Minnesota Timberwolves: Exciting Loss vs The Nuggets, A Nets Disaster, and “This Is Wolves Basketball”

The Wolves go 1–2 in a weird holiday week: a solid win over the shorthanded Knicks, an OT Christmas thriller loss to Denver, then a total letdown vs the Nets. We talk about the Ant ejection, his unreal corner 3 to force OT, and why you never want refs deciding the ending of a game that good.

We also hit the stuff that’s starting to feel like a pattern: free throws (25th in the league), getting wrecked in the paint by a team that shouldn’t do that to you, and the clunky fit of the Nas + Julius minutes. Plus: Rudy’s on/off splits vs Denver (+18 with Rudy, -22 without), whether the Wolves need a real backup big, and why the trade machine is firing up again.

Then we run the Christmas Day slate (Knicks/Cavs, Spurs/Thunder, Warriors/Mavs, Rockets/Lakers) and get into Howl or Foul, including one take we both agree on: the Wizards are brutal to watch.

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