ClutchFans Game Thread: Timberwolves @ Rockets 1/30/2012

Lowry vs. Rubio...I think the Timberwolves will be out for revenge.

Hoping for a reverse jinx: Rockets 88 - Wolves 96

 

Has Lowry been playing poorly lately because he knows that management is shopping him around, for a Deron Williams perhaps?

 

He hasn't been bad, he's just not shooting as well. Every other aspect of his has been really good. Hopefully McHale will try to run plays to get Lowry high percentage baskets instead of having to shoot a difficult shot with only a couple of seconds left on the shot clock.

 

Nobody is shopping him around.

 

Nobody is shopping him around. And didn't he sign an offer sheet with Cleveland when his contract was up? It's the normal life of the NBA.
Player movement happens all the time.
By the way. His defense has also been suspect lately. Witness John Wall getting his season high against us. He went around Klowe like he was standing in peanut butter. Perhaps he has some kind of injury.

 

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Previous game box score vs Min 1/23/2012
Starters MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Kyle Lowry 42:50 4 13 .308 1 4 .250 7 8 .875 1 9 10 10 3 0 4 2 16
Kevin Martin 35:17 10 21 .476 4 10 .400 7 8 .875 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 2 31
Chandler Parsons 33:56 2 6 .333 1 3 .333 0 0 1 4 5 4 2 0 0 5 5
Luis Scola 27:58 7 12 .583 0 0 1 1 1.000 1 2 3 1 0 0 3 3 15
Samuel Dalembert 25:26 1 8 .125 0 0 2 2 1.000 2 13 15 0 0 2 1 2 4
Reserves MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Courtney Lee 26:43 4 9 .444 1 3 .333 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 9
Goran Dragic 22:59 5 7 .714 0 1 .000 4 5 .800 0 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 14
Patrick Patterson 18:24 6 10 .600 0 0 1 4 .250 4 0 4 0 0 1 1 5 13
Jordan Hill 6:27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
Team Totals 240 39 86 .453 7 21 .333 22 28 .786 9 33 42 20 11 3 12 23 107
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Basi
Starters MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Kevin Love 42:04 13 19 .684 5 5 1.000 8 10 .800 3 9 12 1 1 0 5 3 39
Ricky Rubio 38:28 2 10 .200 0 3 .000 2 2 1.000 0 3 3 12 3 0 5 4 6
Derrick Williams 36:33 3 9 .333 0 0 5 8 .625 1 6 7 0 0 0 4 1 11
Luke Ridnour 35:46 6 11 .545 0 1 .000 5 6 .833 0 3 3 8 2 0 2 3 17
Darko Milicic 19:46 2 7 .286 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 1 4
Reserves MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Wayne Ellington 33:44 2 11 .182 0 2 .000 0 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 4 4
Anthony Tolliver 13:22 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Anthony Randolph 10:44 4 8 .500 0 0 1 1 1.000 3 2 5 0 1 0 1 2 9
Nikola Pekovic 9:33 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2
Team Totals 240 33 80 .413 5 12 .417 21 27 .778 8 33 41 22 9 1 20 20 92
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Tiiiiimmmmmbbbbbeeeeerrrr!!!!! - Clyde

 

i wanna see dragic defend rubio IMO

 

Parsons will never get a tip dunk ever again in his career.

There, the anti jinx.

 

We got no chance of shutting down Love without Chuck. If we can shut everyone else down we've got this.

 

Fatigue. I think he shouldered too much unnecessarily. Considering how well the bench has stepped up, I hope he sees he needs to pace himself.

 

I wouldn't mind putting Parsons on Love, actually.

 

I perfer lowry to attack the basket more then shooting

 

Parsons will shut down Love, I'm calling it. I'm talking Chuck-Hayes-on-Amare-type shut down.

 

http://i40.tinypic.com/65a2ps.jpg

 

Where is Derrick, Beasley, Wes Johnson? BradMill?

 

Parsons would give 110% because he knows he has to work extra hard to defend a bigger, stronger player. He has the length and agility so that at least Love couldn't burn us at the three point line or on the drive. The only worry would be Love's post game and I think Parsons' all-out effort can contain it with a little help defense.

 

Love is smart and is going to punish him in the paint.

 

Rockets win, 101-97.