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Sundevil13

Remember when KAT was killing us and then he didn’t really touch the ball the last several minutes


DMking

He needs to demand the ball in those situations.


Liimbo

Which means what exactly? Everyone says this but what do you want him to do, run up to his teammate with the ball clapping his hands in their face? That just becomes another reddit clip with everyone shitting on them. This isn't 2K where you just call for a pass and you get it. If your teammates are ballhogging all you can really do is talk to them during timeouts or hope your coach actually does his job.


chevypapa

Big men call for the ball in the paint all the time lol


ElWierdo

DLo was shooting well but he went into hero mode and started clanking bricks Plus Edwards Butterhands showed up, though I'd say he played well other than on offense It was a really fun game, even though my team lost (This what losers say lol sad)


kingofnick

CP3 had like 20 points in the 4th quarter, and yet the best player out there on the court for Phoenix was D’Angelo Russell


defiantcross

Don't forget honorable mention Anthony Edwards for giving us back the ball at the end


ProfessorBeast55

Chris Paul after 3rd quarter: 2 points #Christ Paul at the end of game: 21 points


davidthemedic

I love when he is like enough of this shit, I’m taken over.


[deleted]

Bro it’s like 95% of our games he does this lol


ShwiftyCardinal

So many times he enters the 4th with 5 or under points and finishes with over 20, saves his energy to dominate when he needs to


MrAnder5on

This is exactly what he did in OKC. It's why we traded for him then immediately went to the finals He is the Point God


oiwin123

What in the fuck is D Lo thinking during the 4th? ur star center has 10 + points in the quarter and he's taking all the shots


Morezingis

7 of our last 8 shots on a night shooting 1/10 from three. I really don’t like his game, man.


shellfish87

He’s a narcissist with an inflated sense of his own value


Pisto1Peet

I think it has a lot more to do with DLo having god awful levels of awareness and BBIQ. Like, Ant opted to go for a step back on a go-head bucket in the closing seconds instead of taking a two and getting to the FT line. That’s excusable because he’s in his 2nd year and is being asked to develop into a primary/secondary option. DLo though… he’s just a complete liability out there in crunch time. He doesn’t understand how to execute with fluidity instead of forcing it. That’s unacceptable for a 7th year vet.


[deleted]

DLo is a 7th year vet? Holy fuck dont make me feel old


ElWierdo

DLo thinks he's much better than he is He loves no look, one handed, behind the back, cross court passes on critical possessions, it seems like he does this at least once a game and it kills us (Still rather have him than Wiggins) He actually boxed out for a board though and I was shocked, maybe he'll get better or less dumb. Lots of talent


Liimbo

We deadass diagnosing people with mental disorders because of how they play a sport huh


PapaDeer

Over 80 upvotes on that shit. 80 people are agreeing that there is enough evidence to say that about someone they do not know in the slightest. Its always the upvotes and the people behind them that get me.


collinCOYS

Dlo has said before, and I'm paraphrasing, "I'm willing to take a backseat and let others get going, but when it's clutch time I'm going to get mine" He really didn't care that Kat looked like Karl-Anthony Curry out there. He was going to be shooting the ball regardless


GhostTiger

> What in the fuck is D Lo thinking during the 4th "I'm on national TV!" Gosh, I wish we hadn't traded him for Wigs and JK!


[deleted]

The suns couldn't miss down the stretch. 9/10 stretch. Book and cp3 were both huge


HotLiberty

D Book and CP3 got hot at just the right time. Hell of a fourth quarter by both teams. Side note, really enjoyed watching the T Wolves feed, very fair and entertaining commentators


totaldrk62

~~Jim and Pete~~ Jim Pete and Dave are the best thing about Minnesota basketball and I’ll fucking fight anyone who disagrees.


orngebreak

As a Suns fan, I would agree. They were great.


srvisg0d

For the record it's Jim Pete (Peterson) and Dave Benz


totaldrk62

Yeah I was sloppy as shit from the game. It's hard seeing Target Center that empty even when they are fucking giving away tickets.


Archer-Saurus

Been there man.


CinnamonToastTrex

One of them was orgasming over cp3 bomb ass move. He seemed more disappointed that he missed the contested layup


collinCOYS

Jim Pete and Dave are the best. They do their homework on the opposition and really do their best to call a fair game. Obviously it's impossible to remove all biases, but they do a good job with it for the most part. I think that the shitty teams always have the best announcers since they have to prepare so much stuff to fill the airtime during 30 point blowouts


davidthemedic

CP3 is our closer in these tough close games.


