Wolves Keep Winning: Good Defensive Team or 3-Point Shooting Variance? + KAT Cooks Pelicans + Pat Bev's Impact

The Dane Moore NBA Podcast

Dane Moore

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4.9 • 666 Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

On today’s show, we react to the Timberwolves 4th consecutive win, this time a 14-point road victory over the New Orleans Pelicans. The focus of this episode is on the Wolves defense that now ranks 7th in the NBA. We look into what has been behind the Wolves defensive surge, specifically looking into the role that 3-point variance has played during a season where the Wolves have completely change their defensive scheme. Topics include: — After never being a top-10 defense any year of Karl-Anthony Towns’ career, the Wolves now rank 7th in the league — The role 3-point variance or “luck” is playing in the Wolves defense spiking — KAT dominating Jonas Valanciunas and the Pelicans antiquated tactic for trying to slow him and the Wolves down — Patrick Beverley’s impact on the Wolves Big 3 this season 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 coming at you
0:18.1	Monday night after the Timberwolves' fourth straight win.
0:22.1	And tonight, again, it wasn't close to New Orleans.
0:25.1	I'm not sure if the Wolf's lead got all the way up to 30 points at any point, but
0:29.6	it definitely felt like it.
0:31.3	At the end of the night, after a good chunk of garbage time in the fourth quarter, it was
0:34.9	Wolves 110 Pelicans 96 for a final we've been talking
0:39.9	about the wolf's defense lately but that again was the story tonight and it's a story that
0:45.9	really it just doesn't get old talking about if you're someone that's followed this team through
0:51.6	carl anthony towns his seven year I mean, I've listed this off
0:54.4	a million times over the years on the show, but I've never really done it with a positive
0:59.4	intonation. And that's just where the wolves have ranked historically on defense. Katz rookie year,
1:06.0	wolves ranked 27th in defense, fourth worst in the league. Katz second year, that first year, that Tibbs was here.
1:12.6	Wolves ranked 26th on D.
1:14.5	Then the Jimmy Butler year, 2017-18.
1:16.7	Tibbs has got all his defensive guys.
1:19.1	Well, Wolves end up ranking 23rd on defense that year.
1:22.8	The next year, the Jimmy Trade year, Wolves ranked 24th.
1:26.8	The 2019-20 year, the full Ryan Saunders and David Van Tepoole year,
1:31.1	21st on defense, which is the best the wolves have ranked defensively in the history of Katz's career.
1:36.7	Still bottom 10.
1:38.0	Then last year, the wolves again ranked 27th on defense, fourth worst in the league.
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