For those who had Beringer in the poll, it was nip and tuck but here he is in the final minute

Lavine is Lavining. Tremendous way to take this one out....

McDaniels with a Slo Mo pass to Rudy. Showed him the ball, made it look like a shot and set it up by the rim on a platter. Rudy still missed it but that is how you feed him best

Wolves need to stop playing bad teams. They tease out less than optimal play longer and longer to see how far they can take it

The lure of free chicken makes people go beserk. Sabonis obliges and delirium reigns. Then Ant hoists a ridiculously long clank to make it 1-6 from deep for him tonight

Naz does have 10 rebounds and 4 assists. Defense has been suspect but you get the feeling if the shots start falling regularly he'll relax back to value.

The Big Ragu with the deep sauce recipe has been vital tonight as he's 5-9 outside the arc and rest of team is 6-20.

Nice dish to McDaniels by Naz there. More of this early action which takes advantage of Kings lousy D

Naz is 2-2 inside the arc and 0-5 outside it, most of them very open looks.

Dillingham to a cutting Clark on the baseline makes them both healthy on offense for a minute

The frustrating year continues for Naz, who has never settled into what for him is a normal groove. This is game 12

Ant thrusting himself back into the game. Reminiscent of some of his games last season that started poorly and then climbed via sheer willpower. McDaniels gets a big hand returnng to the game

Fourth foul on Sabonis is a big blow to Sacramento tonight. Russ to Sabonis has been the crux of their offense

Wolves need to lean into Randle. He has been the surest thing on offense all season and the Kings don't have anybody to solve it

McDaniels terrible very bad night continues. Planted his foot for a pivot in the paint and slid into a near split. If the groin is okay it will be a surpris. Finch uncharacteristically immediately called timeout on the injury.

Fans have been great through this. Really enthusiastic during the time out

Kings are shooting 53.4/56.3/57.9 Weird stat line. Free throws compressing their true shooting percentage

Gobert barked at Randle on that Sabonis dunk.

Just a bad game for Ant. Not counting the rusty game vs the Knicks, his worst of the season thus far.

McDaniels is 4-4. Maybe a few more touches?

Wolves surrendered 19 points off turnovers in the first half.

Clark excepted, of course. Three steals beneath Kings own basket

Hasn't dawned on Wolves yet that this level of effort and execution can't even beat the Kings.

Ant has been defensed really well tonight, much to everyone's surprise--especially Ant

Sabonis has 21 points in 16 minutes but is rubbing his sore ribs again.

Kings are passing easily in transition and the half court vs Wolves D. Their lead is up to 5.

Rough night for McDaniels who just got clocked in the private parts

Tie game with 7 to go in the half.

ICYMI, latest Wolves column dropped last evening, praises Ant's footwork, and "skilled big" versatility of Randle and McDaniels for altering team's identity from defense to offense. And in the And One newsletter: Mike Conley, not dead yet. www.minnpost.com/sports/2025/...

Latest Wolves: The defense is supposed to the identity. But Ant, Randle and McDaniels stake a better claim for juggernaut status at the other end of the court. www.minnpost.com/sports/2025/...

And here is the apple link from this morning's podcast with Dane. Next game isn't until Friday so this and a column coming from me will hopefully help tide you over. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

Here is the spotify link from this morning's podcast with Dane. We talk Ant, Julius, Jaden, weak schedule, Finch etc open.spotify.com/episode/7ufJ...

Did a pod with Dane this morning, busy day so just now getting it over here. This is the youtube link www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ87...

The line was Wolves -7.5. I'm not making accusations, I'm just pointing out that as we swim in gambling money and all that entails, it throws terrible shade on things that are very probably innocent but just might be insidious and crooked. Is it worth it?

What's the line tonight?

That standing fadeaway from Ant might be the clutch time move down the road. Looks like an unwise choice but almost always goes in

I think we can safely say that the Jazz tearing it down by trading Gobert and Mitchell did not turn out well for them. There simply isn't a lot of talent on this team, young or old.

Seatbelt, Slim, call him what you want, but he remains a bad man this season

McDaniels as the Ant stand-in there in the fourth quarter

Offense has had trouble functioning without Ant all night

Refs have gotten too whistle happy.

A third quarter with the length of Infinite Jest with these fouls.

When Mike Conley whirlies his fingers for a replay, it happens . Respect.

33-13 in the third quarter thus far with 3 minutes to play

Wolves have done this. Ant has set the tone and the example.

In many ways, McDaniels plays "bigger" than both Naz and Randle. Not as a bulldozer, but as a rim protector and rebounder

Terrible call. Wolves right to challenge

Make no mistake: This second half separation is 90% Ant.

Not impressed with Ace Bailey. Just way behind NBA ball right now and worse, doesn't seem that dedicated to closing the gap

Ant showing his leadership. Focused and wanting to put team on his back