slightly discouraged when i saw the lakers also have a 50% chance and the clippers and thunder only have a 60% chance.

The Lakers might suck (relative to their recent success) bad this year. Kobe is hurt, no Odem, Bynum gets hurt every year, and what else do they have besides Pau Gasol?

The Clippers look like a very good team on paper.

Note that the 1st % - the .506 for the Wolves is their projected win %. The % of making the playoffs is .569. OKC is .992 to make the playoffs.

oh, alright. i misread the stats. makes sense.

khan't wait for monday!!!! i'm like 90% gonna be at target center, anyone else goin?

yeah, I did the same thing at first.... I think its pretty clear this is a completely different team than what we've seen before.

yeah. I have half season tickets, but didnt have tickets to this game, buuuut - the team sent me two free tickets to this game I'll be there for sure.

Section 111 Row 3. So excited.

I'm just pumped I'm in minny so I can watch the game on tv, great to be excited for the NBA again!

wow, those are great seats - right at center court

My normal seats are in 131 row W - directly across from 111.

I think the free ones they gave me are in the 2nd level somewhere

By far the best seats I've ever had, sort of fluky way I got 'em too but I'm not gonna complain! cha am I on the side with or across from the benches?

You're across from the benches.

rubio not starting

"I don't care who starts. I care who finishes. You shouldn't want to start for me, you should want to finish."

-my favorite coach ever

(unless you're saying he's still sore/hurting in which case asdlkfjalsdkjflaksdjflkadsjflskajfdalkjf)

just hope he logs 30 min

I heard Rubio's going to play - I think he's fine. Jerry Z says he is expecting Ridnour, Johnson, Beasley, Love & Darko to start. fwiw, Jerry guessed a totally different lineup prior to the first preseason game and he was wrong then.

I'm more interested in who is logging minutes and who is going to be glued to the bench. Adelman said he was going to go with either a 9 or 10 man rotation. Looking at the roster, I think that means these guys play:

Barea
Beasley
Wes
Love
Darko
Ridnour
Rubio
Williams
Tolliver

maybe M Lee?

These guys ride the bench imo:

Miller (obv)
Webster (obv)
Pekovic
Randolph
Ellington

If everyone gets healthy, & if we dont make any trades, it will be interesting to see what the rotation looks like when Webster & Miller are able to play.

guess im not goin... boo procrastination and broke friends. really looking forward to tonight tho, been counting down the time since i woke up, 3 hours and counting, LETS GO WOLVES!!!!!!!!

go Wolves! got nice bet on the wolves ml, another small bet wolves+6, and have a small bet on wolves getting the first score. again, go Wolves!!

I can already tell the defensive rotations are 1000% better. Good first 6 min. Love with the full court outlet, BOOM

Beasely looks great. Thinner, quicker. Darko looks like first half of last year Darko. Rubio just checked in followed by a timeout. About to make his debut!

Good first quarter. Seems like the offense is getting ppl the ball in spots where theyre most dangerous from. Beasley is really bad/lazy at getting around screens and has taken soo many bad shots already. Pretty sure he's made every good shot he took and completely bricked every bad shot he's taken. If he'd just not force stuff so much, he'd be so much better, very frustrating.

Rubio dropping dazzlers all over the court

Ricky! Dropping dimes

OKC layup, layup +1, layup +1

Poor Luke

Last 6 min of that quarter looked like the old wolves. Not good.

Barea wreaking havoc in the okc backcourt. Be-ez doing the opposite