Game Thread: Sacramento @ Minnesota

He's not the best, but one of them. The lack of a good rebounding force in the Kings right now definitely plays into that.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Crossover:</div><div class="quote_post">He's not the best, but one of them. The lack of a good rebounding force in the Kings right now definitely plays into that.</div>


Wtf are you talking about... how is he not the best? Look at the numbers. Why are you going to over basic fact?

 

Rebounding is about one thing: desire. If you believe the sentiment that "numbers don't lie", then KG is the best. Either way, I would have to say FACT. Gotta give the offensive rebounding crown to my man here in the red, white and blue though. Elton Brand is the best board man on the O-glass in the league right now.

 

Garnett's got 24 rebounds. He needs 1 more to tie his career high. The weird thing is, his career high is also against Sacramento. And it was earlier this year.

 

Gotta tell you, as much as I love my Lakers, there's something special about this Minnesota team. KG is looking like Rocky getting ready to throw blows with Apollo. With this kind of chemistry and commerodery, this team is going to be extremely hard to beat 4 out of 7 - especially at home...

 

Timberwolves 92, Kings 75

The defense and our rebounding was great in this game. And Garnett led it the whole way. He was 1 rebound shy of his career high, grabbing 24 rebounds. He added 22 points with those rebounds. Cassell chipped in with 18 points and 5 assists, and Sprewell contributed with 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. In Wally's first game back this season, he scored 6 points in 16 minutes. He looked to have understood his role. And Troy did good today, too. He finished with 10 points in 13 minutes. Mark Madsen sparked the team in the fourth by getting tough rebounds. He finished with 4 points and 5 rebounds. Gary Trent was key off the bench, scoring 6 points and 8 rebounds. Hassell did a great job on Stojakovic, limiting him to 15 points. Overall it was a great game by the Wolves, they deserved this one. Now on to Detroit.

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<div class="quote_poster">Quoting twolvefan11:</div><div class="quote_post">Overall it was a great game by the Wolves, they deserved this one. Now on to Detroit.</div>

Can't wait for this one! It's gonna be a great battle.

 

Oh yeah, Minnesota @ Detroit. That will be an amazing game, especially if Rasheed and Mike James play, without them we have no backups and Darko plays PG.

Good win for the Timberwolves, Garnett had a great game and I just hope that it doesn't carry over into tomorrow. Everybody played great defense and Minnesota was able to win with their great rebounding.

I'll try to get my preview for the Detroit game up as early as possible, as soon as I know whether Rasheed will play or not to create some excitement for the game.

The game is on ESPN so everybody will be watching this great matchup. We'll see you guys tomorrow.

 

Looks funs! 2 big games back to back!

 

I have a feeling that ESPN will do anything possible to make sure Wallace plays tomorrow night - can't wait to see it.