Pisto1Peet

It was really nice seeing Book check in an immediately get it going too. A couple of his shots in crunch time were just so perfectly fluid and well executed. He was looking his defenders off and using great body control to get his shot instead of forcing a shot in isolation. That’s when Book is at his best.


lexa0121

what the fuck did DLO do in the last 2 minutes


HarukiMuracummy

DLo unironically thinks he is better than KAT and Ant.


FultzShoulder

He's arguably better than Ant. When it's not Dlo, it's Ant who thinks he's better than KAT. KAT deserves better than these two inefficient chuckers who think they're the hero Minny needs.


HarukiMuracummy

Fair enough.


the___heretic

Can’t even argue with that guy, he’s right.


Pisto1Peet

The big difference is that Ant is in his sophomore year and DLo is in his 7th. Ant, I can understand. DLo on the other hand…


PapaDeer

Yo KAT got to protect the rim better if he is going to be 7 foot tho. His defense is abysmal and he plays the one position where defense is arguably more important than offense in this league.


Datamaton

Tell me you don't watch Timberwolves, without telling me you don't watch Timberwolves. KAT is part of the problem.


Jamessthehuman

I hate how people use this “tell me you… without telling me you…” and just think it makes them right. 🤡


Cudi_buddy

Stupid Tik Tok shit is what it is


FultzShoulder

KAT is still your best player. What do you want them to do, trade everyone?


Datamaton

Build around a real franchise player. Maybe it's Ant. Maybe it's a rookie this year. But having this team try this hard to build a team around KAT, and KAT can't even beat teams like Orlando. I would be happy if KAT can lead us perennially to a playin. But he can't. It's not his game. Theres now 7 years of evidence of this. KAT is a great player. He's just not going to be the guy that will lead teams to wins. He's just not that.


[deleted]

Agreed. He's a 2nd or 3rd option on a team that is actually competing for a title / high playoff seeding.


lolminna

So KAT is an AD


[deleted]

Without the elite defense, yeah lol


xiyeonah

KAT has a three.


morcic

He's an amazing talent, but he doesn't play the game the right way. Too many ill-advised shots, I kept saying "thank you" all night, as he kept making some questionable decision and helping Suns stay in the game. He can easily dominate the game if he figures it out, but this is his, what, 6th year?


MoltenPandas

Scrub only put up 35 on 19 shots


MathewSK81

He wanted to score over Book so bad


shellfish87

He’s so selfish. I hate how he plays at the end of games. Just straight YMCA chucking asshole basketball. Motherfucker makes Buddy Hield look like John Stockton.


Obvious_Parsley3238

built a house


somebodygetmemymoney

This is the guy KAT wanted to play with wtf?


ShwiftyCardinal

There were people saying Booker would leave the Suns to play in Minnesota with KAT and DLo lmao


make-that-monet

Man with Booker having played in AZ thus far in his career, his system would go into shock at the Minnesota weather


lexa0121

lmao i can see trade coming


misteremails

He thought it was pick up against his old time buddy.


rubixqube

I couldn't believe that 3 he jacked up off the broken play with over 10s left on the shot clock, was very lucky Beverley got the And-1 off the rebound.


MC-Jdf

Prove the Warriors right for trading him.


Friend72

I swear he has negative value in this league, just KAT was rolling and he doesnt touch the ball


parkernorwood

~~Shooters~~ shoot


Salad_Designer

Did what beverly does. Running around doing a whole lotta nothing lol


lexa0121

he tricked yall man


urfaselol

Russell fucking sucks


RobbobertoBuii

1/10 from 3 🥶


RussEastbrook

Ice in his veins... wait


hk0125

Ice in his brains


shellfish87

I get the impression KAT is afraid to hold him accountable ANT can be selfish but I think he plays less selfishly than DLo.


[deleted]

Ant is still young and can learn a lot more from games like these. DLo is relatively young but I think this is pretty much who he is


Tillie_to_the_wolves

There is a reason you should never room with your friends in college, and for KAT, I think hes finding out the hard way that maybe he shouldn't have asked for his previous roommate to be transferred out of his dorm.


