The Timberwolves' Achilles heel was, in fact, an Achilles heel
This is a preview of today’s full, robust newsletter. Want the whole thing, plus every full newsletter five times a week? This glorious prize is within your grasp for just $5 per month or $50 per year! The Timberwolves' Achilles heel was, in fact, an Achilles heelThe epic series win over Denver looked like resolution. The Mavericks have proven otherwise.Good morning. Let’s basketball. “Panorama with the Abduction of Helen Amidst the Wonders of the Ancient World”; Maerten van Heemskerck; 1535 Coming into the playoffs, the biggest case against the Minnesota Timberwolves was that their offense, which wasn’t very good in the aggregate this season, would be unable to conjure up enough points in the waning moments of close games, where even high-octane teams face massive resistance. Then Minnesota went out and won some close games against the preeminent clutch team of the league, the Denver Nuggets. Karl-Anthony Towns had clutch putbacks. Anthony Edwards had gas left in the tank at the end of games. Naz Reid was filled with vim. Minnesota’s biggest weakness coming in appeared to be solved. But then the Timberwolves ran up against a better defense with real rim protection and two killer shotmaking and creators … and that old worry about Minnesota is what has directly killed their chance to move onto the NBA Finals. In Game 1 last Wednesday, after going up four with 3:37 remaining, the Wolves scored a total of three points the rest of the game, shooting 0/3 from the floor with three turnovers. The Dallas Mavericks scored 10 points in that span to win the game. In Game 2 on Friday, the Timberwolves went up five on Edwards free throws with 1:29 remaining. The Mavericks outscored them 6-0 from there. That included this shot. Luka Doncic is so mad! Looking like a dude that drives this to games. The entire clutch video is worth watching, unless you’re a Timberwolves fan, in which I am sorry. It’s cruel of me to even do this newsletter today, I acknowledge. What an intense, fascinating game. And then on Sunday there was Game 3. ... Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to Good Morning It's Basketball to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives. A subscription gets you:
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We had seven tank teams in 2023-24. Who's on track to do it again? Who's graduating out? Who's joining the cellar party? ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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