December 1, 2008, at 5:00 pm 
<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 I would have predicted--the Wolves went 1-2 with their lone win against the Thunder. It would seem that the loss against Denver was due largely to the Nuggets getting to the line 33 times, while the Wolves got there only 10 times. That's a mighty big defecit to overcome. Free throw disparity was a huge issue for the Wolves last season, but it hasn't really been an issue this season.
The other thing that seemed interesting about the box score was that Love played 29 minutes. I've been confused about why he hasn't been getting more minutes, so it's nice to see him get a bunch, even if it was likely due to the fact that Craig Smith had 5 fouls in just 11 minutes. It seemed inevitable that Love would be a key contributor to this squad after his strong performances at the beginning of the season. But then towards the end of the 8 game losing streak, his minutes got slashed.
It seems impossible that the Wolves can keep BAJ, Smith, and Love all on their team and ever be really competitive. There is just too much redundancy there. It's possible that the Wolves just want to use Smith a lot to increase his potential trade value and save wear and tear on Love. If that's the case, then I approve of the Wolves using Smith a lot. Otherwise, I'm not sure why the Wolves are giving Smith so many minutes that should probably be given to Love. In any case, Love took full advantage of his minutes on Saturday, going 7-9 with 18 points and 12 boards. Maybe his outstanding performance will earn him some additional burn tonight.</GreekHouse>
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