All Things 2024-25 Minnesota Timberwolves In-Season Thread

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Last night's game was almost boring. The wolves did what they were supposed to do against a weak opponent at home. The team is peaking at about the right time. The game at Denver will be an interesting test of their resurgence because it will be against a high quality opponent on the road.
 


So glad Rudy is back. We need everyone together to get out of the play-in spot.
 


jamiche said:
Last night's game was almost boring. The wolves did what they were supposed to do against a weak opponent at home. The team is peaking at about the right time. The game at Denver will be an interesting test of their resurgence because it will be against a high quality opponent on the road.
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Got to love when Randle and McDaniels are getting a combined 17 assists….

And typing Randle and McDaniels, made me chuckle.
 




kg21 said:
We will find out a lot tomorrow night in Denver.

They hate us and we've beat them 4 in a row.

Denver will bring it. If we can win there, we are off and running.
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Wolves healthy. Were able to develop some depth because of the injuries. Looking forward to the game.

Another good one is OKC at Boston tonight.

Warriors on a 5 game win streak and 2 games into a frickin’ 7 game home stand.
Not sure if it’s correct but, “With Butler in the lineup, the Warriors are 12-1“
 



The Wolves are a horrible, horrible matchup for the Nuggets. Denver has almost no depth and the Wolves, when healthy, have plenty.
 




The wolves are healthy, they have depth, they've figured out rotations and they are actually moving the ball. They are playing at the same level as last year. Unfortunately, they may still end up in the play in. They are too far behind teams 2-5 and the Warriors are also playing great ball with a lopsided home schedule.
 

jamiche said:
The wolves are healthy, they have depth, they've figured out rotations and they are actually moving the ball. They are playing at the same level as last year. Unfortunately, they may still end up in the play in. They are too far behind teams 2-5 and the Warriors are also playing great ball with a lopsided home schedule.
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Only have to get to 6th place to avoid the playin.

We should win a bunch in a row. They will move up if we do.
 

jamiche said:
The wolves are healthy, they have depth, they've figured out rotations and they are actually moving the ball. They are playing at the same level as last year. Unfortunately, they may still end up in the play in. They are too far behind teams 2-5 and the Warriors are also playing great ball with a lopsided home schedule.
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There is only 15-19 games left depending on which teams schedule you're looking at, but the Wolves are only 4.5 games out from being the 2 seed.

That means they just need 1 of those 5 teams they're chasing to go on a little slump to avoid the play in. And all of those teams have a tougher schedule than the Wolves.
 

GopherWeatherGuy said:
There is only 15-19 games left depending on which teams schedule you're looking at, but the Wolves are only 4.5 games out from being the 2 seed.

That means they just need 1 of those 5 teams they're chasing to go on a little slump to avoid the play in. And all of those teams have a tougher schedule than the Wolves.
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Lakers are struggling without Lebron.

We could catch them.
 

Watching last night's game with Nugs. If I was commissioner would give an extra point to the team that complained the least at the end of each quarter.
 

kg21 said:
Lakers are struggling without Lebron.

We could catch them.
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Yes. That group of 5 ahead of us all play a bunch of games against each other too, with Houston, Denver, and the Lakers playing the most against those 5 teams. The Wolves only play Denver and Memphis once and then they are done with that group.

So there's a really good chance several of those teams struggle or only play .500 ball down the stretch, with those 3 being the most likely teams.
 

GopherWeatherGuy said:
Yes. That group of 5 ahead of us all play a bunch of games against each other too, with Houston, Denver, and the Lakers playing the most against those 5 teams. The Wolves only play Denver and Memphis once and then they are done with that group.

So there's a really good chance several of those teams struggle or only play .500 ball down the stretch, with those 3 being the most likely teams.
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If considering tiebreaks . . .

We need to pick up 2 games on the Warriors to move into 6th.

Next target should be Rockets. Need to pick up 4 games to tie the Rockets. Season series a split.

Need to pick up 5 games on the Nuggets to pass them.

Lakers or Grizz, we need to pick up 6 games to pass those teams.

May be a little optimistic, but I think it is fair to think we could go 12-3 rest of the way. In which case we would need the the following result to pass each respective team:
Warriors 10-5 or worse
Rockets 8-7 or worse
Nuggets 7-8 or worse
Lakers, Grizzlies 6-9 or worse
 
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golf said:
If considering tiebreaks . . .

We need to pick up 2 games on the Warriors to move into 6th.

Next target should be Rockets. Need to pick up 4 games to tie the Rockets. Season series a split.

Need to pick up 5 games on the Nuggets to pass them.

Lakers or Grizz, we need to pick up 6 games to pass those teams.

