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Flying solo for tonight's postcast, breaking down a very fun Wolves win over the Raptors:
📈 8-1 in L9 👀
🔥 Great bench game
😤 Dominant Julius 1H
📸 Wolves go showtime in 3Q
⁉️ Naz re-injures shoulder
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Flying solo for tonight's postcast, breaking down a very fun Wolves win over the Raptors:
📈 8-1 in L9 👀
🔥 Great bench game
😤 Dominant Julius 1H
📸 Wolves go showtime in 3Q
⁉️ Naz re-injures shoulder
Subscribe/watch on Locked on Wolves YouTube ⤵️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqKN...
Not only do the Wolves beat a good Raptors team tonight, but the Rockets lose at home in overtime to the Warriors
Minnesota is the #3 seed in the West.
Naz Reid back in just 10 minutes later
Pretty unbelievable how tough he is
Have to imagine he'll be sore tomorrow
Naz Reid just re-aggravated the right shoulder injury that he's been dealing with for the better part of 2 months while fighting for a loose ball
Writhing on the ground in a ton of pain
21-5 Wolves run from 7:48 to 2:26 to turn a 1-point deficit into a 15-point lead
Started with consistently great Rudy defense + Donte hustle plays
Amplified by an Anthony Edwards poster
Taken to another level by a crowd pop for two straight loud Naz Reid buckets
Full blown Showtime Wolves at Target Center
Rudy flashed the 3 celly at the bench as Naz loaded up that shot and they loved every bit of it 😭😂
Ant throws down the poster on RJ Barrett but can't stop holding his right hand in pain up the floor the other way
Seems to be fine on the next possession
The Raptors have continually tried to get Rudy Gobert on an island and it has not gone well at all for them.
Gobert is not only a top-flight rim protector + deterrent, but also one of the league's best 1-on-1 isolation defenders. That facet of his game deserves way more respect
Been an awesome Ayo Dosunmu showing thus far.
Hounding Jamal Shead defensively, 2/2 on middy J's, and had a great transition finish earlier, too.
+19 in 13 minutes
If Naz Reid shot turnaround baby hooks as his free throws he'd probably shoot 80%
Been a good floor game for Slow-Mo thus far
Gotten loose with a few attacks and has 3 assists in his 8 minutes
Looks more comfortable and assertive than he did the other night
Excellent rebounding half for Naz Reid, who has 5 boards in his 8 minutes
Been a career year for him on that front; 6.4 REB in 24.2 MIN per game
A very important element of his impact
Third foul for Jaden McDaniels at the 10:21 mark of the 2Q means Anthony Edwards will check in earlier than usual
Jaden is pretty much the only Wolf who hasn't played well thus far. Good to see his teammates step up for him.
Nice little 9-3 push from the Wolves to close the quarter fueled by connective passing, high-level shot-making and strong rebounding
Minnesota leads 31-27 after 1Q, driven by the bench; all four bench guys have either scored or have 2+ AST
Ayo +14
Naz +10
Slow-Mo +6
Bones +6
Great first shift for Julius Randle.
7 PTS, 2 AST, 0 TOV
Aggressive playing downhill, got to the line for 3 FTA, played quick. All you can ask for
Kyle Anderson getting ready to check in. Clearly the 8th man in Chris Finch's rotation.
Wolves with another delay of game, meaning a free throw for the Raptors at 9:48
Nobody better at the delay of game within the game than the Timberwolves
Delay of game warning for the Wolves before the game, then Donte DiVincenzo takes a knee to the lower thigh on a screen, and Brandon Ingram makes his first shot.
Better starts have been had
Going live momentarily with @Parkerfox24 @juliaddaniels @SamEkstrom for the Wolves squad show:
- Grizzlies game recap
- Upcoming schedule --> good test
- Rudy's recent media comments
- Ant's MVP candidacy
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- Ant's big night
- Ayo coming to the party
- Donte igniting the fuse in the 3Q
- Slow-Mo's return
- And more!
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Anthony Edwards with a dominant stretch to put the kids to bed tonight
Made C&S 3
Emphatic block leading to Randle put-back
*Grizz timeout*
Steal
Iso 3
Miss middy (Gobert OREB)
Made middy
Step-back 3 from Duluth
Turned a 7-point game to a 17-point game quickly
Bones Hyland and Ayo Dosunmu are both on the floor but Kyle Anderson is playing point guard playcalling for the Wolves
Kyle Anderson checks in during those Ayo Dosunmu free throws and immediately changes who's guarding who
Results in a Naz Reid block leading to Rudy Gobert free throws
It's the little things that go into quarterbacking a defense that Chris Finch appreciates w/ Slow-Mo
Heck of a response to a somewhat lifeless first half from Julius Randle
Playing with a ton of force and confidence inside, manhandling a thin Grizzlies frontcourt
8 PTS, 3-3 FG, 2-2 FT with an assist and a put-back in his first stint
Better ball movement for the Wolves in the first 3 minutes compared to the Ant iso fest in the opening quarter
Already 3 AST compared to just 10 in first half
Randle, DDV playing strong roles in that
Donte flopping at Pippen then waiving his finger looking at the Grizzlies bench 😭
Important Ayo Dosunmu shift here in the 2Q
One of three Wolves in double figures with 10, and 8 of them coming in the 2Q
His energy + pace have Minnesota within 4 and some life back in Target Center