Minnesota Timberwolves @ Charlotte Bobcats

[Toocool]

Another "must" win game, we need this to build more momentum for our 5 game home stand. Only 12 games left, and we need to keep winning to hold our ground in the playoffs race.

As we know, Minny has Al Jefferson, the beasty PF as well as K.Love. Also the up and coming Flynn who is slowly coming of age, although overshadowed by the other PG rookie sensations. We match up well with them, we just need to hold KLove and Jefferson and the game should be an easy win.

Predictions?
I predict a win, 90 - 79

[polarcat]

I'm feeling more confident than last night with our match-up against minny. they are a team in more disarray than washington was, but i like a solid W tonight at the cable box. i think felts and dj combine for 35 and jack sees a little more rest tonight and larry dips into the bench more at home

pointless prediction:

us - 103
them - 90

[Talent]

DJ is starting to shoot again I have a feeling he will drop 15+ tonight, with Hughes coming up big as well.

Cats 103
Min 84

[teej]

Last time we played them Crash was horrid and it took Nazr to win it after they giftwrapped his gamewinning dunk. Let's hope none of that happens tonight.

Cats 87, T-Wolves 69

[BRNC]

The problem (for us) is these teams have no pressure on them...all the pressure is on us...so for the next 12 games there is "no easy win" IMO...we have to start bringing our "A" game every night or slide back into being "on the outside looking in"...

[SCBobcat]

I think your "quotation" key is broken.

Bobs need all they can get. Larry listens to us and rests Jax. Cats win 85-74.

[bonzibonzi]

Someone get a link please ?

[spectre]

http://www.atdhe.net/15856/watch-minnesota-timberwolves-vs-charlotte-bobcats

killing us in the paint. let's try TC please.

[Slam]

http://www.atdhe.net/15856/watch-minnesota-timberwolves-vs-charlotte-bobcats
You must have RSI!!

[spectre]

What's RSI?

Unless we start paying attention to who's on the court like Gomes and Ellington we're in trouble.

Least we're hitting shots.

[Slam]

What's RSI?
RSI = Repetitive strain injury.

Not sure why peeps don't just bookmark it!!

[spectre]

You've totally lost me.

After that time out we played stellar man D. Keep it up...don't make LB have to tell you.

[ziggy]

We are not seriously down by 3 to the sorry T-Wolves. That can't be possible.

[spectre]

Ah Slam...posting the atdhe link repetitively!

Heh, been a long day!

[Talent]

Big Gay AL is killing us inside. I think AL will eventually get into foul trouble he is being overly aggressive and that will come to a head.

We would be down much more if not for Jack.

[ohara831]

Good news: Jax is hitting!

Bad news: Crappy defense

[Slam]

You've totally lost me.


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The only thing that is more certain than the sun rising and then setting every day is someone asking for a link to a stream the night of a Bobcats game and you coming through with the goods.

You must get sick of posting the link every game.

[BobCatsFanInTx]

What the hell is up with our Bobcats?!! They just seem out of sinc since the Miami game til now.

[Slam]

Ah Slam...posting the atdhe link repetitively!

Heh, been a long day!
:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

[Zoolander]

I'd trade Doris, TT, Chandler, and old man Theo for Al Jefferson. My goodness, he's a beast. Seriously, no no double team? What?

[spectre]

Slam I really don't mind...just happy to have one to post.

Ugh...gonna be another one of those games. They can't frigging miss.

[Talent]

Slam I really don't mind...just happy to have one to post.

Ugh...gonna be another one of those games. They can't frigging miss.

Almost seems like 60% shooting is the norm for opponents against the Bobcats in the first quarter of most games....I wonder if they track a stat like that?

[ziggy]

Jax with 17 early points. Maybe we should injure all of his fingers :g:

[spectre]

Nice contribution from TT: 9 minutes, 2 of 4...4 points, 5 boards, 2 blocked shots.

We've still only scored 6 points this quarter tho.

Felton comes in and spurs a run...down 3!

...and make that 1!

[WarioVsMooChicken]

Woah...just woah

[spectre]

LOL I love Crash!

When he gets the ball on the other side of the court and gets up a head of steam you know he's taking it right at the basket!

[Slam]

Anyone else giggling like a little school girl?

[biz]

Talk about some defense :o

[Talent]

Nice game so far...than the feed goes black :facepalm:

[GoBobs]

Crash is so great in the open court! Half of this is the T-Wolves being a bad team but, I don't love it any less.

[CatNation]

gerald wallace=god of bball

[Toocool]

Dammit it, I thought game started at 9 am, not 8 am :facepalm:. Oh well, I got here in time for the crazy Crash plays. 10 points in a row and a lovely block.

[ohara831]

Much better Defense that qtr! Only 12 pts given up. Wallace and Jax have it going on tonight!

[spectre]

I'm giggling!

After only scoring 6 points in a little over 6 minutes and allowing 10 we run off 19 points and only allowed 2 points the rest of the quarter!

Wow!!!

