The Phoenix Suns pulled away in the third quarter, yet the Timberwolves continued to fight. At no point did it seem as if this team was packing it in, looking forward to Garnett and Davis rejoining them tomorrow.
They simply were defeated by a better team.
Against this team, an obvious key point is the ability of your defense to get back in transition. The Wolves started the game off strongly by rushing back on defense and making the game a little tougher for Phoenix. In the second half, the transition defense was not as good. Phoenix showed how important depth is to a championship contender and just ran the Wolves out of the gym.
The defense was not good, to be kind, but that is to be expected without Garnett. After a loss like this, Minnesota must find a way to on the good things that happened and continue to grow. Randy Foye played well in the first start of his career, Marko Jaric is back in the mix, Trenton Hassell continued his steady play and Troy Hudson was effective.
Their record falling to 20-19, Minnesota is facing a tough stretch of their season. With the next four games on the road, things could get bad quickly. The blessing in disguise just may be that Garnett will be rested tomorrow night against Utah, surely hungry for a win.
Coach Ociepka has been contacted and we are now waiting on his response. As soon as response is given, it will be posted here at Wolves Hoops Blog. Check back later for his thoughts.
1 comment:
Ugh... what a crapfest. Didn't they go on like a 31-3 (or something insane like that) run in the third? And they dropped 46 points in the third... wow. Not good for us, I don't care who we have playing.
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