Game 22 Wolves at Pelicans 12/11/23

[KGdaBom]

Not gonna lie, I want this one way tooo much.

Honestly I want every game way too much. I HATE HATE HATE losing.

[KGdaBom]

9 points down. OUCH. We had gotten so close.

[TimberKat]

With that lineup out there, the ball got to run thru Naz

[Calinks]

Man, we botched it. We were right back in this and we botched it.

[gandlogo]

If both teams are 100% in the playoffs, that will be a seven-game slugfest.

[winforlose]

Man, we botched it. We were right back in this and we botched it.

Just cannot make our shots. Getting open looks, but nothing will go down.

[Calinks]

And to think, the Lakers absolutely bodied these guys.

[_AIJ_]

And to think, the Lakers absolutely bodied these guys.

Lakers were healthy, come on man. Don't compare us to that garbage

[vtime]

Positives. Shake and McDaniels look good. JMac getting some run.

[KGdaBom]

KAT going cold when we need him to get hot. He started 5-5 and now is 5-10.

[Calinks]

I wonder if the teams that went further in the IST are going to come out with a little bit of a performance boost for the rest of the year. It was a pretty intense environment and again, in the case of the Pelicans, they took a lot of flack for the way they lost. Would be interesting to see if competing at a high level there towards the end has a fringe benefit, kind of like playing internationally does for some players before the season.

[_AIJ_]

So disappointing. Why did Ant have to be injured

[Calinks]

Zion Williamson is beating us like we are Stephen A. Smith

[winforlose]

I wonder if the teams that went further in the IST are going to come out with a little bit of a performance boost for the rest of the year. It was a pretty intense environment and again, in the case of the Pelicans, they took a lot of flack for the way they lost. Would be interesting to see if competing at a high level there towards the end has a fringe benefit, kind of like playing internationally does for some players before the season.

We are the ones missing tons of open shots. We are not defending Zion with a dedicated helper. We are not getting the whistles, but we are also not playing a technically clean game. We give them the room to call the BS calls on us.

[TimberKat]

A full strength NOP team at home is not easy to handle. Especially when Zion focus and motivated. Hopefully we will be at full strength for the rematch.

[MN7725]

If both teams are 100% in the playoffs, that will be a seven-game slugfest.

Pels are like 10 deep and don't really have guys that are obvious targets for other team on either side of the ball
Wolves have some guys that defensively are small or are non-shooters offensively

[Nick K]

Rudy has been in foul trouble. Towns too unselfish. We just haven't played well. It sucks because they are handling us tonight.

[_AIJ_]

It was fun while it lasted. Back to the drawing bosrd

[Calinks]

Zion last 3 games against the Wolves:

37 points, 14/17 from the field

43 points (career-high), 14/21 from the field

33 points (and counting), 12/16 from the field

Official Wolf-Killer Status.

[Nick K]

This is the best I've ever seen Zion play.