Tag: ricky rubio
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This’ll be a stream of consciousness post, but with headers! Last night’s game: Ricky Choked! Legit basketball was played last night. I’ve written recently about how this is unusual for the Timberwolves in the Spring months and how it maybe…
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Ric Bucher reports the Wolves are set to extend David Kahn as POBO for at least one more season. And no, Flip Saunders didn’t turn down the Gophers coaching gig because he’s already secretly agreed to replace Kahn at 600…
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Andy G: First things first: The Wolves won by 31 points last night. On the road. On the tail end of a back-to-back. That never happens. I guess I should mention that it came against the Phoenix Suns and —…
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Hey folks, Patrick J here. Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Game tonight. Here’re the deets: Hornets @ Wolves. 6 PM. FSN, 830-AM. Given that these game preview posts always include info on where you can see the game, it seems like…
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David defeated Goliath last night. Goliath wasn’t at full strength. It was down 3 of its 4 best players. But that doesn’t really matter right now. Not for the Wolves. It was a good day. Ricky Rubio showed why people…
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UPDATE (3/12, 12:24 PM): Dan McCarney is reporting that Tim Duncan and Kawhi Leonard didn’t make the trip to Minneapolis. Spurs @ Wolves. 7 PM. FSN, 830-AM. Boo-yeah. The Wolves take on the Spurs tonight at Target Center. On paper, it…
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1. A win! Normally a hard-fought home win over the Wizards in March wouldn’t feel like cause for celebration. But this was — like all too many games this season — an extremely shorthanded Wolves lineup without Andrei Kirilenko, Nikola…
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John Wall. Ricky Rubio. That’s it. No Love no Bud no Pek no ‘Drei no Roy. Ho hum. You should watch tonight’s game if for no reason other than that no other point guard in the NBA can do what…
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This was the takeaway from last night’s game. Everything else was about as expected. Lopsided loss (21st consecutive to LaLa), another injury to a key player (Pek) and an all around look of hopelessness. I’ll have more tomorrow.
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Sometimes the simple game flow image tells 90 percent of the game story. Last night the Thunder built an early lead — 10 points after the first quarter — and never looked back. The Wolves almost had the lead cut…
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THE GOOD Ricky Rubio Rubio damn near went Ice Cube tonight, messin’ around and almost getting a triple double. He had 18 points (12-13 free throws) 9 rebounds and 10 assists. He had 4 steals and even 1 block. Just…
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This was a blowout. Blowouts are difficult to analyze. It’s difficult to bring myself to write about it, and it’s difficult to put stats in the proper perspective when most of them meant nothing. The first quarter was close, mostly…
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The story of last night’s game is best begun with a picture. From espn.com: In the first quarter, the Lakers curve is pretty much a straight 45 degree line. Everything they put up went in. They scored 37 points (13…
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We can live with Tony Parker’s 20 points and 6 assists. Manu Ginobili’s 12 points and 5 dimes. Timmy’s 12, 9 and 5. Hell, even his 3 steals and 7 blocks. But the problem with tonight’s game was that Manu…
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https://twitter.com/JonesOnTheNBA/status/288822494335479809 This win could be described quickly and simply, or in great detail on each key Timberwolf’s impressive performance. I’ll try my best at each. Quick and Simple The Wolves hosted a good Hawks team tonight; one with an impressive…
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Okay, folks, the Wolves are winners again. Hallelujah, rejoice. They beat the Phoenix Suns 111-107 last night at home. They did it without Golden Boy Ricky Rubio, about whom I’d written a slurptastic game preview, in which I suggested Rubio…
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The Wolves have lost four of their last five games. They are 3-2 since Ricky Rubio returned from injury. (Ricky sat out against Miami, because it was the second game of a back-to-back.) Rubio’s role is going to get bigger,…
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Let’s get the qualifiers out of the way. Coming into yesterday’s matchup with the Knicks at Madison Square Garden, the Timberwolves had a road record of 5-8. At home, the Knicks were 11-2. Though both teams had the previous day…