Dunks After Dusk

So sorry for your loss 💔

Since this photo, the Wolves offense has the worst net rating in the league - about as potent as ARod was as a batter before his use of PEDs.

Is there a way to direct all karmic repercussions of meeting with a warmongering pedophile to just the individual responsible and not the team/fans? Thanks!

Unfortunate to follow up Donte and Jaden’s season worst shooting game on Saturday with this from Ant.

Lakers game planned and treated this like a playoff game and the Wolves didn’t.

Also no Jaden. But then bringing Ant in once it’s 21?

He also didn’t play Rudy for most of the 3rd… I don’t think either of these decisions have been good.

After standing on his soapbox all season saying he doesn’t believe in benching, quite the time to change.

And he’s not back in. Reddick brings Reeves and Luka in (who are gonna play near 40 minutes) and the Lakers hit two straight 3s which will end it.

Finch has pulled all the wrong levers tonight and was thoroughly outclassed by J.J. Reddick.

Any chance of a comeback starts with Ant back in this game…

We can all only dream of getting Austin Reeves’ whistle.

Think he’s intentionally kicked his leg out on his last 3 shots?

I could not figure out the foul call in the 2 replays they showed 🙄

Been a tough look tonight for him tonight. Really felt like this team should have been more ready after the Magic game.

Finch pulled Gobert early in the quarter and there has been zero resistance in the paint since.

I wish you were wrong… but went back-to-back early clock 3s after your response 😖

Yup. Everyone is a little out of rhythm from deep - just keep attacking.

Gobert hit in the face. Drink.

Lakers really are committing multiple defenders to Ant every possession. Going to be a game to win with ball movement (and the occasional 3 when the shot wakes up)

I thought loudly clapping at the official was a technical?

That was 5 minutes of disgusting basketball (shouldn’t we attack the paint?)

And I think why the Denver game was different too. Division rival vs random eastern conference team has a little different feel to it.

They also had a really bad 4:30pm blowout loss to the Warriors.

But yeah - Cavs game was the worst defensive performance of the season and today was the worst shooting performance… definitely something there.

2:30pm start time or earlier this season:

119-92 loss to the Magic
117-108 win over Nuggets
115-96 loss to Clippers
146-134 loss to the Cavs
126-102 loss to the Hawks

1-4, and by my memory, those losses are 4 of the worst of the season.

tbf the Wolves kinda deserve this after ARod went on his little White House visit

After the recent wins, willing to chalk this one up to that deadly cocktail of an afternoon game, the wrong side of shooting variance, and some really bad officiating.

Only one more start time before 4:30 pm this season - next Sunday vs the Thunder.

Is that the 6th late whistle of the game in Orlando’s favor? What are we doing here?

When Randle runs into Wagner with enough force to send him in the first row, it has to be SOMETHING.

Just a terrible whistle all afternoon.

Came out of the timeout in a zone and the team had no idea what they were doing 🙄

Mixture of cold shooting, bad decision making and poor officiating helped lead to that Orlando run.

Really dislike these afternoon games. Can always tell the routines/rhythms for the players are a bit off.

Once again, lesson proves that if you want a flagrant, you just need to lay down till the refs go to review it.

Gobert takes 4 shots like that a game and gets nothing.

Gonna need a new strategy to guard Banchero next half. Cause if it’s Randle, Wolves aren’t winning this game.

That’s a terrible non-overturn. Crew has missed quite a few calls early and now we are without a challenge the rest of the way.

Roughhh quarter from Julius.