The Wolves weren't amazing last night, but they were good enough. Hoping to finish this out in Minnesota.
14 thoughts on “May 13, 2025: Road Warriors”
Wolves had a tough time holding on against the Warriors' bench in the 4th with their starters on the floor. Not what you want, but I'll still take the W.
I felt like that wasn't really too concerning: carelessness and swallowed whistles both being affected by the clock and the score. Hopefully they saw it too and don't play so carelessly again.
I missed the game because the west coast time zone should not exist and my life is a giant ball of stress right now, but from what I've heard the refs swallowed their whistles at the end so you had bad players with a lot of energy and the freedom to whack the shit out of everything. Also, Draymond Green should not be allowed to set foot in a basketball arena for the rest of his life.
Yeah, that dude sucks. The defense I kept seeing was "Well, he was going at his knees, what was he supposed to do?". Maybe not put him in (another) headlock and swing him into the ground like the Ultimate Warrior.
This has been an excellent playoffs for taking joy in the league not getting big market teams to the finals. (NY excepted, but you are correct that a MIN-NYK finals would be the funniest possible outcome)
They were pretty amazing in the third. I like how the commenters on Canis think that level of play should be the floor of how they play the whole game, every game.
Wolves had a tough time holding on against the Warriors' bench in the 4th with their starters on the floor. Not what you want, but I'll still take the W.
I felt like that wasn't really too concerning: carelessness and swallowed whistles both being affected by the clock and the score. Hopefully they saw it too and don't play so carelessly again.
I missed the game because the west coast time zone should not exist and my life is a giant ball of stress right now, but from what I've heard the refs swallowed their whistles at the end so you had bad players with a lot of energy and the freedom to whack the shit out of everything. Also, Draymond Green should not be allowed to set foot in a basketball arena for the rest of his life.
Yeah, that dude sucks. The defense I kept seeing was "Well, he was going at his knees, what was he supposed to do?". Maybe not put him in (another) headlock and swing him into the ground like the Ultimate Warrior.
That one felt like generic over-aggressiveness to me, not anything malicious. Much like the McDaniels one that got reviewed.
Green doesn't get the benefit of the doubt from me on anything like that. Dude is unhinged.
Yup. Every "random" flailing he does always seems to be very targeted.
Going to start pulling for a MIN-IND finals again like I was last year.
This year that seems like a very, very real possibility.
A MIN-NYK matchup would also be amusing.
This has been an excellent playoffs for taking joy in the league not getting big market teams to the finals. (NY excepted, but you are correct that a MIN-NYK finals would be the funniest possible outcome)
They were pretty amazing in the third. I like how the commenters on Canis think that level of play should be the floor of how they play the whole game, every game.
This was pretty good on being physical in NBA Playoffs
https://defector.com/physicality-is-where-basketball-lives-and-careers-die?giftLink=49c8131726de529f16fc950fd069e2f7&utm_campaign=defector&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter
You gotta think a solid bench is going to be more and more important