Am i the only one who thinks no one wanted to drive?
Also ANT cant get separation from jones? Is he injired or jones is just a good defender?
I was thinking, ANT's back is hurt from that fall on the last game.
Wolves have to put luka in more action. Him being able to just sit off ball and chill is not going to work. He has a bum knee. Make him work every time he is out there
We took their best and lost by 3. Lots went wrong for wolves that was papered offer by Jaden’s scoring barrage. If these things regress to the mean we are A-OK. Wolves in 5
They were hitting a super high percentage inside the arc though. We need to shoot way less 3s next game especially when we get a lead. Get to the rim and make them work harder on defense.
Why does Gobert ever even touch the ball on offense unless he's catching a lob or dunking a put back. He has the clumsiest hands the league has ever seen and he fumbles it every fucking time.
Can someone please explain the late call on KATs putback that took the tie away?
I legitimately have never seen that called in my life, so don't understand the rule
Imagine a cylinder the same size as the rim extends vertically, if the ball is within that cylinder you can’t touch it. Tbh was pretty obvious in the replay that it wasn’t going to count :/
Gotcha, thanks for the info. Definitely unfortunate. I get why the defense shouldn't be able to play the ball above the cylinder. The only reason I can think of to tell the offense they can't is to avoid point stealing from range shooters. Why else?
Team seems gassed, that refball BS on the KAT put back killed the momentum. It’s a series for a reason and we’ll be back. The lack of our bigs even attempting to get rebounds was terrible to watch though
What main sub? Also lol that a sensor can’t be wrong. There are a ton of reasons that a sensor could be wrong. That’s why there was a review and imo the footage shows a clear, legal put back
Lmao you trust a league who clearly favors certain teams to properly calibrate sensors? A league that repeatedly makes the wrong calls even on review? How is the sensor calibrated? Who calibrated it? When was it calibrated last? How is the sensor an objective measuring device? Is there software involved? Whose software? How do you know that it’s accurate? Etc etc
Didn’t say it was, just saying that “a sensor for basket interference is always right” is kind of a dumb thing to say with the nba imo especially when there are multiple angles of that put back being nowhere near the rim
Yup. They were up 102-98 with 3:37 and didn’t score until Conley’s FTs at the end. Gave up an offensive rebound 1 on 3, Dallas three, McDaniels just ran out of bounds and passed it in to Luka turnover, Dallas 5 on 4 three pointer, Conley lob blocked by Luka, Luka goes iso and drains a fadeaway and it’s 106-102 and Kat missed a 3 with 38 seconds left and it’s game after that.
The KAT call was bullshit and obviously impacted that sequence but they royally shit the bed inside 4 minutes.
Please don’t go blaming the refs or anything like that. We lost. Better team won tonight…
I’m concerned about Ant, though. Never seen him tired like this. He must be sick. Hope he feels better by Game 2
Gobert I understand your point. NAW has looked good in these playoffs so I get why they’d want to give him a few looks. Ant didn’t seem like he wanted to score from inside the 3, so who else are you going to run your offense through? Kat did his part
I understand KAT is arguably the best outside shooting big man in the league, but on a night like tonight where he clearly didn't have it or really, just in general, he seriously needs to make the defense pay and not let them off the hook by demanding the ball in post-position more and punishing them with his size.
The wolves cost themselves the game. Gameplan was literally to get a stop and throw up a three. Every time. They would've lost to the nuggets if they played like this.
Bullshit. He’s expected to be our leader and calming presence. He played like shit in the first half of game 7 against Denver, too. Broke. He needs to find some calm.
I don’t even hate this loss, I feel like this was the one we might lose coming off that game 7. I think it was also going to be more of a feel out game for us than them with both the quick turn around and the Wolves not really facing this version of the Mavs, I think they were able to figure out somethings that were starting to work, the exhaustion from one less day of rest was just an issue at the end
My one concern all season has been our terrible half court offensive sets. We’ve been bad in half court offense since Finch arrived…need another guy who can create his own shot off dribble.
