I dont have much to say about this because I am sick of seeing Houston. The other day, Wolves Radio play by play man Alan Horton tweeted some good Pek! stats
1st 11g of the year N.Pekovic played 4min total. Last 13g (MIN 7-6) he's averaging 29min 16pts 10rbs 62% FG with 3+ FTA/g. #twolves
Pek is shooting 61.3%, would rank 3rd in the #nba if qualified. But he's averaging 7 FGM/g in Feb, at that rate will qualify in 3gms.
I don't know about you, but I have Pek!mania!
They can't fix that with antibiotics, either.
It's chronic, but fortunately not terminal.
Chronic is SCB's problem, isn't it?
SCB's got 99 problems and chronic is just one of them.
Did the Wolves ever play the Rockets when Adelman was the Rockets' head coach and McHale was the Wolves' head coach?
Yes. 2008-9.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200812200MIN.html
http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200902070HOU.html
http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200903010MIN.html
http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200903200HOU.html
Randy Wittman coached the first 19 games that season.
Pek!mania!!!1!!11!!
Points for everyone but Love... nevermind, he scores as I type this.
Wes increases his league leading VURP.
He had five points- was it a dumb foul or what?
Yeah, his D hasn't been good.
Pek is awesome.
Love on pace for 28 boards
I enjoy 30 point quarters. Three more of those, please.
If they do that, I predict a Wolves' victory.
Two 30 point quarters! Halfway there!
Over that same period, Darko has three games. His minutes over those three: 18:13, 8:07, 3:55.
I'm OK with Darko as a backup. It's a little sad that that is probably his ceiling at this point.
Pek! to Dalembert: You got twitters?
I love Pek!'s shot chart. Scola is going to wish Love had just stepped on his face again after Pek! finishes with him tonight.
Pek! is metaphorically stepping on his face--and his groin.
Love and Pekovic are the perfect combination. One gets all of the defensive rebounds while the other takes the offensive rebounds.
Also, Pek! doesn't miss shots anymore. 8/8!
Obviously Pek! is not good enough to be in the Rising Stars challenge.
*Also, I can't type Pek! anymore without the exclamation point. I tried to, but it looked so wrong I went back and changed it.
I'm not sure who started that. I think it mostly started because people would just post "Pek!".
Otherwise, I'm gonna go ahead and take credit for it.
It's all over Canis Hoopus, too. I think your first explanation is correct, but maybe you should try and copyright it.
Peksanity.
Pek! finally misses. Twice. And as his reward, he's going to the line for two.
Another 30 point quarter.
I was worried it was only going to be 29.
Dalembert has been driven to Pek!sanity!
He is getting destroyed.
I am astounded at how low Pekovic is able to establish position. Positively Shaqian.
They say he might be the strongest player in the NBA.
Halftime nba.com highlight is Scola doing a four-step spin move from above the foul line for a layup. You know, it's really hard to time your jump for a block attempt if the other guy just keeps on running when he should be out of steps.
Beautiful. Pek!'s shot chart shows five dots for his eight shots.
I like the free throw line dot where it's labeled "Dunk shot made".
heh, i noticed that the last game i was able to watch. what the hell is that thing called? the bucket list, or something?
Yeah, the KFC Bucket Chart I think.
HOLY COWS, NO ONE CAN STOP PEK!
I like to think most of us here were aboard the Pek! train well before a lot of other people
The percentage of comments about Pek! here tonight are roughly the same as his FG%.
About Pek!%.
Dear god, Wes. Get into position for an alley oop there. Or, you know, watch for a pass.
Or, better yet, do all that for a different team.
Zack likes this.
Or even better, go to another team and don't do that!
Don't go away mad, just go away.
i'm sure similar things for been said, but i love that pek! is a thing.
(i don't mean spelling "pek" with a "!", i mean pek! himself)
"Lowry made a great steal there."
He grabbed Love's damn arm!!!
Beautiful Pek! and roll.
If the Wolves trade for Gasol and his $18 million, they are fools.
They better not do that. And it would be over $20 million, thanks to his trade-clause kicker.
Ricky to Pek! is a high Pek!centage play.
Timberwolves basketball--it's spek!tacular.
This is beautiful.
The Rockets are thugs.
Pretty nice hustle play by Wes there.
dubba-dubba!
+28!
Oh this is fun.
I feel like the wolves should be up by a lot more than 14.
Have the Rockets given up trying to guard the low post? I don't see Parsons and Patterson possibly slowing down Love or Pek!.
Ok, that Ridnour layup was one of the funniest damn things I've ever seen.
30 more this Q.
There's your third 30 point quarter.
One more! I'd even take 29, just for the even number at the end.
I need a Pekovic jersey.
i have literally looked for a pek! jersey for my infant son.
So, this has been fun so far. I'd take fewer distractions from the wife and kids, though.
rockets are getting way too many 3s.
wait, i meant to say "waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many".
60% from 3-point range. That covers up a lot of warts.
Pek! with the steal!
pek!ed! rubioed! loved!
What the hell? I step away for a second and its a one point freekin game?
Yeah- that's about how long it took. Perimeter defense fail.
Don't ever leave again.
I'm here to the end, now. My apologies to everyone.
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is that montenegrin?
Something like that.
Lo3e!
heh, you won. i blame lazy european feeds.
love3
squared!
You win for degree of difficulty.
Need that 3 from Love.
Stupid LaTeX not working...
Finally got it: \( {\text{Love}^3}^2 \). Apparently it doesn't like using ^ on an exponent.
didn't you disable mathjax?
No, I re-enabled it. It wasn't formatting it as I wanted.
it did that time. nice.
EDIT: nevermind, you moved it. you don't sukk.
Those shots by Love were cold blooded. Damn he's good.
Holy shit he is!
That offensive rebound was even more cold blooded.
5th 30/15? yeesh.
Ahhh...much better.
Yeah, sorry about that. I will never miss another minute of Wolves basketball.
You'd better not!
What I'd give for another competent wing player. Playing 4-on-5 all the time is hard on the Wolves.
Love has been even more efficient from the floor than Pek! tonight. Perhaps we shouldn't forget about that guy.
who?
He's the guy we got in the Mayo trade.
oh yeeeaaaaahh....
Pekslamation point!
heh. where've you been 😉
What the hell was that Rubio? Hot damn
I don't even get a hook like that when I bowl.
OMG! That Rubio pass was sick!
Unreal.
He bent it like Beckham.
Rubio with the icing on the cake.
I don't think they're getting 30 this quarter, but damn, they got their points when they needed them.
now that's how you finish a game.
Wolfies!
19 turnovers for the Wolves about the only fly in the ointment I can see for this game. Wow.
That was fun.
Hahaha, Pek! had nine offensive rebounds. I love that guy!
And with that, he now has more career offensive rebounds than defensive.
ROFL! Nowitski was complaining at the ref, a 76er stole the ball, ran right by him and made a layup. Dirk standing there scratching his head and still complaining to the ref
heh, i think pek! is annoyed by robbie insmkoeaweasdfghski.
Who isn't?
for the win. /forever
The last 1:15 of Knicks/Hornets has taken at least 20 minutes real time. Ridiculous.
raw numbers:
Kevin Love 11-16 fg 9-10 ft 33-17 (3)
Pek! 13-20 fg 4-5 ft 30-12 (9)
complete domination for our bigs
not great, but at least it's half-bakefed...