December 11th - New Orleans Pelicans vs Minnesota Timberwolves - 12-11

Jonas is to be trusted!

Zion just laid it in over both KAT and Gobert lmao. What a double to beat

Man the way Zion adjusted his shot in mid air to get that finish off the spin... that is special. He needs to be coached up effort wise which is unfortunate, but he really can do things

Zion didn't come down with that rebound but he tipped it twice and then almost wrestled it away. That's the kind of effort we want to see.

Zion did come down wth that board over Gobert but then they called it a foul on Herb, for some reason?

These refs, man.

Nice aggressive move from BI to keep pushing the ball up all the way to the basket

KAT pushed Zion around on the glass on both ends just now

Buzzer beater 30 footer by BI!

What a shot!

Banked it in too, I bet he called glass

Decent first half, will have to see if they can play with energy coming out of halftime. And figure out a way to stop KAT from getting rebounds considering he already has 11 in the first half

Halftime. Pels up 59-52.

Everyone looking way way better than last game.

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Originally Posted by hornetsrebirth

Decent first half, will have to see if they can play with energy coming out of halftime. And figure out a way to stop KAT from getting rebounds considering he already has 11 in the first half

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Gotta pick your poison, considering Gobert only has 3. Wolves are 6th in rebounding in the entire league, that's just what happens when you start two 7 footers.

We're actually winning the rebounding battle overall, 25-23 thus far. KAT can have 20 if he wants, as long as he's the only Wolf getting them.

Zion still so young. He is probably upset about national media and is hungry. I hope so anyway. No eating jokes.

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Originally Posted by donato

Zion still so young. He is probably upset about national media and is hungry. I hope so anyway. No eating jokes.

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I'd be surprised if he wasn't. People move beyond reasonable criticism into personal attacks very quickly.

Zion splits the help of KAT and Gobert again for a bucket and 1

Love that possession. Herb catches the inbounds, drives, dishes off to Zion under the basket who moves it to BI in the corner - takes the 3. He misses, JV gets the OREB and draws the foul.

Zion looks much more active this game. I won’t lie, I was starting to get a bit worried about him last week.

Zion flips it in over two defenders.

He's on one, guys.

And again.

Zion night.

Draws the foul, Zion to the line

Zion has responded well after last game's debacle.

Herb killer defense on KAT, good help from BI as well

At least Z is responding to all the flack

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Originally Posted by djrnno

At least Z is responding to all the flack

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Its good to see, although the real challenge for him is going to be to sustain a high level of effort over the course of the season and seasons to come. And hopefully he remembers that feeling from last game the next time the team is in a do or die situation.

So I guess we won’t see Hawkins for the rest of the season?

Let me guess, 3 point disparity is keeping the T-wolves in the game?