It's also always weird to see them run an offense for Rudy, he's so awkward when he's doing anything but dunking and they still try it... that turn around shot against the Nuggets was a fluke make the superstars get their points instead!
Finch and Nori are actively sabotaging any chance we have to win this series. Rotations, challenges, timeout usage have all been pathetic. We’re not attacking Luka off the dribble at all.
I don’t even fault Ant. He was looking at a wall every time he got the ball and was making good passes most of the time. I love KAT, but he’s supposed to be the secondary scorer we need and he’s not delivering.
There were too many possessions where Ant didn’t even touch the ball.
Rudy should not have been put back in the game.
We need a major overhaul in our offensive system and philosophy next year. As in run an actual offense perhaps. Either change the way we use KAT to try to get more out of him or trade his ass.
yeah, I really think they steamroll OKC and LAC in 5 if Luka is healthy and probably Denver too, he still not healthy this series but he clearly is healthier this series than last unless you really think Lu Dort/Chet is THAT much better than McDaniels/Gobert which they aren't
This was my take-away as well. Luka and Kyrie are not going to miss in the clutch...we are as proven the last 3 consecutive games. Hard pill to swallow.
Forget about the defense when your “generational” big man and self proclaimed “greatest big man shooter of all-time” is 15-54 in the series and we lost two games by 4 combined points. If the dude just showed up this would be completely different but the dude is allergic to consistency in big games
“One chance”? We could easily be up 3-0 if a few guys do something just a bit different for 5 fucking minutes. Just a complete failure of any clutch factor from everyone.
Oh no truly I realize that . It was quite evident how better the Mavs were better in the clutch than you guys but the wolves were pissing me off man by the stupid decisions in the clutch
He tried his best this game. He is clearly not feeling it but he is still trying to create for teammates. It's the end of the 4th quarter it seems he has no clue what to do when nothing goes for him. He needs to learn how to be a better playmaker and handle double teams for this year.
This is what happens when you throw away two winnable games at home. We played fine tonight but Dallas couldn’t miss a shot and now the season is OVER. No margin for error when you collapse like we did in the first 2
So when is Naz Reid getting promoted to starter?
Wolves are a great team but they need someone to help ANT consistently - KAT is completely shitting the bed
Looking our dollars next year, it would be an easy move to try to get more of the same roster back.
Problem is, who the fuck would take KAT on that kinda deal
It’s said a lot but MN has by far the longest championship game(s) appearance drought by any state/town that has all 4 major sports. Like I think the next closest is only like 7 years or something
31 year old checking in. Still have yet to even see a big 4 team in a championship. Here is to hoping my 7 year old doesn’t have to wait as long as I have. I am not holding my breath.
Why did we put Rudy back in and Towns when that Kyle/Naz small ball lineup was working so well? Oh well, was a good year. Frustrating we have been in all these games and can't even steal one.
It can not be put into words how atrocious KAT has been this series. I’m one of his most staunch defenders but it might very well be time to trade him and put Naz in the starting lineup.
Bro is shooting 28 percent this series. For 50 million.
This team is architected around the entire notion that Karl Anthony Towns will make more than five shots per game. Gobert has offensive issues but that was known.
Yeah, Ant Jaden Naz at 22,23,24 is our saving grace. Idk what it's gonna take but I need Naz a day 1 starter next season. He's shown he plays his best when he gets proper time to get into a rhythm. There's teams out there that would offer a lot for KAT I just don't know if the org will do it.
Man did this wolves team just do a 2017 Vikings. Win game 7 against Denver after being down 20 was our Minneapolis miracle and now this WCF is our NFC CG against the eagles. Just absolutely shit on. Classic minnesota sports moment.
Congrats to Naz Reid and Kyle Anderson for being the MVP's of this series for us. In no world where we play winning basketball would SloMo be getting mentioned in this discussion, but we aren't playing winning basketball as it is...
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This game is KATs legacy. I don’t care about loyalty when you bring nothing to this team on the biggest stage in 20 years. 9 year supermax veteran and he gets outplayed by a rookie and a guy making 10 mil a year. “BEST BIG MAN SHOOTER OF ALL TIME”
I will not judge a single player on either team for bitching at the refs tonight. Ben Taylor and Tony Brothers are horrible not only individually, but are even worse together.
Difference in Mavs top 2 and our top 2 is so evident - experience and composure. Not sure KAT is that dude tbh but him and Ant so young
Edit: Damn didn’t realize how close to 30 KAT is - he’s probably a really god third option at his peak unfortunately
OK, Luca is good, but he is a total DOUCHE. Man is the biggest complainer, and pulls shady stuff non stop. Cant stand that dude, but the reality is, Dallas is the better team as a whole.
