|
TJSweens -> RE: Timberwolves 2023 - 2024 Season (5/17/2024 9:25:20 AM)
|
I thought there was a chance that the Wolves would fire up their pride and pull out game 6. I did not see an ass whupping of this magnitude happening. Denver emptied their bench with 8 minutes to go.
1. Ant struck a great balance between getting his and getting teammates involved.
2. Jaden McDaniels made his presence known at both ends of the floor.
3. Good job of timing the doubles on Jokic. They forced a few extra misses and covered his passes out the double very well. KAT staying out of foul trouble enabled them to keep rotating fresh bigs.
4. Hooray, the bench finally showed up. At the same time Denver's bench regressed to the mean. I was really getting sick of pukes like Christian Braun looking like 6th man of the year.
5. The return of Conley was a big help.
6. KAT was solid all around and had an uncharacteristic lack of stupid fouls.
7. The ball kept moving on offense.
8. The Wolves committed to dominating the boards.
9. Denver helped with some uncharacteristic misses on open looks in the first half.
So the Wolves go from hanging onto the ledge by one fingernail to forcing game 7. IMO, the difference between games 1,2,6 and 3-5 is the Wolves. They are a total Jekyll and Hyde team right now. WHEN THEY ARE ON THEIR GAMES, KAT, Rudy, McDaniels and Conley are better than Gordon, Porter, Murray and Caldwell Pope. The problem is that Denver's guys are more consistently on.
|
|
|
|