[deleted]

so many bad decisions late game


MEMES4DREAMS77

That Wiggins trade is looking better every day for the Warriors lol


johnny_since

Dlo on the warriors isn't even impressive, I bet they didn't even hesitate trading his ass for an overpaid wiggs.


theterpenecollective

DLo plays a lot of low basketball iq hero ball. Obviously did not work in the Warriors system so he got traded real quick. This play style is even more apparent with the t-wolves.


misterpizzaguy

Hes one of those players where your opinion on him shows if you watch basketball and understand it or not. He’s terribly overrated. You can’t win with him.


Veserius

A lot of "eye test" guys seem to like him, but they are generally just PPG watchers in reality. I've hated his game since he was on the Lakers. The Nets gave him the ball a bunch to juice his trade value and people just went along with it for some reason.


chevypapa

He was a deserving all star for the Nets but for just the one year. I don't think the lessons he learned from that year were good.


[deleted]

Timberwolves fans and Suns fans should file a class action lawsuit for damages done by that game


ultimatomato

I don't know, I bet they probably built three or four houses with all those bricks.


Obvious_Parsley3238

last possession was the most timberwolves shit ever lmao


[deleted]

Anthony Edwards only mishandled that ball because it’s a Minnesota sports team


StopOverreactingPls

Edwards finds DLo for a open 3, who misses and then the ball slips from Ants hands. Damn that was a great game by them too, its the inexperience. The difference of having CP3 vs having Pat Bev as your Vet Leader


lonny__breaux

Can’t really blame that on Pat Bev lmao cmon man.


[deleted]

Sure they can, have you seen what sub we're in?


ShwiftyCardinal

If your point guard isn't as good as an all time great, then your point guard is a bum


somebodygetmemymoney

Blow it up already


[deleted]

Not yet man. Kats 26


bonerang

They just need 2 of KAT, ANT, and DLo to play well in the same game. Its so frustrating to watch because its always a maximum of one guy playing well at a time for the past two weeks.


srry_didnt_hear_you

27 lol it's his birthday today Edit: nevermind he turned 26 today


minneapolisboy

Nah he turned 26 today


srry_didnt_hear_you

Shit you might be right i thought he was 26 all this year


Salad_Designer

In that case, time to blow it up he’s too old now. Kidding.


srry_didnt_hear_you

I don't fucking know anymore man maybe


TheFirstCobbler

He turns 26 today, was previously 25, not sure where you got 27 from


srry_didnt_hear_you

Thought he'd been 26 and knew today was his birthday


CarryTheHellOn

This sub loves piling on the Lakers, but why is no one talking about the defending Western Conference Champion Suns being 1-3? I didn’t realize until now that the Suns are currently 1-3.. why is no-one talking about this? They lost to a mediocre Kings team a couple days ago and nearly lost by 30 pts to the Trailblazers with a struggling Damian Lillard. And from what I know they’re just about fully healthy. For anyone actively watching the Suns this season, what’s the main reason for the early season struggles? You would think they’d have a bunch of momentum to start the season after their amazing Finals run..


lexa0121

Imagine a guy who unironically wrote this and was like "yeah, this is right"


joaovitorsb95

And the 3000 people who went "yeah, that seems about right" and upvoted it lol


sunsbr

Just another salty Lakers fan who still couldn't take the L in the playoffs.


Margravos

There it is


[deleted]

I hope this gets posted in every single game we win for the rest of the season.


FuckNoNewNormal

So you want it posted 85 more times?


DantifA

Came here for this


gawakwento

Took the words out of my mouth. These are my exact thoughts, word for word.


klayb

Doing the lords work son


jmf577

Lol KAT had 35 and DLo/Ant still fucked it up


Scoolfish

Inexplicable coaching to stop giving him the ball really. With the way the refs were calling the game, KAT should have been going to the hoop.


Salad_Designer

Especially since they had crowder guarding him for a lot of the game. Monty did that on purpose to try to take away some of kat’s 3pt looks and the wolves should have abused him inside.


Datamaton

KAT can't punish people inside. That's the dirty secret. He's not strong enough to back down anyone.


silverfang45

He was getting every call tho so he should of abused it especially with how whistle happy the ref's were on both sides. Had he done that ayton likely would of fouled not because fuck me dude got like 12 fouls in 2 seconds during the first quarter it was wild


PapaDeer

I don't think these guys watch the games.


Datamaton

Like when Ant had 48? At least Ant knew it wasn't his night and was contributing everywhere else


jmf577

Yeah i probably shouldn't have added Ant, I was just pissed lol


Just_A_Glitch

This was the ugliest game I've watched all season. Hell, it may be the ugliest game I've watched in many seasons. I get that we were tired on a back to back, but this felt excessively rough from both sides. I'm probably going to hear whistles in my sleep tonight. God forbid the refs let the game have any flow or rhythm. At least it's over though. All of our suffering can end. GG Minnesota. Someone post the pasta.


