Minnesota Timberwolves fall flat in season-opening loss to Los Angeles Lakers
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ต.ค. 2024
- The Minnesota Timberwolves came out flat in their season opener, falling to LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and the Los Angeles Lakers. The offense was stagnant, the defense was sluggish, and the result was exactly what the Wolves deserved. Ben Beecken (@bbeecken) breaks down exactly what happened, from an uneven Julius Randle debut to Anthony Edwards dragging along the Wolves' offense and more Jaden McDaniels foul trouble.
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Julius Randle is trash af dumbest trade ever
This was a coaching loss.
The first game of the season and they come out and lay a egg.
This one too he doesn't coach WTF a top 8 pick in the draft doesn't play bot Conley and Ingles plays
😂😂😂 an NBA coaching loss…ok
Out coached by JJ Reddick lol
@@jvwilli7they didn't lose bc of the coaching but the coaching did suck donkey
The only thing about last night that I didn’t like was the way Randle looked. There’s a difference between missing shots and just looking not focused and sloppy out there. If he isn’t consistently giving 18+ pts this team won’t have another deep playoff run. I promise you that
There was a lot not to like about last night.
Julius Randle's defense is so bad that he clears the lane on defense. I watched that happen 3 times last night. He gives so much space to his man that he walks backwards, clearing out players in the lane with his body, and allowing an open attempt. He is very bad at standing his ground or, maybe, caring about defense. I can see a trade by the deadline. But mostly, it would be nice if he was a bench player.
A little concerning how clunky we looked. It was just frustrating to watch the Randle fit. I hate I mean I hate Finch’s rotations. Randle was sleeping out there on the glass, Rudy was up and down offensively, but overall I think he’s getting better actually. Nakeil is still just taking awful shots, he plays decent defense. Ant alternated between making Austin Reeves look like an all star, and then locking people down on other plays. Conley is younger than Lebron by 2 or 3 years but looked cooked.
He is that's why
Agreed. Randle looked lazy and not focused out there. Fit was ugly for the first game
0 iq fake mj has turned into fake curry lulz. Ant aint good. He cant get the team involved. 0 IQ... RIP
Naw played bad? What were you watching
@@moneymikemike32 you right actually, he played good, I just was getting triggered by a couple of his is heat check shots, I was right back in that Dallas series all over again lol
That rebounding made the Twolves look really small... Which is weird to say about them lol
Agreed but Rudy isn't really helping which is why I think he needs to leave starting lineup, we can put Reid in and if we want to go big, let's try Jesse Edwards... Rudy needs to start coming off the bench..
@@RJLKMRD Chacun a voulu jouer pour lui et Ant le premier. Au lieu de discuter avec les adversaires, il devrait se soucier de ne pas arrêter trop souvent la balle et de la faire bouger, jouer off-ball ne veut pas dire rester dans son coin immobile en somnolant, il faut bouger pour manipuler les défenses. Combien d'assists ? Et puis 2 passes ratées de suite en cloche sans consistance dont la dernière sur remise en jeu, c'est pas super.
Leur défaite n'est pas grave et tout le monde a sa responsabilité même Ant. Arrêtez de toujours dénigrer l'un ou l'autre, sans vous poser et réfléchir un tant soit peu c'est stupide. Après KAT c'est qui votre prochaine vicitme : Randle, Gobert. et si Reid ne progresse pas vous comme le pensez vous le jetterez à la poubelle aussi ? Ecoutez la conférence d'après match de Finch, on approuve ou pas chacun fait comme il veut, mais il est cash : pour jouer proprement il faut que chacun le veuille et l'exécute.
@@RejeanLacaillebest comment I’ve read
As a Knick fan you got the Randle we saw on way too many occasions. Disinterested and playing matador defense. Trade him to the Lakers.
But just wait until Donte gets going you guys are going to love him.
Randle and Gobert deserved duds. 4x DPOY got destroyed by AD, Randle couldn't even be bothered to box out Austin Reaves and ball-watched on every other defensive play...
Ant is 10 of 25
Fans: "it's Rudy and Randle's fault!!"
Edwards definitely had a bit of an off game but Rudy f***** it up I don't know how many times....
Randle played fine
Randle let Austin reaves grab an offensive rebound off a free throw right in front of him. Randle wasn’t even trying most of the game. Defensively, terrible
@@dougkeiser9406 it's going to get better, Doug, we just had an off game, we have to be patient
Only reason ant was 10/25 was because he was chucking up 3s at the end of the game. He was the only consistent shooter and scorer throughout the game.
Unfortunate early proof that I was correct, the Towns trade made this team worse. No more size advantage, they were absolutely dominated inside, and that will only become more apparent come playoff time (assuming they still make).
