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76ers @ Timberwolves GameThread, Cornish Pixies

Philadelphia 76ers at Minnesota Timberwolves, Feb 19, 2012 4:00 PM PST


76ers vs Timberwolves coverage
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20-915-16
Location: Target Center
Time: Febraury 19th, 2012, 8:00 PM Eastern
Channel: TCN, NBA League Pass
Probable starters:
Jrue Holiday PG Ricky Rubio
Jodie Meeks SG Luke Ridnour
Andre Iguodala SF Wesley Johnson
Elton Brand PF Kevin Love
Lavoy Allen C Nikola Pekovic
Advanced Stats (Ranks)
103.2 (8) Off 100.2 (16)
94.1 (1) Def 98.9 (13)
48.9% (12) eFG% 47.4% (19)
45.1% (2) deFG% 47.7% (12)
10.3% (1) TOR 15.1% (24)
22.5% (29) ORR 28.2% (11)
74.4% (13) DRB 76.1% (1)
23.1% (28) FTR 32.2% (4)
Mortal Enemies: Canis Hoopus

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Comments

Why is this not on Comcast? What channel is this being broadcast?

TCN

sickkkkkkk no HD

I hate TCN. Their listings are always wrong on FiOS. The Sixers game is listed as Sport Fishing

I really hate that this ad is on this page:

I can’t wait to see what happens when Lin has to play with Melo.

Here we go...

I want the Sixers to win tonight. That’s obvious. But almost more than that, I’d just like to see them play well again. Enough of these crappy or inconsistent performances.

On another note… I need to rant. I’m so tired of the Lin / Knicks. It’s just so unfair. That team was practically dead and buried. I think he’s a good player, and I love the story. I’d like to root for him, but I just can’t do it. I passionately hate the Knicks / Knicks ‘fans’ / NY fans. It seems just like when the Sixers were really proving themselves as a legitimate team, the whole Lin thing had to happen and ruin it all. And since then, the Sixers haven’t even really played well. Really frustrating. I understand the Sixers are still doing better than the Knicks, and I can enjoy that right now, but I’m not sure how long that’ll last the way both of these teams are playing. It is worth noting that the Knicks have had the easiest schedule in the NBA so far, I guess.

/end rant

I’ve already done a lot of ranting on it so I won’t right now but I do have a question for everyone would the guy that got fired by ESPN for the headline be unemployed right now if he had written the “chink in the armor” headline if Lin wasn’t Asian? Also maybe I’m a a-hole but I thought it was funny

If Lin wasn’t Asian, I don’t think the writer would have used that title.

didn’t think about that but I’ve heard that phrase used before with people who aren’t Asian you’re probably right though

Sure, but I doubt they would have randomly applied it there.

Speaking of racism. Four white starters for the Timberwolves. Just figured I’d mention it.

I chuckled. And two people got fired and 1 suspended over that.

I thought it was only one that got fired? I know one got suspended

No, he wouldn’t, because “chink in the armor” is a phrase used in everyday life. So had they used it for a white person, it is a non-story.

ESPN also suspended Max Bretos for a month for using that phrase on the air on ESPNEWS on Wednesday, which I find to be a complete over-reaction. I saw the video of him using it, and for the life of me, I could not find any malicious or punny intent on his part. That suspension was just ESPN covering their own hides because the video had made its way around the internet. Max Bretos did not do himself any favors by playing the “I have an Asian wife” card.

I saw that video too & I agree complete over-reaction, something I’ve been wondering is if Lin starts next year & doesn’t do nearly as well if we should still write in pen him as a starter for the all star game because there were years when Yao was injured & he was still a starter because all of Asia voted for him. If that happens & Lin doesn’t deserve Stern better do something about it

I think Lin is the long term may actually be hurting the Knicks. With Melo and Chandler they have the personnel to eventually challenge for a title, but D’antoni is a terrible coach and Lin saved his job. In the long term the Knicks would be scary with a real coach.

