Is This Wolves Team Different Than The 2019-20 Team That Started 10-8?: Frustrated KAT + Cavs Dominate Paint + Jaylen Nowell Time?

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Dane Moore

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4.9 • 666 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

On today’s show, we react not only to the Timberwolves 17-point loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, but also to Karl-Anthony Towns’ frustrated postgame rant about being done with losing. Topics include: — Is this Wolves team that started 11-10 different than the 2019-20 team that started that season 10-8? — Five game losing streak of not only losing but “getting spanked” — Why missed expectations are leading to frustration boiling over more than is typical — How Cleveland deployed the same tactic as the Washington Wizards for pummeling the Wolves on the interior, ripping out the soul of the Wolves defense — Why the Wolves defense keeps slipping, now out of the top-10 in defensive rating — Jordan McLaughlin and Leandro Bolmaro not providing what is needed at backup point guard, and why this might mean it’s time to elevate Jaylen Nowell in the pecking order Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the dayned more NBA podcast brought to you by Blue Wire Podcasts.
0:17.9	Coming at your Friday night after another Timberwolves loss. It was the fifth straight
0:23.2	loss for the wolves and it wasn't even as close as the final score of 123 to 106 suggested.
0:30.1	The wolves got run off the floor tonight by the Cleveland Cavaliers. It was 20 to 4,
0:35.4	like four and a half minutes into the game.
0:38.4	Yes, they only lost by 17 points, but the wolves were down by 33 with 6 minutes left in this game.
0:45.2	If you paid for tickets for the game or even just watched it as a Timberwolves fan, I'm sure the emotion you left with was frustration.
0:54.4	Just sort of the ridiculous feeling of watching a team that feels like it's kind of
1:00.3	reverted back to a style of play that feels sort of reminiscent of the teams over the
1:06.3	past two years that, you know, lost more games than any team in the league did.
1:12.3	And just even more frustrating because this team has hinted at the idea that they're more than
1:18.2	that, right?
1:18.9	Like, hinted at the idea that the style of, that style of play, that losing in that way
1:25.4	is a thing of the past.
1:26.5	I mean, there's certainly a team that has talked a bigger game this year.
1:30.5	They've been a team who told you they are no longer that team from past years,
1:35.6	and then they play like this, and the actions seem to speak louder than words.
1:40.6	I mean, they've got spanked in three straight home games this week.
1:44.8	Those are the words Carlinthe Towns used to describe it after the game.
1:50.3	He said they haven't just been losing, but that they've been getting spanked.
1:54.3	And it's hard to argue with.
1:57.2	I know some of the frustration many of you have with this team is directed at Kat.
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