Category: 2008-09 Wolves Game Logs
2008-09 Game 35: OKC @ Minnesota
January 7th, 2009, 22 Comments
Oklahoma City Thunder, 5-30
SRS: -7.58 (29th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 93.8 (7th of 30) ▪ Offensive Rating: 101.0 (29th of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 109.5 (22nd of 30)
Minnesota Timberwolves, 9-25
SRS: -5.82 (26th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 92.1 (12th of 30) ▪ Offensive Rating: 103.6 (23rd of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 109.6 (24th of [...]
2008-09 Game 34: Love @ Mayo
January 6th, 2009, 11 Comments
Minnesota Timberwolves, 8-25
SRS: -6.04 (27th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 92.0 (12th of 30) ▪ Offensive Rating: 103.7 (24th of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 110.2 (26th of 30)
Memphis Grizzlies, 11-23
SRS: -5.27 (25th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 90.2 (21st of 30) ▪ Offensive Rating: 103.4 (25th of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 108.8 (19th of 30)
<SBG>The [...]
2008-09 Game 33: Minny at the Second City
January 3rd, 2009, 8 Comments
Minnesota Timberwolves, 7-25
SRS: -6.50 (28th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 91.9 (14th of 30) ▪ Offensive Rating: 103.6 (24th of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 110.6 (26th of 30)
Chicago Bulls, 14-19
SRS: -1.85 (19th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 94.0 (5th of 30)
Offensive Rating: 105.1 (21st of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 108.9 (19th of 30)
<SBG>The Wolves are [...]
2008-09 Game 32: GSW @ MT
January 2nd, 2009, 10 Comments
Golden State Warriors, 10-24
SRS: -5.76 (25th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 97.7 (2nd of 30) ▪ Offensive Rating: 106.7 (15th of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 112.7 (30th of 30)
Minnesota Timberwolves, 6-25
SRS: -6.71 (28th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 91.6 (15th of 30) ▪ Offensive Rating: 103.3 (24th of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 110.7 (26th of [...]
2008-09 Game 31: Minnesota at Dallas
December 30th, 2008, 39 Comments
Minnesota Timberwolves, 6-24
SRS: -6.84 (28th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 91.8 (15th of 30) ▪ Offensive Rating: 102.9 (26th of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 110.3 (26th of 30)
Dallas Mavericks, 18-12
SRS: 2.44 (10th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 91.8 (15th of 30) ▪ Offensive Rating: 107.6 (13th of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 104.5 (8th of 30)
<SBG>Fresh [...]
2008-09 Game 30: Memphis at Minnesota
December 29th, 2008, 18 Comments
Memphis Grizzlies, 10-20
SRS: -5.53 (25th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 90.4 (22nd of 30) ▪ Offensive Rating: 103.7 (24th of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 109.3 (22nd of 30)
Minnesota Timberwolves, 5-24
SRS: -7.15 (28th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 91.9 (13th of 30) ▪ Offensive Rating: 102.6 (26th of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 110.7 (26th of 30)
<SBG>Memphis [...]
2008-09 Game 27: Minnesota @ San Antonio
December 23rd, 2008, 5 Comments
Minnesota Timberwolves, 4-22
SRS: -7.39 (28th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 91.5 (16th of 30) ▪ Offensive Rating: 102.0 (28th of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 110.4 (25th of 30)
San Antonio Spurs, 17-10
SRS: 2.05 (11th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 88.3 (27th of 30) ▪ Offensive Rating: 107.8 (12th of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 104.2 (8th of [...]
2008-09 Game 26: Houston at Minnesota
December 20th, 2008, 27 Comments
Houston Rockets, 17-9
SRS: 3.23 (8th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 90.4 (22nd of 30) ▪ Offensive Rating: 107.6 (11th of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 103.2 (5th of 30)
Minnesota Timberwolves, 4-21
SRS: -7.44 (28th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 91.4 (18th of 30) ▪ Offensive Rating: 101.7 (28th of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 110.1 (25th of 30)
<SBG> [...]
2008-09 Game 25: Cleveland at Minnesota
December 17th, 2008, 24 Comments
Cleveland Cavaliers, 20-4
SRS: 12.36 (1st of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 89.7 (24th of 30) ▪ Offensive Rating: 114.5 (1st of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 100.3 (2nd of 30)
Minnesota Timberwolves, 4-20
SRS: -7.28 (28th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 91.8 (15th of 30) ▪ Offensive Rating: 102.4 (26th of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 110.1 (26th of 30)
<SBG>The [...]