I’ve kind of been thinking that as well. But even if that’s true, it’s still annoying as hell right now.

I don’t think the T’Wolves are 18-11…

Ha! My team is most definitely not 18 - 11

Closer to 29 – 0!

Unfortunately for us Wolves fans, the Sixers are better, so this may change tonight…

Of course the record will change after a game is played!

Ridnour>Rubio

can’t tell if serious.

Where did Ridnour go to college? Oregon, what college do I root for? Oregon so no I’m not being serious

Ah. Didn’t know you rooted for Oregon.

Yeah I've lived here since I was 6 & only live an hour away from Eugene

Nikola Pekovic is quite possibly the ugliest person playing professional sports today

Ugh. Wild announcers. Talk of re-naming the state “Pec-sas.” #help

*Wolves announcers

/just watched the Minnesota Wild on NBC

What station is this game on?

welp, nvm i read the comment above. sorry

Wolves 2 tone home court = ugly

What are the odds L. Allen is going to be rocking "Streets of Philadelphia" on his Ipod after his matchup with the Peksecutioner tonight?

lmao @ the song they played during the pekovic video package on the minnesota feed.

Wait, so Sport Fishing with Dan Hernandez isn’t going to be on? wtf!

I miss the CSN HD feed.

great dig by jrue

Rubio wouldn't have made that if Ridnour didn't pass him the ball

Pretty nice start

Why doesn't holiday do this more?

A Lavoy Allen long 2 is not an ideal shot there.

He’s a little too confident taking those for my liking

Minnesota broadcast has “PHILADELPHIA” on their scoreboard with the blue background instead of the more traditional red we see on CSN and even that was on ESPN on Friday.

This has nothing to do with what you said but I love to post it anytime I can:

This reminds me… when do we get to see those alternate blue jerseys?

Yes, this is actually throwing me off a bit.

and the inability to box out continues!

Nice hook by Dre

nice take by jrue. lpbb lag ftw.

I wish Dre would do stuff like that more often.

Yay! Our team can’t box out!!

lololol @ Rubio trying to draw that foul.

Jrue with the fadeaway

jrue in the post…nice

beautiful. I hope he continues to take Rubio in the post. Definite mismatch to exploit.

Zumoff bald joke lol that was awesome

This ball movement is nice

jrue talked about being more aggressive, and it’s working so far.

THROW IT DOWN BIG MAN

Jrue > Rubio

meh

It was an instant reaction type of thing. Plus, I’m an idiot. So don’t mind it.

And it happens to be true.

Both are solid starters...

Rubio is still better at this point.

This is exactly the kind of start we needed Due to recent struggles, I’m worried about them maintaining it though.

“That brings Holiday’s teammates to his feet!” – T’Wolves announcer.

I hope he was referring to the guys on the bench…….

Holiday’s teammates graveled at his feet after said play.

This is the first time in a long time that I have absolutely nothing to do during a game. I’ve usually been working or at least had a ton of schoolwork.

I’m excited to finally be back on LB during a game! Sup yall

WHOO!
I’m not sure if my video is lagging behind everyone else’s or not. I always feel that way with league pass.

I’m definitely behind on LPBB…This site spoils the action sometimes haha.

yeah I try to hold off on scrolling down to the bottom, but when I see ten people post at once I know a big play just happened before I get to see it.

it’s a pavlov’s dog type thing for me..I start salivating waiting for the play lol

We’ve had good starts in a few losses recently. Need to keep up the intensity for all 4 quarters.

Lin-sanityJrue-sanity

I wish Jrue had better puns.

The Jruth was pretty good

Yea seriously. Might as well stick with the Jrueth.

So apparently Collins told Jrue to be more aggressive. Now i have no clue who to blame when things go wrong

Whistles are silent on both ends.

sixers might want to think about defending that.

“Ig-wa-da-la” – T-Wolves announcer #HELP

glad I’m not the only one who noticed that.