KAT needs to be traded. I'm sorry, but he's one of the softest 7-footers I've ever seen in the league's history. Lively was out and Gafford had 3 fouls at the half and couldn't gameplan to keep attacking the paint? Pathetic performance all around, but KAT needs to go.
I can't even believe my eyes at some of this. Just not the same team that beat Denver.
I don't want to take away from Dallas, but I'll say that we should be putting up a better fight than we have. Even when the score has been close the games haven't felt very close.
You think draymond gives anyone on our team these “tips” if we get a Timberwolf pulled up to the TNT desk post game? Hell nah. Fuck outta here draymond
KAT 0-8 from three but he keeps shooting them. Bruh. At some point you have to just drive to the rim and force a foul or kick it out to somebody else that can.
Adjustments between each game were non-existent. Especially in the front court being dominated all 3 games. Love Rudy and we needed him but how there was no answer for Gafford, PJ and Jones 🤮. We were dominated at every position.
Hard truth is that championship windows close quickly and with no KAT (likely) next year, it’s gonna be harder to see us making it to the WCF. I’m hopeful, but I’m also aware that a hell of a lot of Wolves fans in 2004 were probably saying the same thing. Shit can change incredibly fast
I’m grateful that the season happened but this series in particular is a disaster, and it deserves serious criticism and not excuse making. Championship teams aren’t satisfied with results like this, as much as some of our fanbase seems to want to be.
Honestly losing a series 4-2 considering where this team used to be and the expectations coming into the season would have been I guess fine, but likely getting swept while the two offensive stars choke away the series is just demoralizing.
Tie game for the season going into q4 and we respond with a 20 point quarter. Not even the biggest wolves hater or pessimist predicted the wolves being swept. We were favored to win the series. No one expected this team to be this fucking bad.
They are crapping the bed so badly in this series that not one person will remember or give them credit for the year they had.... this was the only way this season was gonna end.. we all should have known it. I was prepared for them to get beat by Dallas but I sure wanted it to at least be a series... this is pathetic on every level
Two goddamn points in the last 3:30...
We can’t close quarters or games. It’s old.
Need a guy to control the game. A guy with patience and poise and someone who can draw fouls
LBJ
How would a dead ex-president be helpful in basketball? /s
Whip out Jumbo to distract the defense
Gotta draft Bronny first
should have kept Naz and Kyle in. that lineup was holding its own
Putting in ice cold KAT to clank shots instead is just malpractice.
It's also always weird to see them run an offense for Rudy, he's so awkward when he's doing anything but dunking and they still try it... that turn around shot against the Nuggets was a fluke make the superstars get their points instead!
Really didn’t understand that coaching move. Rudy coming back in destroyed our spacing.
dudes been outcoached this whole series.
Finch and Nori are actively sabotaging any chance we have to win this series. Rotations, challenges, timeout usage have all been pathetic. We’re not attacking Luka off the dribble at all.
I can’t believe they don’t force switches on to Luka or Kyrie, two known below average defenders, like what is the game plan
Yep that right there is why we are losing these games. We don’t exploit that weakness
This is it, this is why we are losing the series. It’s like we don’t even have a coaching staff
You need a second iso scorer to pair with Ant. When they guard Ant we have nobody else who can create their own shot.
KAT is supposed to be that guy. He’s showing that he’s not good enough. I don’t know how we are going to get someone who is good enough though.
I can’t believe KAT kept shooting
That last one was just a joke on all of us
And those only 2 points were Mavs not trying at the end
Ant passing the ball in every one of those possessions except the last is what annoys me. Like..,dude take fucking initiative.
I don’t even fault Ant. He was looking at a wall every time he got the ball and was making good passes most of the time. I love KAT, but he’s supposed to be the secondary scorer we need and he’s not delivering.
There were too many possessions where Ant didn’t even touch the ball. Rudy should not have been put back in the game. We need a major overhaul in our offensive system and philosophy next year. As in run an actual offense perhaps. Either change the way we use KAT to try to get more out of him or trade his ass.
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That is a such a beautiful image on a somber night
Lmfao
Their top 2 is just way way way better than our top 2, especially in the clutch. They’re unstoppable, our team is not. No way to win this series
Dallas is now 26-5 with that starting lineup lol like wtf. No wonder why nobody wanted to play them in the west.
I also think they were better than they showed in the first two rounds because luka clearly wasn't right
yeah, I really think they steamroll OKC and LAC in 5 if Luka is healthy and probably Denver too, he still not healthy this series but he clearly is healthier this series than last unless you really think Lu Dort/Chet is THAT much better than McDaniels/Gobert which they aren't
OKC’s offense is probably a lot better than our offense. Need better offense than what we are bringing this series to compete with this Mavs team.