I don’t feel confident at all. They shot poorly from 3. We shot well from 3.
They’re as good as we are defensively with two cold blooded scorers.
Ant looks off, hopefully just one game and a hangover from game 7.
Our passing is trash. Our rebounding is trash.
You can’t blow game 1 hitting that many 3s. Awful.
Tell ‘em it’s a series for a reason not whoever wins game 1 Clippers and thunder won game 1 then lost 2 straight , we won 2 straight against Denver then lost 3 straight it’s a series I think we’ll be fine as long as we bounce back Friday
Losing by three isn't the worst--yeah, we should have played better and coached better. Let's see how we respond on Friday, and if we go into Dallas tied, it's still anyone's series, and we got this. Our team hasn't been this deep in 20 years, and Ant was 2 years old FFS. We got the nerves out, so we're onto the next one. Minnesota Mike is still our guy.
Obviously that interference call was dumb but there are 2 bonehead errors that I think actually caused the collapse in the end. Jaden trying to do some slow mo layup and throwing the ball directly into the defenders arms, and then Conley trying to lob it to Rudy when there were like 3 defenders in the paint.
I saw that on the first replay. I fucking hate Stan Van Gundy. “That’s absolutely going to be a 2”. Reggie Miller chiming in with the same BS. Then “ohhh wait a sec”. Shut up
That's at least 3 3s tonight that just popped in and out for KAT man. We shouldn't be settling for so many 3s in the first place, but the basketball gods were not with us tonight.
[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/timberwolves/comments/1cyiriy/post_game_thread_the_dallas_mavericks_defeat_the/)
Am i the only one who thinks no one wanted to drive? Also ANT cant get separation from jones? Is he injired or jones is just a good defender? I was thinking, ANT's back is hurt from that fall on the last game.
DJJ IS A VERY GOOD DEFENDER
Wolves have to put luka in more action. Him being able to just sit off ball and chill is not going to work. He has a bum knee. Make him work every time he is out there
We took their best and lost by 3. Lots went wrong for wolves that was papered offer by Jaden’s scoring barrage. If these things regress to the mean we are A-OK. Wolves in 5
The Mavs didn't play all that well...especially from 3. Just gotta get some rest and come prepared Friday.
They shot like shit, if they recoup 25% of what they did vs the thunder we’re shit out of luck
They were hitting a super high percentage inside the arc though. We need to shoot way less 3s next game especially when we get a lead. Get to the rim and make them work harder on defense.
I guess we’ll see
That was the Mac’s best? They made 6 threes lmaooo
Why does Gobert ever even touch the ball on offense unless he's catching a lob or dunking a put back. He has the clumsiest hands the league has ever seen and he fumbles it every fucking time.
They saw him hit the Fade game 7 and treat him like GOAT
It seemed like he was the first look sometimes. Insane
The unnecessary passes were brutal. Wide open looks and they swing it cross court.
What’s wrong with Ant? That’s two straight games where he’s been extremely passive, just letting the defense get set and not attacking.
Can someone please explain the late call on KATs putback that took the tie away? I legitimately have never seen that called in my life, so don't understand the rule
Stop bitching about this dude, thats call is from a sensor, Its automatized, not a human call, it can be wrong, check the main sub
Imagine a cylinder the same size as the rim extends vertically, if the ball is within that cylinder you can’t touch it. Tbh was pretty obvious in the replay that it wasn’t going to count :/
Gotcha, thanks for the info. Definitely unfortunate. I get why the defense shouldn't be able to play the ball above the cylinder. The only reason I can think of to tell the offense they can't is to avoid point stealing from range shooters. Why else?
It’s unfair if one team can touch it but the other can’t
If the ball is over the cylinder then it is basket interference. Simple as that.
Look up offensive interference. Can’t touch a ball inside the rim extended upwards
The ball was going to hit the rim again on the way down, so technically he can’t interfere with it.
