I was at the milwaukee gam last night (milwaukee's doing the free ticket giveaway the day of games, which rules big time) and have been watching the wolves on league pass most of the season. The main thing here is that McHale's got them believing in themselves, much like Doc used to get accused of being good at with the pre-kg c's. Allowing Telfair to start, moving Foye to his natural SG, letting Gomes shoot, and working the ball throughaljeff has been a great recipe for them.
I remember watching those games during the c's 18 game losing streak (w/ pierce hurt)2 years ago where they would come so close to beating a good team and then handing it over, which is exaxctly what the pre-newyears wolves were doing. Now they are fighting through tough stretches and mchael has a number of options as far as how the p[lays can unfold...he's go the low post feed to Al who is developing a ton of patientce with when's a good time to get his shot up vs pass it back outside, he's got a screen and roll monster with craig smith, he's got miller off the bench who draws enough attention on his drives (which he's doing more than shooting) to kick it out to gomes or foye, both of whom are willing to give it up to the other if their shots not there.
Long story shorter, the wolves are playing inside-out ball with high confidence and 3 shooters ready to fire from deep in Gomes, Foye, and Miller (and even Telfair has been draining them). Role players like Smith, Carney, and Cardinal are doing exactly what they are being asked to do without trying to take over.
Admittedly, I'm interested to see how the c's d will foil this fluidity becvause the wolves haven't been playing terribly great defensive teams during this hot stretch. But I will gladly watch Minny win another and another and another....
Topic: T'wolves are my 2nd favorite team (Read 5265 times)