FRUSTRATION

That was a quick turn around

Nightshift time

Sixers go on scoring droughts like no other. Jesus fing christ.

gotta say though I love the “ole ole” chant they do in minny. Never would have thought I would hear that in that town.

you know, Spaniards and soccer and stuff…

right, but it’s minnesota. not exactly the most european place in the world, donchaknow?

sorry, I was being facetious with that comment. I now realize I didn’t make that clear enough.

oh okay…no harm no foul.

Rubio fever they have.

lol I thought pekovic’s hobby was gladiator. didn’t blink an eye.

I’m pretty sure his hobby is spinning around a la Tazmanian Devil.

A lot of people on Twitter are having trouble finding the Sixers game on TV.

The Sixers are on The Comcast Network for the first time this year.

Yeah, I know. Just funny to see how many people didn’t.

Yep, apparently this is listed as Sport Fishing with Dan Hernandez.

I can’t believe they canceled a showing of SFwDH for this.

I was confused when I didn’t see it listed. Found it on sixers.com

Not only is it on TCN but the tv guide doesn’t list it.

What’s annoying is that TCN never lists Sixers or Flyers games and I keep forgetting what channel TCN is

Yeah its not listed for me

Bad shot from Jrue

Isnt that becoming an old tune.

Suicides for every bad long 2, Doug. It must be done.

ELTON BRAND DOVE TO THE RIM ON A PICK AND ROLL.

Just thought I’d point that out.

It’s his new thing. Popping was so yesterday.

good adjustment when his jumper has been awful this year.

I love our announcers but I hate when they do the whole “explain stuff that happened outside of Philly as if no one ever hears anything other than sixers news” I really don’t need to hear how Rubio was in Spain for two years after he was drafted. Love you anyway Malik

Vucebrick

lol. Not sure why I laughed at this so hard, but I did.

That’s not a good looking shot. ET-esque.

Long twos. Long twos everywhere.

Pancake jumper goes in.

thank god ET makes his first one

A very hardy fistpump from me on that make.

Hearty, even.

Cambell’s Chunky Soup?

haha same. Looks great so far

Who's ET?

One would assume the player on the floor with those initials.

extra-terrestrial

The T’Wolves announcer completely butchered “Vucevic.” Then corrected himself, but his correction was really just another butchering of the name.

/Vu-ya-vich

Everyone butchers his name

Well after the butcherings, he said, “I’ll get it right by the end of the night.”

/no you won’t

When I saw the sixers’ open practice at the Palestra, the announcer was saying “Voi-che-vich”

great take by Vuc

Vuce posting up Love. Nice

love the tips by vuce

Not sure I agree with that foul from the ref completely behind the action.

I dont like that call a little bit

he did reach through his body, why is he shooting 2 though?

Who knows, but Im not really surprised at terrible decisions made by nba officials these days.

Not sure how that was a foul.

Meeks running the floor?

He’s actually pretty good at that

He used to do that non stop at Kentucky if Im not mistaken.

Nice cut from Jode!

nice push off by lou lmao

jodie is so fast. I’m not sure why he doesn’t run more.

OJ has been better at the rim this year but after last year he had nowhere to go but up

Barea = tiny flopper

Thad with the O-Board and GARBAGE=GOLD=GARBAGE

Love how Barea just majorly flopped on Boss’s “pushoff” and then pushes off Lou to get the ball the next possession.

I bet Rubio leads the league in pointless behind-the-back passes.

Dre had one the other night.

lou got away with one on the last trip down, not surprised they called that one.

Thad turns garbage into gold
ET

he needs to keep doing that more often. That’s his game.

Turner BOSS’s himself two points.

Did they just call Turner a big man?
They do know he's a guard right?

More importantly, do they know he’s a bust?

Can we please box out

The Godfather theme? Was that really appropriate?

it doesn’t make any sense lol

I don’t know but I loved it

It's a Pekovic thing.

