Rudy is flat out ball'n tonight!

Crappy Wolves night all around. Made a special trip to the game to get the Lamb Chop hoodie & despite being in line 30min b4 the gate opened & one of the 1st few the members entrance there were still 100-150 people in line when I got to sec 118! They ran out of the XL hoodie just as it was my turn.

Ant's youth and inexperience really showing up again the last week or so. When the Wolves start to struggle Ant doesn't elevate the team, he tries to do everything and makes things worse. He was much better earlier in the season, but he's back to pounding the air out of ball and playing iso ball.

Yes!

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Why does the Wolves collective IQ drop by 50 points in the final 5 minutes of games? We're not really smart to begin with!

I'm not big on complaining about officiating, but this Wolves-Clippers game might be the worst officiated game I've seen in a very long time.

Harden kicked out!! What a BS call!

Whoever came up with this Wally The Rubber Duck give away for the Timberwolves should be punished by being locked in a small room with 500 kids each with a duck and being encouraged to squeak in constantly!

Boy feeling like it's a Naz Reid or nothing night. Hard to understand how Ant can be in this big of a slump.

Little nervous about tonight's Timberwolves game. We have a tendency to not show up against weak teams. I think the Mavs might be starting one of their waterboys tonight! Hopefully we put them away early and see a lot of the deep bench.

Wolves decided to play defense for 3:30 minutes and almost won. Ultimately poor defense cost us the game. The last play Jaden had to cheat and prevent Reaves from using the screen and getting to the lane. Force him to the right and into help and hopefully a long shot. Can't give him the lane there.

Wolves defense is terrible. Jaden & Naz are constantly getting burned. No ball containment, Rudy is constantly getting hung out to dry. Rudy should be chewing the team in the locker room, they're making him look like crap! No reason why Reaves & the Lakers B Squad should score 62 in a half

I think the Wolves probably missed Clark as much or more than Ant! I doubt Murray gets 40+ if Clark is playing. Even holding him to 30 probably keeps us in the game. Although shooting so cold in the last few minutes might not have mattered.

Naz Reid - 5 years $125 million. Awesome!

Naz Reid

Based on the Timberwolves draft & Tim Connelly's comments; I think the plan is to ride Rudy for the next year or two while developing these 2 picks. Then use the FA/trade market to upgrade the PG position with a more seasoned player that will supplement or replace Mike Conley. Seems reasonable.

Feel for Tyrese Haliburton. Crappy way to end an amazing playoffs. Have to wonder if playing on the injured calf contributed to the achilles injury. Don't blame him for playing. Never guaranteed another Finals. Decided to give it his all & live with the consequences. But man...the consequences!

Twolves bench and role players didn't show up and it's probably going to cost us a win. Had those guys delivered in the first half we probably would have been up 15 at the break and this would be a different game. Still some time, but OKC is feeling it now. Come back will be tough.

You can tell we're MN fans. The crowd is almost nervous despite being up 21 going into the 4th of a closeout playoff game! Let's put our foot down and end this thing! Go Wolves!

Find them and ban them from Timberwolves games for life and all other sporting events for the next decade. If they're season ticket holders, revoke their tickets with no refund. We can't tolerate that crap even a little!

Edwards came out and went through some exercises with a trainer. Appeared to indicate he's good and joined the team for warm-ups. That is one tough dude! Go Wolves!

Anyone other than Draymond any they would have been ejected. But the refs know that an ejection would come with a 1 game suspension so they swallow their whistle for the sake of NBA ratings. Load of crap. Go Twolves!

Good 1st for the Twolves. Still left a lot of meat on the bone.

Lakers look tired. Time for the Wolves to poor it on.

Timberwolves are too good to keep shooting this poorly. The shots will start to fall and once they do this series will be over quickly. Surprised at how bad this Lakers team is. This series shouldn't be this close.

Naz Reid! Over saw the beat down of the Lakers and CM Punk tonight!

Connelly/Finch trades: Rudy - initial: worst trade ever, Since: DPOY & def anchor. Mike Conley and NAW - Initial: MC>DLow & the other guy, Since: We completely fleeced Utah. Randle for KAT - Initial: He'll never fit, Since: Ok he fits. I think it's time to stop doubting Connelly & Finch.

Not a big fan of the Wolves last two end of game plays. Seems like we should have been able to get better looks.

Rob must really be in Finch's dog house. Even Minott got in before him!

Wolves offense was terrible, but defense was slightly better. No Zion obviously helped.

Here we go again. Clutch Time at home to an inferior team. This hasn't been the Wolves strong suit.

Once again NAW leading the Wolves in effort. That dude is going to get paid this summer. I just hope it's by us.

Pelicans shoot around 34% from 3. Tonight they're shooting 50%

Hey look the Wolves gave up another double digit lead! 🙄

Love the Wolves and Ant. Be he just keeps killing our ball movement and rhythm. He's got to learn to start passing more and pounding the air out of the ball less.

Wizards are NOT going to be hitting 3s at a near 60% clip all night. Twolves just stay close

Really good win for the Timberwolves! Can we find a high school in every city we go to, that will retire a Naz Reid jersey?

Feels like the Timberwolves are slowly starting to put things together. Still a ways to go, but you can see it's getting better for longer stretches.

Happy the Twolves got the win, but it's still an immature win. This team needs to grow up and learn to finish.

I like Chris Finch. I accept he's been a head coach for <5 years. He has a learning curve too. But his need to stick with the starters every 4th drives me nuts. Our best lineup is freq DDV, NAW, Ant, Jaden and Rudy. They should have been on the floor when Dallas was making their run.

Timberwolves were dominating when they played with ball movement. Now we're seeing more iso/hero ball and Dallas is making a run. Need to get back to what was working.

Few thoughts on the Wolves season so far. 🧵

Snow storm seems to have drifted a little further south than originally expected. I'd say a solid 4" in Belle Plaine and still coming down pretty good. A white Christmas seems likely! #mnwx

Austin Reaves headband makes him look like a cartoon character that just got out of the hospital

The 2nd quarter of the Twolves & Lakers was a disgrace to the NBA! Both teams and the refs were terrible! No more 4 day breaks!

Disappointed with how the Timberwolves game ended. Felt like we regressed to some of the bad play from a couple weeks ago. But, with 4 days off, this might be a blessing. Shouldn't have to worry about the team being overconfident. Gives them something to focus on during their time off.

Fred Rodgers on the importance of making something even if other people don't think it's good had me crying this morning. Passing it along for anyone else that might need it.

MN Timberwolves play Golden State again tonight! Looking for their 5th straight win before a 4 day break! Best part is the game starts at 7:30 and not 9:30! Go Wolves!

If the Wolves can keep up something close to this level of play the rest of the league is going to be scared! Still a big "if" but it's nice to see it's at least possible. #Timberwolves