How Wins Over The Kings And Spurs Signal The Wolves Should Make The Play-In Tournament

The Dane Moore NBA Podcast

Dane Moore

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🗓️ 19 November 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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On today’s show, Dane reacts to what is now a two-game winning streak for the Wolves after Thursday night’s win over the Spurs. How should Wolves fans feel about wins over the Kings and Spurs relative to what that means for their chances of making the play-in tournament? Topics include: — How the bottom of the Western Conference is making the play-in tournament feel like a reasonable expectation for this Wolves team — The Wolves on another hot defensive streak, and how that makes the hot start to the season feel like less of a blip on the radar — Schematic changes that are putting KAT in better rebounding position — Jaden McDaniels, Malik Beasley and Taurean Prince catching a rhythm off the bench after Finch shortens the rotation — The importance of McDaniels getting back on track Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the dayn'
0:02.8	This is the Danmore MBA podcast brought you by Blue Wire Podcasts.
0:17.4	Coming at Thursday night after the Timberwolves closed out the back-to-back against Sacramento and San Antonio with a second consecutive win.
0:25.5	The Wolves started the game tonight on a 13-0 run over the Spurs.
0:29.2	They got that lead up to 19 when it was 22 to 3, seven minutes into the game.
0:34.5	And by the end, the leader is 25.
0:41.0	Final score, Wolves 115, Spurs 90.
0:47.4	So I think the question as we sit here after, you know, a week against Phoenix,
0:53.3	Sacramento and San Antonio is, you know, how should, how good should we feel about the Wolves week that they've had?
0:54.7	You know, Saturday night coming into this, they leave L.A. after getting smacked by the Clippers,
1:00.2	and that made this run of three games and four nights here Monday through Thursday, pretty important.
1:05.7	Monday's game was a loss against Phoenix, but it was one of their better defensive games of the season.
1:10.7	You know, I don't want to totally do the moral victory thing, but I think it was a performance.
1:15.6	I don't think you would classify as a disappointing performance in a loss.
1:20.1	Then they go into Wednesday, and it was kind of the inverse of that.
1:22.7	It was a win that didn't exactly feel inspirational.
1:25.3	It kind of felt like they played to the King's level that night, but a win nonetheless.
1:28.7	So building in the right direction.
1:30.2	And then tonight, you know, tonight was taking care of a business, you know, being this
1:35.4	first team that clearly has only a fraction of the talent the wolves have.
1:40.7	And at the end of the day, I guess this back-to-back of wins is ultimately just home wins over bad teams.
1:50.1	So that in and of itself is a little overwhelming.
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