May be a little optimistic, but I think it is fair to think we could go 12-3 rest of the way. In which case we would need the the following result to pass each respective team:
Warriors 10-5 or worse
Rockets 8-7 or worse
Nuggets 7-8 or worse
Lakers, Grizzlies 6-9 or worse
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For help, games against teams on this list
Warriors: 5
Nuggets: 8
Rockets: 5
Lakers: 6 (plus a pair vs OKC)
Grizzlies: 4 (also has Cleveland, boston and OKC)
Wolves: 2

The wolves schedule is a joke the rest of the way. 12-3 should be the minimal expectation if they stay healthy. If they do so I’d expect they’ll move up given the lakers schedule and LeBron’s health (already dropped one tonight and have the nuggets tomorrow and a back to back after a game Luka played 36 min on a bum ankle but tried to do everything scoring 45) amongst the walking wounded their team has become. There will be a pretty good number of losses to go around in this grouping with the head to heads
 

upnorthkid said:
For help, games against teams on this list
Warriors: 5
Nuggets: 8
Rockets: 5
Lakers: 6 (plus a pair vs OKC)
Grizzlies: 4 (also has Cleveland, boston and OKC)
Wolves: 2

The wolves schedule is a joke the rest of the way. 12-3 should be the minimal expectation if they stay healthy. If they do so I’d expect they’ll move up given the lakers schedule and LeBron’s health (already dropped one tonight and have the nuggets tomorrow and a back to back after a game Luka played 36 min on a bum ankle but tried to do everything scoring 45) amongst the walking wounded their team has become. There will be a pretty good number of losses to go around in this grouping with the head to heads
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We have 9 home and 6 away. Four tough away games: Milwaukee, Indiana, Memphis, Denver (with Gordon). Two tough home games: Indiana and Detroit.

I think it will be difficult to pass any of the teams ahead of us in the standings. Hope I'm wrong.
 

Warriors get their 6th straight win against the Kings.
Curry gets his 4,000 three and Kerr ties Attles for most Warrior coaching wins.
Sacramento without Sabonis six straight games now.
 

golf said:
We have 9 home and 6 away. Four tough away games: Milwaukee, Indiana, Memphis, Denver (with Gordon). Two tough home games: Indiana and Detroit.

I think it will be difficult to pass any of the teams ahead of us in the standings. Hope I'm wrong.
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I have the wolves at 11-4 the rest of the way (assuming good health). They will lose one of the gimmes because they are the wolves and three of the tough games. At that pace that’s a lot of ground to make up. One of the 2-5 teams would have to really slump or the warriors would have to have a 1-4 road trip. I don’t see the warriors losing more than one game at home the rest of the year.

I just looked at the warriors five game road trip and the first four games are against losing teams and there are no back to backs. Highly unlikely 1-4 is an outcome.

The wolves could go 49-33 and end up in the play in. Crazy.
 
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golf said:
We have 9 home and 6 away. Four tough away games: Milwaukee, Indiana, Memphis, Denver (with Gordon). Two tough home games: Indiana and Detroit.

I think it will be difficult to pass any of the teams ahead of us in the standings. Hope I'm wrong.
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If you’re not beating the likes of Indiana and Detroit when it matters, then yes you deserve to be in the playin
 

jamiche said:
I have the wolves at 11-4 the rest of the way (assuming good health). They will lose one of the gimmes because they are the wolves and three of the tough games. At that pace that’s a lot of ground to make up. One of the 2-5 teams would have to really slump or the warriors would have to have a 1-4 road trip. I don’t see the warriors losing more than one game at home the rest of the year.

I just looked at the warriors five game road trip and the first four games are against losing teams and there are no back to backs. Highly unlikely 1-4 is an outcome.

The wolves could go 49-33 and end up in the play in. Crazy.
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Yes, that is how I see it as well. It is ceertainly possible that we miss the play-in, but i don't think it is likely.
We need to go 14-1 or maybe 13-2 imo. Which is possible, but not likely.
 
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upnorthkid said:
If you’re not beating the likes of Indiana and Detroit when it matters, then yes you deserve to be in the playin
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I would think the Warriors would be the easiest team to pass. They need to lose 5 games if we finish 12-3.

They host knicks on Sat., nuggets on Mon. , bucks on Tues. Would be very helpful if they could lose two of those.

We host Indiana Tuesday, hopefully a win.

This would move us ahead of GS.

Will be feeling better about our chances of avoiding the playin if are ahead of the Dubs in the standings come Wednesday
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golf said:
I would think the Warriors would be the easiest team to pass. They need to lose 5 games if we finish 12-3.

They host knicks on Sat., nuggets on Mon. , bucks on Tues. Would be very helpful if they could lose two of those.

We host Indiana Tuesday, hopefully a win.

This would move us ahead of GS.

Will be feeling better about our chances of avoiding the playin if are ahead of the Dubs in the standings come Wednesday
morning.
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We always lose one when you never see it coming.

Even as the 7 seed, we more than likely win and are the 7 seed. No one scares the Wolves at number 2.
 

kg21 said:
We always lose one when you never see it coming.

Even as the 7 seed, we more than likely win and are the 7 seed. No one scares the Wolves at number 2.
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Yes. Most likely Denver or Memphis gets the 2 seed. Wolves would fear neither.

In fact, wolves might be favored. Wonder if a 7 seed has ever been favored over a 2 seed.

Problem would be if the Wolves get upset in the playin and get the 8 seed.
 
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