Locked On Wolves POSTCAST: T-Wolves CRUSH Los Angeles Clippers 121-100

Locked On Wolves POSTCAST: T-Wolves CRUSH Los Angeles Clippers 121-100

T-wolves plant their flag at top the West with a huge statement win versus the LA Clippers tonight we got the expert Jack Borman he’s going to help us break it all down it’s all coming up next on the lockdown wolves Postcast you are locked on wolves postcast part of locked on Minnesota on the locked on podcast Network your team every day what’s up what’s up back in the lab back at it another t-wolves postcast episode right here on the lockdown Sports Minnesota Network you got myself Luke

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Lockon NBA and use cold all lowercase lockon NBA for a first deposit match up to $100 all right man monster game heading in for both these teams not only we’re both battling for the top seed in the west right wolves go in half game up on the clippers but for the Wolves you’re

In la la land here first game of three on this long West Coast Road Trip you’re being broadcasted in front of a national audience on NBA TV the stakes were high the hype was real this was one we’ve all had kind of circled now for a while and

If you’re wolves fan bro th this was about as fun as it gets wasn’t it I mean down one going into halftime and like we’ve seen all year they just flip a switch go into beast mode in that second half 40 to9 advantage in the third quarter they never look back they hand

The Clippers just their seventh loss since the 1 of December 12100 that’s your final wolves now have 23 wins versus teams above 500 that’s most in the NBA best record in the league at 23 and 11 pick us off Jack what’s tomorrow’s headline read and what were two or three your biggest observations

From this one yeah I I think it’s just that you know the Timberwolves have to be taken seriously uh in any conversation that you want to have about the western conference right um you know they’ve they’ve pretty much dominated the clippers for the for the majority I

I would say for probably six of the eight quarters that they’ve played or six and a half of the eight quarters that they’ve played now the wolves have really imposed their size uh they’ve they’ve made the Clippers look small um and they’ve done it on both ends of the floor which is

Impressive not just on the defensive end of the floor um but we’ll start there on the defensive end uh before garbage time the Timberwolves had a defensive rating of 104.5 that that’s Elite right they have the best defensive rating in the league right now of like 108 um so even better

Than their season long numbers um and then they held the four hall of famers right kawi Leonard Paul George James hard and Russell Westbrook 64 points on 57 shots they were 21 of 57 37% from the floor um all four of them shot below 50%

Uh I I I would be shocked if that’s happened in a game so far this season I think this was probably the best defensive effort we’ve seen from any one single team on you know on these four guys um so you have to give a huge shout

Out to what Jade McDaniels did on Kawhi Leonard ant on Paul George and nil Alexander Walker on Paul George um you know James Harden was kind of the only guy that really got it going a little bit um but even then they forced him into taking some tough shots and um

You know and that was really important to to kind of get him off of his game to prevent him from from kind of avalanching it then Russ Westbrook right missed that dunk on Rudy goar uh continues to just run his mouth uh and have it end up backfiring against the

Timberwolves man um 11 points on 11 shots for for Russ uh pretty inefficient night for him um and then switching back over to the offensive end of the floor um this was I guess really on both ends of the floor here but the Timberwolves dominated this game below the arc um and

The Clippers you know didn’t didn’t do anything better Beyond The Arc right Timberwolves nine of 28 from three 32% Clippers 11 of 34 also 32% so two more made threes from the Clippers I guess you can give them an advantage there but inside the arc uh the Timberwolves

Absolutely dominated this game in the paint specifically they the Timberwolves had one less paint attempt uh than the Clippers did 46 to 47 but the Timberwolves made 11 more shots in the paint 32 to 21 so it was 64 points in the paint for the Timberwolves

Uh to just 42 for La 64 was the second most in a game so far this season for the Timberwolves which was incredible um and really importantly on the 46 made shots the Tim roles had 33 assists right anything above 30 is an awesome game but