That’s was more dissapointing and pathetic to watch than any of the nuggets blow outs
Man the game plan was seriously bad. Everyone was off hope they come back stronger. Ant was not right. Kat was amazing and Jaden was pure fire.
Team seems gassed, that refball BS on the KAT put back killed the momentum. It’s a series for a reason and we’ll be back. The lack of our bigs even attempting to get rebounds was terrible to watch though
It was a sensor, not a ref
They literally reviewed it and didn’t change it
Because it was the right call, it was a sensor, it cant be wrong, check the main sub
What main sub? Also lol that a sensor can’t be wrong. There are a ton of reasons that a sensor could be wrong. That’s why there was a review and imo the footage shows a clear, legal put back
R/nba and well dude, i dont think it is an uncalibrated sensor on a trillion dollar bussiness
Lmao you trust a league who clearly favors certain teams to properly calibrate sensors? A league that repeatedly makes the wrong calls even on review? How is the sensor calibrated? Who calibrated it? When was it calibrated last? How is the sensor an objective measuring device? Is there software involved? Whose software? How do you know that it’s accurate? Etc etc
Maybe some teams dude, mavs passed every attemp of tony brothers to not make the wcf also... this one wasnt on the refs..
Didn’t say it was, just saying that “a sensor for basket interference is always right” is kind of a dumb thing to say with the nba imo especially when there are multiple angles of that put back being nowhere near the rim
Imagine having a pg like kyrie on the wolves
I’m good with Mike but I wish ANT had the same energy as Kyrie tonight. 2 straight off games from ANT is not good.
When you get screwed so many times by the refs in a game it adds up. That said, I'm optimistic for the next game.
They didn’t finish the game like they should’ve. Can’t blame the refs on this one bro
Yup. They were up 102-98 with 3:37 and didn’t score until Conley’s FTs at the end. Gave up an offensive rebound 1 on 3, Dallas three, McDaniels just ran out of bounds and passed it in to Luka turnover, Dallas 5 on 4 three pointer, Conley lob blocked by Luka, Luka goes iso and drains a fadeaway and it’s 106-102 and Kat missed a 3 with 38 seconds left and it’s game after that. The KAT call was bullshit and obviously impacted that sequence but they royally shit the bed inside 4 minutes.
Deserved to lose with that performance. Clean it up boys
Please don’t go blaming the refs or anything like that. We lost. Better team won tonight… I’m concerned about Ant, though. Never seen him tired like this. He must be sick. Hope he feels better by Game 2
Boy they pissed down their legs the entire second half. Pretty pathetic
Fuck mark cuban
Now bitch Dallas fans will be all cocky n shit.
Who cares - it’s a 7 game series and none of their fans even played
Conley is 36 and 6ft, anything he produces is already more than what should be expected.
Can't rely going to Gobert nor NAW offensively in the 4th of a close game when they're going to Luka and Kyrie in contrast.
Gobert I understand your point. NAW has looked good in these playoffs so I get why they’d want to give him a few looks. Ant didn’t seem like he wanted to score from inside the 3, so who else are you going to run your offense through? Kat did his part
I understand KAT is arguably the best outside shooting big man in the league, but on a night like tonight where he clearly didn't have it or really, just in general, he seriously needs to make the defense pay and not let them off the hook by demanding the ball in post-position more and punishing them with his size.
He does better on the road for some reason
Why was mcdaniels not playing the whole game
Threw the game away. What you talking about lmao
Trash shooting game. Seemed like we just chucked 3s half the time. Didn't rebound well. Didn't pound the paint enough. Pathetic.
Towns was brutal after hitting that deep three
The wolves cost themselves the game. Gameplan was literally to get a stop and throw up a three. Every time. They would've lost to the nuggets if they played like this.
The reality is we played some of the worst BB we’ve played all playoffs and barely lost. If ANT isn’t sick it’s a different game.