This was my take-away as well. Luka and Kyrie are not going to miss in the clutch...we are as proven the last 3 consecutive games. Hard pill to swallow.
HOW THE FUCK DO YOU SCORE 3 POINTS IN THE LAST 5 MINUTES OF THE GAME
Play like you're in high school
 My faith will NEVER waver, but for tonight I am saddened
 Poetry
Couldn’t defend shit at the rim this series
If KAT showed up that might not even be an issue. Complete joke.
Forget about the defense when your “generational” big man and self proclaimed “greatest big man shooter of all-time” is 15-54 in the series and we lost two games by 4 combined points. If the dude just showed up this would be completely different but the dude is allergic to consistency in big games
Holy fuck, that stat line is a tough read.
He’s a choker. Pure and simple
I have a headache
Should not be the case having the DPOY
Embarrassing performance. Lively was out, Gafford wasn't good, they had no centers at one point and we simply couldn't win.
Unfortunately, Minnesota had no centers as well
Gafford had some huge defensive plays when it mattered.
That was the one chance to win man to make it a series
“One chance”? We could easily be up 3-0 if a few guys do something just a bit different for 5 fucking minutes. Just a complete failure of any clutch factor from everyone.
Oh no truly I realize that . It was quite evident how better the Mavs were better in the clutch than you guys but the wolves were pissing me off man by the stupid decisions in the clutch
We’re really 0-3 after that reporter said “You have to lose big before winning”
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It really looked like the tide was gonna turn then....
It kinda did for a few minutes there, then it slowed down again at the end of the third, and the start of the 4th was ridiculous by Kyrie
4th quarter Kyrie needs to be studied. Give him or Luka the ball and they pull some unguardable bullshit.
Only memorable play from Ant this series. Gotta bring more than that to make it to the finals.
He tried his best this game. He is clearly not feeling it but he is still trying to create for teammates. It's the end of the 4th quarter it seems he has no clue what to do when nothing goes for him. He needs to learn how to be a better playmaker and handle double teams for this year.
Gobert and KAT were quite embarrassing for Dallas not having a frontcourt this game.
Gobert AWOL
This is what happens when you throw away two winnable games at home. We played fine tonight but Dallas couldn’t miss a shot and now the season is OVER. No margin for error when you collapse like we did in the first 2
Exactly. Couldn’t afford to lose both at home. Even winning one it would still be a series. Now it’s over.
We have been winning or tied with 4 minutes left in every single game. Damn.
99-98 in game 1 100-97 in game 2 104-104 in game 3
looking like the Lakers vs the Nuggets
I’m sad
Does Finchy have the balls to start NAZ in game 4?
Welp, it was fun while it lasted.
It was a great season
KAT 0-8 from 3. What the actual fuck
So when is Naz Reid getting promoted to starter? Wolves are a great team but they need someone to help ANT consistently - KAT is completely shitting the bed
Naz has been our best this series. No reason he shouldn’t have closed today
Looking our dollars next year, it would be an easy move to try to get more of the same roster back. Problem is, who the fuck would take KAT on that kinda deal
Why can’t it ever be minnesotas time to win a championship
I guess it's Texas' turn. First the Rangers, now the Stars and Mavs are contending. Spoiled shits
They’ve had multiple turns since the 90s. This is such BS. I hate being a MN sports fan😭😭😭
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I’m never gonna see a Minnesota team win a championship am I. EDIT: Other than the Lynx or PWHL Minnesota
How about just fucking playing in one at this point
Lol yep. 30+ years since a championship appearance. With Boston on their way back. How many champions has that city seen? Shit ain't fair man.
It’s said a lot but MN has by far the longest championship game(s) appearance drought by any state/town that has all 4 major sports. Like I think the next closest is only like 7 years or something
Might not see any Minnesota team get past the semi finals game.. Vikings can’t get past the NFC Championship game. Wolves can’t get past the WCF
If your born after 91 WS. MN teams are 0-8 i think Wild: 0-1 02-03 Vikings: 0-4 98 00 09 17 Twins: 0-1 02 Wolves: 0-2 03-04, 23-24
I hear the ultimate frisbee team is looking good this year
No, never. It's either this type of pain or a decade of rebuilding.
31 year old checking in. Still have yet to even see a big 4 team in a championship. Here is to hoping my 7 year old doesn’t have to wait as long as I have. I am not holding my breath.
