A Rebuild In Progress

[MRN]

1..2..3..

:runaway:

 

[mfbmike]

Timberwolves Hand Pacers 9th Straight Loss, Inch Closer To .500

Starting Lineups:
Jonny Flynn PG T.J. Ford
Wayne Ellington SG Dahntay Jones
Corey Brewer SF Danny Granger
Kevin Love PF Troy Murphy
Al Jefferson C Jeff Foster

(17-19) 95

vs.

81 (11-23)

Ramon Sessions gave the Wolves a huge spark off the bench in the Wolves win, scoring 17 points in 24 minutes of play.

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=30em"]|1|2|3|4|Final
MIN|23|24|22|26|95
IND|22|27|15|17|81[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
C. Brewer|18|8|3|1|0|9-20|0-0|0-1
R. Sessions|17|2|6|1|0|5-11|2-2|5-6
K. Love|16|9|2|0|1|6-13|0-0|4-4
A. Jefferson|16|6|2|2|3|8-16|0-0|0-0
J. Flynn|10|3|7|5|0|4-11|0-1|2-2[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
D. Granger|16|9|4|3|2|8-19|0-3|0-0
M. Dunleavy|14|1|2|2|0|7-13|0-1|0-0
T.J. Ford|11|4|5|2|0|3-12|0-3|5-7[/table]

Player Of The Game:

Al Jefferson

Quote Of The Game:
"Our guys are playing with a lot of energy right now. 4 straight wins with a potential to earn our 5th straight tomorrow night against a Bulls team that has made some changes and appears to be heating up a bit. I don't think anyone would've picked us to be sitting at .500, or even close to it for that matter, at around the halfway point of the season." - Wolves GM David Kahn

Next Game:

 

[LC AAU]

Corey leading the team in scoring, I like it.

How the fuck did you shut down Granger?

 

[mfbmike]

Corey leading the team in scoring, I like it.

How the fuck did you shut down Granger?

Corey Brewer in his FACE all night. :bow:

 

[mfbmike]

.500 Mark Eludes Wolves Yet Again After High Scoring Affair In Chi-Town

Starting Lineups:
Jonny Flynn PG Derrick Rose
Wayne Ellington SG John Salmons
Corey Brewer SF Luol Deng
Kevin Love PF Tyrus Thomas
Al Jefferson C Brad Miller

(18-19) 122

@

126 (12-22)

Jonny Flynn's layup that would've tied the game up at 124 in the final seconds of regulation would end up being swatted back by Brad Miller.

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=30em"]|1|2|3|4|Final
MIN|24|41|30|27|122
CHI|31|32|28|35|126[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
W. Ellington|24|1|4|2|0|7-15|2-2|8-8
A. Jefferson|21|8|2|1|2|9-16|0-0|3-3
J. Flynn|21|1|8|4|0|7-17|1-4|6-6
R. Sessions|15|1|6|2|0|5-11|0-3|5-5
C. Brewer|11|4|4|2|1|4-12|0-0|3-3
S. Williams|10|7|4|0|3|4-10|0-0|2-2[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
L. Deng|29|5|7|0|0|12-19|0-0|5-6
J. Salmons|26|5|1|0|1|11-19|2-3|2-2
R. Mccants|18|1|4|2|1|8-12|1-3|1-1
D. Rose|15|4|19|5|1|6-8|0-9|3-3
T. Thomas|14|6|2|1|1|7-12|0-0|0-0[/table]

Player Of The Game:

Derrick Rose

Quote Of The Game:
"We did a lot of good things tonight. Drew contact, got to the line and converted there. We did one thing really bad though...keep a hand in their face. The fact that they shot close to 60% from the field on us goes to show you just how lax our D was tonight. We've had some good defensive showings in our recent games and it looked like we got complacent. You can't underestimate this Bulls team. They may be 12-22 but they are 7-3 in their last 10 after bringing in Rashad (Mccants) and Julius (Wright). I wouldn't be surprised to see them back in the playoff picture later in the season." - Wolves Head Coach Kurt Rambis

Next Game:

 

[Macken]

damn high scoring loss right there... Ellington is a beast?

 

[mfbmike]

damn high scoring loss right there... Ellington is a beast?

Inconsistent. Good games here and there. If he knocks down shots early, he will probably have a good game. If he misses early, he goes AWOL. :/

 

[SuperNova854]

Hey mike, you better start losing, cuz if the Wolves finish between 10th pick to 30th pick, my Clippers get it

 

[LC AAU]

Double post FTL.

LUOLZ DENG raped you

 

[goDawgs1433]

Nice double post Mike. Ellington = beast...23 steals, rofl.

