Wolves win a road game at New Orleans
113-102. They kept them hanging around but they did what good teams do: hit their weaknesses and put the game away.
Wolves now 11-9
The good:
Pektacularyes: A career high 31 points, 14-18 FG. Maybe it was just the ankle. He's really coming around at a good time because with Love struggling and Ricky back, he can really carry the front court. Keep Pek here.
AK47. 21 and 11. 10-16 FG. MVP during this absence of Ricky. He's worth every penny. We don't survive these first 6 weeks without him.
The backcourt: Luke: 15 and 10. Shved in his first start 13 and 8. 10-14 FG, 6-7 3's combined. I give Luke grief but he has really played much more consistently over the last week. Now I hope he can keep this up off the bench. Shved. It's your SG job to lose.
53% FG, 7-17 from 3. 12 TO's. 6 players in double figures. Team effort.
The bad:
Allowed New Orleans to score 102 points, 54% shooting, 11 3's. We didn't win this because of defense. Austin Rivers was on fire tonight. 5 3's, 27 points.
Josh Howard suffered a hyperextended knee and now he's out. Lee has a degenerative condition that has him out indefinitely. We have been so compromised as a team. Everyone's been banged up minus Derrick.
Lastly, Love: 4-18 FG. Scale the minutes back on him til he either heals, shoots better, or stops sulking, preferably when all 3 go away.
11-9 now, heading into a tough stretch of games, and let's see if he can wi--- wait a minute, is that Ricky Rubio's music I hear?
