A wise a man once said low expectations are the easiest to meet. Well citizens, expectations are low tonight. 4th game in 5 nights. No Rubio. Kevin Love is having digestive problems. Oh, and the Wolves are playing the Heat tonight.
On the bright side, I don't think we have to worry about blowing a 15 point lead. With that said, I'd love the chance to blow a 15 point lead against the Heat.
And Pek might not play with a stiff back.
Let's hope Andrei doesn't play 48 minutes tonight. Time for Steamer and DWill!
D Will only seems interested with Ricky on the floor.
this game is on NBAtv if you are out of market and get that channel
I think Chris Webber is outstanding in his roles with NBAtv/TNT.
That was... emphatic.
On the bright side we get to watch Lebron tonight.
I kinda wish the Wolves went all Coach Pop on the Heat and didn't play Love, AK, and Pek in addition to Rubio. Then again, I'm not sure they would have enough players to field a team then.
48 minutes of Lou Amundson would have been hilarious
Well, the 13 minutes until he fouled out would have been hilarious.
Love on pace for 60 rebounds after 4 minutes.
The Wolves sure have had a lot of weird looking reverse lay up attempts this season.
when Luke Ridnour shoots that elbow floating jump shot, I wonder how many rotations the ball goes through before it goes in the basket?
The basketball equivalent of a knuckleball.
There is a serious rebounding advantage going on for the Wolves tonight.
They sure are a lot stronger than the Heat. If only they were as good at shooting.
I wonder how many more wins the Wolves would have had last year if they signed Kirilenko instead of tossing out Beasley and Wes everynight
My calculator doesn't show enough digits.
I have to be honest, I did not expect the Wolves to be leading at the end of the first quarter.
It doesn't surprise me so much. I think they wanted to get out and show some energy after last night's game, especially against a team like the Heat. It WILL surprise me if they can keep it up the whole game.
Hopefully the can channel their inner Wizard.
Love settles for 9 boards at the end of the first.
I went through ESPN to get to game updates. The front page (of the mobile site at least) is ugh. Just, ugh.
Oh, it's on their main page, too. Asses.
Looks like the Heat are now the Yankees of the NBA.
what? Did they trade for A-Rod?
Oh, I see now. Ugh.
Makes me think of J.A. Andande.
Stephen Smith said we should feel sorry for the Lakers last week.
I really like Norris Cole's hair, you guys.
I could do without the DWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYNE WADE.
agreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed
Ask ct how he feels about it.
I'd rather read that front page ESPN article than watch Dwayne Wade play basketball.
Looks like the refs are letting some stuff go today.
Unless you're standing within five feet of Wade shooting a basket, I guess.
Kevin Love, stop smiling after you score a basket on your own hoop. Thanks.
Love must be playing neutral-neutral.
All-time offense, just like short-handed flag football.
Sometimes I forget Shved is a rookie. Tonight I remember.
oh great, another Twolf injured (Cunningham)
non contact injury too. efff
How serious does it look? I didn't hear the radio guy say anything about it.
he was running down the court, then he started to hop on one leg. then went to the locker room not putting much weight on the leg.
I'm hoping for a hamstring injury from that description, but something more serious wouldn't surprise me.
well, he is sitting on the bench now, but what looks like an ice pack around one of his knees.
The Wolves are pretty thin at guard tonight with just JJ/Luke/Shved. With that in mind, Wade is going to score a lot of points this evening.
...Or they could rotate AK onto him when Miami plays a half court offense like on the last possession. I guess you just have to choose if you want Lebron or Wade to beat you. I'd rather AK match up on James but I will trust Coach.
rats
Every time I see Dwayne Wade's face I want to punch it.
I have never agreed with something than I have with this statement.
Where would the Wolves beating the Heat rank among the greatest things that have happened on your day of birth?
Right behind the glass of Bulleit I'm about to have.
I just cracked the first bottle of scotch I've ever bought. I love Bourbon and I love Irish...figured it was time to put on my big boy pants.
so, 'fess up. What Scotch?
Dewar's. I was considering this and this but then learned from a very helpful clerk that blended is a nice way to start sampling Scotch. He suggested that single malt can sometimes be overpowering (and overpriced). I ended up going with entry-level: small bottles of this and this.
That last one is the one I opened last night. Sweet and fairly smooth, a small amount of mineral & smoke and quite enjoyable - very approachable.
I started with one neat and then (since it was blended) I had one with a half oz of Amaretto (apparently called a Godfather) which was nice as well.
If you told me the Wolves would be down by 3 at the half I would have been pretty pleased.
because now they can't blow a halftime lead?
the Heat have 10 boards at half. The Wolves have 11 offensive rebounds. jeesh
Bosh posting up Love...thats not going to end well for the Wolves
I hate catchphrases.
KG is dare I say...en fuego!
I heard the Wolves are 29th in the league in shots close to the rim, missing an average of 12 per game. They seem to be doing better this game.
You got that right.
Kevin Love slipped, fell, and didn't pretend he got fouled. That is a pretty big step!
Did you read Britt Robson's latest article? I hope KLove did.
That was a really great write up. Thanks for sharing.
Robson is an excellent read. So's Joan Neisen and Zach Harper. TWolves have some really, really good writers covering them right now.
I follow Harper, he does great work, too.
That was sweet Shved. Pretty damn sweet.
Ricky Shved
PEKDUNK
I guess you can't breathe on Wade. I hate that flopping son of a gun.
Anyone who flops that much should receive some hard, hard fouls from his opponent.
I'd love Pekdozer to run him over.
Luke!
Nice flop, Dwa.
Dwayne Wade is the opposite of Batman
He is the pizza burn on the roof of the world's mouth
Okay, that's a foul on the Wolves. Let's see if it's called one on the Heat.
The announcers needed to punctuate that rant with "And get off my court!"
I love how the arena is all noisy and the 'fans' are chanting defense, yet if you look at the tv screen, all the fans in the lower bowl are sitting on their hands
LJBIVGABB
The Heat's PA Announcer is unbelievably grating.
the Wolves need a run
I see DWill is stuffing the boxscore tonight- no points, no rebounds, no assists in 9:30. Oh, and 1 foul. Sheesh.
But was the foul against Wade or not?
Club Trillion and one.
Wesley-an
Oh I hate the Heat. So, so much.
Are we gonna get 12 minutes of missed three's now?
JJ and Ray Ray getting a little catty.
Screw it, I'm ready to see Lou and Greg out there attempting to block everything. Get Love, Pek and AK some more rest.
Your wish is Adelman's command. And Lou is unstoppable!
this game was fun at halftime 🙁
And the 4th game in 5 nights against one of the best teams in the league is starting to show.
with 2 players injured and Rubio on rest. good times.
Barea, Shved, Williams, Amundson, Steimsma.
I approve
That would have been the first-stringers for the Wolves two years ago.
alley LOUP!
Lou now with as many field goals as K-Love.
LOOOOUUUUU
THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if you missed it, Lou completely whiffed on a free throw
Nothing but net!
barea can't even foul well.
the 5th liners made it close.