax Indeed. Can we trade him for Marshon Brooks? Can we throw in a random Euro or six 2018 second round picks? Or something?
@Daddyfatsax @CollegeWolf Rubio referred to him as the young Toni Kukoc on Instagram around midnight last night! He's reading your stuff!
@Pants80 @CollegeWolf Shit. That is nice! Even better if it means he reads TwolvesBlog...I would too if it was a site full of grown men swinging from my nuts at full speed clinging to my every move in rehab.
These refs forgot the Durant, Martin rule. You can't run your arms under the defender's arms to draw a foul like that. Shitty refs.
@Daddyfatsax Their first 3 baskets of the game were 3's, which is when I posted that.
Sadly, I can't disagree with you here.
I also don't see us winning a back to back against the Nyets. Could be a pretty tough game, especially if it's just Puke Ridnour as our PG.
Wolves 88 - Nyets 99
