Avalanche

Pretty much sums the game up

Minnesota Timberwolves (5-30)



VS

San Antonio Spurs (23-11)


Well it'll be good to see how Jefferson handlesthe challenge of Duncan.. other then that, this could get ugly

luther

Telfair, McCants, Gomes, AJ and Doleac starting again.

luther

Gomes is dominating the ball, having taken several shots already with just a few minutes gone, and over-handling on the possessions when he hasn't shot. This is not a good omen. Bowen has been on McCants, which has prevented him from being of much use. AJ 1-2.

Not a lot of defense by Minnesota yet, and so while it's only 8-6, it could get ugly quickly if things don't improve.

luther

5:37 left in the first, and nobody is looking for JEfferson. Gomes is dominating the ball, McCants now has started overly enjoying the sound of his own dribbling and even Telfair just ignored the big guy as he drove the lane and put up a mediocre shot rather than going into the post to Jefferson.

I'd like to see Jaric and Brewer sub in soon for Gomes and Doleac to have a quicker, more aggressive lineup, and hopefully one with a couple of guys who look for their #1 option.

luther

Telfair has looked for AJ twice in the past three possessions. And he's gotten four points out of him. (He also took one for himself between the two, a not-so-great jumpshot that did go in, at least.) Im still not liking this off-the-dribble focus the Wolves have so far. They're not moving at all without the ball and they're not passing well except occasionally off penetration. But it's a lot of a guy standing at 3, dribbling. Then shooting. Or a guy casually dribbling around the perimeter, then shooting. Either way, it's a good way to miss shots, make yourself easy to defend, and with nobody off the ball moving, making themselves easy to defend, too. It's not basketball.

Avalanche

Definately need to keep feeding Jefferson, why Wittman doesnt force this onto the team i have no idea

Avalanche

24-24 after 1

JuX

No call on Brewer?

luther

I believe a lot of it just has to do with the players he has. Their mentalities, their egos, their styles just aren't conducive to it. He should reinforce it, but let's be serious, he has to be. I mean, as fun as it is to rag on coaches or players, there is absolutely 0% chance that Wittman and the staff don't preach feeding AJ constantly. No chance. The most casual fan on earth would realize the importance of it.

(Sorry for the overkill of the point.)

JuX

Spurs took the lead with Oberto's FG after 2 straight 3s by Bonner.

luther

That was a nice little dump off from Jaric to Brewer there. But yeah, he got fouled.

I think that situation is where Brewer can be effective, generally. He's kind of sneaky along that baseline, and if someone feeds him at the right time, he probably could score 4-6 ppg that way alone every night.

Avalanche

lol dont be, and i agree totally... thats why i have an issue with the coaching, i know its not these players first thought to feed Al the ball, but it should be... it should be drilled into them at practice that its the most effective way for us to score.

JuX

Fast paced tempo right now, lol.

JuX

They need to start capitalizing on Spurs' mistakes.

JuX

Nice brick, Ant.