<div align="center"></div> <div align="center"> <font size="7">@</font> Milwaukee Bucks (23-32) @ Minnesota Timberwolves (28-30) Game #59 Home Game #31 Target Center, March 4, 2005 at 7:00 PM CST SEASON RESULTS AGAINST OPPONENT: 2004-05 vs. Milwaukee (0-1) Tuesday, Feb. 1 at Milwaukee L86-91 Sprewell 24 Redd 19 Friday, Mar. 4 at Minnesota The Feb. 1 loss snapped Minnesota's 10-game winning streak against Milwaukee, and was also the Wolves' first loss at the Bradley Center since Feb. 8, 1995. Minnesota has beaten the Bucks five consecutive times at home, dating to Milwaukee's 94-85 victory on Mar. 28, 1999. The Wolves lead 19-11 in the all-time series. First Meeting: Michael Redd scored 11 of his 19 points in the third quarter as Milwaukee overcame a nine-point halftime deficit to notch a 91-86 win over the Wolves on Feb. 1. Joe Smith finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Bucks. Latrell Sprewell led Minnesota with 24 points, while Wally Szczerbiak chipped in 19 and Kevin Garnett added 15 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists.</div> <div align="center"><font size="4"><font color="Purple">Bucks</font></font> <u>Head Coach </u> Terry Porter Forward: Desmond Mason Forward: Joe Smith Center: Dan Gadzuric Guard:Michael Redd Guard: Mo Williams INJURY REPORT: T.J. Ford (recovering from neck surgery) ? Injured List Daniel Santiago (right eye abrasion) ? Injured List </div> <div align="center"><font color="DarkGreen"><font size="4">Timberwolves</font></font> <u>Head Coach</u> KEVIN McHALE Overall Record: 3-4 Record with Minnesota: 3-4 Seasons in League: 1st Seasons with Minnesota: 1st Forward: Latrell Sprewell Forward: Kevin Garnett Center: Ervin Johnson Guard: Trenton Hassell Guard: Troy Hudson INJURY REPORT: Ndudi Ebi Michael Olowokandi Eddie Griffin Sam Cassell</div> <font color="Purple"><div align="center">Milwaukee Bucks' Notes</div> Michael Redd has scored 35 points in consecutive games coming into tonight?s game against Minnesota and has hit the 30-point mark in three of his last five. IN THEIR LAST FIVE GAMES: The Bucks are outscoring their opponents by 8.8 points per game (104.8 to 96.0) and are shooting 49.8 percent from the field. Michael Redd is putting up 26.8 points per contest to go along with 4.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists. Joe Smith and Mo Williams are both shooting 63.0 percent from the field (29-46 for both). Joe Smith is leading the team with 8.8 rebounds to go along with 14.8 points. Mo Williams has dished out 8.4 assists, up from his season average of 6.1. The Bucks have shot 50 percent or better from the field seven times in their last 10 games, going 6-1 during those contests. The Bucks have struggled against the Western Conference this season, posting a 6-14 record. However, they are playing the Northwest division at an even 3-3. Mo Williams hasn?t missed a free throw since the first week of the New Year. When the Bucks were in Toronto on Jan 7, Williams went 5-9 from the line, but made his last two of the game. In the games that have followed, Mo has nailed 24 straight charity attempts, including a perfect 4-4 on Tuesday, Mar 1 against Philly, giving him 26 straight free throw makes.</font> <font color="DarkGreen"><div align="center">Minnesota Timberwolves</div> Record: OVERALL 28-30 (.483) Home: 16-14 (.533) Against Central division teams: Overall 2-7 (.222) Home: 2-2 (.500) STREAKS: Overall: Lost 1 Home: Lost 1 Road: Won 1 <u> BY THE NUMBERS:</u> The Wolves are? 2-6 when scoring 100+ points 16-24 when scoring less than 100 19-14 when shooting 45%+ 9-16 when shooting less than 45% 24-15 when outshooting their foe 18-17 when outrebounding their foe or tied 23-17 when committing <16 TOs 23-6 when leading or tied after 3 quarters 10-12 in games decided by 10+ points 4-16 when allowing 100+ points 24-14 when allowing less than 100 11-15 when allowing 45%+ 17-15 when allowing less than 45% 4-15 when being outshot 10-13 when being outrebounded 5-13 when committing 16+ TOs 5-24 when trailing after 3 quarters 18-18 in games decided by <10 points Timberwolves' Notes The Wolves built an 11-point lead late in the 2nd quarter before faltering Wednesday vs. Golden State, the seventh time they've seen a double-digit spread get away this year. Meanwhile, Minnesota spotted New Jersey a 14-point, 1st-quarter lead before rallying on Feb. 15, their third-biggest comeback of the year and the sixth time they've made up a double-digit spread. Golden State outscored the Wolves 31-20 in the fourth period on Wednesday, hitting a torrid 6-for-10 from long distance (after being held to 3-for-12 through three quarters). It's the fifth game Minnesota has lost this year when leading after three (22-5); the Wolves were 48-9 in that category a year ago and an NBA-best 44-3 in 2002-03. Minnesota enjoyed a 34-26 paint scoring edge Wednesday vs. Golden State, the fifth time in seven games they've outscored the opposition in that category. Under Kevin McHale, the Wolves have compiled a +6.6 ppg advantage (37.7-31.1) in the paint; they'd posted an edge in just 10 of their first 51 starts, facing a -6.7 ppg deficit (31.9-38.6) overall. Wednesday's loss to Golden State dropped Minnesota into 10th place in the West, a half-game behind Denver (pending the Nuggets' outcome Thursday vs. Indiana) and a game in back of the 8th-place Lakers. Beginning tonight, Minnesota plays five straight games vs. Eastern teams, <u>before finishing the season with 17 of 19 against Western rivals.</u></font> <u><font color="DarkRed">Prediction</font></u> Timberwolves win by 6.
