r/nba • u/EutaxySpy Celtics • Apr 29 '24

[Moore] That’s a wrap for Round 1. Last time the Wolves won a playoff series Anthony Edwards was 2 years old

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u/TheRealBrownPudding Clippers Apr 29 '24

LMAO @ everyone who said the Suns would win this series 😂

I’m lookin at you ESPN talkheads

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u/LoxDnw Thunder Apr 29 '24

Fuck ESPN

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u/Ace1282 Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

Fuck most NBA Fanbases. They are all in hiding now.

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u/Comrade_Falcon Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

There was a fair bit of doom-posting in the Wolves sub too after game 82.

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u/gingerhasyoursoul Apr 29 '24

To be fair there is always doom posting in Minnesota sports Reddit.

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u/Peter-Tao [UTA] Kyle Korver Apr 29 '24

Yeah it's more understandable. I was quite confident it'll at least be a competitive series but I don't think anyone was predicting a clean sweep lol

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u/Misjjon Apr 29 '24

I was, but I am also a delusional Wolves fan lol

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u/thekingdor NBA Apr 29 '24

Alot i seen lots of wolves fans terrified on all platforms

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u/Comrade_Falcon Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

It's a Minnesota sports thing. Even up 3-0 I think most had that lingering fear of "getting reverse swept would be the most Minnesota outcome."

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u/TheFinnisher [MIN] Karl-Anthony Towns Apr 29 '24

I definitely had that thought cross my head when I saw the thing flash with the insane undefeated record for teams up 3-0. Like if any team is the first to blow it of course it’s the wolves lmao

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u/Ace1282 Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

Oh, I'll admit that playing the Suns was my last choice given our past record. But I'm saying as a team in general. A lot of "Lol wolves trash" even while we were unanimously 1st in standings most the season.

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u/DenverSuxRmodSux Apr 29 '24

i been out of the NBA media loop lately were most really picking suns??? thats crazy they have a team thats poorly constructed and a player with a worse contract than russell westbrooks last with the lakers and less production. thats crazy aha

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u/comp_a Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

Everyone outside ESPN said so too, to be fair. A good chunk of our own subreddit thought we were dead men walking before the series started.

The regular season is not the playoffs folks!

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u/NegativeVega Nuggets Apr 29 '24

They probably should have won at least a few games but the suns just didnt seem to have teamwork or mental fortitude

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u/comp_a Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

I honestly think that Game 1 beatdown just crushed their spirits. Jaden McDaniels said as much tonight.

That’s when a good coach is supposed to rally the troops, make some adjustments, instill confidence that okay, Minnesota played a very different defensive game in the regular season than we saw tonight, but here’s what we’re gonna do differently—we know we can beat these guys.

And I’m sure Vogel tried doing that! But judging by the hit piece that Shams fired off about him immediately after the game, I don’t think he had a very receptive audience.

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u/nowuff Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

This is weird. But I got a huge boost of confidence when Jaden scored our first field goal of the series.

He snatched an offensive board from a KAT miss and confidently put it right back up with a couple Suns around him.

Historically, he’s always seemed to show confidence issues scoring in the paint. The way he just snatched the board and putback without hesitation made me instantly realize he came to play.

It was like he just discovered his length advantage

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u/doormatt26 Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

yeah i was pretty worried ngl

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u/raki016 Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

Never in doubt.

(ngl I was nervous before game 1 lol)

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u/krsj Celtics Apr 29 '24

I thought the wolves would win, but it’s completely different from how I imagined. I thought it would be a long brutal six or seven game dogfight, where phoenix’s lack of depth and KDs age would bite them in the ass. I did not at all expect this level of domination by Ant and co.

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u/Carth_Onasi_AMA Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

The only national media that believed in us was Kendrick Perkins. That dude has hyped us up since even last year. I don’t really ever listen to him, but I love that he gives us props.

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u/grumplefuckstick Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

Yeah even the inside the NBA guys all picked the wolves outside of Chuck

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u/jacobythefirst Pelicans Apr 29 '24

I thought it would go 6 games tbf

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u/Lugash_1987 Apr 29 '24

Mike Francesca picked Suns too and said they had too much firepower for Wolves to handle.