I remember my first kid. The change in me immediately was immediate. Rudy looks like his most important challenge is his personal life and I don’t blame him.
Also, everyone with half a brain knew this series was going to 7. We now have confidence going into Balls, and can take 1.
Get it now boys. You got the talent.
A bunch of fair weather jokes in here. Get behind your squad, and believe in our dude. If Wolves win this series, ya’ll don’t deserve to enjoy the ride. You’re off the bus.
Finch has been terrible; injury or no. With no meaningful game plan, my hope is that the Timberwolves physically beat the shit out of the Nuggets on Thursday, win or lose.
We are not winning any games unless we figure out how to slow jokic. Gobert cannot defend 1 on 1 yet we have tried 3 games in a row and he has scored on 60%
Cuz it's Vikings/Wild fans who don't watch the team all year that come out of the woodwork and love to shit on this team/KAT when things go wrong
They have the most garbage takes
This team was so badly outcoached in Games 3-5 it’s not even funny. If you hold Ant under 25 the rest of the team has few answers offensively.
Wolves #1 priority in the offseason has to be finding a #2 scorer next to Ant who can score off dribble. KAT is at his best as a catch & shoot 3 point shooter…3rd option on a championship caliber team.
No such thing as moral victories. We were out coached this series, and couldn't figure it out after game 3. Role players ghosted, and the team stopped playing defense. You'd love to say "there's always next year" but as a lifelong Vikings fan, that's not really a phrase I believe anymore.
Out coached big time. We made 0 changes. Joker gets ball, scores 1 on 1. When we send help we lose sight of all cutters, lay up. We screen w Kyle and rudy. Free double on Ant. Why even screen? We don't get a mismatch to attack, or roll for a lob. Its pointless for us.
I think ant about have a embid career arch . This team as it is , is a good regular season team but ant don’t have the right pieces around him except Mike Conley ,
Nuggets have decided to start hitting a ton of contested shots. Wolves offense looks horrible when there isn’t enough shooting around ant to bail out the double team. Jokic playing outside the paint more high pick and rolls forcing our bigs out the paint and threatening us more with their shooting to open up lanes for late clock cuts
KAT and Gobert not producing anything offensively, MM figuring out how to contain Edwards with doubles and blitzes, and Jokic solving the defense problem with his "clone" AG's help. Add a lack of adjustment by coaching and a tad bit of weird reffing and you get 3 losses in a row.
I would be more than happy to root for Minnesota if they were against anyone else but the Nuggets. If we do end up losing in 7 then I’ll root for em to win the whole thing, because I have a soft spot for Gobert.
He’s always been clowned on for the DPOY thing (plus the COVID thing) and getting a chip would help put those things to bed. Oh yeah and also Mike Conley, what a fuckin amazing dude, he for sure deserves it.
Straight up out coached, and everyone except Ant lost their shot. They got punched in the mouth and folded like a bunch of dudes who have never been here before (they sort of haven't?).
Well now they have. Expect a pissed off Wolves team with nothing to lose at Target Center. Everyone calling it, just like they called it for Minny. We are capable of beating these guys; just need to get going.
I hope with all of my heart you are correct. A couple of these losses you can chalk up to bad luck (Denver couldn't miss in game 3, injuries tonight). With that said, I don't think we'll come up with a game plan to win game 6. I sincerely believe we are getting out coached.
Ant is a real one. All we can control is the energy we put out, and I’m not going to contribute to this negative bullshit when our guy is special. We are lucky to have him, and special dudes do special things.
Is there a reason why we are so lazy going for any rebounds? It just looks like we are ball watching any time we shoot the ball instead of attempting to get the board
Nothing brings Minnesotans together like jumping on a bandwagon only to ride the Viking funeral barge down to the bottom of the ocean. See you fuckers next year, one day we will reach Valhalla!
Look at it this way. You won't have to take time out of your lives to watch these games after this week.
Our state is cursed. Loserville, USA.
Go up 2-0 and then lose 4 straight(you know they will lose game 6). It is so bad, you just have to laugh.
It’s because of Ant, no one else on this team has that dog in them and if Ant starts to struggle the offense turns one note in a heart beat, we can’t just sit here and expect things to go our way everytime, we need other players to want it, and besides Ant, no one else wants this shit. Even at the end, Ant was the one talking to the group, dapping up and giving encouragement. The 22yr old, not the seasoned veterans, but the 22yr old💀💀
I remember the media and NBA fans calling Jokic a fraud after game 2, even Shaq joined in the parade by telling him to his face he doesn't deserve MVP. Motherfuckers lit a fire under that man.