Cherry on top? Raps down by 18 at the half vs the Jazz. :cool:

[GoBobs]

I like that we have 9 guys getting solid minutes instead of 6 or 7. Would love to see that on the road as well. Lets beat these guys by 25 and get all 11 involved.

[BobCatsFanInTx]

Who is going to check out the Milwaukee Bucks late on tonight? They are shaping up to be a pretty good basketball team and we may meet them in the playoffs if we make them.

[SWedd523]

I still laugh every time Felton makes a shot and does his little strut back down the court

[SWedd523]

And Slam, how are you liking Jeff in his audition for the impending trade?

[Slam]

And Slam, how are you liking Jeff in his audition for the impending trade?
They'd have to add an unprotected 1st with the way Crash is playing at the moment!!

[Wolfpackbobcat]

damn it gforce...

[SWedd523]

They'd have to add an unprotected 1st with the way Crash is playing at the moment!!

and Jeff follows your comment up with a block ;)









followed by a down right disgusting move by Diaw to get the bucket

[BobCatsFanInTx]

If the Bobcats don't win by at least 10 points they suck!!!

[Toocool]

We're getting raped inside by Jeffors. Put TC in to stop him or something.

[Wolfpackbobcat]

Jack for 33333333333

[spectre]

When things are clicking we look really good.

Glad to have you back Jax.

[Slam]

When things are clicking we look really good.
Do the spurts worry you too?

[Toocool]

Some bull crap calls there. Worked out in the end with the TC tip-in.

[spectre]

Do the spurts worry you too?

Somewhat, and they'll probably end up biting us in the ass come playoff time. It's understandable tho; Crash, Jax & Felton have had to play thru injury and the first two have logged a load of minutes.

Our depth came a little late.

If we can just keep LB's trade finger dormant I'm really excited for next year.

[EC123]

Is Dell Curry mentally retarded?

This guy is so irritating on "certain" words.

He has a hitch on any words with the long "o" sound.

Words like "go", "show", "know", "Theo", "post", "goal."

So freaking irritating.

Gooo, Shooow, knooow, Theooo, pooost, goooal, looow pooost, ARGH!

It's like his brain freezes whenever he knows he's about to say a word with that "o" sound.

Add oooover to the list.

Both. Also. Note. Throws.

[spectre]

Funny you mention the CHA announcers. I was just thinking how nice and pleasant the Minny guys are. They just got thru saying what a great state NC was, and they've done nothing but compliment our guys.

And not one homer bitch about any calls.

[Marvel]

WTF DJ why give it to Theo in the low post why don't ya:facepalm:

[Wolfpackbobcat]

here comes the BOOM ...... shaka laka

[Slam]

Tyson has played a great scrappy game for us tonight.

His stats wont do his game justice.

[King Taharqa]

deeeeeeeeeeejaaaaaaaayyy!!!!!

[spectre]

Tyson has played a great scrappy game for us tonight.

His stats wont do his game justice.

Best C we've ever had by far. He's so smart on defense.

If only he can stay healthy.

DJ for 3!!!!!!!!!!

[Marvel]

I'd have scrappy TC any day of the week

[ziggy]

Now THIS is the kind of beatdown that I had in mind.

[Slam]

Best C we've ever had by far. He's so smart on defense.

If only he can stay healthy.
Yup.

And if our PG's can start to play to his (albeit limited) offensive abilities throwing him some oops every now and then it would be pretty handy too.

He's really impressed me tonight with his deflections, work at court level and level of intensity.

[Toocool]

I am always utterly confused by American commercials. They're so much different to Australian ones :confused:

We're playing good now. DJ had a lovely 3.

[spectre]

I'd have scrappy TC any day of the week

When you get the chance meander over to hornetsreport.com. Interesting couple threads they have over there on what they got in our last trade.

[Marvel]

Think it's time to start playing the bench

[spectre]

Yup.

And if our PG's can start to play to his (albeit limited) offensive abilities throwing him some oops every now and then it would be pretty handy too.

He's really impressed me tonight with his deflections, work at court level and level of intensity.

Watch how he helps the PGs on screens. He shows just enough to screw up the drive and still gets back to cover his man almost every time.

Be interesting to see how he plays vs Rose.

[Marvel]

Ooooooh Diaw with the thunderous layuuuuuuup

[Marvel]

Watch how he helps the PGs on screens. He shows just enough to screw up the drive and still gets back to cover his man almost every time.

Be interesting to see how he plays vs Rose.


Thank CP3 for that,with his time in Orleans


Bench bench bench bench

[spectre]

Now would be a good time to jerk Crash & Jax, let them get that standing O and show Hendo & UPS a little love.

[King Taharqa]

37 points so far for Jax tonight. He's doin it doggystyle to pressure tonight.

[Marvel]

That's how you run your offense

[jdsingar]

Do the words "garbage time" mean anything to LB? 3 minutes left and our best players are still on the court. Really?

