Month: November 2012
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#Twolves forward Chase Budinger suffered a lateral meniscus tear of his left knee during yesterday's game at Chicago. — Timberwolves PR (@Twolves_PR) November 12, 2012 The obvious good news is that it’s not an ACL tear. The obvious bad news…
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5 Notable Stats .284 = 3-Point Percentage – That’s good for dead last in the NBA. I don’t know if it makes it better or worse that the Wolves are only shooting 15.8 treys a game, which ranks 26th in…
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Without Derrick Rose, the Chicago Bulls are the NBA’s Wisconsin Badgers. There are no elite athletes or SportsCenter top plays. Just execution and defense. They set big screens. They use most of the shot clock. They talk on defense. They…
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The Wolves play the Bulls tonight. The Bulls aren’t the same without Derrick Rose. They struggle to create their own shots. But they’re still 3-2. The Wolves are in a similar situation without Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio – their…
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The largest first-quarter differential was 4, when the Wolves led 17-13. Early in the second, the Wolves built an 8-point advantage that quickly dwindled, eventually to a 1-point Pacers halftime lead. The third was a back-and-forth that mostly kept the…
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Illustration by Howard Shum. Go check it out. Paul George is good at professional basketball. Really good. We’ve raved before about George’s underrated defensive prowess, but it’s worth reiterating: George can defend the hell out of the ball. George has…
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Let’s start with the simple: The Magic are bad. I don’t care if they arrived at MSP International with a 2-1 record and a Big Baby Davis MVP Campaign in full swing. By trading away Dwight Howard and Ryan Anderson…
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Tonight, the 2-1 Timberwolves take on the 2-1 Magic at Target Center. Orlando is a vastly different team from the one that killed the Wolves last season. Gone are Dwight Howard and advanced stats hero Ryan Anderson. In are…Aaron Afflalo?…
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A few things about the Wolves game tonight against the New Jersey, including the Nets’ star-studded backcourt, active forwards, and a man named Brook. Check it out below the fold.
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Fresh off the opening-night, grind-it-out win over Sacramento, the Wolves travel to Toronto for Game Number 2 today. The contest will be televised on FSN North and NBA TV. If memory serves, that combination led to a dual blackout last…
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The Timberwolves won a game in which Ricky Rubio and Kevin Love were both inactive due to injury. Heck, they won it by 12 points. Not so bad, right? It was ugly. The Wolves made 32 of 87 field goals;…
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Questions greatly outnumber answers as we enter closing hours of Preseason and begin the real thing. Here are five of mine pertaining to tonight’s opening tilt versus the Kings of Sacramento: 1) Does a Timberwolf shooting guard steal the show?…