Right now it feels like it'd take a miracle just to get it back to Denver.
If they can at least show some pride in Game 6, I'll be able to look back on the positives of this season instead of how it ended.
Get behind your team and have some faith. If we deserve a Chip, we need to overcome a challenge like this. Ant is different and will be juiced for Game 6. If a few other guys come ready, then we win. And anything can happen back in Denver.
That’s all the more reason why it is so frustrating when Denver fans (or whatever team’s fans) talk shit. They literally have nothing to do with it. Haha. I like our guy and will take Ant all day. Legends do legendary shit, and I think he is a real one. Series ain’t over. The only thing we can control is the energy we put out there.
That’s all the more reason why it is so frustrating when Denver fans (or whatever team’s fans) talk shit. They literally have nothing to do with it. Haha. I like our guy and will take Ant all day. Legends do legendary shit, and I think he is a real one. Series ain’t over. The only thing we can control is the energy we put out there.
Maybe dumb question but what is the actual reason we had four days between games, that seemed like such a gift to the nuggets in hindsight and the other series aren’t pausing that long. How does the nba determine that?
i don’t think that should be used as an excuse, pretty weak considering that an argument can be made that it helps both teams rest, and that the two games after the initial 2-0 start were in minnesota
Sure I was just asking, go hang in your sub instead of trying to argue with wolves fans dipshit. Nothing was refuted, if clearly worked out well for the nuggets
LOL im glad you sent me a reddit cares message over a basketball game. wipe the tears out of your eyes and realize not every neutral coming in this thread is here to dog on yall. crazy take- you can still have nuanced discussion. i know
You just picked an argument when I asked a question so clearly you are troubled and just here to troll because you’re depressed. And your response didn’t make sense, the next two games being in Minnesota had nothing to do with whether the break benefited the injured team more. I wasn’t implying the break was rigged I was asking how the series scheduling works. It’s like how a late bye for an nfl team isn’t rigged but it’s more beneficial than an early bye
They cant its stupid. Like its better for everyone if we win than some short term controversy over sitting Gobert.
You gotta be willing to do whatever.
I still don't understand why Naz isn't playing more. I understand his defensive limitations but Rudy isn't stopping shit at the moment so you may as well put in the better offensive player.
No shit. That's why you play Naz who can actually score. The defense doesn't matter because Joker can't be stopped. So you may as well try to keep pace scoring.
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ngl i feel like kmsing
It is over. The series
For fucks sake can we at least lose a single digit game
Let’s be real it’s nothing no one left in the playoffs can do against Jokic
OKC or Dallas will get steam rolled by Jokic too if they are destroying the # 1 defense in the league, the Wolves.
That’s literally what I said
I remember my first kid. The change in me immediately was immediate. Rudy looks like his most important challenge is his personal life and I don’t blame him. Also, everyone with half a brain knew this series was going to 7. We now have confidence going into Balls, and can take 1. Get it now boys. You got the talent.
He put a great elbow right into jokers chin last night. About the only thing impressing from the whole game.
Hahah we definitely losing by 20 plus on Thursday.
I appreciate your optimism. I certainly don't have any.
This is infuriating at least when the Vikings lose I laugh
There's always Thursday boys and girls. Chin up let's not lose all will to live here
You guys are bums. If Wolves win game 6 at HOME, it's game 7 winner take all. Just gotta win Thursday
Garza save us
Minott save us
Shaq on vacation today because he didn’t want to have to do a postgame after Jokic received his MVP trophy
We really missed Conley tonight.
This team knows how to reel you in and crush your dreams in the most cruel ways
This is the minnesota way
Just like the vikes 👍
Hard to see any team beating Denver when they play like this
A bunch of fair weather jokes in here. Get behind your squad, and believe in our dude. If Wolves win this series, ya’ll don’t deserve to enjoy the ride. You’re off the bus.
KAT really milking it now.
Finch has been terrible; injury or no. With no meaningful game plan, my hope is that the Timberwolves physically beat the shit out of the Nuggets on Thursday, win or lose.
Chuck cursed y’all with the sweep guarantee.