Yeah I could definitely see him in a Luca Brasi role

If this team knew how to box out I would be so happy.

Knowing is the first step, choosing to actually do so needs to come next.

pek and love are great rebounders. rebounding is a weakness on this team. do the math.

We’ve actually been pretty good on the defensive glass.

Pekovic is a weird boarder; very strong offensive rebounding, not so hot defensively.

(Wolves fan.)

Knowing is half the battle*

We had a 3 on 1 fast break and didn’t score. ET needs to make a better pass there.

Also that camera angle was awful.

i know people say this team is good on the break, but we’ve had way too many broken breaks the past 2 years for my liking.

Last year we were terrific. Have struggled this year.

fastbreaks can sometimes result in turnovers :)

Last year was better, but there were some definite head-scratchers. It’s not smooth.

We’ve been botching fast breaks a lot lately. No confidence.

agreed. and he needs to stop taking long twos while he’s at it. He is fully capable of breaking down his man, getting to the mid-range and hitting the J. I’m not sure why he settles sometimes.

This is an aspect to his game that Igudala doesn’t really have, and sets Turner apart. I would really like to see this from him more often.

Don’t mind the pull-up from time to time but the norm should be breaking down his man and getting to the rim.

yeah that too. Lots more of that.

Strange Rubio is assistless

I don’t think I’d fight Pekovic with a bat

Check out the tattoo on his left shoulder.

A warrior with a sword and a pile of skulls.

I’d need the broken travel bottles ala “The Grey”.

I’d need Liam Neeson.

He does have a very special set of skills

he proved this during his time as gang leader of the dead rabbits.

he seems like a gentle giant, though.

That's what his teammates say.

He’s my hero.

GTFO annoying ghostrider promo graphic

Love the board from Jrue.

Also a great feed there.

yet another terrible long 2 attempt

I think that was a 3 if you're talking about Jrue

that take woudl’ve been called a foul for super duper stars like Kobe

I don’t mind shooting long 2s, as long as it’s an appropriate amount.

I’m pretty sure his foot was either on or inside the line there. Zumoff said it was a 3 attempt but it didn’t look like it to me.

And either way it was an awful shot so early into the shot clock.

thats how the play was supposed to go!

Nice – don’t call the pushoff there

Lou isn’t small and scrappy enough.

You like contact bro?

Jrue wasn’t even ready to receive that pass from Dre

Yes, a fadeaway over Nikola Pekovic is the shot there, Lou.

high percentage boss shot!

Lol, live and die by the boss.

Awkward shot doesn’t go in!

terrible shot by lou

weird angle on that thad hook attempt.

a bad shot that she should’ve passed back out. He caught it too close to the baseline.

I don’t think Thad would appreciate you calling him a woman.

He would throw a punch that had no chance of landing and somehow you’d be on the floor.

Was Iguodala guarding Barea? Bad match-up for him.

Barea is a more annoying, overvalued Earl Boykins.

Barea sucks.
and I'm a Wolves fan...

so you’re on this blog because…

because he’s lance armstrong

It's a blog following the game?

you’re right. the wolve’s blog must not exist anymore.

What does that have to do with anything?

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FANDOM YOU GUYS

hey hey now, that doesn’t mean I can’t give the guy a hard time!

wouldn’t you rather discuss with wolves fans?

not that i have a problem with you here..

He hasn’t been a douche I don’t see why it’s a problem for him to be here

I said i didn’t have a problem with him here.

Not that important for me...

http://www.canishoopus.com/

Why are we trying to get rid of them? They may be rich and we might all get presents?

I am just showing him the T’Wolves site in case he wants to go there. That’s all.

Yeah that way we can’t say that we didn’t let him know.

welcome
Just ban him now.

You will by the end of the night, anyway.

Boy scout
Idiot.
FIGHT

Are we having a Timberwolves Fan-Off on LB?

