Wolves Collapse In Memphis: The Flaws of a Flow-Based Offense + DLo's Return + The KAT-Naz Pairing

The Dane Moore NBA Podcast

Dane Moore

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4.9 • 666 Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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On today’s show, Dane rattles through what went into the Timberwolves losing a 16-point lead with 7 and a half minutes remaining in the game. A play by play run through of how the Wolves offense ran out of flow and how Ja Morant took over for the Grizzlies. Topics include: — The insane final 7.5 minutes of the game, where the Wolves lead slowly dwindled as chaos ensued in the final minute of the game — Karl-Anthony Towns and the perhaps flawed idea that it is possible to “execute” a flow-based offensive system in late-game situations + why it makes sense that these Wolves haven’t yet found flow — What D’Angelo Russell’s return to the lineup meant for the Wolves offense — The KAT + Naz Reid pairing in the frontcourt + what Naz provides offensively that Josh Okogie and Jarred Vanderbilt do not Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the day more NBA podcast brought to you by Blue Wire podcasts.
0:18.9	Woo!
0:19.8	Tim Rolves lose in Memphis, Monday night in overtime, 125 to 118.
0:26.6	I honestly, I don't know how to begin talking to you about what happened in this game,
0:31.4	really in any other way than just to go through play-by-play how this game closed out in the final seven minutes and 30 seconds
0:39.8	of the game, where the wolves were up at that time by 16 points before, eventually going
0:45.7	on to lose.
0:46.2	But let's set the scene first.
0:48.3	The wolves enter the second half actually down by four points.
0:51.5	And unlike the past few games, where they've just completely flopped coming out of
0:56.8	halftime, they actually played well.
0:58.9	By the end of the third quarter, they were up by 11.
1:02.1	And again, with seven minutes and 30 seconds left to go, they were up by 16.
1:08.0	Memphis just kind of looked dead.
1:09.3	They were stalling out.
1:10.0	It looked like a win.
1:11.5	At that time, with a 16. Memphis just kind of looked dead. They were stalling out. It looked like a win. At that time, with a 16-point lead, seven and a half minutes left to go, ESPNs, that play-by-play odds thing they have going on,
1:20.4	well, they had a 99.1% chance of the wolves winning this game. And then this happens.
1:30.5	First possession for Memphis,
1:32.3	Jaron Jackson Jr. hits a floater.
1:33.7	It's 102 to 88.
1:35.4	Wolves go down,
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