2008-09 Game 24: Wolves at Sacto
December 15th, 2008, 39 Comments
Minnesota Timberwolves, 4-19
SRS: -6.61 (28th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 91.3 (19th of 30) ▪ Offensive Rating: 102.5 (26th of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 109.8 (24th of 30)
Sacramento Kings, 6-18
SRS: -7.67 (29th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 93.5 (8th of 30) ▪ Offensive Rating: 103.6 (23rd of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 112.5 (28th of 30)
<SBG>The [...]
2008-09 Game 23, Minnesota @ the Lakers
December 14th, 2008, 10 Comments
<SBG>Kevin McHale, the once proclaimed "Best GM in all of Sports" had the winningest percentage of any coach of the Timberwolves (at 19-12, he'd won 61.3% of the games he'd coached the first time out). But, there's a slight chance that he'll fall to 0-4 this time out, which would give him a .543 [...]
2008-09 Game 22: San Antone at Minny
December 12th, 2008, 20 Comments
<SBG>The Spurs come to Target Center tonight and this could be a hide your eyes evening.
San Antonio, 13-8
SRS: 2.42 (10th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 88.0 (27th of 30) ▪ Offensive Rating: 107.9 (12th of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 104.6 (10th of 30)
Minnesota, 4-17
SRS: -6.70 (28th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 91.4 (18th of 30) [...]
2008-09 Game 21: Wolves @ Nugs
December 10th, 2008, 13 Comments
<SBG>Fresh off of a tough loss last night in which the club played with some actual intensity but still managed to fritter away a victory in the final minutes, the Wolves head to Denver (damn, that airport is so far from the city, right, Mr. McHale?) for a matchup with the rejuvenated Denver Nuggets.
Denver:
SRS: 5.23 [...]
2008-09 Game 20: Utah Jazz @ Minnesota Timberwolves
December 9th, 2008, 11 Comments
<SBG>Tonight marks two coaching milestones. In one corner stands Kevin McHale. Tonight is his first game back in his second stint as coach of the Timberwolves. This is also the first game played by the club without Kevin McHale as VP of basketball operations since he assumed the role in 1995. [...]
2008-09 Game 19: LAC @ MIN
December 6th, 2008, 13 Comments
<SBG>
The Wolves continue the victory parade tonight with a home game against the Los Angeles Clippers. As bad as it is in Minneapolis, oy vey, are things bad in LAClipperdom. The Clips signed Baron Davis in the off season to a humongous contract in the hopes that he would be a complementary piece [...]
2008-09 Game 18: Wolves @ Nets
December 5th, 2008, 12 Comments
<SBG>The Wolves head to the beautiful Meadowlands of New Jersey to take on the Nets tonight at a place called IZOD Center. I hadn't realized that the beautiful arena had been renamed for a shirt company, but hey, the Meadowlands ain't exactly a luscious meadow, so who cares about the name.
Actually, seeing [...]
2008-09 Game 17: T-Wolves @ Magic
December 3rd, 2008, 6 Comments
<SBG>Fresh off of a thumping at the hands of Michael Jordan's club (boy, that doesn't mean what it used to mean), the Wolves move from the frying pan into the fire and take on the Orlando Magic. The Magic got the stuffing kicked out of them by the World Champions the other night, but [...]
2008-09 Game 16: Wolves at Bobcats
December 1st, 2008, 3 Comments
<GreekHouse>Looks like SBG and I both dropped the ball on getting a post up for Saturday's game, but we made up for it by doing 2 for Friday night's game!
As I've mentioned before, I've been out of town and haven't seen a Wolves game in over a week. Things turned out basically the way [...]
Game 14: Wolves at Thunder
November 28th, 2008, 2 Comments
<GreekHouse>I'm hanging out at my parent's house for the weekend and they don't have cable, so that means no Wolves TV for me. I also missed Wednesday's game and will miss tomorrow night's game as well unless I go out to a bar or something. I only glanced at the box score and [...]
Game 14: T-Wolves at Thunder
November 28th, 2008, No Comments
I think Thunder is a crappy name for a basketball franchise. I think, relative to Seattle, OKC is a crappy place to have a basketball team. I think this is like the anti-marquee matchup.
I've spent the day handling a water problem at the inlaws, so I'm not going to be able to write [...]