I thought it was the variety in which they got these assists you know normally we see the the ball kind of move around Swing Swing Swing around the perimeter for open three-point shots uh but they had a lot of Cutters going through the lane um and the timber rolls in this

Game did a great job I thought of getting to the Baseline uh and then creating from the and then kind of cutting off guys that were driving at the Baseline right kind of throwing it back into the middle of the lane hitting a cutter for for easy buckets uh ant had

A couple of really nice uh mid poost kind of post up and jump out of it skip passes to create wideopen shots uh ant had nine assists and zero turnovers in the last game which was phenomenal obviously and then in this game he had eight assists in just one turnover so 17

To one turnover ratio for Anthony Edwards in the last two games coming against the Bucks and the Clippers right I know the Bucks defense is terrible but still a lot of really talented Playmakers on that defense um and same goes for for the Clippers obviously the

Clippers are top five defense in in the NBA but um um you know but again for him to do that tonight was was phenomenal um and especially for the Timberwolves to win in dominant fashion and still score 121 points right not being able to to buy a bucket from three right in the

First half they were four of 19 uh that Trio that’s been so dependable for them Mike connley Anthony Edwards Carl Anthony towns uh just one of 13 from three in the first half among the three of them um and then the Timberwolves as a team turned it around they were eight

Of eight of 15 and the second half um you know with probably four or five of those coming in garbage time um you know ant was one of 11 from three and they still found a way to to win this game and do it convincingly which I which I

Think is uh you know something that that’s really impressive and can’t be discounted so uh I I all the way around you you got to give the Timberwolves their flowers um especially the way that they just completely created an offense that has better spacing uh than any

Offense in the NBA uh and has obviously the the most offensive Firepower when you look at you know who’s lining up on that on that roster to keep them out of the paint to to make their three-point looks tough to rebound effectively all the way around was was just a a total dominant

Performance from the Timberwolves and what I think not prisoner of the moment uh that was the best one of the Timberwolves season wow yes CICS had some guys out it was at Target Center right still young and that feels like a long time ago too as good as that

Celtics game was does especially when you can sure does four days off or three days off for the Timberwolves you you integrate Monte Morris uh here playing on the road against the Clippers fully constituted the Clippers they had zero people on the injury report not even g-league guys nothing everyone was fully

Healthy do it on the road play the Clippers off their own home floor when you’re number one they’re number two half a game separating you in the west uh the Nuggets also lost they got destroyed by the Bucks this afternoon so um earlier tonight so um yeah easily the

Best win of the of the season in my mind okay you said it too trying not to be a prisoner of the moment right and I said it last game right like what I’ve learned this year is the highs are high the lows are low but it’s usually Never

As Good As you think never as bad as it seems what kind of statement though are the Wolves making now after dominating the Bucks in the fashion they did and I know everyone’s going to say hey they were short-handed which is true but to beat them the way they did and then go

Back on the road to La beat this Clippers team who’s been as hot as anyone in the NBA since they got James Harden Really Cooking what’s that say about this team though how well they’re playing right now as they try to you know stake their claim and plant their

Flag at top of this Western Conference I think it says a lot about the identity of the team right there there isn’t a single team in the NBA that is bigger than the Minnesota Timberwolves and when the Minnesota Timberwolves are able to play big and dominate with their size

Like they did against the bucks they completely you know destroyed giannis’s desire to attack the rim that’s right to score uh which was incredible um and they totally uh you know locked down the paint against the Bucks and then to do it again tonight right we we’ve seen

What H we’ve seen what the Clippers have done to Big teams in the playoffs over the last three or four years five years with with this core that they’ve had you know the ethos has been the same no matter who they’ve had around kawii Leonard and Paul George right it’s been

Space the floor switch everything defensively control the spacing on both ends of the floor and force the opponent to play how you want them to play and the Timberwolves completely dictated the terms of both of these games against two of the best teams in the league and

Completely shut down uh you know really four Superstars zannis and then Kawai Paul George and James Harden um in short order and in both of these games so I think the fact it totally reinforces what the Tim rules are trying to do with playing by playing big having length all