He's been banned from every Wolves-opponent board so far this year.

All three of his identities.

Wait...

how do you know this? ARE YOU ONE OF HIS IDENTITIES?!

Hehe.

I’m a figment of my own imagination.

Great...

My internet stalker is here.

This is getting weird

I've said the last I'll say about Lance.

I’ll keep watching for his banning. I predict early fourth quarter.

Perhaps find other things to do with your time?

Just a suggestion

New half-time idea? Fans from opposing blog fight each other to the death via blogging in the LB game thread.

Co-signed.

no holds-bar? ladder match? bra and panties match?

HELL IN A CELL

chokeslam to hell a la section of ring giving way to weight of Undertaker?

Natalie vs. Mila.

just watched your highness last night. natalie – ::drools::

I hate digital body doubles. They’re all the rage in Hollywood right now

Fact, but on the flip side, I don’t want to see Nat in trash like that anyway. She’s better than that.

I was cooped up in a hotel room – only thing on HBO. I’ll deal.

I wouldn’t consider it as trash

luna vs. sable?

That should indicate the last time I watched wrestling.

I think I learned the slang “puppies” from WWF/E

How do people in Minnesota fight?

On skates

gloves on the ice.

I imagined chainsaws being involved somehow.

That's only

during summer.

::nods head approvingly::

Yessssss Dre!

missed his first FT

Noooooooo Dre!

JRUE TO THE BASKET.

WHAT.

Did Vuce just get his shot blocked into the basket?

Inconsistent whistles.

he was not kidding when he talked about being more aggressive in the pregame.

The Wolves announcer finally pronounced Vucevic right! PARTY TIME!

lol @ the wolves announcer being butthurt about jrue giving the ball to the ref.

yeah, when the guy makes a nice play and isn’t on the team you’re announcing, you have to make ticky-tack complaints.

Yea I heard that to. If anything he was being a gentleman. And if the ref had a problem with it he would have given him a warning after the second time

to be fair

it’s something i’ve seen called before

I have respect for Kevin Love’s beard. Also, it makes me miss Wight.

bad close to the quarter…

?

I thought we ended the quarter okay.

yeah we won the quarter by three points. Not bad, but I would’ve preferred winning by more than three points.

“bad” is perhaps overstating it.

but giving up 4 fts in the last 30 seconds ain’t great.

I wuold’ve preferred that they make Love earn his points at the line than make the easy layup.

Really encouraging play from Jrue though…He’s doing his nightly “flashes of greatness” segment.

Random fast food news half-time update:

No real “news”, but…

Birthday Cake Oreos!

Strange game to watch...

Seem’s like this is a Philly type game and it’s only a 5 point game. Sixers look so athletic…

same feeling as the mavs game Fri

Weren’t we up more at halftime?

Yeah, then we scored 24 in the second half.

I thought it was 10 at half but it felt like it should have been a lot more.

It was like 12 or 13, iirc. 51-39 or 51-37

Such a frustrating loss… god damnit

1st half ends at the perfect time I can watch the first part of Elimination Chamber now

Haven’t watched WWE in years… who’s even in that match?

Same. They have a whole show called Elimination Chamber now?

Yeah I think it’s stupid I think they should of kept it as No Way Out

They are doing two Chamber matches, on Smackdown it’s Daniel Bryan(champ), Big Show, Santino(but he’s most likely going to get attacked) Khali, Wade Barrett, & Cody Rhodes(Dusty Rhodes son & Goldust’s brother)

The Raw chamber match is right now & it is CM Punk(champ) Chris Jericho, Kofi Kingston, The Miz, R-Truth, & Dolph Ziggler(who I think is the next star in wrestling)

Go Santino!

How do people still follow wrestling after the age of 16?

I never understood that.

Because it’s extremely enjoyable.

