Game 11: Minnesota Timberwolves at Oklahoma City
Posted by SBG on Friday, November 24th, 2006 at 4:08 pm
The Wolves travel to OK City to play their second game of the year against the NOK Hornets. The Hornets won on a buzzer beater (so Hornet like) in Minneapolis last week and look to remain undefeated at home.
Here's the tale of the tape:
W-L PF PA HOME ROAD STK L10 MIN 4-6 93.7 94.6 3-2 1-4 W1 4-6 NOK 8-4 95 94 4-0 4-4 L1 6-4
NOK is a pretty good team and they have a good young star in Chris Paul. His true shooting percentage is 55.0 and his PER is 23.53. They also brought in Peja Stojakovic and Tyson Chandler in the off-season. Peja is off to a good start and he buried the three that killed the Wolves last week. Chandler isn't much offensively, but he is grabbing 12 boards a game. At 7'1, he's not much of a shot blocker either, at 0.73 a game. Think of it. The Baby Bulls both moved on and Chicago doesn't much care, I don't think (except that they fleeced the Knicks in the Eddy Curry trade). The Wolves will miss David West, who is out with a strained elbow.
It's early, but the Hornets are off to a nice 8-4 start, good for fourth in the Western Conference. They've won all four home games and are 4-4 on the road, including wins in Detroit and Indiana.
T-Wolves Win!
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