 

[DJ Rhude]

Damn Rose had 19 assists! That's the 60% you were talking about in my chise lol

Els, Flynn and Jeff all had good games though....you gotta be pretty excited about having such a nice trio of young guys

 

[mfbmike]

Double post FTL.

LUOLZ DENG raped you

Explain to me how I can shut down Danny Granger and then Deng kick my ass. :smh:

Nice double post Mike. Ellington = beast...23 steals, rofl.

2 steals. lol. Typo.

Fixed the double post. That was weird.

Damn Rose had 19 assists! That's the 60% you were talking about in my chise lol

Els, Flynn and Jeff all had good games though....you gotta be pretty excited about having such a nice trio of young guys

He was dishing and they were hitting. Had they not been connecting like they had, his assists would not have been that high. It was a tough game.

Yep, that's why I chose this team. Hopefully take this youth/team and turn it into a winner sometime down the road.

 

[MRN]

Luol jizzeedd all over you.

 

[mfbmike]

Timberwolves Top Plays (Week of Jan. 3 - Jan. 9)

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#4 - Sergio Rodriguez to Corey Brewer for the alley-oop
#3 - Brewer drives the lane and finishes strong for the hoop and the harm
#2 - Brewer blocks a Stephen Jackson 3 and takes it back for a dunk in the final minute of regulation
#1 - Jonny Flynn has time to bring it around, balance his checkbook and finish at the rim in a sea of Pacer blue

​

 

[mike3]

Tough loss, your rookies played well

 

[mfbmike]

Timberwolves Weekly Stats Update:

Starters:

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|PPG|RPG|APG|SPG|BPG|FG%|3PT%|FT%
J. Flynn|15.4|2.1|8.2|2.6|0.1|.454|.358|.784
W. Ellington|7.7|1.8|2.6|0.5|0.1|.472|.362|.785
C. Brewer|13.5|4.8|3.4|1.0|0.7|.490|.268|.773
K. Love|13.1|9.3|2.1|1.2|0.9|.522|.000|.734
A. Jefferson|20.3|9.6|1.9|0.8|1.2|.538|.000|.821[/table]

Reserves:

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|PPG|RPG|APG|SPG|BPG|FG%|3PT%|FT%
R. Sessions|12.7|3.2|6.8|1.4|0.1|.479|.342|.840
S. Williams|6.6|5.4|1.0|0.3|1.1|.556|.000|.636
J. Hayes|4.9|2.1|1.4|0.3|0.3|.449|.400|.666
D. Wilkins|6.7|1.7|1.7|0.4|0.2|.478|.371|.625
R. Hollins|2.8|2.0|0.4|0.2|0.5|.600|.000|.600
S. Rodriguez|2.5|0.5|2.9|0.6|0.0|.472|.318|.555
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:

Yao Ming

Lebron James

Weekly Conference Standings Update:

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1.

(30-7)

2.

(24-11)

3.

(24-15)

4.

(21-16)

5.

(20-17)

6.

(19-17)

7.

(18-17)

8.

(18-19)

9.

(17-18)

10.

(18-20)

11.

(17-19)

12.

(17-19)

13.

(17-20)

14.

(14-21)

15.

(14-23)

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1.

(27-12)

2.

(24-11)

3.

(21-16)

4.

(21-16)

5.

(21-17)

6.

(19-16)

7.

(18-18)

8.

(17-18)

9.

(16-19)

10.

(14-21)

11.

(13-22)

12.

(13-23)

13.

(11-25)

14.

(10-24)

15.

(10-26)​

 

[mfbmike]

Transactions:

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T.J. Ford and Tayshaun Prince are on the move yet again! The Pacers have traded Ford to the Rockets in exchange for Prince.

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The Clippers were able to acquire a disgruntled Andray Blatche from the Wizards for a 2010 2nd round draft pick. Steal? I think so.

Rumor Mill:

Williams surprised by trade rumors
- Orlando mum on Williams despite reports

Thompson: I'm happy here in Sacramento
- Thompson to Pistons? Unlikely

Other News:

- Bryant's 32 too much; Lakers send Bucks to 9th straight loss
- Lakers continue to top the Power Rankings
- CP3: I won't be 100% for another 2-4 weeks
- James leads the way as Cavaliers defeat Trailblazers 93-91
- Thunder win, extend Pacers losing streak to 10​

 

[goDawgs1433]

LOL @ TJ Ford and Prince. Ridiculous.

That double-clutch layup by Flynn was legit too.

 

[Vinsane]

lol @ bring it around, and balance his check book...

 

[DoubleDeuce]

Just caught up. Jefferson's beasting