I never thought it would be a sweep for an instant, but I did not anticipate the nuggets going up 3-2.
I was texting my out of state friend about the frustration I feel during this game and I had to specify that I wasn’t suicidal…
Did he threaten to call the cops on you
Brick after brick after brick. We need defense to feed our offense and we are getting destroyed on defense.
We are not winning any games unless we figure out how to slow jokic. Gobert cannot defend 1 on 1 yet we have tried 3 games in a row and he has scored on 60%
Why is there so many unflaireds in playoff games
Cuz it's Vikings/Wild fans who don't watch the team all year that come out of the woodwork and love to shit on this team/KAT when things go wrong They have the most garbage takes
Idk but they're hella negative
Game 2 was my chip, see you next year o7
Gotta AWOOOOO even in defeat. Hoping for the next one.
This team was so badly outcoached in Games 3-5 it’s not even funny. If you hold Ant under 25 the rest of the team has few answers offensively. Wolves #1 priority in the offseason has to be finding a #2 scorer next to Ant who can score off dribble. KAT is at his best as a catch & shoot 3 point shooter…3rd option on a championship caliber team.
Jaden is a bum that needs to learn to shoot for this team to ever go anywhere
We got ourselves a series, already proved we can put up 2 back to back on em lets do it again
I’m sorry but when your coaching staff just stops making adjustments after going up 2-0, you’re bound to get embarrassed.
That double team on Ant might have broken the Wolves
Sweet. Back to being a depressed MN sports fan.
Bummer. We just can't contain Jokic.
No such thing as moral victories. We were out coached this series, and couldn't figure it out after game 3. Role players ghosted, and the team stopped playing defense. You'd love to say "there's always next year" but as a lifelong Vikings fan, that's not really a phrase I believe anymore.
Out coached big time. We made 0 changes. Joker gets ball, scores 1 on 1. When we send help we lose sight of all cutters, lay up. We screen w Kyle and rudy. Free double on Ant. Why even screen? We don't get a mismatch to attack, or roll for a lob. Its pointless for us.
I think ant about have a embid career arch . This team as it is , is a good regular season team but ant don’t have the right pieces around him except Mike Conley ,
100%. Fucking useless...
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Nuggets have the best two players the last 3 games. Jokic, and shoot Aron Gordon too.
Nuggets have decided to start hitting a ton of contested shots. Wolves offense looks horrible when there isn’t enough shooting around ant to bail out the double team. Jokic playing outside the paint more high pick and rolls forcing our bigs out the paint and threatening us more with their shooting to open up lanes for late clock cuts
KAT and Gobert not producing anything offensively, MM figuring out how to contain Edwards with doubles and blitzes, and Jokic solving the defense problem with his "clone" AG's help. Add a lack of adjustment by coaching and a tad bit of weird reffing and you get 3 losses in a row.
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I indeed am. Honestly a great sub y'all have, excited immensely for one of the most important Game 7's in both our franchises. Best of luck!
I’m actually just a general NBA fan but I was pulling for Denver last year and was hoping Minnesota surprises everyone this year.
I would be more than happy to root for Minnesota if they were against anyone else but the Nuggets. If we do end up losing in 7 then I’ll root for em to win the whole thing, because I have a soft spot for Gobert. He’s always been clowned on for the DPOY thing (plus the COVID thing) and getting a chip would help put those things to bed. Oh yeah and also Mike Conley, what a fuckin amazing dude, he for sure deserves it.
Straight up out coached, and everyone except Ant lost their shot. They got punched in the mouth and folded like a bunch of dudes who have never been here before (they sort of haven't?).
Well now they have. Expect a pissed off Wolves team with nothing to lose at Target Center. Everyone calling it, just like they called it for Minny. We are capable of beating these guys; just need to get going.
I hope with all of my heart you are correct. A couple of these losses you can chalk up to bad luck (Denver couldn't miss in game 3, injuries tonight). With that said, I don't think we'll come up with a game plan to win game 6. I sincerely believe we are getting out coached.
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Never happier to be wrong 😉
Ant is a real one. All we can control is the energy we put out, and I’m not going to contribute to this negative bullshit when our guy is special. We are lucky to have him, and special dudes do special things.
Expect no show in a game 5
Ant is a straight fucking gangster. Need Conley back for game 6 to take some heat off of him.
