Category: Sports

  • The Three Pointer: Matchup Problems

    Game #19, Road Game #9: Minnesota 88, Washington 101 Season record: 3-16 1. Live By the Boards, Die By the Boards We’re not in Atlanta or Phoenix anymore, Dorothy. After utterly dominating the rebounding against two teams that don’t play anyone over 6 feet, 10 inches tall, the Timberwolves were mauled tonight, 57-35, by the…

  • Three-Pointer: Burning The Tired Suns

    Game #18, Home Game #10: Phoenix 93, Minnesota 100 Season record: 3-15 1. Sweat Equity I’ll let some mathematician figure out the odds of a 2-15 team triumphing over a 16-4 ballclub, as happened last night at the Target Center. But whatever the probability, it plummets when you factor in that Phoenix was not only…

  • The Three Pointer: Heartbreak

    Game #17, Road Game #8: Minnesota 89, Atlanta 90 Season record: 2-15 1. Brewer and Smith Lead the Paint Mob After 10 pathetic quarters of play–from 1:25 to go in the 3rd against San Antonio until 1:34 to go in the 1st tonight–the Timberwolves found a pulse and fought to retain their diminishing fan base,…

  • The Three Pointer: Awfully Casual

    Home Game #9: Los Angeles Lakers 116, Minnesota 951. Losing Reason To CareGames like tonight’s undressing by the Lakers and last Saturday’s (blissfully blacked-out from television) pratfall on the road in Memphis are the sort of energy-suckers Wolves’ fans and the team’s PR department feared in the wake of the Garnett trade: That the ballclub…

  • What Do I Know?

    Here’s what I’d like to know: Since when are the New York Yankees in any position to play hardball with the Twins? Given the pitching situation in New York, and given the fact that this is a team that is now in the (for them) desperate position of playing second-fiddle to the Red Sox, would…

  • The Three Pointer: An Honorable Defeat

    Road Game #6: Minnesota 103, Dallas 109 Season record: 2-11 1. The McCants/Jefferson Axis The extent to which Rashad McCants and Al Jefferson create synergy on offense is perhaps the dominant storyline for the Wolves in this young season to date, and figures to remain that way at least until Randy Foye returns from his…