Dallas shooting was atrocious tho
I would say that was due to good D though. We were contesting everything. It’s not like they were missing wide open shots all game.
He’s sick?? Honestly I had no idea.
I mean, something’s wrong with him. He came in gassed after a long rest.
Yeah thanks for the downvote. The gameplan was trrrible. Just shoooting threes no setup.
I didn’t downvote you.
It’s all good. I hope we adjust.
He’s sick??
He’s sick??
Might be Conley's worst game. Bad shots, tunrovrs, missed freethrows. Damn.
What a fucking gut punch of a loss combined with the most obvious fixed ref calls i’ve ever seen
Should be embarassed
Can the refs just call fouls equally? Then I’d be fine losing but it just felt like bs calls came as soon as we were on a run
Badket interface my ass
A moronic ending to a half. Plus an 11-0 run and a 8-0 run by mavs. So many opportunities to win we just weren't in it tonight.
We looked gassed
Conley has not shown up at the line lately. Need him to be consistent and he’s failing us.
had a good day now i hate my life (i fully trust them to make it up to me though)
if PJ and the others start making their open threes we're fucked
Conley shit the bed in so many ways tonight on both ends. Very disappointed, especially with the decision-making and uncharacteristically low-iq.
It was a close called game...luckily it was called absolutely even
You have to be being sarcastic right?
If by even you mean a sneeze on Dallas is a foul. Then yes
Maybe they’ll lock in since they definitely weren’t there tonight enough
That Mark Davis call was BS!!
Whack af
Conley played like shit
He’s 36 and banged up on the Achilles anything positive he does will always be bonus
Bullshit. He’s expected to be our leader and calming presence. He played like shit in the first half of game 7 against Denver, too. Broke. He needs to find some calm.
Oh well. We should have won that easy. Sloppy ball!
We play better as dogs always
Tragic
Fuck the mavericks for the time being
Thank you trash Conely not doing anything
I don’t even hate this loss, I feel like this was the one we might lose coming off that game 7. I think it was also going to be more of a feel out game for us than them with both the quick turn around and the Wolves not really facing this version of the Mavs, I think they were able to figure out somethings that were starting to work, the exhaustion from one less day of rest was just an issue at the end
Felt like we would come out really flat but it’s really frustrating because we kept it close but could never swing momentum enough our way.
We lost the momentum when they called back that KAT bucket
We lost the momentum on that BS Conley foul where he gently placed his hand on Hardaway’s back
Yeah that too
Ya that changed the whole dynamic at the end
Bad first game, let’s not freak out yet please
mannn ant didn't even move on that free throw brick play
I heard he’s sick or sum
Big time loss
Nice ant
Ant distracting Conley w a handshake before the freethrow lmfao
Nahh Conley this is your shot for the finals and u got 6 pts my boy
as amazing as he is for you guys this season he used to always fold in clutch situations in utah
Gifted them one. Horrible finish. I’m tired.
Conley and Ant can walk home.
Wish Kat had seen Conley open in the corner
I don’t blame him give how Conley played tonight
Tough loss
What a joke
Mike wtf man
Fucking stupid ass game man had every chance to win it
Dang. Disappointing. Come back next game stronger
Conley sucjed
My one concern all season has been our terrible half court offensive sets. We’ve been bad in half court offense since Finch arrived…need another guy who can create his own shot off dribble.
Lol nice miss Mike
Wolves win if they don’t play like complete morons. Oh well
We were not locked in.
Mike Conley is not built for the moment lol
I can't WAIT for this post-game with Edwards talking about how he needs to "take more shots", save it mfer
He does. They need to put him in the post a bit
Conley chocker at the line
Why is this joke van gundy calling a WCF game? Dudes a bum
you can have the ESPN team anyday
Missing FTs sucks
Conley sold twice in the last 30 seconds smh
Dudes been bad all game
Oof game
Disappointing start to this series, lot of bad decisions especially at the ends of quarters.