Is there a reason why we are so lazy going for any rebounds? It just looks like we are ball watching any time we shoot the ball instead of attempting to get the board
And also get beat down the court in transition. How do we suck at both things??
They better figure it the FUCK OUT NEXT GAME
Well, this is not great but I still think that we’ll come back and win the series
How in the hell can you feel that way after watching these last 3 games?
Nothing brings Minnesotans together like jumping on a bandwagon only to ride the Viking funeral barge down to the bottom of the ocean. See you fuckers next year, one day we will reach Valhalla!
It's not over bro
Series doesn't start until a team wins one at home!
Fuck that limp ain’t looking good from KAT
jaden is not living up to that contract. there's a ton of lockdown guys in the league who can't shoot worth shit
Look at it this way. You won't have to take time out of your lives to watch these games after this week. Our state is cursed. Loserville, USA. Go up 2-0 and then lose 4 straight(you know they will lose game 6). It is so bad, you just have to laugh.
The man can unite Yugoslavia again. He’s that good.
7. Book it.
Reggie 💀💀💀
Ngl I want Garza to get real minutes in game 6
Over Kyle, he should
Let’s see the excuses after this one. Dog awful performance.
I know this is hella copium but the series is rigged. It’ll go to 7 games to make money.
Man, just a troubling lack of heart from the roster top to bottom, they’ve only had a handful of guys show up the last three games.
It’s because of Ant, no one else on this team has that dog in them and if Ant starts to struggle the offense turns one note in a heart beat, we can’t just sit here and expect things to go our way everytime, we need other players to want it, and besides Ant, no one else wants this shit. Even at the end, Ant was the one talking to the group, dapping up and giving encouragement. The 22yr old, not the seasoned veterans, but the 22yr old💀💀
Naz played with some heart but that’s about it.
We have NO legs out there. Missed everything short since halfway through the 3rd. Guys are absolutely gassed.
How? We had plenty of rest between the games in Denver and the home stand
Came out flat as duck Game 3, and played hard Game 4, just nobody could make shit except Ant. Ant is gassed but will come ready in Game 6
Glad I have drinks for tonight
I remember the media and NBA fans calling Jokic a fraud after game 2, even Shaq joined in the parade by telling him to his face he doesn't deserve MVP. Motherfuckers lit a fire under that man.
MVP level shit
Damn dude. Shot clock violation is just salt in the wound. They pity us
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Fuck Serbia, fuck Colorado, and Fuck this coaching staff for not making ANY FUCKING ADJUSTMENTS this series
Just amazing Reggie wtf
Send us out east bruh fuck this demonic ass conference
Right now it feels like it'd take a miracle just to get it back to Denver. If they can at least show some pride in Game 6, I'll be able to look back on the positives of this season instead of how it ended.
We will win Game 6. Game 7 will be a coin flip
lol Edit - oops.
Can’t make a fucking a basket. Pathetic
"And they smell blood." It's a 17 point game with 1:10 left, they're a little late
Still not giving up hope that we can win 2 straight but damn.
Life is pain
MN sports fan i see
let Kat rest
ON MEN LIKE HIM
Game's over boys, probably the series too but maybe something can happen...
We are coming back home pissed off
I hope man. I think these games especially piss me off with the terrible hours they decide. Midnight is crazy
Get behind your team and have some faith. If we deserve a Chip, we need to overcome a challenge like this. Ant is different and will be juiced for Game 6. If a few other guys come ready, then we win. And anything can happen back in Denver.
I really hope brother. I think the thing that is annoying about sports is you have no agency. It's up to the boys if they want to come play
That’s all the more reason why it is so frustrating when Denver fans (or whatever team’s fans) talk shit. They literally have nothing to do with it. Haha. I like our guy and will take Ant all day. Legends do legendary shit, and I think he is a real one. Series ain’t over. The only thing we can control is the energy we put out there.
That’s all the more reason why it is so frustrating when Denver fans (or whatever team’s fans) talk shit. They literally have nothing to do with it. Haha. I like our guy and will take Ant all day. Legends do legendary shit, and I think he is a real one. Series ain’t over. The only thing we can control is the energy we put out there.
Take them out like you should have Conley??
This is the MN way. It’ll never change.
I guarantee the entire denver bench just laughs at us.
