The 2013-14 Bucks and 2014-15 Wolves both finished with the NBA’s worst record and employed defenses at or near the bottom of the league.
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Minnesota led 72-42 at halftime.
That is a terrific start to the season no matter how you slice it, and given that this one was won down the stretch with what appears to be the developing core of Ricky Rubio, Andrew, Wiggins, Nemanja Bjelica, and Karl-Anthony Towns, it’s all the sweeter. While it is unfair to use those two things as criticisms against the franchise, the Timberwolves have become the poster child for why teams need to do everything they can to hold on to the superstars in their primes. We’ve got to play better at home. “We just got to stay together”.
Wiggins scored 31 points in an overtime victory at Chicago on Saturday, and he would not be denied with the game on the line again. His three-pointer early in the third made it 81-47.
Atlanta Hawks guard Jeff Teague scores in the second half of an National Basketball Association… “I think to fight back from that kind of deficit shows the resiliency and the character of the group”. Already this season, he has two games with 12 points or less. “It should tell you a lot”, Wiggins told reporters in reference to Minnesota not folding. So we spend a few time discussing that win as well as our impressions of the Jazz. “We want to surprise people”. Minnesota guard Zach LaVine had 13 points at the break and guard Kevin Martin had 11, missing only three shots between them. Tayshaun Prince, a 14-year veteran, played over 38 minutes against the Bulls. If it deals with rebounds, you name it, and they’re last in it. That has caused more shots to be taken, shots made and, ultimately, points scored.
Before he was traded to Dallas, Rajon Rondo was the Celtics best point guard since Dennis Johnson. Korver scored just five points, but banked in a runner with 5:35 left to cut the lead to one.
In fact, Phoenix’s Steve Nash-Amare Stoudemire duo is the last pair of teammates to be first-teamers when they achieved the feat in 2007, although Stoudemire was never considered one of the top five players in the league-just the top center. Kent Bazemore was the game’s high scorer with 25 points on 10-for-15 shooting. “He has played six really good games, so he is playing at a really high level”. “We’ll have to learn from the first half and try to not put ourselves in that position going forward”. Yes, he has insane bounce and won the dunk competition a year ago, but other than the occasional windmill highlight LaVine’s game is rather predictable. Budenholzer has said that Hardaway will get his chances, but right now is behind Justin Holliday and Lamar Patterson in the rotation.
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For simplicity’s sake, the Atlanta Hawks got a series of draft picks from the Brooklyn Nets for All-Star SG Joe Johnson back in 2012.
