A Rebuild In Progress

[mfbmike]

Pfft. Damn that if you don't win six ships in the next five years I'm not following anymore.

:date:

lots of missed threes!
but nice win

3 point shooting isn't exactly my team's forte. :joystick:

I miss lots of wide open ones. All my 3pt shooters come off the bench. (Ellington, Hayes, Wilkins)

 

[jags224]

got a win streak now, keep it up

 

[mfbmike]

Free Throws Help Wolves Avoid Hornets' Sting, Win Streak Hits 3

Starting Lineups:
Jonny Flynn PG Chris Paul
Ramon Sessions SG Devin Brown
Corey Brewer SF Julian Wright
Kevin Love PF David West
Al Jefferson C Emeka Okafor

(8-10) 100

@

98 (8-10)

Ramon Sessions turned in another solid all-around performance in the Wolves win in New Orleans Friday night.

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=30em"]|1|2|3|4|Final
MIN|18|25|23|34|100
NO|22|16|27|33|98[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
A. Jefferson|21|7|2|0|0|8-18|0-0|5-5
R. Sessions|16|5|6|1|0|6-13|1-3|3-3
C. Brewer|15|9|3|2|1|5-11|0-0|5-5
J. Flynn|10|2|5|2|0|4-9|0-1|2-3[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
D. West|27|12|1|1|0|12-18|0-0|3-4
C. Paul|22|1|17|1|0|8-12|1-2|5-7
E. Okafor|17|5|4|2|1|7-13|0-0|3-5
D. Brown|12|4|4|2|0|4-10|2-4|2-4[/table]

Player Of The Game:

Al Jefferson

Quote Of The Game:
"The extra time this team invests after practices in free throws is really paying off. A majority of our wins have been extremely close this season and when games come down to the wire, conversions at the charity stripe as usually the deciding factor in which team emerges victorious. Tonight was no different. We shot 16-19 from the line while they shot 17-26." - Wolves Head Coach Kurt Rambis

Next Game:

 

[mfbmike]

Good victory, keep getting Al the ball.

Will do. He's automatic if he gets the ball down low.

I guess this explains why there hasn't been too much activity on your Bills chise lately.

Looks like this is going to take a bit more rebuilding though. Good luck, I think you may need it.

Layout looks great as usual by the way :2thumbs:

lol, yep. Unfortunately, 2k10 > Madden in many ways. Thanks man. Much appreciated.

got a win streak now, keep it up

Nice win steark you got here keep it up

3 straight wins now! :bow:

 

[goDawgs1433]

Good win Mikey, keep it up. Hornets are tough just because of Paul alone, but you should have some great matchups down the road between Paul and Flynn if these first few games are any indication.

 

[RockSteady]

Three in a row! Looking good man.. Jonny is kicking ass

 

[Kia Kaha]

the wolves are on the road to the playoffs lol
Great streak you got going here
Jefferson didnt shoot very well though

 

[DoubleDeuce]

I feel 72-10!

 

[mfbmike]

D-Will Leads Surging Jazz To Double Digit Victory; Wolves Win Streak Snapped

Starting Lineups:
Jonny Flynn PG Deron Williams
Ramon Sessions SG Ronnie Brewer
Corey Brewer SF Andrei Kirilenko
Kevin Love PF Carlos Boozer
Al Jefferson C Mehmet Okur

(9-10) 106

vs.

119 (14-4)

Deron Williams put together an MVP-caliber 33 and 16 performance at the Target Center in tonight's matchup.

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=30em"]|1|2|3|4|Final
MIN|21|27|21|37|106
UTA|25|37|25|32|119[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
J. Flynn|32|3|6|2|0|12-31|3-9|5-6
C. Brewer|19|6|1|2|1|7-14|2-2|3-3
A. Jefferson|16|9|3|1|0|7-12|0-0|2-2
K. Love|12|2|1|1|0|6-12|0-0|0-0
R. Sessions|11|4|10|2|0|4-7|2-5|1-2[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
D. Williams|33|5|16|1|1|14-19|1-4|2-2
A. Kirilenko|21|6|6|1|1|9-11|2-2|1-1
M. Okur|16|8|2|0|0|8-11|0-1|0-0
R. Brewer|14|2|5|2|-|6-13|0-2|2-2
C. Boozer|12|10|1|0|0|6-9|0-0|0-0[/table]

Player Of The Game:

Deron Williams

Quote Of The Game:
"Our presence down low, both on the glass and defensively that has been a big reason for our success in the past couple of games...It just wasn't there tonight. They abused us in the paint, outrebounded us 45-28 and managed to get a lot of easy shots inside." - Kevin Love

Next Game:

 

[DoubleDeuce]

Wouldn't a loss make you 8-11, not 9-10?