Over the floor making it really tough um for for opposing offenses that really want to get into the paint and spray it out and kind of play in play When the defense is in rotation so um yeah I mean if their defense plays like this and then they share the ball

Like they did and are able to get into the paint um you know they’re going to be able to dictate terms of a of a lot of games against a lot of other teams just because no one has the size that they do um so it’ll be really

Interesting to see um you know if the Wolves can continue to use their size against other teams uh rather than other teams kind of you know using the Timberwolves size against them and you know not being able to defend in space and getting beat off the dribble and

Those sorts of things seventh Road win of at least 15 points this season they had four all of last season and and again they came to work in that second half man businesslike I want to touch on that here in a few minutes but who should get more flowers tonight the

Offense or defense you highlighted a lot of great numbers and Nuggets about both already but if I made you pick one who really stuck out the most on that end of the court because again both sides really did their part tonight but if you had to pick one offense or defense and

Who led the way on that side of the ball too that should get the most love yeah it’s definitely the defense for me um this Clippers offense is one of the most talented in the history of the NBA they’re they’re essentially tied for first in offensive rating with the

Pacers at just I think just above 121 uh offensive rating um you know they’ve got they’ve got three guys that can they can beat you any which way right they have three of the best isolation scores in the history of basketball on the team and all three are

Plus 40% shooting can get to the rim great finishers at all three levels of the floor they shut them down complete and they’re all great passers too uh the Wolves completely shut him down they had no interest in driving at Rudy goar um you know random Planet got it there I

Mean Rudy’s defense completely changed the complexion of this game um we all know the history um with Rudy dating back to his Utah days and the Clippers um you know with with the way that the Clippers really clowned Rudy goar um you know for the way that they beat the Jazz

And and they you we all saw it in Minneapolis too where they tried to clown Rod go be for missing off or missing throw and all this stuff and Rudy goar completely dominated the Clippers uh on the defensive end of the floor the Clipper shot just 50% um at

The Rim the Wolves almost had as many Rim uh field goals as the Clippers did RIM attempts um and if you just want to look at this inside the arc right for the Clippers um that they shot 25 of 56 45% that’s abhorent that’s terrible

Atrocious um and so much of that has to do with Rudy gobear and his length and activity um you know at those first two levels of the defense at the Rim free throw line in and um he was tremendous he had four blocks I want to say had

That was it 12 rebounds or 10 rebounds um and deterred a ton more shots and made a made a bunch more you know really difficult and um you know and everyone did a great job getting rebounding too to the Clippers had 10 offensive rebounds but uh 12 Second Chance points

Is a great number uh try not to look at the offensive rebounds you want to look at the second chance points more than anything um timber wolves are fifth in the in in the NBA in allowing a little bit more than 12 points uh a game off

Second Chances so 12’s a great number and and and a lot of that again has to do with you know rud go be and what he was able to do so um big one for Rudy especially considering how much he absolutely despises this Clippers team uh box score scouting here which I know

Doesn’t always tell the whole story but towns leads the way with 24 ant with that monster second half he ends with 23 and8 assists Rudy was 17- 10 another dub dub Jaden 11 points five of eight Ultra efficient once again bench with 42 points na with 15 he leads the way off

The bench Nas with his standard consistent 11 points right there you could take this any direction you want but which other guys do you think should maybe get a little love and Spotlight before we move on yeah man I thought Carl Anthony towns uh his efficiency especially in that

First half was was off the charts um I I love the way that he got it going early he had zubach on him um you know zubach is a great rim protector but but asking him to defend in space is a really tough ask uh if you’re the Clippers and Carl

Beat him right away off the dribble on that first possession um then then got to a you know a really nice you know over his right or left shoulder little right hook in the middle of the lane after getting a post up at the nail and

Then uh and then had that uh slot cut in the middle of the lane and had that really nice floater so for him to see his first three shots or three of his first four shots go down um and then just played really composed and really within himself right um you know we’ve

