Source: www.skornorth.com - Wednesday, January 30, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS – Twenty-six quick thoughts for the 26 minutes played by Karl-Anthony Towns in Minnesota’s 99-97 overtime win over Memphis at Target Center on Wednesday night. 1. The only way to describe Wednesday’s game between the Wolves and the Grizzlies was ugly. There’s nothing else that fits correctly. It wasn’t a sight many wanted to see, and certainly won’t be replayed on NBA TV as the game of the week any time soon. 2. The Wolves are beat up, thinned out, and functioning with little depth or consistency, while Memphis is reportedly transitioning from the era of ‘Grit ‘n Grind’ to the draft lottery. It was a perfect storm for bad basketball. 3. The ending, of course, couldn’t have been more fitting. 4. After Andrew Wiggins missed a 23-foot jumper with 3.3 seconds remaining in overtime – his 15th missed shot of the night – the rebound caromed to Karl-Anthony Towns. He gathered it, narrowly avoiding stepping out of bounds, took a dribble to create space between he and Marc Gasol, and let the ball go with 0.2 seconds remaining. 5. Of course, it went in. On a night where very little went Towns’ way, the biggest moment of the night did. 6. “I hadn’t had that feeling all night,” Towns said. “The way it left my fingers it felt like a green release in 2K so I felt pretty confident it was going in. 7. “I just started laughing. I was telling everyone in here, the basketball gods weren’t treating me well the whole game. I was in foul t
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MINNEAPOLIS – Twenty-six quick thoughts for the 26 minutes played by Karl-Anthony Towns in Minnesota’s 99-97 overtime win over Memphis at Target Center on Wednesday night. 1. The only way to describe Wednesday’s game between the Wolves and the Grizzlies was ugly. There’s nothing else that fits correctly. It wasn’t a sight many wanted to see, and certainly won’t be replayed on NBA TV as the game of the week any time soon. 2. The Wolves are beat up, thinned out, and functioning with little depth or consistency, while Memphis is reportedly transitioning from the era of ‘Grit ‘n Grind’ to the draft lottery. It was a perfect storm for bad basketball. 3. The ending, of course, couldn’t have been more fitting. 4. After Andrew Wiggins missed a 23-foot jumper with 3.3 seconds remaining in overtime – his 15th missed shot of the night – the rebound caromed to Karl-Anthony Towns. He gathered it, narrowly avoiding stepping out of bounds, took a dribble to create space between he and Marc Gasol, and let the ball go with 0.2 seconds remaining. 5. Of course, it went in. On a night where very little went Towns’ way, the biggest moment of the night did. 6. “I hadn’t had that feeling all night,” Towns said. “The way it left my fingers it felt like a green release in 2K so I felt pretty confident it was going in. 7. “I just started laughing. I was telling everyone in here, the basketball gods weren’t treating me well the whole game. I was in foul t
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