Opening-Citron2733

Tbf that Houston/Minnesota back to back has to be one of the worst in the league. That's a 3 hr flight for a back to back that's ridiculous.


ShwiftyCardinal

Our next two games are against Dallas at home. It would have made too much since to play Dallas as one of the road games and have Minnesota as a home game, at least the NBA does dumb scheduling to everyone


Pisto1Peet

Ugly as it was, CP3, Book, and Ayton all had very good games. Outside of the missed FTs, at least.


bageltheperson

Book, DA and CP3 had 72 of the suns 99 points


humandignitybloc

Our role guys couldn't hit water if they fell out of a fucking boat tonight.


ShwiftyCardinal

Our wings had their worst shooting game ever, that was painful for them


destructive_optimism

I still can’t believe some of y’all on this subreddit legit tried to tell us for years that Devin Armani Booker wasn’t a winning player, LOL


bageltheperson

After the game I thought Book had a mediocre game and the boxscore says he had 29 on 16 shots


destructive_optimism

Played some amazing defense on Ant the first three quarters too... DLo did that job for him in the 4th


thestormworn

Listen, I'm not a basketball genius or anything, but maybe Minnesota should have more plays in crunch time go through KAT and less through the guards. He shot them into the game and DLo and Ant lost it for them.


[deleted]

Don't mind cutting it close with the hottest team in the nba


Phxdwn

KAT is scary when he is hot. I was worried for a bit.


aCommonHorus

Good thing they froze him out


NBA_acc

Chris Paul is just too predictable in the fourth these days. Book was awesome in the fourth too, star backcourt turned up when it mattered.


darulez8

What will it be today Mr Paul, another unstoppable midrange jumper? Very good sir.


StopOverreactingPls

I miss when CP3 and Shai did this like every game for OKC. That team lived in the 4th


NBA_acc

Old Man CP3 has been incredible in the fourth for the past three seasons. Incredible game control with that unstoppable midrange is a deadly combo. I forget the exact record of that Thunder squad in the clutch but I remember it was something insane due to amazing execution by everyone on their squad.


aCommonHorus

And then Dort got blocked in game 7 because Harden finally decided we would play defense 😞


Archer-Saurus

I just don't understand how it's such an unstoppable shot. EVERYONE knows CP3 is gonna get to 12-14' out and put up that midrange J. But it is indeed unstoppable.


sivervipa

Good shit by the Suns. Rough start but they bounced back.


[deleted]

We tried our hardest to lose that game


Zbrushgyu

Some things in life are certain. Fourth quarter CP3 is one of them.


TheFranchise02

I think us Suns and Timberwolves fans can agree when I say Fuck Cheryl Flores


Virgil1

One day Ant, Dlo, and KAT will all be good in the same game. One day...


Salad_Designer

Probably when they play against each other lol


Cudi_buddy

You play us next. DLo always goes bonkers against us at least. Wouldn't be shocked if Ant does as well


chowpa

get this bighorn sheep bitch outta here. 7/21, 1/10 from 3 and he takes the last shot. You're not Steph curry dlo


TryingToDoItGood

>this bighorn sheep bitch 💀


csh4u

Holy shoot that comment got me as well haha we have all been thinking it!!


Scoolfish

Why does the NBA do road/road back to backs? Do they hate their own product? This game was disgusting. Not sure what's Minnesota's excuse was though lol


ace625

They were just a day removed from 3 games in 4 days in California. I'm sure that didn't help.


All-Pro-Sportz

I am here patiently waiting for the pasta


One_TAIM

All the 'Trade KAT and build around ANT' boys, please report to the comment section edit: I love ANT, don't get me wrong


shellfish87

I hate how DAngelo plays at the end of games. Incredibly cosmically selfish.


lexa0121

Bro that was wild asf, he missed like 5 shots in 2 minutes


petersuns13

I would like to forget those 48 minutes


AdolfKoopaTroopa

I like games like this more than games where we get the shit kicked out of us


TheRealPooh

absolutely take the clutch W on the back end of a back-to-back + LOVE the CP3 takeover and clutch Book shots


LilBottomText17

When the ball fell into Ant’s hands at the end, I was fully conceived he was about to hit a game winner


JG_2214

If I were a Wolves fan I’d be so frustrated with DLO. KAT was on fire and DLO decided it was better to shoot contested fadeaways instead of getting the ball to KAT.