[spectre]

37 points so far for Jax tonight. He's doin it doggystyle to pressure tonight.

doggystyle sideways! :paddle:

[SWedd523]

I am always utterly confused by American commercials. They're so much different to Australian ones :confused:

We're playing good now. DJ had a lovely 3.

I wearrrr nooooooo panttttssssss :p

[EC123]

Think it's time to start playing the bench

Let me guess, Henderson, right?

If Chandler was as smart as Ratliff, I'd want him out there all the time. Even with that said, he should play more minutes than Ratliff, because Ratliff looks like he's getting slower with each passing game.

[Marvel]

Surely this is where you pull your starters out


Ah there you go was starting to worry there

[jdsingar]

The ideal garbage lineup:

Augustin, Henderson, Graham, Brown, Ratliff

Hughes can play 1-3 if need be.

It's that simple.

[Slam]

I wearrrr nooooooo panttttssssss :p
The only thing wrong with that ad is that it is wayyyyyyyyyy too short.

I love it. Makes me laugh every time.

[Slam]

The ideal garbage lineup:

Augustin, Henderson, Graham, Brown, Ratliff

Hughes can play 1-3 if need be.

It's that simple.
T2 at the 5 and Theo on the pine would be my preference.

[SWedd523]

The only thing wrong with that ad is that it is wayyyyyyyyyy too short.

I love it. Makes me laugh every time.

Favorite commercial right now.






p.s. I LOVE IT WHEN FELTON IS DROPPING THE TEAR DROP

[Marvel]

Let me guess, Henderson, right?

If Chandler was as smart as Ratliff, I'd want him out there all the time. Even with that said, he should play more minutes than Ratliff, because Ratliff looks like he's getting slower with each passing game.


I love Ratliff in limited minutes like 15-17 per,for his defense.Any more than that he becomes ineffective

[Toocool]

Good win. We needed it.
We held Jefferson well in the 2nd half.
Horrible TO at the last play, what kind of alley was that, pass was horrible :facepalm:

Nah I get the no pants ad, it's the other ones.

[ohara831]

Very nice! And Toronto getting hammered and surprisingly the 76ers are beating the Bucks in the 3rd! Come on Philly!

[etothet]

Raymond had a very solid performance tonight. 16 and 8, no turnovers.

[Slam]

Crash, Felts, Jax, TC and T2 with wonderful games tonight.

We looked like a legit playoff team - which is a nice change from what we have seen from our team this past week.

[spectre]

Yes they did...very proud of them and everyone tonight.

OT...Sixers are looking damn good vs Milwaukee. Smothering D.

[polarcat]

Just got done watching it on DVR....got out of work a little early tonight. Solid all around game from our big 3 and i thought t2 and chandler brought some intensity and energy that we needed. great passing, defense and chemistry. we play like this and NO ONE will want to play us in the playoffs.

[Toocool]

Toocool's post game analysis:

This new Ray we're seeing has been awesome for us. He doesn't force his offense so much, he only took 10 shots, and most, if not all of his shots were great looks. Pile on 8 assists and 0 turnovers and that is a brilliant game.

Other things to note:
- 20-0 run in the 2nd quarter
- Held Jefferson to 6 points in the second half, negating his hot start of 15 points in the first quarter
- Captain "red hot" Jack, shooting 15-24, 4-6 from deep.
- Crash with the 10 point surge
- TC, 9 rebounds in 22 minutes. 5 OR! That is brilliant rebounding.
- TT, 8 rebounds on 19 minutes.
- 11 blocks to 6, we played amazing defense. It kind of sucked how Crash blocked, then TC blocked another guy, before we turned the ball over for an easy basket.
- Starters didn't play too many minutes. LB looked to his bench a bit more, giving Crash and Jax some minutes of rest which is good.
- 44 rebounds to 34, 12 OR - 7. The hustle does the talking.


Concerns:
-Hughes. Seems to me like he was playing one man solo, took some horrible shots. Also turned the ball over 3 times in 14 minutes.
-17 TO's
- FT % is just...horrible. 68%

[TheBeagle]

Raymond Felton. Raymond Felton. Raymond Felton. Of course Jack's 37, GW's 23 and blocks and steals, and Tyrus's energy helped, but Raymond was a man among boys out there tonight owning Flynn and Sessions to such an extent I almost felt sorry for them. I've said this a few times this season, but this one might be his best game ever from offensive efficiency to defensive tenacity.

And how much frikkin' fun is it to have every win from here on out be a new record....37 and counting, baby!!!

But, to summarise: :bowdown: RAYMOND FELTON

[ohara831]

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/03/25/1334621/bobcats-jackson-puts-hurt-on-timberwolves.html

I'm still trying to figure out how we turned a 40-34 deficit into a lead of 54-34. Did we whip them so badly that the NBA took away 6 pts from Minny? Bonnell.

[teej]

I'm still trying to figure out how we turned a 40-34 deficit into a lead of 54-34. Did we whip them so badly that the NBA took away 6 pts from Minny? Bonnell.

LMAO. Bonnell must write these while he's half asleep. Either that or we have the dumbest beat writer in America.