It’s late and my head hurts and is still spinning from a game in which the Wolves led by 13, trailed by 13, led by 10 with seven minutes left in regulation and still lost to a Golden State team missing Monta Ellis, Corey Maggette and Al Harrington.

All kinds of things can be debated:

That zone Nellie slapped on the Wolves in those final seven minutes that Randy Wittman, Randy Foye and none of the other Wolves could solve; Al Jefferson never scored in the game’s final 13 minutes, took only one shot in that time and left the locker room without talking to reporters except for saying, “I’m outta here,” after everybody but him shot the ball and missed (12 of their final 13 in the fourth).

Foye looking so good in that 14-2 third-quarter run that got the Wolves back in the game and then so vexed by the Warriors’ zone when it mattered most. Sebastian Telfair played just 14 minutes, less than three minutes after halftime while Foye played nearly 39, including the entire fourth quarter and all of overtime.

Rashad McCants scoring 18 off the bench but failing to make a shot when it mattered most, including missing what would have been a winning three at the fourth quarter buzzer and then losing the ball without getting off a shot on the team’s last possession of the game.

Kevin Love playing all of the third quarter, when the Wolves outscored Golden State 37-25, and then not playing another minute after that while Ryan Gomes, Craig Smith, McCants, Foye and Jefferson played down the stretch.

Afterward, Gomes said, “As the veterans say, ain’t no one coming to save us.”

Really?

After all that, this is probably the most important thing: You don’t make moves like the Wolves did last summer — moves that were supposed to make them noticeably better — and start 1-6 with a murderous schedule between now and Thanksgiving — without someone getting blamed. So who’s it going to be first: The coach? Kevin McHale and his staff? Or a significant player or players?

Something’s going to happen. The question is who and when?

From the mood on this blog, I’m guessing the overwhelming favorite is almost everybody, but if you were going to, say, make a coaching change, who would it be?

Thoughts? Comments?

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