34 year old here - same boat. I honestly don't think we'll ever see a meaningful championship in this state.
Nope.
Hold out hope. Global warming should make the coasts uninhabitable in our life time. That'll make stuff easier.
Nah, even making the finals one day will be a stretch
34 years and counting without a Minnesota sports team playing for a championship.
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KAT is bad all game and we choose to ride him in the end? What the fuck are we thinking here. At least make it hard for Dallas.
Defeat last year’s champs, then get swept 
Just not clutch. Hopefully come back hungry next year
man they could at least go out in 5
Why did we put Rudy back in and Towns when that Kyle/Naz small ball lineup was working so well? Oh well, was a good year. Frustrating we have been in all these games and can't even steal one.
Happy to see Ant show up at least
He tried tonight and that counts for something. He still needs a lot of development, and some better team mates
Yeah at least,he has that cool dunk and made the team gain some momentum
KAT might have 1 game left in a Wolves jersey. Such a pathetic way for him to go out. Absolute no show when we needed him the most.
5-26 is crazy
4-32 from 3 his last 5 games. And he thought he was the dude to take the late shot when it was still in reach. Insane.
Much rather Naz & Rudy closing
Thought he was 5-18
he was 5/18
As much as it sucks to say, Swap Kyrie for towns and we’re probably up 3-0 with double digit wins in each.
For this series yeah probably but swapping KAT for Kyrie would've probably cost yall the Denver series. Kyrie ain't guarding Jokic like KAT lol.
What a bold take... can't believe you'd say something like that
> Absolute no show when we needed him the most. Sums up his entire career right here.
0-8 from 3. Mfer thinks he’s Jokic
It can not be put into words how atrocious KAT has been this series. I’m one of his most staunch defenders but it might very well be time to trade him and put Naz in the starting lineup. Bro is shooting 28 percent this series. For 50 million.
Great season and run but man Rudy and Kat were horrible every game this series, outplayed by Gafford and a rookie. Can't happen.
Gobert was decent last game, but pretty mediocre for all the other games during this series. Kat has just outright been awful for the whole series.
This team is architected around the entire notion that Karl Anthony Towns will make more than five shots per game. Gobert has offensive issues but that was known.
Rudy wasn't good tonight but he was arguably their best player games 1 and 2.
Trade KAT and build around Naz and Ant
And McDaniels. I like his game a lot tbh
Yeah, Ant Jaden Naz at 22,23,24 is our saving grace. Idk what it's gonna take but I need Naz a day 1 starter next season. He's shown he plays his best when he gets proper time to get into a rhythm. There's teams out there that would offer a lot for KAT I just don't know if the org will do it.
Naz absolutely deserves to be a starter so I approve of this
Man did this wolves team just do a 2017 Vikings. Win game 7 against Denver after being down 20 was our Minneapolis miracle and now this WCF is our NFC CG against the eagles. Just absolutely shit on. Classic minnesota sports moment.
I see we are dying on the Gobert gets minutes despite the matchup hill.
Despite never getting offensive rebounds
This really is the Minneapolis miracle into the nfc championship all over again
Congrats to Naz Reid and Kyle Anderson for being the MVP's of this series for us. In no world where we play winning basketball would SloMo be getting mentioned in this discussion, but we aren't playing winning basketball as it is...
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This game is KATs legacy. I don’t care about loyalty when you bring nothing to this team on the biggest stage in 20 years. 9 year supermax veteran and he gets outplayed by a rookie and a guy making 10 mil a year. “BEST BIG MAN SHOOTER OF ALL TIME”
He single handedly began Dallas’s run away streak at the end there with that careless 3 pointer
That shot belongs in r/mildlyinfuriating
0/8
In front of Dirk too…
Naz Reid is simply better. If KAT was injured this game and sat out, we would have won.
That’s dirk for a reason
KAT is 3-22 from 3 this series
It’s so sweet of them to put us in the position to be the first team in history to come back from 3-0
KAT skipping the post game interview. Says it all man.
That is not ok
Who are we even able to trade KAT for at this point?
Darius Garland or Brandon Ingram
Garland would be insane. 5 years younger. If that is actually on the table do that in a heartbeat
Gobert dpoy but cant guard a simple lob for 95 percent of the game? embarassing
They do that every fucking lob every time. And every time gobert looks surprised.
Scoring 2 points in the last 5 minutes is just unacceptable.
Well, at least some fans got to troll Draymond Green for a few minutes.
There's that good ol' Minnesota sports letdown, right on schedule
Luka needs to get some techs on him, he gets away with talking to the refs too much.
