A Rebuild In Progress

[mfbmike]

Nice rebounding. Looks like a good team effort to get the win

Yeah, outrebounded them +14 this time around.

Sergio Rodriguez has a mid range game. :idea:

 

[Flight24]

wow, a win against utah, nice.

 

[SuperNova854]

good win

 

[LC AAU]

D Will beasted but you team had a nice balanced attack. Nice win.

 

[Sharkweather]

Sean Williams <3.

I'm in love now too.

 

[Kia Kaha]

Williams had a great game with 10 boards off the bench.
Great win

 

[mfbmike]

wow, a win against utah, nice.

Got lucky. Their offense was out of sync. Not to mention, they weren't connecting on a lot of decent looks. Got lucky.

good win

:happy:

D Will beasted but you team had a nice balanced attack. Nice win.

Yeah, I think this balanced attack is coming back to bite me in the ass.

Sean Williams <3.

I'm in love now too.

Was there any doubt?

Williams had a great game with 10 boards off the bench.
Great win

Double double, the bromance is back!

5 blocks in one game, a double double in the next. :bow:

Despite the obvious lack of incredible talent on my bench, I really like my 2nd unit.

Sergio is a solid passer and has showed signs of being able to knock down open jumpers in the past couple of games. Ellington and Hayes are capable of knocking down the 3. Hayes is underrated in this game. Runs the break well, can get up for dunks and open 3's are automatic. Hollins is a great athletic big and Area 51 well, he's Area 51.

Damien Wilkins is also pretty good and gets 5-7 minutes a game.

 

[DJ Rhude]

Great way to rebound after that double OT loss to the Kings....Yeaso warned you to watch out for K-mart lol......Jazz are tough to beat but you spread the scoring around beautifully

 

[mfbmike]

Yep, Jonny struggled mightily on the offensive side of the ball that game. I'm not getting the calls to go my way when I take it to the rim with him lately. Then he gets cold and his jumpers don't fall. He did make up for it with 5 steals though.

I'm getting better with my bench players it looks like and aside from the rebounding, that was really the difference maker out there.

 

[Vinsane]

I think you covered this before Mike. The record posted at the top is the record before the game, no?

 

[mfbmike]

Yeah, the records in my game updates are the team's records heading into the game.

 

[mfbmike]

Defensive Inconsistency Rears Its Ugly Head In 2nd Half

Starting Lineups:
Jonny Flynn PG Baron Davis
Ramon Sessions SG Eric Gordon
Corey Brewer SF Al Thornton
Kevin Love PF Blake Griffin
Al Jefferson C Marcus Camby

(11-14) 97

vs.

114 (10-13)

Talk about growing pains. Jonny Flynn went a dismal 5-15 from the field in the Wolves home loss to the Clippers tonight.

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=30em"]|1|2|3|4|Final
MIN|23|26|25|23|97
LAC|18|29|36|31|114[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
A. Jefferson|17|6|1|1|1|8-16|0-0|1-2
J. Flynn|16|4|9|0|0|5-15|0-0|6-7
K. Love|16|7|3|0|1|6-12|0-0|4-5
C. Brewer|10|0|3|0|1|4-9|0-2|2-2
R. Sessions|10|1|6|1|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
B. Griffin|29|4|2|3|1|12-17|0-0|5-6
B. Davis|23|1|5|3|1|8-14|2-4|5-6
C. Kaman|11|7|3|0|2|5-9|0-0|1-3
A. Thornton|10|4|5|0|0|4-13|0-0|2-3
M. Camby|10|11|1|0|2|4-8|0-0|2-3[/table]

Player Of The Game:

Blake Griffin

Quote Of The Game:
"We got called for 23 personal fouls tonight. 23! I don't know many they got called for but I'm sure it wasn't nearly as close. Calls we've had go our way in previous games just weren't happening tonight. Guess that's just the way it goes. Sometimes you get calls to go you're way. Sometimes you don't." - Jonny Flynn

Next Game:

 

[Onez]

Quote Of The Game:
"We got called for 23 personal fouls tonight. 23! I don't know many they got called for but I'm sure it wasn't nearly as close. Calls we've had go our way in previous games just weren't happening tonight. Guess that's just the way it goes. Sometimes you get calls to go you're way. Sometimes you don't." - Jonny Flynn

Sore loser! :yes:
Tough loss, Mike

 

[mfbmike]

Flynn Hitting Rookie Wall Early?