Talked a little bit this season about Carl struggling against teams that put smaller fours on him um and so they had Terence man guarding uh guarding Carl for for a decent chunk of this game um the Clippers had a box in one on Carl early in this game as well

Um so that’s one one player follows Carl as if they’re playing main defense and then the other four players in the team uh play a box so what is it two guys up here and two guys down here uh in a Zone style defense they played a 3-2 Zone and

Whatever they did I mean Carl found a way to um you know to to get his get to his spots find the find the soft spot in the zone the open spot on the floor and create right and then you know again he he took really good three-point shots he

Only took five of them tonight but again I thought all of them were good did a great job driving staying composed under control didn’t didn’t turn the ball over uh only had one turnover tonight so uh and got to the line eight times that’s a great number for Carl made Seven of his

Eight shot shots at the line so um really love the way way that that he played especially uh you know beneath the arc and how under control he was um and again had had three nice assists as well so um great great night for Carr really set the tone offensively with um

You know being a beneficiary of how well the ball moved yeah well said all right plenty more Deep dive including Monte Morris’s first game action that’s all coming up right after this quick reminder tonight’s postcast brought To Us by our friends over at prize picks guys prize picks it’s

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You think he’s gonna add over the course of the second half of the Season yeah absolutely um you know this was a this was a big one for for Monte right um you know I think that a lot of people myself included have kind of wondered uh you know was it was a

Movement shooter uh the better sure play than another you know lead ball handler um just because you didn’t really know how the rotation was going to shake out right um but the great thing about Monte Morris compared to a dlon Wright um you know is another guy who was rumored out

There um or a bones Highland um is that Monte Morris is a better three-point shooter uh and Monte Morris you know shoots it 38 39% for his career um and so it it was really uh you know nice to to be able to add someone like

Monte they can get is another guy super high assisted turnover ratio you know is always right up there for League leaders the last few years along with Mike connley um and so now the the appeal right is that you have two point guards who are Elite at taking care of the ball

Kind of getting guys organized um they do a great job playing off the ball as well which is really important we saw those two guys share the fls tonight um and they can both spot up and knock down threes which is which is great right and

Um you know and what I really liked about Monte Morris is that he didn’t force a thing he looked really comfortable uh playing in this offense you know played off the ball for the majority of it pretty much um you know played almost all of his minutes uh at

Shooting guard at shooting guard um you know even when in that first lineup he was in there with nikil aler Walker Kyle Anderson Nas Reed Carl Anthony towns but but both Kyle and Nila were initiating all the offense um and the only time he was really the true point guard was um

You know that first lineup he was in there with uh Anthony Edwards jayen McDaniels nzed and and Rudy goar at the start of the third quarter I was only kind of really the only time he was truly playing point guard but um you know what I really liked about his debut

Was the way that Chris Finch structured his minutes so in the first half he closed he started the second quarter and the reason he did that was because he wanted wanted to get him early in the game minutes with both Carl Anthony Towns at the five um and and Rudy goar

At the five which was really important um which which I really liked um and so the the first half lineups um you know he was a minus two in the first half but again um you know looked really comfortable had a nice three stepping in behind a Rudy goar screen which was the

Only points that he scored up until garbage time um but again you know moved the ball well space of the floor effectively did a great job kind of flowing into open space when he didn’t have the ball and then in the second half um you know he he played in the

Middle of the third quarter and closed the third quarter as the Timberwolves blew this whole thing open right and so in that third quarter when Monte Morris is on the floor the Timberwolves were a plus 13 um which was really important I I I loved the way that um you know the

Way that Chris Finn structured that Monte was able to play with everybody everybody that played in this game tonight in the main rotation of nine guys Monte played with all of them uh which which I thought was really important that was the whole point why Monte started the second quarter and

Then ended the third quarter is because Finch will leave one of the two you know centers out there at this kind of end of the first quarter start of the second quarter and then in the same thing end of the third quarter start of the fourth