Knicks fan here, I knew Randle would be like this. He does not have the motor or the mental toughness to be a 25 ppg threat in the post season. He will get better during the regular season but the spacing issue will come up in the playoffs.
Here we go. All the at home GMs coming in claiming their takes were right after 1 (one) fucking game. Unfortunately for you there’s 81 more games for your take to be right or wrong.
@@adriftwoodking KAT opened up the paint fornant to eat. Now brobshooting 3's all day like he curry when he's more Shaq at the FT line. Sad.
We did play bad and we’re still in the game in end, can’t be so negative lol
Dude it was 1 game. Calm down
They looked absolutely awful. If the Lakers didn't miss 25 threes it would have just been a carbon copy of the Knicks Celtics outcome, except the Knicks had at least some of their players shoot well
If I was coach Finch I would bench the starters at the second half and put a player like Luka Garza out there that will give his effort. I will say Rudy played a pretty good game, but effort should never be a concern especially on opening night! Players like Josh Minott and Luka Garza that are hungry and want to win would give the pat Bev effect and make the team try a little more. I think Dvo played well he just didn't get enough volume to get anything really going. I think Anthony Davis was an absolute monster in the paint which ruined Randles game but he did hit a three point shot that makes me happy. He looked comfortable hooting it as well.
That will never happen Finch hates Luka
@@danielsharp3683 speaks so highly of him in the press and says he only knows how to play one way and it’s tough
@@ogilow3291 we will see what Finch does this team is completely loaded with talent and scorers...He just needs to find the right guys to play with the right guys and I don't think it will take him long....
Pathetic pathetic Defense pathetic turnovers pathetic rebounding!!!!! Really disappointing....Finch has his work cut out for him with this team!!!! Finch hates playing bench guys always has.
I didn't like they use Rob at any point. Randle looked lost and missed easy shots
Finch only played this lineup once in the preseason. I don't know if Finch really know what he's doing, honestly
Conley had a miserable game. His 3 pointers were way off and he made multiple lazy pass turnovers. So miserable that he got only 20 minutes.
Yea he means nothing to this team anymore ...play Rob Dillingham we need the slashing and offense
Randle wasn’t swinging the passes around instead he got the ball and played iso ball. Garza would have been better
Finch need to play them young guys. We also need another big.
what a crap loss. At least we saved money!
Rebounding issue but why didn’t McDaniels play more minutes
I don’t like that these new kids say they could have played in pass years because the pros back when didn’t take plays off…
It was one game folks. Calm down. I'm not super concerned about the overall team. Remember when all of ya'll wanted Finch fired when we blew that big lead against ATL last year?
Positives: Randle's play making. His offense looked a little rusty and rightly so, he hasn't played since mid season last year. CALM DOWN. His early play making kept the Wolves in the game in the 1st.
I really like the lineup of Donte, Ant and NAW. This is gonna cause a lot of fits on opposing teams.
Our pace looked good at times. When they pushed it up, good things happened.
Negatives: Conley looked really old out there. I see his minutes being in the mid high 20's.
We don't have a lot of size outside Rudy. Naz, Randle and Jaden will have to step up on grabbing boards.
Jaden is so frustrating to watch. He's a fouling machine.. can this guy ever not foul out?
Unwatchable game, wolves are in trouble. Not a fun team to watch, no heart, no offense to create points, just ugly, ugly, ugly.
ant cldnt drive cuz of AD and Hayes, lebron too. they schemed to control his drives. thats why they had to move to randle to do it. randle and ant were sleeping on d, kept losing their man. randle left the backdoor open twice for his man to score. i think they are shook up from trade, i think they're going to need time to stablise. overall ant's shot looks grt. donte is a dawg, he flies ard the court, and does everything.
Lose/lose trade for the win!
The wolves show zero chemistry against the lakers who out hustled them from the start. Unfortunately, wolves fans will have to endure another "get used to Rudy" year with the new players which took a full year to materialize. Unwatchable!
No championship for the wolves now
Lakers shot horribly and still dominated the game.
Only because they were playing with more energy and urgency. I suspect this was because it was Redick’s first real game as their coach and the whole LeBron and Bronny bs.
😂😂😂😂😂 you guys suck
Imagine searching for timberwolves video just to hate. Real fan boy behavior
Dante was hot and not feeding him? WTF! No energy and Ant took every shot it seems. Pathetic
3-11
Keeping softie gobert and McDaniel looking like trash
They played like doo doo and only lost by 7. It will get better.
The lakers shot horribly tho and we still lost so what does that say?
Damn looks like Luka destroyed another franchise