Okay, so, another loss. It happens, especially against good teams, but the losing streak is getting a bit out of hand at this point and the record isn't looking very good either. So, of course, it's about time that we play a team that we should be able to beat.
Luckily the Minnesota Timberwolves are 3-11, played yesterday so it's a back to back for them, and they are undeniably one of the three worst teams in basketball right now.
The Wolves are, as of the time of me checking this to write this post, 27th in both defensive and offensive rating. They are 7th in the league in blocks but otherwise don't make the top 12 in any other category. They're 26th in the league in FG%, 25th in 3pt%, and 19th in FT%: they cannot score if you make it hard on them. They're also in the bottom half of the league for TOs and fouls, so that's an issue for them as well.
Their best player is KAT, and he's been out for a while now. At this point, their second best player is Malik Beasley, which is not exactly the recipe for a really strong team.
There is one, singular and solitary, player in their regular lineup with a positive BPM right now. It's DAR, and he's only got a +0.6.
They suck. No excuses tonight. This needs to be a win. Without too much difficulty, you can understand the other losses even if they suck: they're against good teams, we're on the road, we're playing every other day so no practices, yadda yadda. Nobody likes it but it makes sense. None of these reasons really justify a loss here. Losing to the Wolves at this point would be a disgrace.
So time to pick up a win: it would only be our 2nd win in the last 3 weeks (since January 2nd, we have won 1 game) so we need this right now.
Make it happen.