Quarter um so that just made sure that he was going to be able to get kind of split his time 50-50 with both of the bigs which was really important and generally speaking now that the wolves have Monte Morris what I really appreciate is that um there there’s so

Much less of a play burden on Nel Alexander Walker right and you know this was going to make too in this in this comment here is that in most of the minutes Monte Morris played out there with Kyle Anderson and I really like that because um you know Kyle Anderson

Has really kind of settled in when he’s able to be a secondary playmaker um and right now Anderson’s kind of been more of an initiator just because I think Monte has to get his feet wet but um allow you know the way that Monte gets off the ball early in the shot clock

Allows Kyle Anderson to kind of play on the second side you know kind of pump and go and attack and get the ball on the drive and then that’s when he’s able to spray the ball out and be most effective as a playmaker um and so to be

Able to have him on the floor and nikil Alexander Walker on the floor at the same time just gives the Wolves so many willing Playmakers um but also enough floor spacing right that you can play those guys with a Rudy goar because instead of having you know Jordan mlin

Out there who’s a shooter that defenses don’t really respect even though to JX credit he shot the ball from extremely well this year um you know it just forces the defense to play in a little bit of a different way right and so um you know it freezed up nil Alexander

Walker also to be able to have minutes like he did at the end of the second quarter I don’t really know people notice this but Mike connley got played off the floor because he couldn’t do anything with James Harden because James Harden has four inches and probably 50

Pounds on Mike Conley and so when James Harden is putting his body into Mike Conley in the middle of the floor and getting into these little floaters that he’s just draining all day long like Chris Finch had to take him out of the game get nil Alexander Walker in there

And the great part about that is that then nil Alexander Walker isn’t gassed from playing all those minutes at the start of the second quarter right because nil Alexander Walker was able to play more off the ball you didn’t have to handle all the he didn’t have to do

All the playmaking duties in the start of that second quarter and so to be able to just kind of take the playmaking burden a little bit more off of Kyle Anderson off of Nik Alexander Walker allow those two guys to be more of their natural Ro which is off ball secondary

Playmakers on the on the back side of the defense um I think is going to be really important you know we didn’t see that quite as much tonight um but it would not surprise me whatsoever if we saw you know more confident play offensively from from Alexander Walker

And Kyle Anderson Moving Forward just because those guys are getting more back into their natural positions um rather than having to play so much point guard and and ail Alexander Walker was tremendous off the ball tonight as well 15 points five assists um know Kyle Anderson had five points and six assists

So for those two guys to have 20 points and 11 assists combined on you know on eight of 15 shooting is pretty darn good right in Monte Morris you look at his stats Five Points on five shots two rebounds two assists had a crazy block by the way I don’t know if people

Realize that because Rudy got a block right after that but that block was insane and then also also added a steel in there th those numbers don’t jump off the page right but it’s just the way that he made things easier for everyone else and just kind of gave it everybody

A Renewed sense of confidence of like hey I kind of like this role that I’m playing a little bit better than having to play so much point guard right so um I think that’s going to be really important for the Timberwolves moving forward and it was nice to see the

Timberwolves you know end up coming out ahead in Monte Morris’s minutes which was which was obviously great he he was a plus 10 uh tonight in 18 minutes of play so any other yeah phenomenal breakdown there can’t wait to see what this looks like as this season continues

To unfold with him in the mix any other rumors you’re hearing out there as far as the front office making more moves adding more Talent obviously you’ve mentioned it already but um again just a lot of maybe rumors about adding another guy Marcus Morris perhaps I know some

People in the comments in the Stream are asking about him anything you know about him off the top of your head and any rumors that you’re hearing that we could maybe connect some dots yeah Patrick Beverly is getting into the Scoops game now he uh broke his own he broke his own

Trade to the Milwaukee Bucks um so he he also got on the got on the Twitter last night and uh tweeted that Marcus Morris is quote leaning towards signing with the Minnesota Timberwolves it is widely expected that Morris is going to be bought out from his contract with the

