I give up willie. I dont think we're going to agree with each other on that stuff for a while.
Great game tonight! We were missing 4 or our top 5 scorers, 3 of which area starters.
Love was playing with flu-like symptoms. He looked sick to his stomach in the first half and managed 20/14. That's 38 double doubles in a row for a franchise record, and the most in 25 years since Moses did 44 for the record. The others in the top 5 for the past 25 years are KG, Stockton, Barkley, and Blake Griffin. Nice company (4 HoF'ers or probable HoF'ers), and Love is at the top of that list!
Flynn made some shots and had some assists tonight, but he is still just awful. The stupid TOs and the poor excuse for defense make it hard to watch him play. ~ 3 times a game he leaves his feet and has no idea what he's going to do with the ball. He started at least two fast breaks for Houston tonight with dreadful TOs passing the ball back towards the wrong basket. Hopefully some of the scoring numbers he's putting up will inflate his trade value to the point where we might receive a late 2nd round pick for him.
Pek is showing signs of becoming a legitimate solid backup C. Its gonna take him a while yet, but I think he's going to be a productive player for us.
Ellington looked really good tonight. He's been working on moves and his shot, and it showed tonight. The last 3 he hit - we ran a pick play where Houston switched defenders so a big was guarding Ellington, who had the ball near the 3 point line. Ellington recognized the mismatch right away, drove toward the basket, then pulled back for a wide open 3 and nailed it. That shot was huge, and it was good to see an actual smart play by a Wolf not named Love for a change. I hope he gets some of Brewer's PT going forward.
Bassy is a lot better than Flynn. He generally plays smart and actually plays defense. He can break down a defense by penetrating and makes mostly good decisions. He was hitting shots tonight too.
Leaving Flynn in at the end of a close game is insane if you are actually trying to win. Houston basically forced Flynn to shoot a layup with ~16 seconds left and the Wolves leading by 3. He missed. Luckily, Houston isnt very good right now and the rest of the Wolves played really well at the end.
2 in a row on the road - one against a playoff team and the other against a team we hadnt beat since 2006 - woot!