This is the day more NBA podcast,

coming a Monday morning, it's November 21st.

I had to look at my phone to check that.

November 21st is after the Wolves pulled off their third consecutive win in Philadelphia on Saturday night.

And before they play Miami tonight, a Monday night at Target Center. And to discuss those two games, amongst other things, I'm joined today by Wolves Beatwriter from the Star Tribune, Chris Hein.

Chris, you were there in Philly on Saturday.

I'd like to start there before we start talking about Miami and going forward.

And I want to talk about this idea of how you wrote in your game story,

which was a simple but good angle of how that game against the Sixers felt like a litmus test

for whether a fan is an optimistic or pessimistic fan in general or maybe just specifically

about this team right there.

I mean, based on the facts that night, that was a win,

and it was a win on the road,

but it was also yet another game where this team led a 20-point lead,

slip away as again, the late game execution just kind of took over

and again looked like a mess.

And I want to talk about that. But what I'm wondering from

you first is, because you were there, you were in the locker room talking to these guys after the

game, where was the group on that litmus test? They've, for most of the season, as they fumbled some

things, it's had, it's been pretty much a positive vibe, not too frustrated with it.

And I'm wondering now, 16th game of the season, was it still that sort of glass half

full feeling from the group in the locker room?

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