This is the last game before the All Star break. Pek! will try to make it a go with a bum ankle, but how far down is Anthony Randolph in the doghouse? from the Stribs Jerry Zgoda
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Expect Pekovic to give it a go and start tonight. Randolph and Lee are the inactives tonight vs. Jazz
Randolph's last game was Feb 2 when he played 12 minutes and scored 8 points
I used to think Randolph could be good. I wonder what happened to him.
either he is injured or he went Darko on the bit and lost the will to play basketball
cant hit a shot. arg
Air Johnson!
Ugh, Wes Johnson is just the worst. Despite all the excitement surrounding him, he harms my will to watch basketball.
what the hell is going on here!
I haven't been paying super close attention, but I assume the answer to that is "Wes Johnson is pooping on Dr. Naismith's face."
Yeah, thanks for that mental image.
Don't blame me, blame my 2012-Ridnour.
Nah. It's on you.
That's a fair point. Still, Wes sucks.
Sounds like you've been hanging around greekhouse over at the Casa de Leche way too much.
thank goodness the Wolves are making free throws. They would be totally blown out of the water
That was another not good first quarter. Good thing I have a game of werewolf distracting me.
Minnesota-Michigan St is on the Big Ten Network right now. Tubby Smith sporting a sharp blue bow tie
OMG HOLD ONTO THE BALL PEOPLE
WE ARE THE BALL PEOPLE
WE HAIL FROM UTAH
Is that what you call a gay Mormon?
It is now!
Barea missed 2 layups in a row. oofta.
Rubio sparks a scoring run, natch
Is it enough of a spark that I can go back and watch?
if you wants to see Ridnour turn the ball over some more, flip it over
I do not, so I think I will wait to hear if it gets any better.
He has one turnover at the half.
Pek, Love, Ridnour, Barea, Rubio. Thats a different lineup
down by 12 at the half, thanks to Rubio and Barea hitting some 3's (finally)
Pek! will out-low you!
double double for Pek!
Wes Johnson hit a three, then a couple possessions late drove the basket and made it! what?!
How is this happening???
So, the pep talk worked.
you mean the pek! talk
I love T-Wolves third quarters. I wish they played the whole game the way they do after getting back out of the locker room.
Only the first half of the third quarter, though. That second half of the third blew hard.
Jim Peterson dropping some Ndubi Ebi knowledge on us
Barrea on fire, for once
BAR-BAR!
Take out Rubio, and a comeback ensues!
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK
Sure, now Webster takes a three.
that corner three is vexing him
Again, how are the Wolves in this game? The whole damn team confuses the hell out of me.
And one, bitches!
I love how excited Rubio gets
Adelman does not play favorites. Take care of business and you get to stay on the court.
Great to see Williams come alive.
yeah, I love the way he coaches
That is a weird lineup that's on the court, but it's hard to argue with the results!
that was a bogus call there
Bar-bar totally disrespected Hayward before that shot.
Wow, the Jazz guy really, really wants a technical foul for Barea walking in front of the shooter. Ridiculous.
heh, that made me chuckle. both barea and the announcer.
Yeah. It's a dick move. But if a dick move is a technical, then sports would be almost nothing but technicals.
agreed. as dick moves go, that was semi-minor. at the very least, coming from someone like j.j., it's not like you can call it intimidating or anything.
Really. I mean, given J.J.'s height, it's possible Hayward never even saw him.
HOW ARE THE WOLVES WINNING THIS GAME?!?!?!
BY HAVING MORE POINTS THAN THE BALL PEOPLE!
BALL PEOPLE! BALL PEOPLE! TASTE LIKE BALLS, TALK LIKE PEOPLE!
This seems like it could go on for a while.
Always hate this part of the game. So frustrating to watch.
dido. at the very least, if the games within 5ish points or so, i can deal with it, but when teams are down by 10 with ≤:30, oh, it annoys me.
The NBA seems to have gotten better at letting games end if they're out of reach. If it's more than 6 points with thirty seconds left, I haven't seen nearly as much fouling as I remember from ten years ago.
Ah, the three PG, two PF lineup. Kahn's team construction is at its apex!
By the time I write that, Rubio has hit 1-2 FT and is already back on the bench. Hmm.
Gophers were up on #6 Michigan St. by 9 most of the 2nd period, but now only a 2 pt lead. eek
Martell Websters needs another steal/dunk here
Ugh, Al
I can't believe we just got BAJed.
The Wolves need to get them Love'd now.
HOLY SHIT! OR RIDNOUR'D!
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK!!!!
That was awesome.
LUUUUUKKKKKEEEE HOLY COWS
USE(D) THE FORCE LUKE!
Oh shit!
wtf? did riddy just win the game!?!
....And totally redeem yourself!
Luke sucks. On a victory cigar.
Well, Ridnour and Barrea were insane today. Nice to see that
Sweet. Luke, that makes up for a couple of games worth of crappy play.
An ad popped up on the screen as the shot got off.
Wow.
The shot was from a weird angle when I saw it. I thought Luke had passed it to the corner. Then the ball went in. It was awesome.
I saw the same thing! In the middle of screaming "What are you doing???" the ball went in.
Heh. On the replay I saw it clearly for what it was, but I wonder how I would have seen it if I hadn't known the eventual score. Sigh.
Yeah, they did the replay from the behind angle and there you could see it better. The side court angle was pretty weird though.
where on earth would a pop ad come from when you were watching the game on nba.tv? 😉
(yeah, thankfully i didn't get the same ad)
Matched win total from last year!
And they're actually not last in their own division!
mazel tov!
Nope, they were already up by percentage points, and this widens the gap on Utah. Fourth!
The NBA sucks. 😛
The players don't care and are only in it for the money.....
So obvious. They don't play defense either.
Rubio is a dancing machine
ugh, Gophers down by 2 with 30 seconds left. sloppy sloppy play the last few minutes
as much as that was an awesome win for the locals, that is a turrrrrrrrble loss by the Jazz. Wolves scored 36 (!!!) in the fourth. They were up 16 at the 9:36 mark (83-67).
You know what I like? The difference between the coach's post game presser as opposed to last year's clown show.
its been said a million times, but its nice to have a coach whos head is in the game from start to finish.
The saddest part for me is that I liked Rambis when he was playing. Now, I can't listen to him talk without repeating "Idiot!" over and over in my head.
Dido to all. It was inspiring for me at 12 to see an apparent nerd winning NBA titles.
We need to have another Wolves podcast asap.
Or another one, period. I keep meaning to email Magoo to see if he can edit a one-on-one for me.
No doubt. Somebody make this happen.
It would be neat to do one during the All-Star game, or some All-Star festivity. I think that would be 3 AM for Mags though, so that's not happening.
I would LOVE to do one during any point of all star weekend, the skills competition, the game, anything like that. That would be super fun.
I am watching the Clip/Denver game and the LAC broadcaster just said with amazement "not a bad play there by Corey Brewer".
Pek was kind of quiet tonight (save for a spurt to start the 3rd) but still had 15/12 and 8 offensive boards. what a beast.