Nice job, Linkin, some very interesting statistics posted. I don't know whether I should be optimistic about this game or not. IF we find ourselves with a lead after the second half, we better not blow it. It's easily one of our biggest weaknesses; we grab a lead and then blow it. We can't keep that up because it's hurting us bad. We saw an example of it last night against a pretty bad team. We had an 11 point lead as mentioned, yet, we found a way to blow it. I've mentioned many times that, living in Ohio, it sucks not seeing the Timberwolves on T.V., but if we lose this one, then I can easily say I should be happy I don't get to see them in action because it's getting ugly. We BETTER win this one.
we half to win this one and win it like a team...i would love madsen to contribute from te bench and hassel has been quiet...so i hope our total bench will take on a good game,sprewell to keep doing good things in both halves of the game!(goes to the hoop in one,the other he shoots stupid jumpshots)... KG has to keep doing MVP as he does the last couple of games...lets start winning! denver has 30-29 and we are 29-30 if i'm now mistaking...they have the clippers whom beat dallas so wemight get lucky...but luck won't help the key is winning our own,not hoping for others to lose theirs..
I think we take this one because most of the team was very disappointed after the loss to GSW. So i think we come out on fire and win 89-81
What can I say really? This team is impossible to predict. I would be lieing to myself if I said anthing optomistic was going to happen. If the players work hard, work together, play D, get it done out on the court, they should be abble to beat a team like this. It's even worse now that half the team is on the IL,and half the active players are injured. Now they've gotta make do with what they have. I feel like at this point, going into every game, they have to look at it as more than coming out of the game with just a win. If they really want to go anywhere this season, if they win a game, they need to build a winning streak off of it. If they aren't still optomistic about going anywhere this season, then there isn't any way they are going to win anymore games, simple as that.
Give me W for wally! everyone that watched knows that wallys name is written on a big part of this hard W. we fell to 12 in the first and run 18-3 in the seconed...fell again at the third to 10 and in the fourth carter just kept dishing out to KG and freddy did some important shots...hard fought and important win...
:suspicous I am not really impressed right now and shrug to most things now. They need to show me some consistency before I get excited.
To quote the late Jack Buck, I don't believe what I just saw. OMG! I did not see this coming. I said to myself here we go again when the Bucks had a big lead heading to the fourth quarter. I was stunned to see the Timberwolves pull this one off. Good job. You can see why the Bucks are bad. They don't play no defense and the Timberwolves were able to be wide open in the paint as they score. KG and Wally found a way to be wide open and score from the paint. Anthony Carter was good in the fourth quarter. He was able to find the open guy and score some big points there. Wally was great too. Good job by them in the fourth quarter.
I found this quote interesting by Wally Sczerbiak in his interaction with the writers after last night's game: "I've been longing to play with a point guard like AC for my entire career," he said. "He plays the right way, he gets people involved, he pushes the ball up the court, he works hard on 'D'. He makes it easy on scorers like myself and Freddy. I can't say enough about him." While he is praising AC, he also took a shot at Sam Cassell in the process. He and Sammy actually got into it in Seattle last week.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Timberwolf:</div><div class="quote_post">While he is praising AC, he also took a shot at Sam Cassell in the process. He and Sammy actually got into it in Seattle last week.</div> This isn't the first time Wally has done something like this. He also said a similar thing about Spree being the BEST player he has played with and that he (Spree) is a total professional.
Sabre: Yep. He also ripped Flip Saunders to Sid Hartman on All-Star Weekend. Wally has been known to speak his mind and he is basically spilling the beans on what has happened with the Wolves this year. Of course, his candidness has turned his teammates off.