No lie

I occasionally tune into Raw now as a result of frequenting LB and following a few members here who watch WWE

What’s wrong with wrestling? The storylines aren’t as good now as they were when I was 16, but they’re still fun to watch

I tuned into a random Royal Rumble match few years back; about 15 guys in the ring, fake punches and kicks all over the place. I think at that particular time everybody got tired at the same time, and guys were just resorting to the fake chop block. It was quite possibly one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen, friends and I laughed out loud for a good 1/2 hour. Needless to say, I tune in everyone once in awhile for the lulz. Great stuff.

I’ve always liked it I know it’s planned out but I still consider it a sport with some of the stuff they have to do

I like the moniker “sports entertainment.” Not a sport but sports related.

the raw match is on now? weird.

anywho, they shouldn’t have a ppv between Rumble and Mania. In fact, they should just go back to 4 ppvs. it slows down the storytelling, which would be a positive.

I read that they have some stuff planned for the Smackdown chamber so Santino won’t participate thankfully & my favorite wrestler might be showing up tonight, if you want a hint about who it is he’s the most electrifying man in entertainment

Thankfully!? Santino should the the champion of everything!

I recognize about 4 of these names.

I watch wrestling twice a year and I know all of those names.

No need to brag, jerk!

No, there was a need.

A definite need. I’m the same way.

Wait? Dolph Ziggler is Nicky from the Spirit Squad?

Rubio has 18 already? doesn’t feel like it.

Sixers had 1 turnover all half. And it was on the bad offensive foul call on Lou.

Good memory, that call sucked.

So that means we’ll have 8 TOs in the third right?

It’s not as impressive considering Zumoff mentioned it late in the half.

Especially since Barea has gotten away with at least 1 blatant push off.

With his short arms you can barely even consider it an advantage!

Minnesota just loves their guys with short arms

Brand/Thad doing a nice job holding Love to a 2-11 clip.

Coincidentally...

Dirk shot 2-11 in the first half of Friday night’s game.

UH OH

Rebounding numbers even, and sixers have 1 more oreb. Not sure if that’s a good sign or a bad sign. On one hand it’s good that we’re even, on another hand it’s bad because you’d think Minnesota would start to pull away in that stat, and we’re only up 5.

Is Nba TV still showing non stop coverage of Lin sanity?

FTFY
Is Nba TV every sports media outlet still showing non stop coverage of Lin sanity?

The answer is yes. It’s a LINsane world and we’re all just living in it.

They're only showing it because people want to watch it...

it’s a vicious cycle.

Finally found the game on TV. Sheesh.

So only one turnover so far. Similar to the first half of the mavs game. Where they took a dump last game was when they turned it over six or seven times in the third quarter.

I’m already hyperventilating.

Hi everyone!
TwistyWristy!!!

Lance! (Do we know each other?)

He’s a minny fan. See above

No but warm welcomes are always nice.

This is true, even more so when it’s cold and snowing outside.

Hey!

Remember that time Justin thought you were a girl?

Wait, I’m not a girl?

not anymore you’re not!

Halftime game thread party

I don’t really know why Collins starts the 2nd half with the starters no matter what. I think it’s fairly stubborn.

No ifs and or buts

I can think of a few other s words to describe it

If the thinking is that you want your bench to match up with the other team’s bench at all times, it makes sense.

But like, why would that be your thinking?

It’s like in baseball. Let’s say your 4th starter is awesome. You’d want him to go up against the other team’s 4th starter every time it was possible. It’s a huge advantage. If you think your bench is that much better than the other team’s bench, you’d want to maximize that advantage.

That’s a way I could justify it.

That’s not how baseball teams do it at all. Occasionally teams will line up their ace to go against another team’s ace but they never try to line up any pitchers deeper in the rotation.

But, unlike baseball, you can take players in and out

But in basketball, benches aren’t subbed in en masse. You can funnel guys in slowly rather than mass exoduses.

I’m just saying that could be a justification/devil’s advocacy. Regardless, who would you sub out? Vuce for Lavoy maybe, but I’d want Jodie’s shooting.

