Wolves get A for effort, still lose
The new-look Minnesota Timberwolves lost their third straight game in the young NBA season last night, a 111-103 loss to Orlando. So what’s the difference between this year’s team and last year’s?
How about effort, for one? Playing in the shadow of Kevin Garnett last season, most of Minnesota’s other starters and bench players looked as if creating cat Christmas ornaments was their main pastime, rather than playing pro hoops.
Not so this season. While the Wolves are a bit shy on experience and overall talent, they are playing hard and playing teams close; they just lack the firepower, so far, to put an opposing team away.
That’s an improvement, at least.
