Punch Drunk Wolves

Month: January 2014

  • Flipadelphia (Wolves 126, 76ers 95)

    Flip Saunders’ Timberwolves traveled to Philadelphia and came away winners. By 31 points. The game was one sided at halftime and lopsided after that. Serious analysis becomes difficult when my biggest question is when Gorgui Dieng will check in the…

  • INBOX: Timberwolves at 76ers (The Closer/Active Shooter Edition)

      The Wolves play at Philly tonight. I’m sure everyone involved is happy to be outside of Minnesota where the temps are so cold that the Governor canceled school (and apparently Minneapolis has already done the same for tomorrow). The…

  • Durant was awesome and that’s cool… But what about the Wolves?

    “I’m not a must-win kind of person. When Reggie Miller comes in and scores eight points in the last however many seconds, that’s exciting for me.  If Earl Monroe came in with the Bullets and scored 100 points and the…

  • Wolves-Thunder Preview: The “Kevin Durant Comes Around” Edition

    Tonight at Target Center, the Timberwolves host the Oklahoma City Thunder. The game tips off at 7:00 CST. It can be seen on Fox Sports North Plus and heard on 830 WCCO Radio. The Thunder is without Russell Westbrook. He…

  • A Big Easy Win (WOLVES 124, Pelicans 112)

    That second half was boring, but for a good reason. The Timberwolves lead grew to 30 when Kevin Love buried a trey for an 87-57 advantage with 4:51 to play in the third quarter. After that, the game was equal…