Additionally, we’re the best 3rd quarter team in the league. The strategy works more often than not.

Is that Lavoy's first bucket tonight?

if brand doesn’t bail out after that shot he may have gotten the board.

Here we go. uggg.

Holiday's ankles died.

Actually he got tripped

breathe…breathe..

Are they playing godfather music in there stadium?

Some guy above explained its for Pekovic

Yeah we cant figure that one out

Whenever Pek scores.

He’s like a made man/thug/hit man….

Jodie has been colddddd

Lavoy ? come on bro

should I just turn this off now?

bloody hell… jodie is useless when he can’t hit a shot

He’s doing a really good job on Ridnour. Not that that’s saying much.

Here we go again. COLD

And here’s another scoreless streak beginning. I don’t know any other team that goes cold as often as the Sixers

Whistles Silent. Good job tho Jruth

Prefer to see Vuce in there instead of Allen

Jrue with a nice take, absorbs the contact (no call) and sinks it.

glad to see jrue looking so aggressive

Good to hear Minny announcers giving props to him too

Even if Jrue misses that, it’s still a good shot.

Good Jrue, Goooooood.

That’s a more acceptable jumper from Jodie

Off the dribble, rarity from him

Typical midrange stroke from Young Orestes.

rim’d

rather that than get called for bs charge.

Come on Iggs Id like to see you dunk/finish that

Unnecessarily awesome save by Rubio

ok your stream is faster than everyone elses.

Maybe I just type really fast?

Fast and psychically.

There was a moving pick there but there was no call.

Rubio - Top 10 NBA point guard...

and only 24 games into his career.

But did he make a mil before he got laid?

Gotta think about the conversion rate.

Jrue just had his ankles broken.

JRUUUUUUUUUUU

Jrue is determined to get to the bucket. He reads LB!

how did you find out??

nvrm, I get it ….

or Rubio is a bad defender. ..

He’s actually not that bad.

Not that bad implies he’s still bad

Not that bad?

You folks don’t watch too much eastern conference do you?

He’s been a phenomenal defender for us.

wolves are a western conference team, though.

the reason that ppl think he's a bad defender

is the same reason that Lin has been on Sportscenter nonstop

I’m pretty sure it’s not that reason.

because he was cut by two teams before playing like an NBA all star?

They’re both Asian?

Because people don’t watch him?

we have a winner!

Lin is on Sportscenter because people don’t watch him? This doesn’t make sense.

It actually does if you don’t think about it.

I watch a ton. I actually wrote a post on NBAPlaybook earlier this year on how good Rubio’s defense has been. I’ve been a Rubio fan since he was 15. I don’t really need to be lectured on his defense. It was a quick post to state that I disagreed with the posters assessment. That was all.

You are forgiven.

Oh boy.

Is this the part where Cynical Jason’s prediction comes true?

/grabs popcorn

It’s not the early fourth yet!

it was more so a suggestion. I don’t watch a lot of wolves.

So Jrue decided on taking it to the hoop tonight. Nice

and it really is a simple as that isn’t it… he can get to the hoop whenever he wants!

jrue forcing wolves to the zone?

terrible pass dre

Not a great shot by Dre but he makes it anyway.

to be fair, shot clock was low

Shot clock was low.

Stop turning it over, Dre!

whats iggy's stats?

it looks like he’s going to have a double double

He’s not even close to double digit assists/rebounds.

That was the Sixers’ first three of the game.

Bide your time and then seize the moment Craig!

hes in right now?

But yea, this is fantastic.

Two in a row unacceptable

Over committed vooch.

Turner’s only played 9 minutes. And they were well-played. I don’t get it this time.

Especially with as bad as Jodie has been tonight

I think you're right

DC hates ET, even if Turner’s a complete pain, play the man

Look what Magic Johnson posted on twitter
Earvin Magic Johnson
@MagicJohnson

There shouldn’t be anymore questions as to whether @Jlin7 is legit so are the Knicks.

