Wolves lose for 15th time this season!
This isn’t the way to win any designer inspired jewelry like an NBA Title ring. On a last-second shot from Atlanta Hawk Joe Johnson, the Minnesota Timberwolves lost their fifth straight game tonight, and their 15th loss of Minnesota’s first season without Kevin Garnett. For the season, the Wolves stand at 2-15.
The 90-89 loss clinches Minnesota as the worst team in the NBA to this point in the season. In fact, it’s not even close; Miami and Seattle both have only four wins apiece. The Wolves lead the league in losing by a two-game margin.
Still, it’s not as if this year’s squad isn’t scrappy or doesn’t put forth effort; lately it’s more a matter of the roster being beaten, battered and bruised. Craig Smith led the Wolves with 20 points and rookie Corey Brewer was tops in rebounds at 18; but the team is playing without Randy Foye, who’s missed the whole season so far, and Theo Ratliff, who’s out for a while as well; and both Marko Jaric and Antoine Walker are walking wounded, trying to play through various afflictions.
Heck, even Coach Randy Wittman was absent, missing his second game following back surgery as assistant Jerry Sichting takes his place in the interim.
If the Wolves were all healthy, including their coach, they might not be a playoff team, but they’d be at least 2-4 games better than they are. It’s far too early in the season to worry about lottery balls; let’s hope the team heals up and starts making some of their own last-second shots to win games, rather than their opponents coming out on top.
