Wolves shoot abysmal 22⁄37 (59%) from the charity stripe in close loss to Thunder.
They just couldn’t buy a free throw. Rudy missed two to tie the game late. Lost 113-105.
Team stats/Box Score: https://www.espn.com/nba/matchup?gameId=401809806
59% from the line but 46% from 3
They were hot from the perimeter today
They aren’t the same people shooting both. Gobert and Randle missed over half of the FTs.
Tbf if Randle wasn’t shooting 3s we would have shot 50% from deep
When Gobert has to shoot FTs, there should be a rule that the other team just gets possession. That dude is completely useless at the line
The Gobert Rule.
Not today, just the 4th.
They hit 8⁄11 threes in the 4th, before that they were 9⁄26
That’s me in 2K
Jesus christ lol
They gift us this one lol
They shot like 45% from 3 though.
We are shooting like 40% from three this season we’ve been really good at it the free throw shooting is a lot more of an outlier
37.8 percent is definitely not “like 40%” lol
On their average of 36.5 3pa per game, the difference between 37.4% and 40% is one three.
Yes, and adding one three each game is pretty significant, no?
I like to go by actual numbers, they tend to be more accurate.
We call it the 50/40/90 club, not the 47.4⁄37.7⁄88.5 club.
8⁄11 in the 4th is where that really came from. The first three quarters they didn’t do well from three.
So the wolves got the Bruce Bowen syndrom. Shoots well from 3 but terrible on the line.
Think it’d been 20pt blowout with jdub.
20pt blow out the other way if the wolves shoot normally.
They missed 15 free throws and lost by 8. That’d be quite short of a 20 point blowout the other way
Oh, I thought we were just making up scenarios.
Usually the only way teams beat the Thunder nowadays
Sooo not 46% from three?
Meh, thats actually sort of normal for the wolves to have games like that. Ant led the league in 3s last year, Jaden McDaniels was leading the league in 3pt % until the last couple of games. Naz Reid has streaks where he’ll go 12⁄12.
Missing half your FTs? Yeah thats an anomaly
OKC shooting 26% from three is also a pretty big anomaly.
Jdub doesn’t move the needle that much tbh
Against Randel he does
Stellar FT defense by OKC
41-46-58 splits by the wolves
Bullshit that they let Dort and Caruso hack people at the line!
Leading the lead in psyche-outs. Mainly due to jokes about your family sleeping with some guy named “Squeak.”
Also, ties the game with 2 minutes to go, decides to turn the ball over twice for no reason.
Even when Randle holds onto the ball he turns it over
Those two possessions were so weird. It’s like he gave up.
People want to give Ant shit for clutch time but if the ball is not in his hands the whole time it’s much worse. Randle has been in a slight funk.
They rather whine about Shai and fts lol
yea man reddit comments have real actual impact on how our favorite team plays
It’s not just reddit comments. Your coach, your players, your fans all whine about okc FTs when you have any adversity. Eat the fucking L.
Well the shirt and hoodie I wear during the games impacts them so, it wouldn’t be surprising
Non of us are on the team man, all anyone can do is agenda post
yea that’s kinda what I’m saying here
Make 70-80% of those and you win the game
Hit 300% of those and it’s a frickin blowout.
What if they shot 100,000%?
Tony Stark did that in a cave. WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!!
I wonder why this sub didn’t post all those fouls lol
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Because the Thunder play agressive physical (dirty) defense
Wait, remind me, did Caruso elbow an airborne and defenseless Gobert in the face tonight and get called for a Flagrant, or was it the other way around?
You don’t understand, Gobert just has bad upper body coordination lmao
If u shared the same sympathies for your own team as u did other teams, you’d hate OKC too lmfao
The Pacers played the exact same level of physicality on defense in the Finals and we weren’t on here bitching about it lol
Get real they still bitch about it
I meant OKC fans weren’t crying about the Pacers “mauling” us or “playing football” or whatever
which team had the foul on a mid air player again?
He was going for ball a flagrant but not dirty
Yall call it dirty when Dort grazes someone’s fingernail when Cason or Caruso walls someone off with their chest, I don’t think we have the same definition of dirty
This team just finds unique ways to blow clutch games, actually impressive (for non wolves fans of course)
Gotta be honest this one is mostly on Rudy. Missed those two free throws late that would’ve tied it, and then crashed on the Chet dagger when a two would’ve made it a three point game.
I mean the 3team turnovers in the last two mins comes into play, Jaden fouling 90ft from the basket twice leading to 4 OKC free throws, a million missed ft but yah it’s Goberts fault.
Gobert held the defense though. He just makes horrible mistakes.
Finch is gonna find a way to blame the Thunder or the refs for this
They bought plenty of free throws
They used them on scratchers
Fts until arms fall off next practice. Also am legit curious if anyone agrees that the rim on that one end was maybe a little weird lol. So may rim outs by both teams and just super weird bounces
We had 7 missed dunks
AJ Mitchell missed three on that end, but he’s been in a weird “miss the first, make the second” slump these last two games
Start him for a three and bench him until you need a game winner.
you gotta hit the one-pointers people
Uhh
Gobert missing 2 FTs and giving up a wide open 3 to Chet for the dagger
this is why he gets played off the court
Edward’s can’t win with these cats
Legitimately it seems like Jaden Randle and Ant have improved while everybody else has took a massive step back
Jaden has looked awful since Ant came back from injury tbh.
It’s like he loses all confidence when he’s relegated to third option.
Why not slide him to the 2nd? Randle is just soso anyways.
I don’t think Randle has improved at all. He’s the same player he was in NY. He’s good, but disappears way too often. Ant though came to play tonight. He was fun.
He has been very good this year just a rough run of games here. Along with last years playoff play and he’s definitely a better player than he was in NY
I guess I just don’t see it. I thought it was a weird fit from the moment the trade was announced, and I’ve never really seen anything that’s put me off that opinion. I enjoy watching the Wolves so watch oh… probably 20-25 of their games every season. Ant is incredible. Randle is good, just still kinda a weird fit, and I’ve never thought he really improved at all. End of the day though, it’s just my opinion.
Finch better have them stay in the gym after that and only shoot FTs till everyone makes a certain amount in a row especially Rudy
never the free throw merchants because they’re wasting the free market
They shot more FTs than the Grizz and Pelicans combined in an OT game lmao
At least they made Shai play the 4th when he was supposed to miss the whole game due to sickness
Why did the refs do this
That just can’t happen. These are supposed to be free points
Ant missing 4 free throws (8⁄12) is unacceptable ngl
Randles 4⁄7 is even worse
If you don’t make more baskets than the other team, it’s hard to win.
All shoutout to iMac for throwing
OKC gave them a lot of chances but Minnesota has just been dreadful in the clutch
This wolves team plays hard but damn are they just mentally undisciplined when it counts. Every single team. I know they don’t have a PG anymore, but at some point is it just the coaching? How’s the whole team just so unserious in clutch time?
Whoops.