Tough loss last night followed by a tough opponent tonight. The Wolves need to stop giving up giant leads in the first half if they want to win games consistently. You can coast against teams like Charlotte, NOLA, and the Wizards but when you face off against teams like Houston, LAL, and the Heat you are going to have a really tough time winning games if you only show up for one half.
From SNP's twitter feed last night:
...and it was against a terrible road Lakers team with no bench and a terrible coach on the tail end of a b2b.
Anyone who looks for moral victories in this one needs to be punched in the face by Pek. This was their 1st crack at .500 since Casey...
Minny's guards were 8-40 from the floor.
The Wolves shot 104 fg tonight, turned it over only 4 times, equaled their opponent on the offensive boards and free throw line...and lost.
Wolves stunk up the joint against a team that lost to Milwaukee last night and was 1-7 on the road and with no bench
#awfulloss3rd game in team history with sub .385 fg%, sub .240 3p%, and with more than 100 fga. 1 of those was an ot game. tinyurl.com/7vtays2
canishoopus Wolves had 17 more oreb, equal fta, and 4 to and they lost. That's equals some horrific shooting.
Let's hope the Wolves can put up points in the first two quarters tonight followed by more points in the third and fourth. In theory the Rockets should be a good match up for Minnesota since they don't really have a dominant big man and the Wolves can play small ball. Plus the Wolves now have Brad Miller, which naturally should make up for the difference between the two teams last time they played.