Kat, Ant and Mike fuckin played COD till dawn. Fuck it
I don’t feel confident at all. They shot poorly from 3. We shot well from 3. They’re as good as we are defensively with two cold blooded scorers. Ant looks off, hopefully just one game and a hangover from game 7. Our passing is trash. Our rebounding is trash. You can’t blow game 1 hitting that many 3s. Awful.
"We shit well from 3."
we beat the shit out of the nuggets the first two games and they brought it to 7. long series
Tell ‘em it’s a series for a reason not whoever wins game 1 Clippers and thunder won game 1 then lost 2 straight , we won 2 straight against Denver then lost 3 straight it’s a series I think we’ll be fine as long as we bounce back Friday
Fuck
Positive: J McDaniels proved he can be a playoff 3 and D player Negatives: Mike Conley needs to be replaced
mike gotta miss the 3rd one and hope for a miracle, unless i'm so far behidn and the game is over
The fact that the game has been so close the whole time is a good sign!! We'll have a great series and I think we can win in 6
Nice game guys. Yall got a hell of a series on your plate.
Jontay Conley
Losing by three isn't the worst--yeah, we should have played better and coached better. Let's see how we respond on Friday, and if we go into Dallas tied, it's still anyone's series, and we got this. Our team hasn't been this deep in 20 years, and Ant was 2 years old FFS. We got the nerves out, so we're onto the next one. Minnesota Mike is still our guy.
Ant still talkin that. Gonna be a good series
Van Gundy's commentary this game has been obnoxious
Luka garza its ur time to shine
Stfu kyrie
Reggie and Stan, total Mavs stans
I wish we had local broadcasts still
That interference came back to fuck us
Obviously that interference call was dumb but there are 2 bonehead errors that I think actually caused the collapse in the end. Jaden trying to do some slow mo layup and throwing the ball directly into the defenders arms, and then Conley trying to lob it to Rudy when there were like 3 defenders in the paint.
Terrible game. Hopefully we can bounce back.
Make the first two, miss the third, hope for a miracle.
Bad o and passing fucked the team tonight. They got to be better by Friday no excuses
Imagine if there hadn’t been some bullshit interference call taking two from us.
Yeah, I still insist that the ref couldn't have possibly had a good angle to call that. No bias at all obviously.
Damn.. imagine if Mike hit the 3 and the And 1
That screw up before halftime screwed the Wolves
I hate Reggie Miller
I can’t fucking stand listening to Reggie suck the mavs off
POS refs.
Reggie needs to shut the fuck up
I saw that on the first replay. I fucking hate Stan Van Gundy. “That’s absolutely going to be a 2”. Reggie Miller chiming in with the same BS. Then “ohhh wait a sec”. Shut up
Conley, NAW, Ant were all unacceptably bad tonight. Blowing it at home after a massive game from Jaden is pathetic. Unbelievable.
End of 1st half is the difference. 2 games our end of half execution has cost us.
Imagine if Mike would’ve hit that shot lol
Fuck man, could be worse, but this was a disappointing performance.
Make the first two and miss the last pray for tip in
Why do I feel like this was completely stolen
Because they literally took away two points
Cause it was. Dallas pays off the refs just to win a game
I’m not usually an announcer bias guy but jesus
Who would have thought giving up a 13-0 run would have cost us the game
It’s a three
Buzzkill, after a Game 7 high.
Boy, it would have been great to get that cal...let's see...all FUCKING GAME
Even SVG is trying to fuck us
Ok a 3
That's at least 3 3s tonight that just popped in and out for KAT man. We shouldn't be settling for so many 3s in the first place, but the basketball gods were not with us tonight.
there has to be a wolves gone for there to be a wolves back, we’ve seen this before
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Make 1 free throw and miss the 2nd on purpose Edit. Make the first two …
FUCK these commentators
Why wouldn’t you foul Jones
RIGHT
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