First Boston and now Detroit, tonight at the Palace
Posted on November 23rd, 2008 – 4:11 PMBy Jerry Zgoda
Things don’t get any easier for the Wolves. After Friday’s horrid third quarter and 95-78 loss to the Celtics, they have to go into Detroit tonight and face the 8-4 Pistons with Rasheed and Rip and Rodney Stuckey and now, of course, Allen Iverson.
They will do so without Rashad McCants (back) and Kevin Ollie, both of whom remain out with injuries.
BTW, the new Oklahoma City Thunder became the first in the NBA to fire their coach, giving P.J. Carlesimo the heave after a 1-12 start (guess who that one victory was over…) and tagging former Timberwolves guard Scott Brooks as the interim coach.
A big game Friday with the Thunder in OKC looms.
15 Responses to "First Boston and now Detroit, tonight at the Palace"
Miller better play 40 minutes tonight if not in foul trouble. It should be him vs. Rip the whole night, watch how they run plays for Rip and how we don’t.(normally)
I guess Miller should just play PG. He has 3 assists already, Wolves are looking good.
foye is playing up to his potential, 16 and 11 assists so far, needs to play that well consistently. love has really answered his critics, 0 points on 0-2 shooting in 10 minutes. i’m delighted he came to minnesota grovelling, promising a good fit.
wow they kicked their asses. nice
amazing what happens when you get decent point guard play.
This was the best I’ve ever seen Foye play. It’s nice to see him come back from some really bad games and to show everyone what he’s capable of. Hopefully he can build on tonight’s game.
did the pistons play their cheerleaders? lose at home by 26 to this team of misfits!
Wow, we’ve won two of three! Imagine if Foye gets to the point where nights like tonight are common. Isn’t that what we were counting on? I’m still hoping he’ll make us forget about Roy.
On the other hand, how did the Pistons get so bad so fast?
What have I been telling you guys? It’s the point guard it’s the point guard it’s the point guard.
That result came out of nowhere.
Trade Foye before teams watch film on him?
cancer,,,,, er i mean iverson
I don’t know if you guys caught it, but what made the difference for Foye wasn’t Foye at all, it was Wittman. Jim Peterson explained that in the morning session, Witt made the decision to dumb down the playbook to make things simple for Foye, and it paid off big time.
Bryan: I didn’t hear that but it makes sense because it was clear that they were running very basic “bread and butter” plays. Foye just looked so much more confident, both when he was playing point and shooting guard. He was also looking to pound the ball into Jefferson EVERY chance he got, which is one way to bump your assist total. Anyway, I personally think that Telfair and Foye is our best backcourt, as I’ve said before, and I think everyone is frustrated that Miller is reluctant to try to get more shots. Wittman knows Foye licks his chops to shoot whenever possible, so he might get more chances at the two now that he showed something while playing there.
Are people optimistic that Randy can string together a few nice games in a row? I’m not sure I am, but it would be a great surprise.
Now if only Love could do the same…his confidence level looks almost as low as Foye’s was during his string of terrible games.
Collins started at Center, moving Jefferson to PF where he belongs, thereby moving Gomes to SF where he belongs. Gomes was also tearing it up. Still, tonight was Foye’s night.
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