[Kstat]

The game is only 90 second old, and Monroe already has 1 more point than he had all of last night. Dakro can't contain him.

[Kstat]

...and two of the weakest non-shooting fouls I've ever seen send Monroe to the bench for the next 10 minutes.

[Kstat]

Its a treat to watch Ben Wallace and Kevin Love battle under the glass. Even at his age, Ben puts up a fight.

[Kstat]

...and not so much with Love against Jonas, where it looks like a teenager playing his own personal tip-drill with his 5-year old brother.

[The King]

I'm watching the Minny feed. They are talking about how lazy Darko is. How he needed to get motivated before the game. How the effort was there at the start and not so much now. LOL. What a bum.

[The King]

We are such a terrible team.

[Kstat]

well, he managed to sit Monroe on the bench with 2 fouls in 2 minutes.

Exactly what Darko did to draw those fouls, I'm not sure Darko even knows...

[Stefan S]

Love is an incredible worrier.

Also, many of his boards are Rodman style boards, like tips to himself or to himself off the board, it takes lots of smarts to be able to pull it off

[Stefan S]

Originally Posted by The King

I'm watching the Minny feed. They are talking about how lazy Darko is. How he needed to get motivated before the game. How the effort was there at the start and not so much now. LOL. What a bum.

same here
and yeah!

[Kstat]

Wish Rodney would be moved into the starting lineup. He gets us going offensively with his aggressive play.

[Hobbs]

Good team effort on the boards. Good defense. Limited our turnovers nicely. Just need to hit some shots.

[Billl]

This looks like a preseason game. 36% vs 25% shooting for the quarter.

[Stefan S]

neither team can make a basket

[Stefan S]

part of it is good d, for sure

[zdwtr]

any live stream links? my link is so slow

[Kstat]

Jonas just had a heck of a defensive sequence on Derrick Williams on the perimeter. Stripped him clean on a runner and straight up blocked him on a spin move to the baseline.

When it's a contest of anticipation and quickness instead of power, he usually has an edge.

[Kstat]

Knight is causing havoc with Minnesota's PGs. Light years better than last night. He's not looking so passive.

[Stefan S]

much better rhythm now
maybe because Knight and Stuckey are on the floor together
but also, we started to make some shots finally

+5

[Stefan S]

Minnesota Timberwolves vs Detroit Pistons Live Stream Online

[Kstat]

holy shit, Rodney is playing with bad intentions tonight. He does not try to dunk in traffic very often.

[Billl]

Nobody in Minn's guard rotation can come close to guarding stuckey. That is one tiny backcourt .

[Stefan S]

I love when we run

I think we should run on makes too

[Kstat]

well, as bad as we are offensively, we play pretty good defense. When we play another team that doesn't play any defense, we have a chance to win.

[Kstat]

LMAO we're up 13

Knight has 5 rebounds and 4 assists. He's got a triple double going if he can find his shot.

More impressively, Rubio ,Ridnour and Barea are a combine 0/10. He's playing good defense too.

[Billl]

What happened to Darko. He was up there in terms of blocks last year, but he is just a total nothing this year. He was never good, but this is bad even for him.

[Stefan S]

we play great D (and rebounding well)
and we run on them

that's our identity (I hope)
a fast break should be our bread and butter

btw, Knight has 4 dishes
and only 1 TO (on that stupid O faul
\baited by Rubioo, they go with Rubio at each other
a really fun game)

[Kstat]

Knight to Stuckey for threeeeee

give him 5 and 5

[Hobbs]

Minny missing a boatload of wide open jumpers. They can't be this cold for a whole game.

[Stefan S]

Originally Posted by Hobbs

Minny missing a boatload of wide open jumpers. They can't be this cold for a whole game.

well, we only need two more quarters of that

[Billl]

We are NOT a good defensive team. We are controlling pace so that we don't give up a ton of points, but we give up the 3rd highest fg% in the league.

[Kstat]

well, everything went to shit when we took knight and monroe off the floor.

[RodimusPrime]

Love is getting away with a foul almost every play and is also allowed to punch our guys in the face.

[Kstat]

Originally Posted by Billl

We are NOT a good defensive team. We are controlling pace so that we don't give up a ton of points, but we give up the 3rd highest fg% in the league.

In this case, the numbers lie.

We generally play good defense until the game gets out of hand, and the other team starts running up the score on us.

Are we great? No, but we're not terrible.

[Hobbs]

Yeah, I think we're in trouble. Minny finally started to hit some shots. They were (and are) getting wide open looks. Eventually they'll hit a decent percentage.

[Stefan S]

we let them into the game

we will see Frank's coaching

[Kstat]

Kind of funny that Knight is 1/9 from the floor and think he's played really well.

[Stefan S]

what a play?

pathetic (what was an/the idea?)

and we nearly gave them a 3
(would be double pathetic)

OK, they are back in the game

[Orwellian O.]

Originally Posted by Billl

We are NOT a good defensive team. We are controlling pace so that we don't give up a ton of points, but we give up the 3rd highest fg% in the league.

The backcourt is pretty damn good most nights (as long as Stuck isn't injured), especially when Gordon is amped up and going against guards close to his size. The problem is the frontcourt.

[Kstat]

Originally Posted by Hobbs

Yeah, I think we're in trouble. Minny finally started to hit some shots. They were (and are) getting wide open looks. Eventually they'll hit a decent percentage.

They weren't getting looks that good in the beginning. The defense broke down the last few minutes.

[Hobbs]

Up 6 at the half. A Monroe and/or Knight explosion is the only thing that will win this for us. Minny is getting what they want and I'm not sure we can stop them from doing that.

Knight has shot horribly but has 5 assists and 5 rebounds. He also has 2 turnovers that were both total rookie moves. He has an inordinate amount of those. He has to get better at not making the dumb turnover.

[Stefan S]

Originally Posted by Kstat

Kind of funny that Knight is 1/9 from the floor and think he's played really well.

he did play well, 5 boards, 5 assists, only two TOs (progress I hope but not good enough, one of those was just stupid), +11

him and Prince are with the biggest +

[Stefan S]

we strike first

[Orwellian O.]

Tay with the break away layup.

Come on buddy...dunk the ball...be a Prince...not a Princess...

[Orwellian O.]

Tay has had a good 3 game stretch...he has been carrying the team..

[Kstat]

Originally Posted by Hobbs

Up 6 at the half. A Monroe and/or Knight explosion is the only thing that will win this for us. Minny is getting what they want and I'm not sure we can stop them from doing that.

Knight has shot horribly but has 5 assists and 5 rebounds. He also has 2 turnovers that were both total rookie moves. He has an inordinate amount of those. He has to get better at not making the dumb turnover.

If what minnesota wants is a ton of long threes, I'm cool with that... We lose games inside, not in the perimeter.

[Hobbs]

Very nice start. Picked up a couple of steals that led to lay ups. Looking good.

[Billl]

"In this case, the numbers lie.

We generally play good defense until the game gets out of hand, and the other team starts running up the score on us.

Are we great? No, but we're not terrible."

Yeah, if we ignore all the times we give up tons of easy points, the defense is good. Seriously?

We probably aren't the 3rd worst team, but we certainly aren't good. We're still below average but headed in the right direction. We play hard most of the time but make stupid mistakes and give up lots of second shots.

[Hobbs]

And, BAM! Almost total collapse.

[Dave Bing]

Pekovic looking like Moses Malone.

[Stefan S]

shit
9-0 run and their crowd is back in it