re: Timberwolves (12-9) at Pelicans (11-9) 7PM FSNO| Game Thread

This offense is craptastic

What a pathetic effort.
Terrible terrible loss.
I know it's only 1 game, but this is a game that you should have easily won against a team you will fighting with for playoff position, and you also just lost the tie breaker with them.

Even without AD going full retard, the team looked flat and couldn't hit shite when all they were doing is shooting wide open 3s early on.

Shot a respectable 40% from three for the game after the terrible start , attempting 35 threes. You wouldnt think a team that takes that many threes at that high a mark would get their arse kicked by 30.

Coming into this game we were 2-0 on games with 2+ days of rest. Which is a big change from the way this franchise had performed in those situations: 7-11 last season, 7-9 the seasons before, 7-10 the year before that. 2 seasons under Gentry, one under Monty. The problem of being poorly prepared had been a habitual problem regardless of regime. Those are games where playoff teams that are well coached and mature win more than lose.

Small sample size but that reversal was a really nice sign of the growing maturity and focus of this team.

Tonight really blew that out of the water for me. Even with AD's ejection, you once again had KAT in foul trouble and no Jeff Teague. We should of been slightly favored all things considered: home court, well rested, Cousins/Jrue, and role players playing well. This team was out coached, out hustled, out prepared.

Frankly, if I am nitpicking, Gentry should of called a timeout after that AD blow up and calmed him down. The way many coaches have handled that. Gentry not only really didn't do that, he let it go, than when ejected let that go as well. That was honestly the poorest example of his leadership I have seen in his tenure.