Category: Timberwolves

Regular Season Game #72, Home Game #35: Miami 92, Minnesota 77 1. The Fab Five Strike Again The Timberwolves were being blown off the court by the supposedly aged Miami Heat. In the space of 67 whirlwind seconds, the Heat had stolen passes, leaked out on Minnesota’s missed shots, and just generally hustled themselves into…

Regular Season Game #71, Road Game #37, Utah 108, Minnesota 102 1. The Curse of the Rolling Roles The best things you can say about last night’s six-point loss to the division-clinching Utah Jazz are that it removed the Wolves from the stench of their monumental collapse the previous evening, and set them further along…

Game # 70, Home Game #34, Seattle 114, Minnesota 106 1. Parade of Goats At this point, you really do just have to shake your head and laugh, don’t you? Up 88-63 with 5:56 left in the third quarter, the Wolves caved and crumbled like never before in their history, scoring just 18 points in…

Game #69, Home Game #33: Minnesota 94, Portland 93 1. Two Cheers For Wittman, Davis and James I originally wasn’t going to post after the Portland game, if only because I usually only go once on the weekend when the online traffic is down and already posted yesterday after Friday’s loss. But the Wolves pulled…

Game #68, Road Game #36, Seattle 85, Minnesota 82 1. Listless in Seattle I realize the competition is stiff, but last night’s travesty is probably the worst basketball game collectively played by the Wolves and an opponent thus far this season. Without their KG-equivalent, Ray Allen, the Sonics showed every sign of wishing to roll…

Game #67, Road Game #35, Minnesota 95, Sacramento 89 1. Fine Points There probably was a game way back in the Casey-coaching days of ’06 when both Randy Foye and Mike James played with confidence, aggression, and efficiency, but it sure felt like a revelation in a water-for-the-parched win over Sacramento last night. It matters…