A Bad Loss To The Magic: Should KAT Be Shooting More? + The Ripple Effect Of Injuries Going Forward

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Dane Moore

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🗓️ 2 November 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

On today’s show, we have instant takeaways from the Timberwolves 18-point loss to the Orlando Magic Monday night, dipping the Wolves’ record to 3-3 on the season. The loss brought questions about shot selection and the season’s first installment of the injury bug. Topics discussed include: — How this loss felt a lot like “The Old Wolves” — Again raising the question: Does KAT need to be shooting more? — Why the Wolves shot selection suggests an offensive burst should be coming — The first bad defensive game in a season where the defense has exceeded expectations — Injury fallout, and what will change if Patrick Beverley, D’Angelo Russell or Naz Reid have to miss time with their injuries — The KAT and Naz pairing resurfacing — How Orlando played good chess, exploiting the Wolves defensive scheme and shooting shortcomings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the daymore NBA podcast brought to you by Blue Wire podcasts.
0:18.8	Yuck!
0:20.0	The Timberwolves lost at home on Monday night to the Orlando Magic by 18 points.
0:25.7	An Orlando team that was without their three highest paid players, no Gary Harris, no
0:30.2	Jonathan Isaac, no Markell Fultz.
0:33.0	The Magic were starting five players who are all on their first contract in the NBA,
0:37.1	two rookies, Jalen Suggs, Franz Wagner, a second-year player, Cole Anthony,
0:42.3	and then two sort of underwhelming 22-year-old big guys,
0:45.9	and Wendell Carter Jr. and Mo Bamba.
0:49.5	The Bulls lost of them.
0:50.7	Now, I don't totally want to take away from that group completely. If you saw,
0:56.1	you know, if you, if you watch the game, that Orlando team looked competent. You know,
1:01.0	Wagner and Anthony in particular, they played well. You know, we talked about this on the last pod, right?
1:06.6	We talked about how Orlando was a loseable game. You know, they're young, but they seem to be well coached.
1:14.3	They know what they're doing out there.
1:15.6	They're a very different level team.
1:18.0	And I think the Houston's and the Oklahoma cities, the other real teams,
1:21.9	we expect to be the cellar dwellers kind of in the tank fest when that happens.
1:25.5	Like, Orlando's better than them.
1:39.3	But still, like, this was a game at home where if you're the wolves and are aspiring to be something more than you have been for these past three years, you know, it's a game that you take care of business.
1:46.6	And I can't leave that game with any other sort of like prevailing thought other than the fact that the wolves kind of felt like the old wolves tonight.
1:50.9	You know, the energy was bad in there from the start.
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