The most valuable player in last night Wolves loss to Washington was
opposing center Brendan Haywood, who was too much to handle for the
tandem power forwards, Craig Smith and Al Jefferson, Minnesota deployed
in its frontcourt. Tonight’s most valuable player in the Wolves’ loss
to Philadelphia was opposing center Samuel Dalembert, who was too much
to handle for the tandem power forwards, Craig Smith and Al Jefferson,
Minnesota deployed, albeit slightly less often, in its frontcourt.
Believe me, reading those two redundant sentences is less annoying than
watching two redundant losses…
opposing center Brendan Haywood, who was too much to handle for the
tandem power forwards, Craig Smith and Al Jefferson, Minnesota deployed
in its frontcourt. Tonight’s most valuable player in the Wolves’ loss
to Philadelphia was opposing center Samuel Dalembert, who was too much
to handle for the tandem power forwards, Craig Smith and Al Jefferson,
Minnesota deployed, albeit slightly less often, in its frontcourt.
Believe me, reading those two redundant sentences is less annoying than
watching two redundant losses…
Wolves record: 3-17
Recap from Sixers blog Passion & Pride
Trailing 10 points after one quarter and by 12 late in the first half,
the Wolves hung around all night, drawing near, falling back, pulling
even and finally taking a lead before the game became the 17th in their
first 20 this season to slip away.
From the Associated Press recap:
Al Jefferson had 22 points and 11 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who fell to an NBA-worst 3-17 and lost for the seventh time in eight games. Rashad McCants scored 15 and Marko Jaric and Antoine Walker had 14 each for Minnesota, which lost for the second straight night. The Timberwolves, now 1-9 on the road, also lost 102-88 at Washington on Tuesday.
"The arena was kind of dead and that’s what we played like,” Minnesota coach Randy Wittman said.
2 Consecutive double-figure assist games for Wolves guard Sebastian Telfair, who had 11.