Spurs uh he was sent to the Spurs in a three- team deal that landed buddy heeld in uh Philadelphia so he’ll get bought out and and a key reason why the Wolves jump to the front of the list there is because he makes more than the midle

Level exception of 12.4 million uh so there’s all these teams that are ineligible to sign him because they’re over the first apron of the luxury tax uh but Monte Morris the thing you know if he does end up signing here keep in mind you’ll hear when the Spurs waving W

J Shams will tweet um that he he gets waved uh he has to clear waivers 48 hour waiver period Then he could sign with Minnesota so he will not play for the Timberwolves until after the All-Star break if he does indeed end up coming here uh but the super quick scouting

Report on on Marcus Morris he’s a 40% catch and shoot guy 68 225 230 pounds um isn’t really that great of a defender in space anymore at 34 years old um but has some good length six 10 and a half 6 11 wingspan I me can stand guys up in the

Post as a Defender so he’s a really strong post Defender so if he plays kind of the burlier fours um you know or the small ball fives if you can stick them on there and in lineups where maybe Carl’s out there uh or excuse me lineups

Where maybe Rudy’s out there and you can throw another big body out there to kind of help spacing too you know I think he’s kind of some Jaden McDaniels insurance if Jaden gets into foul trouble and you want to throw another guy out there that can still space the

Floor um maybe make a little bit of a cleaner fit alongside Nas Reed and Rudy goar um so he’s a 40% catch and shoot three-point shooter over the last four or five years um has like 67 games to playoff experience something like that I can’t remember the number off the top of

My head um playing for the the Celtics and the Clippers um and uh is a guy that’s really familiar with Rudy goar and Mike Conley played against the Jazz a couple times in the playoffs um so another guy too that can that can create

His own shot and get his get a bucket in isolation in the mid-range as well um which is a an important thing for him and then too he can post up um so uh the great thing about Marcus Morris is a lot of people might say oh he’s so washed

Guess what he may be washed for a guy that you’re asking to play 28 to 30 minutes a game like he did it for the clippers but for a guy that you’re going to be asking to play Spot minutes maybe 10 minutes here and there depending on

Foul trouble depending if some guy’s out needs a rest for a night um you know really capable guy who has a ton of experience is a super tough veteran presence he’s going to be a great voice in the locker room especially for guys like Jane McDaniels Nas Reed um kind of

In that that positional group um so I I really like the reported signing I wrote a a super long you know 3,000 words super detailed article with a bunch of um you know stats and Collective baring bargaining agreement explanations with with tax imp implications and all that

Stuff over on kupus um so go read that if you’re interested in it I had him ranked number two um on my my list of of top five or kind of ranking five potential bu candidates with a few honorable mentions so I really like the move um you really like it and uh

Excited to see um you know him in Minnesota potentially all right one quick segment left we’ll talk about the wolf’s schedule on deck and what’s next and it’s all coming up right after This quick reminder tonight’s episode brought to you by better help what are some things you want to keep the same about yourself or about your life in 2024 where you already crushing it try ditching all the New Year’s resolutions and start expanding on what you already do right maybe that’s organizing the

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Seconds on blank whatever team we play just so we can kind of just gain some more knowledge about the rest of the NBA what’s going you know around the league stuff like that but running low on time I just want 30 maybe 60 seconds at the most about maybe anything you learned

About this Clippers team because this is a team that the wolves are likely going to have to go through at some point if they want to reach their ultimate goal winning an NBA champion whatever round that may be what did you learn tonight about the clip that maybe you didn’t

Going in what makes him tick what’s something that you think people should know about that team that maybe isn’t well known for most people they’re super susceptible to teams that have a ton of length and teams that can can kind of collapse the paint and play inside right

The wolves have really struggled this season defending against perimeter players that are really quick off the dribble and while kawhai PG Harden all incredible players off the dribble incredible perimeter scoring threats none of them are really going to blow by guys on the perimeter and that really helps uh

