Before I continue I'd like to apologize if my posts are starting to seem redundant. That said, after watching the Wolves get spanked by the Yao-less Rockets, I must once again comment on the horrendus play of Marko Jaric, and the weak offensive gameplan designed by the coaching staff. I have given Randy Wittman enough time to settle into a rotation and offensive sets, but our offense in Houston was, well... offensive. Here's the key stats for Monday's game:
Rebounds/Offensive Rebounds:
MIN: 36/6
HOU: 45/14
Free Throws Made/Attempted:
MIN: 10/11
HOU: 16/26
FG%:
MIN: 41.1%
HOU: 47.1%
Well I can't find the Points in the Paint stats anywhere online, but it should be fairly obvious that the Rockets had a huge advantage in this category. I think at halftime it was 8 points to 32, advantage Rockets. That would make sense being that their FG% is 6 points higher, they had 8 more offensive rebounds, and they were at the foul line 15 times more than we were. The Wolves shot jump shots, almost exclusively all night and no one crashed the boards.
There are two plays I'd like to point out, as they were my favorites of the night:
1. Jaric nearly falling to the floor as Bonzi Wells crossed him over and hit the step-back J.
2. In the third quarter, Wittman started with Hudson and Jaric in the back court. Hudson brings the ball up, passes to Jaric, Jaric passes back. With 5 seconds on the shot clock, Hudson dribbles to the 3-point arch and passes to KG. Ticket hits the jump shot with both feet on the arch.
This was probably my favorite play because even the Houston commentators (on NBALP) pointed out that it wasn't until only 5 seconds were left on the shot clock that the Timberwolves moved the ball past the 3-point arch. It took nearly 20 SECONDS to get the ball to the 3-point line! This play by itself, should explain to you how poor the play of the Minnesota Point Guards has been. God bless Ticket for bailing out his impotent guards once again.
-GL
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