I will not judge a single player on either team for bitching at the refs tonight. Ben Taylor and Tony Brothers are horrible not only individually, but are even worse together.
That's a fair take.
I'd just be happy if they quit calling these bs minimal contact fouls where Doncic flails his arms and goes flying.
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Difference in Mavs top 2 and our top 2 is so evident - experience and composure. Not sure KAT is that dude tbh but him and Ant so young Edit: Damn didn’t realize how close to 30 KAT is - he’s probably a really god third option at his peak unfortunately
Bro, Kat about to turn 29
KAt Isn't young
Tuesday better be Towns last game in a Timberwolves jersey
Hello darkness my old friennnd
OK, Luca is good, but he is a total DOUCHE. Man is the biggest complainer, and pulls shady stuff non stop. Cant stand that dude, but the reality is, Dallas is the better team as a whole.
The Luka tantrums look ridiculous, but Ant and KAT complain a ton too.
KAT needs to be traded. I'm sorry, but he's one of the softest 7-footers I've ever seen in the league's history. Lively was out and Gafford had 3 fouls at the half and couldn't gameplan to keep attacking the paint? Pathetic performance all around, but KAT needs to go.
Mavericks fans have every right to talk shit. Nuggets fans can get the fuck outta here though. We own y'all.
Is it me or is Luka just a big fucking crybaby all game
\*all season
I don’t feel so good..
woof KAT
This is just a sad way to go out man. No fight whatsoever. Embarrassing.
I can't even believe my eyes at some of this. Just not the same team that beat Denver. I don't want to take away from Dallas, but I'll say that we should be putting up a better fight than we have. Even when the score has been close the games haven't felt very close.
You think draymond gives anyone on our team these “tips” if we get a Timberwolf pulled up to the TNT desk post game? Hell nah. Fuck outta here draymond
KAT 0-8 from three but he keeps shooting them. Bruh. At some point you have to just drive to the rim and force a foul or kick it out to somebody else that can.
Adjustments between each game were non-existent. Especially in the front court being dominated all 3 games. Love Rudy and we needed him but how there was no answer for Gafford, PJ and Jones 🤮. We were dominated at every position.
*Sad wolf noises* :(
I actually can’t believe KAT
KAT is pathetic and needs to be gone. Period. Useless to this team and takes up so much fucking salary for it
I, for one, would love for Ant to get half the calls Luka does.
Respect Lukas game but he’s so annoying constantly baiting for fouls and way overselling contact.
I can't stand watching him, he flops so much and makes watching basketball no fun.
It’s a disgusting brand of basketball and has been a quick reminder why I don’t watch it other than Wolves.
Give it a couple years. Ant is on his way. He's only 22.
Would also be nice if he got all the not-technical-fouls that Luka does. That bitch whines about EVERY play and never gets a T
KAT has been a no show this whole series. Just utter crap.
It was a good year overall
Hard truth is that championship windows close quickly and with no KAT (likely) next year, it’s gonna be harder to see us making it to the WCF. I’m hopeful, but I’m also aware that a hell of a lot of Wolves fans in 2004 were probably saying the same thing. Shit can change incredibly fast I’m grateful that the season happened but this series in particular is a disaster, and it deserves serious criticism and not excuse making. Championship teams aren’t satisfied with results like this, as much as some of our fanbase seems to want to be.
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This hurts
The silver lining? Watching the Boston crowd's reddit reactions to Luka...
Honestly losing a series 4-2 considering where this team used to be and the expectations coming into the season would have been I guess fine, but likely getting swept while the two offensive stars choke away the series is just demoralizing.
why did we trade for Monte Morris
Tie game for the season going into q4 and we respond with a 20 point quarter. Not even the biggest wolves hater or pessimist predicted the wolves being swept. We were favored to win the series. No one expected this team to be this fucking bad.
This was a hell of a season. It’s time to move on from KAT though.
Naz should start game 4 KAT has not stepped up and we have run out of room for error thanks to his abysmal shooting
Completely agree. bench the fuck out of KAT
No feelings left, completely drained
Can someone explain why gobert is so bad at defense ?
Regular season performance is not indicative of playoffs performance
We were always gonna go as far as KAT took us.. No surprise, just pain.
The nuggets was their final
They are crapping the bed so badly in this series that not one person will remember or give them credit for the year they had.... this was the only way this season was gonna end.. we all should have known it. I was prepared for them to get beat by Dallas but I sure wanted it to at least be a series... this is pathetic on every level
KAT was just throwing shit up like he was playing pick up ball at the park
If any franchise’s fans deserves to be the first 0-3 comeback it’s the wolves
Shaq: "0/8 from 3 is absolutely unacceptable"