2008-09 Game 13: Phoenix @ Minnesota
November 26th, 2008, 1 Comment
Shaq-Fu is in town tonight to play the Timberwolves. Or is he? At the time that I'm writing this, I can't be sure. [Ed. note -- Shaq was held out of last night's game, so it's Big Daddy time in MPLS tonight.] The Suns have said that they are going to [...]
Game 12: Wolves at Pistons
November 23rd, 2008, 9 Comments
<GreekHouse>While I said I would give Wittman a day off from criticism last post, Wolves owner Glen Taylor expressed a similar sentiment this past week. Meanwhile, some Minnesota sports writers expressed a different opinion. I like the idea of bringing Flip back and the idea had occurred to me as well. He's [...]
2008-09 Game 11: Garnett at Jefferson
November 21st, 2008, 6 Comments
<GreekHouse>I feel like I've been riding Wittman pretty hard recently, so in honor of the Wolves' second win of the season, I'll ease up a bit. Really, I shouldn't be too hard on him. He does some things that I don't like, but in reality, he has very little to do with the [...]
2008-09 Game 10: 76ers at Wolves
November 19th, 2008, 26 Comments
<GreekHouse>So I had a fun time watching the last Wolves game with Petey while drinking white russians, despite the loss. It was a throwback to our college days when we did that all the time.
With about 4 minutes remaining and the Wolves up by 5, I said to Petey "I get the [...]
2008-09 Game 9: Wolves @ Nuggets
November 16th, 2008, 27 Comments
<SBG> Last night, our friend GreekHouse posited that the Wolves would drop a home game to a team on the back end of a back-to-back when the Wolves were rested. That's a measure of how bad the Wolves have been playing. Nope, that didn't happen. The Blazers looked sluggish, but at [...]
2008-09 Game 8: Blazers at Wolves
November 15th, 2008, 10 Comments
<GreekHouse>The Wolves gave us a glimpse at just how inept an NBA team can be during the Golden State game. The Warriors were missing 3 of their starters and the Wolves still found a way to lose it. It was not just the players costing us the game though, Wittman did a horrendous [...]
2008-09 Game 7: T-Wolves at Warriors
November 11th, 2008, 10 Comments
<SBG>I strolled over to the ESPN.COM power rankings on Monday and found our Timberwolves ranked 30th out of 30 teams in the NBA. Take that with a grain of salt – Mark Stein is not exactly a Wolves lover – but there can be no doubt that the Best GM in all of Sport [...]
2008-09 Game 6: Wolves at Blazers
November 8th, 2008, 23 Comments
<GreekHouse>The Wolves kinda sucked last night, losing in a blowout to the Kings. However, I'm not quite as down about it as a lot of the other Wolves fans. Yeah, the Wolves defense wasn't great and there were quite a few easy baskets, but there were also tons of difficult jumpers that kept [...]
2008-09 Game 5: Wolves at Kings
November 7th, 2008, 12 Comments
<GreekHouse>Tonight the Wolves go to Sacramento to take on the Kings for the second time this season. The Wolves picked up their lone victory of the season at home against Sacramento in the opener and hope to post a repeat performance tonight.
Despite the loss in their last game against the Spurs, I [...]
2008-09 Game 4: Spurs at Wolves
November 5th, 2008, 5 Comments
<GreekHouse>Well, the Wolves certainly blew that last one didn't they. I'll give credit to the Thunder though, they came in with a game plan and stuck to it. They relentlessly overcommitted to the boards and it paid off. Several teams used this strategy against the Wolves last season, and it always seemed [...]
2008-09 Game 3: Wolves at Thunder
November 2nd, 2008, 7 Comments
<GreekHouse>So last night's game was kind of a stinker. The Wolves started poorly, but rebounded with a strong 2nd quarter. They then proceed to start the 3rd quarter on a very nice 7-0 run to take the lead. Unfortunately, it all unraveled from there and the Mavs went on to win pretty [...]
2008-09 Game 2: Mavs at Twolves
November 1st, 2008, 16 Comments
<GreekHouse>The Wolves started off the season on Wednesday with a nice win over the Sacramento Kings. As with most games, there are positives and negatives to take away from it. At home, against a weak Kings team that was missing Brad Miller, it would have been nice to have blown the Kings out [...]
2008-09 Game 1: Kings at Twolves
October 29th, 2008, 10 Comments
<GreekHouse>The Wolves kick off their new season tonight at home against the Sacramento Kings. The big news for the Wolves this offseason was of course the trade that they made on draft day. Twolves fans exhaled a big sigh of relief after the Wolves drafted OJ Mayo with the 3rd overall pick in [...]