Forget your assumed notions of what makes a wall because this wall is much different. There is no cement or masonry involved here, though if you've watched Wolves rookie Jonny Flynn lately, you know that this wall features plenty of bricks.

The NBA's rookie wall is mysterious and amorphous. The reasons for its existence are easy to identify. The pro season is more than twice the length of a college season, the travel is exponentially more grueling, and fatigue is inevitable. The Wolves played 4 games in a matter of 5 days a week ago, including a 3 game Western Conference road trip that featured a double overtime loss to the Kings in Sacramento. The effects of that fatigue appear to be setting in.

After winning the NBA's rookie of the month award in November, Flynn has completed only 44 of 119 of his attempts from the field in his past 7 games; a dismal 37%. The Wolves have gone 2-5 in that stretch.

“There’s time when he doesn’t get the shot when we call something for him,” Wolves Head Coach Kurt Rambis said. “We have to find ways to make sure he does get his shot. We have to keep working. He has to keep working, and when he does get his shots he has to make them.”

Jonny, the early frontrunner for the NBA's Rookie of the Year award, needs to get his groove back if he hopes to avoid conceding the honor to Clippers' big man Blake Griffin or Kings' guard Tyreke Evans, both who have had big games against the Wolves over the past week.

"Rookie wall? Fatigue?," Flynn questioned reporters with a laugh at the Wolves practice facility who inquired about his lackluster performance as of late. I played 67 minutes in a 6-overtime game against Connecticut a year ago. I don't even know what fatigue is. I've had a couple off-nights but I wouldn't worry too much about it."

"Everything is going to be alright."

We sure hope so.​

 

[DJ Rhude]

25 games in, nah I agree with Flynn, he didn't hit a wall yet, just a bad stretch of shooting......defensively the Wolves just got worse as the game went on

That 67 minute game against Uconn was classic....as a Cuse fan, that game gave me a few grey hair hairs

 

[RockSteady]

Jonny played in the Big East, for Syracuse... he should used to the refs fucking us

He'll get it together, just keep him on the court.

 

[Lupe]

fucking clippers

 

[Len B]

15 shots is a big load for a rookie PG to handle when he has to distribute as well. I'd take some pressure off him and start feeding it in to Al J/Love a little more.

I've made Brandon Jennings successful by only having him take open shots or drives to the hoop.

 

[mfbmike]

Flynn will pick it up - slumps happen to the best of them

Good work again Mike, enjoying this. Hope you can touch .500 by halfway and then who knows!

Sure hope so. Thanks again bud.

25 games in, nah I agree with Flynn, he didn't hit a wall yet, just a bad stretch of shooting......defensively the Wolves just got worse as the game went on

That 67 minute game against Uconn was classic....as a Cuse fan, that game gave me a few grey hair hairs

I didn't get to see that game but I could just imagine. lol.

tough loss allowing 67 points in the 2nd half

Yeah, it was pretty brutal. Couldn't find any answers. Lot of buckets inside and if I managed to make them miss, I'd end getting called for fouls.

good ish mike

im taking a break from chising tryin to get life priorities straight

Do what you gotta do man.

fucking clippers

:irked: Tell me about it.

After the UCONN game, I don't think Flynn gets fatigued.

:yep:

15 shots is a big load for a rookie PG to handle when he has to distribute as well. I'd take some pressure off him and start feeding it in to Al J/Love a little more.

I've made Brandon Jennings successful by only having him take open shots or drives to the hoop.

Good idea. This whole "balanced" scoring attack coming back to bite me in the ass. I really should just give the ball to Al, and let him work his magic. Even Kevin is pretty capable of finding a way to score if I get him the ball in the paint. Once the defense starts putting extra pressure on those 2, dish it out for open looks.

I'll get the Kings game in tonight.

 

[Vinsane]

It's official, to keep up with Mike you need the following:

Plenty of Caffeine
No Sleep
Controller glued to your hand.

Loving it Mike, great read with the Flynn article. He's a cocky sumbitch.