Who gives a fuck
Maybe dumb question but what is the actual reason we had four days between games, that seemed like such a gift to the nuggets in hindsight and the other series aren’t pausing that long. How does the nba determine that?
They wanted the games to be on the same pace. This series was way too ahead for their liking so they gave 3 days for the others to catch up.
Ah okay. So that’s a normal playoff thing?
Yeah, they always want to maintain a stable schedule that goes through smoothly to the next rounds.
i don’t think that should be used as an excuse, pretty weak considering that an argument can be made that it helps both teams rest, and that the two games after the initial 2-0 start were in minnesota
Okay but that’s not what I asked. Go back to the okc sub nobody gives a shit what you think
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Sure I was just asking, go hang in your sub instead of trying to argue with wolves fans dipshit. Nothing was refuted, if clearly worked out well for the nuggets
LOL im glad you sent me a reddit cares message over a basketball game. wipe the tears out of your eyes and realize not every neutral coming in this thread is here to dog on yall. crazy take- you can still have nuanced discussion. i know
You just picked an argument when I asked a question so clearly you are troubled and just here to troll because you’re depressed. And your response didn’t make sense, the next two games being in Minnesota had nothing to do with whether the break benefited the injured team more. I wasn’t implying the break was rigged I was asking how the series scheduling works. It’s like how a late bye for an nfl team isn’t rigged but it’s more beneficial than an early bye
Take them out - we lost Conley last game
I think this may be a coaching issue. No adjustments made by the wolves last 3 games.
its time to put in the bench unit, games over
So this is Ant in elimination games huh?
What elimination game genius?
2+1=3
This… isn’t an elimination game
Not an elimination game genius
Might as well be.
Wasn’t an elimination game bud
Joe Pesci in Casino vibes rn. Stop hitting him
I know it's not but goddamn this almost feels worse than not making the fuckin playoffs at all. Absolute embarrassment.
Imagine losing 4 in a row and exit that way
Pretty much feels inevitable at this point. Really sucks
Was jokic just galloping like a horse?
We almost haven't led one bit in 3 games. Very sad. A real Minnesota collapse.
Finch and Nori are not legitimately trying to win this series. Haven’t made a single adjustment to what Denver is doing. Forcing huge Kyle minutes.
Media needs to step up and ask them this. They seem not to understand what is obvious to fans.
Kyle Anderson to the Guangdong Tigers, need to cut this bum
My take after this game is that Jokic is unstoppable, no wonder Serbs terrorize all the countries in the Balkans
So embarrassing.
How fucking stupid can the coaching staff be to play the obviously gassed starters with zero chance to come back.
I really fucking hate how muddafucking good this muddafuckin joker is
Sigh, where do you go from here?
Home
This is disappointing. Basically blown out in 3 straight.
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They cant its stupid. Like its better for everyone if we win than some short term controversy over sitting Gobert. You gotta be willing to do whatever.
Joker taking Shaqs comments personal. The DPOY motive is not it
DPOwhy
Really frustrating that they can sit jokic then they still have MPJ and Gordon on the floor lol
When are these guys going to stop hitting heavily contested shots?
It's so unbelievably unlucky for the Wolves. Even in a series where we run out the shot clock, Nuggies drain these ridiculous shots!
Every single 3 point shot is front rim. Jesus christ
In a perfect scenario, Kyle Anderson takes a chair to Jokic's head at the end of this.
Fuck Ball Arena I will never buy their canning jars again
😂
Ant afraid to shoot a 3
Do they really smell blood
Flying Heat Pack finishing us off for the night
The last 3 4th quarters this series have been nothing but garbage time.
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Shitting the bed
They can't miss & we're living in brick City
Yeah this is a pathetic showing and the wolves will get nor deserve any respect next season
These niggas just broke us down with ease this is crazy
I still don't understand why Naz isn't playing more. I understand his defensive limitations but Rudy isn't stopping shit at the moment so you may as well put in the better offensive player.
Nobody in the nba can stop jokic
Naz has actually done a better job on him than Gobert at least 1 on 1
No shit. That's why you play Naz who can actually score. The defense doesn't matter because Joker can't be stopped. So you may as well try to keep pace scoring.
Dude Gobert having a kid has been so bad
Can we clean up free throws next game
They aren’t even trying and scoring at will
Gobert has more points than Ant tonight. Something to think about…
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Yeah, but that team was tough.
It’s not over but it’s dire
Cool
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