Author: Andy Grimsrud
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If you’re reading this blog then you are certainly aware of two things: 1) Kentucky is having a phenomenal season and will play in Saturday’s Final Four; and 2) Anthony Davis is ridiculously-good at basketball and is locked in as…
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If you’ve been watching the Wolves for all of this brief season, you must agree with me: This sucks. No, it isn’t as bad as last year (or any of the past few years) when March and April meant putting…
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Following the announcement that Ricky Rubio tore his ACL, the Wolves went out and lost a home game to the New Orleans Hornets. Shortly after that, I wrote them off as a potential playoff team. They’re 3-6 since the injury…
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As of this moment there are five Western Conference teams within 1.5 games of each other, ranked 4 through 9. Having lost to the struggling Wolves today, Denver has slid to the bottom of that list, after tie-breakers are considered. …
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The score was 32-16 in the Spurs favor after one quarter. After a half-hearted comeback in the 2nd by the Wolves, the game was lopsided for the entire half. Nobody seemed to play well. The box score shows decent work…
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The Warriors retired Chris Mullin’s jersey tonight, leading to the longest halftime I can remember for a regular season NBA game. Or any NBA game. Apparently the Dubs crowd booed the owner, Joe Lacob, when he wouldn’t stop talking. And…
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With Ricky on the mend (surgery this Wednesday), the season hitting the homestretch, and the Wolves’ playoff hopes looking dimmer by the day (now 2.5 games behind Houston for the 8 seed), there is less and less to add to…
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When Paul Millsap missed a wide-open layup as the regulation buzzer sounded, it looked like the Wolves might actually steal this one from the Jazz. They had trailed Utah 92-80 with only 4 minutes to go before pulling off a…
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Was it a coincidence that the first seven quarters of Wolves ball that I missed in weeks were the first seven quarters of Ricky-less ball? Yes, actually. Saturday’s TV coverage was FUBAR’d by the NBA, with reciprocal blackouts for paying…
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Our worst fears have been confirmed: Ricky tore his ACL and will undergo season-ending surgery. NBA stars from LeBron James to Kevin Durant are expressing their condolences and support via Twitter, and Bethlehem Shoals has already waxed poetic on the…
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Minnesota beat Portland tonight for the second time in five days. The following facts describe the two matchups: Three point guards (Rubio, Ridnour, Barea) played a combined 88 minutes in each game. The team was essentially going without a two…
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“These technical fouls are starting to… have an actual impact on the score.” My comment after Luke Ridnour hit a technical free throw to increase the Wolves lead to 91-85 with 2:21 to go. He had just fouled Blake Griffin…
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I’ve made no secret of the fact that I want to see this Wolves team shooting the three. Aside from Pekovic post-ups and Love’s free throw generating, it’s the team’s best way to outscore opponents. Ricky Rubio is a big…
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For the first time since 2004 in several years, Timberwolves fans are not watching games with an unblinking eye on the NBA Draft. The team is in the hunt for a playoff spot, and even if they fail, the lottery pick…
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Wesley Johnson shot 6 for 12 from the floor tonight. Luke Ridnour shot 5 for 9, and 5 for 5 from the stripe. Martell Webster shot 3 for 6. Ricky Rubio shot 3 for 7, and Nikola Pekovic shot 6…
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Since this game was the meat of a back-to-back-to-back sandwich, and it wasn’t competitive or interesting, I’m doing a rapid-fire bullets wrap: * Kevin Love had the flu and did not play. This was a bad thing for the Wolves.…
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Well, that was interesting. I had planned on doing a special post that analyzed the Love-Griffin matchup, breaking down each possession where they guarded one another. Since I did the work (the few times the matchup occurred) I’ll post the…
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Since I spent way more time than I’d like to admit watching the weekend’s All-Star festivities, I’d be remiss if I didn’t write something about them. Here are some scattered jottings about where the weekend left me as a hoops…
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(Perhaps you’ve already seen and read The Danny Ainge Anniversary Party, written by Bill Simmons and published this morning on Grantland. In it he uses biting sarcasm and his usual wit to make an absolute mockery of Danny Ainge and…