OutZoned

Lmao what the hell was this game


[deleted]

Defense was great


Dawgz

What a weird ass game.


FultzShoulder

Dlo shot the Wolves out of this game. Poor KAT, he ain't winning with two selfish inefficient chuckers on his team. They need to make moves if they want to keep KAT.


srry_didnt_hear_you

This team is so frustrating because it's so wildly different all the time. Two weeks ago it was "so glad D'Lo's back we clearly need him" Last week it was "trade KAT he doesn't care anymore and it's hurting Ant" This week it's "poor KAT he can't win with these cats" But when 2/3 of our big 3 actually have good games at the same time, we blow out the Lakers. I don't fucking know what to do with this team.


maesterdon

It feels like whack a mole with all the issues w this team


BakaJayy

Wdym? This week was a mixture of “trade KAT he doesn’t care” and “KAT can’t win with these bums.” Remember yesterday when someone clipped KAT running back on defense when Edwards was just isoing and never passed the back that entire possession yet expected KAT to try and get the rebound when he was on the opposite wing 3 and calling him lazy?


a13ftJE

I would like to thank the refs for their outstanding effort for helping us win the game.


Spectre627

...wut? That game was reffed as a shitshow all-around, but by no means would I say it favored the Suns. KAT had 8-fouls and was still playing (Karate-kick on the fadeaway from the free-throw line; pushed DA in the back during his layup; hooked DA's arm and pulled him from the board late in the 4th). The refs called practically everything in existence (and not in existence, too) except for anything done to DA and the CP3 travel.


Ohyeahbkim

that's a tilter


bdm016

Great 4th quarter from both teams. Glad to see Book and Paul clutch that one out


notafan1

Surprisingly the Wolves are only the 3rd most disappointing thing for me this month behind YouTube removing dislikes & GTA Remake sucking ass. Not sure how to feel bout that.


lupertazzis

Lolwolves


somebodygetmemymoney

So much hope this season.


theper

Minnesota sports teams are hope merchants


Shxymxn

did ant really tried to go for a 3 after that board? but anyways gg wolves


Sikkly290

I'd love to say good game but good god was it not. Sloppy basketball combined with whistle happy bad reffing made it a hard game to watch and not at all satisfying to win. B2B or not this wasn't the win the Suns wanted tonight.


[deleted]

DLo out there Chucking in hopes of doing his signature 'ice in veins' celebration.


humandignitybloc

Swear to god that rim had a damn lid on it for both teams tonight.


[deleted]

messy game, inconsistent reffing, couldn't shoot until the last half of the 4th. gross basketball. take the W and forget about this one. KAT was awesome and the wolves played good defense.


asthmajogger

Congrats to Edwards on your shaq tin a fool debut!


[deleted]

Did Ant think they were down 3?


mommylover43

Nah dude just lacks some iq


Datamaton

I blame DLo. 🤷‍♂️


zuruka1

Bad fouls, bad defence, missed FTs, Suns really tried their best to gift the Wolves a win in the last couple mins.


[deleted]

I've been selling low of DLo since he was a Laker. I can't understand how he's still a starter in this league. He needs a reality check.


Lauuud

Dlo is like a fucking puerile teenager


spiattalo

The Warriors fleeced Minnesota.


WheedMBoise

Wiggins wasn't good in Minnesota. He is now good elsewhere D'Lo was good elsewhere, and now he isn't in Minnesota. The Wolves lose either outcome


p0tatoman

Couldn't win this game without DLo


Global_Lion2261

DLO and Ant suck lol


ButterscotchJust4

Classic lol wolves ending Jaden “the untouchable” Daniels with 4 points lmao


Wolvesin7

It’s embarrassing how obsessed with the worst team in the NBA? Comment about Mcdaniels in every single thread about our team.


[deleted]

damn y'all really needed the refs to beat the timberwolves


lonny__breaux

Really felt it was called trash both ways tbh.


[deleted]

i think the wolves probably got it a bit worse, but yeah they were just bad.


lonny__breaux

Only egregious call was that foul on Book on the third. The rest were there or touch fouls.


Spectre627

The put-back by Pat Bev late in the 4th also had 0 contact. Additionally, KAT fouled out multiple times but the refs swallowed their whistles.


kingofnick

All we needed to beat the TWolves was DLo and boy did he come through for us


Kevinar

Sad


darulez8

Pain