 

[mfbmike]

The records in my updates are the team records coming into the game.

(9-10) in that update. I lost so now I am (9-11) which is what you will see in the next game update.

 

[SuperNova854]

I feel 71-11!

fixed

 

[DoubleDeuce]

The records in my updates are the team records coming into the game.

(9-10) in that update. I lost so now I am (9-11) which is what you will see in the next game update.

Ohhhhh that makes sense

 

[James2Stapleton]

T wolves are looking much better under the management of mike this year

 

[mfbmike]

Timberwolves Top Plays (Week of Nov. 29 - Dec. 5)

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#5 - Jarvis Hayes caps off the break with a strong finish at the rim
#4 - Al Jefferson with the reverse stuff over Marc Gasol
#3 - Sean Williams throws it down for an easy 2
#2 - Sergio Williams connecting with Ryan Hollins for the alley-oop
#1 - Area 51 cleans up the offensive glass and nearly brings the rim down​

 

[James2Stapleton]

AREA 51!!!!

 

[mfbmike]

Timberwolves Weekly Stats Update:

Starters:

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|PPG|RPG|APG|SPG|BPG|FG%|3PT%|FT%
J. Flynn|15.3|2.2|8.2|2.4|0.1|.466|.328|.750
R. Sessions|15.4|4.2|7.2|1.6|0.1|.497|.325|.839
C. Brewer|13.1|5.4|3.3|1.0|0.6|.511|.250|.771
K. Love|13.1|8.4|2.0|1.5|0.9|.541|.000|.640
A. Jefferson|21.1|9.8|2.0|0.8|1.0|.543|.000|.863[/table]

Reserves:

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|PPG|RPG|APG|SPG|BPG|FG%|3PT%|FT%

S. Williams|5.6|5.3|0.8|0.3|1.3|.565|.000|.500
J. Hayes|4.6|2.1|1.2|0.3|0.2|.405|.343|.800
S. Rodriguez|2.5|0.6|2.8|0.4|0.0|.458|.428|.600
W, Ellington|4.4|1.1|2.1|0.3|0.0|.465|.423|.909
R. Hollins|2.9|1.7|0.3|0.1|0.6|.700|.000|.666
D, Wilkins|8.4|2.2|2.0|0.6|0.3|.488|.372|.666
S. Pavlovic|2.8|1.1|1.2|0.3|0.2|.419|.300|.1.00
K. Thomas|1.1|.1.2|0.6|0.1|0.1|.750|.000|.571
B. Cardinal|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
M. Blount|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-[/table]

Players Of The Week:

Chris Paul

Lebron James

Weekly Conference Standings Update:

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1.

(15-3)

2.

(15-4)

3.

(12-5)

4.

(14-7)

5.

(10-8)

6.

(11-9)

7.

(11-10)

8.

(9-10)

9.

(9-11)

10.

(9-11)

11.

(9-11)

12.

(8-11)

13.

(8-11)

14.

(8-12)

15.

(6-14)

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1.

(18-2)

2.

(14-5)

3.

(11-9)

4.

(10-9)

5.

(10-9)

6.

(11-11)

7.

(9-11)

8.

(9-11)

9.

(8-10)

10.

(8-11)

11.

(7-11)

12.

(7-12)

13.

(6-12)

14.

(5-15)

15.

(3-15)​

 

[Len B]

LOL, looks like the forum skin was made for this chise... tables match perfectly

 

[mfbmike]

Developmental Drills (December):

Jonny Flynn

Shooting: Failed!
Shot Medium: 77>77
Offensive Awareness: 71>71
Shoot Off Dribble: 68>68

Sean Williams

Post Defense: Success!
Defensive Low Post: 64>67
Defensive Awareness: 70>73

Al Jefferson

Post Offense: Success!
Offensive Low Post: 97>99
Defensive Awareness: 92>95
Standing Dunk: 80>83
​

 

[mfbmike]

Transactions:

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