Guys like jadeen McDaniels Kyle Anderson nikil Alexander Walker Anthony Edwards hell Carl Anthony towns even stay in front of all these guys and so and they can keep guys in front use their length to bother them I I think the wolves are really going to be able to impose their

Size the biggest thing for the Clippers is just there’s going to be a night where they make you know 23 of their 45 threes and they just kill you from Deep um so those are the two big things but again man it’s it’s spacing it’s it’s the Clippers spacing versus The Wolves

Length and so far Advantage timber wolves two and0 yeah well said um now that the dust is starting to settle here a little bit how special is it for Coach Finch and the Wolves when we get to watch him Coach the All-Star game next week I mean last week he said it still

Hasn’t hit me yet still pretty surreal just a super cool time so fun right now to be a wolves fan with Finch coaching that game for the first time in franchise history since flip did it back in 2004 yeah it’s an important important relationships thing too right that that

Players are able to kind of other stars are able to see Chris Finch there get to know him a little bit talk to him talk to other members of the Timberwolves coaching staff you know none of these Timberwolves coaching staff assistants are guys that are really being looked at

For head coaching jobs elsewhere especially too given some of their ages so it’s likely that the band is going to stick together here for for a while unless there’s some big flameout um playoffs for whatever reason so um just a really good opportunity for those guys

To kind of network a little bit get to know Stars plant some seeds maybe um so yeah but but really cool for them to to get some recognition for for an incredible season um so far that has the Wolves back on top and in the Western Conference uh Portland on deck for two

In a row now I know they’re not the clippers but because we’re going to get them for eight straight quarters give us a quick little tease as far as what to expect out of that matchup where the Wolves kind of need to win the most and attack just to give themselves the best

Chance obviously these next two games what do you want to see here yeah I I think the biggest thing for me is that um you know the Clippers have have been playing a lot better right um so when you just look at their last few games here um you know obviously they they’ve

Lost four in a row but but they won two games in a row against Philadelphia and Milwaukee both at home uh last week which was which was important um and the the nice thing for for them in those two wins was that um they got some really

Good play from scoot Henderson who’s the number two pick in the draft this past year who’s had who’s had a tough rookie season um but again the circumstances haven’t been great for him there given how much time some of his teammates have missed and just how you know how how

Much of a lack of talent there is there on that roster but um Beyond and scoot’s been hurt the last couple games unfortunately so we don’t know if he’s going to be able to go shayon sharp is still out um but Jeremy Grant’s been playing really well he had 49 the other

Night had 24 um uh yet on Saturday so it was it was nice to to see him kind of get going a little bit um DeAndre aon’s been back in the lineup which is nice um so and Malcolm brogon I think has been out the last couple couple games as well

Which hasn’t hasn’t helped he’s he’s a great veteran presence so um you know it’s a team that’s been certainly playing better you kind of time of year you start to see rookies young guys you know role players kind of start to feel a little bit more comfortable in their

Own skin kind of what they’re doing what their role is um who they are as NBA players so um it’ll be really a really good test right I mean the the timber rolls totally beat the breakes off this team a couple weeks ago at Target Center and kind of almost an embarrassing that

Like made you feel bad like yeah type of game yeah um so you know we’ll see if if if this game’s a little bit closer but but certainly um a team that’s been playing harder of late in in in a game where the Timberwolves certainly hey

Winning four in a row would be great coming in it would have been six in a row or or seven in a row had you taken care of business against Orlando and Chicago but now you just got to make sure you don’t replicate those performances and those those really bad

Let down losses and ENT of the break four and0 some momentum and and then you got seven in a row at home coming out of the break hopefully with another reinforcement and on Marcus more senior so fun times fun times for The Wolves here fun times man well done tonight as

Always this is getting a lot to be a lot of fun doing this every night with you wolves with back-to-back statement games now vers two the best in the biz with the Bucks and the Clippers tonight’s final 12100 wolves lead grows in the west west coast trip continues now in

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