The Sixers can’t hope to compete with the Knicks because they “literally have no idea what they’re doing”.

But a guy who has played less than 10 games with his team is legit.

/Magic Johnson logic

Magic Johnson...

…such a good commentator

I bet the Knicks are top 5 in the East now and the Sixers still aren’t.

knicks just moved up to no. 1, pushing the sixers out of the top five.

To be fair Lin is killing it right now and they’ve won 7-8…But yea I’m sure that’s what they are saying.

Some one slipped some Vicodin into his cocktail?

/too soon, too soon

I. HATE. THIS. COMMERCIAL.

looks like turner is going to play under 20mins again despite playing well

Only 9 assists on 30 FGs for the Sixers tonight. Odd.

jrue’s drives probably have a lot to do with that.

And despite actually going to the basket they have about half of Minnesota’s FT attempts.

Late whistle

love when the refs wait to see if the ball goes in.

And Meeks still cooooooold as Ice.

Not exactly an open look, Jode.

Pekovic manhandling Vuce.

Its a slaughtering down there.

That guys a monster. Looks like he was born near a power plant.

What was the foul there?

f me meeks..

Pekovic looks like the weird dude from the Goonies.

20-8 FT advantage now…

This is annoying. Attack the rim

“The girth of Live and Pekovic”

What in gods name is Doug calling right now.

Please not again.

What the hell, ET? Why would you leave your man there?

typical crap fest from the sixers on offense.

Finally, Jodie answers.

It’s getting Bossy in here

Boss with the block?

Don’t understand Lou with a long-two fade with Kevin Love on him. I don’t understand it.

but doug loved it!

Because he’s a boss

lmao clash of the titans

Oh Malik

It’s bad enough we get no calls when playing the Heat, Spurs, Knicks, etc. But now it’s happening against the T-Wolves?

That wasn't a foul. thanks refs

really bad calls here.

The whole team reacted to how horrible of a call that was

chuckle from the announcer means no foul

wolves announcer, I mean.

I’m convinced the refs give Barea calls since he’s small and scrappy. Sympathy calls!

I feel like

referees in general dont give us calls because we dont have a ‘star’

Well, stars are stars because they know how to work the refs

when we work the refs

they give us T’s and ignore hacks inside the paint even more sigh

I will tell you something...

There are about 30 fanbases who complain about refs in 80/100 games. I see it everywhere I go, including Canishoopus.

The refs are out to get everyone.

It’s a hard job. Bad calls happen to every team.

no

this happens every game. We’re on pace to set a league record for least free throws attempted in a season

It's style of play then.

Like I said, everyone complains about refs giving games away to other teams. You are no exception.

This game alone I can count 4-5 times when either Jrue or Lou Williams has attacked the basket, absorbed contact and not gotten any foul called…

It isn’t the style of play, we really don’t get too much respect from the refs. It’s whatever but its obvious.

No.

There are always people like you. “No, it’s true in our city. Look at example X, X, and X.”

it’s not a good idea to argue things you have no idea about.

well, in part it is the style of play…but yeah

Canishoopus??

New drug all the kids are trying

Ah i should have known.

more like cANUShoops, amirite?

I hate to tell you this my friend but you’ve been making some suspect comments on here.

like what?
Maybe Im being a bit harsh

but You still need to explain your self on the batman and canishoopish? lines

Canis Hoopus is the T’Wolves SBN blog.

We need more stars like Barea.

Okay, close game time. Sixers are something like 14-27 in games decided by 7 or less the last 2 years.

pistons beat celtics.

pacers obliterated bobcats.

Too bad we can’t go back in time and trade Turner for Monroe

I miss Hawes. :(

i miss his hawesome beard more

The Sixers are going to lose tonight because they can’t win close games.

Except when they do.

14-27 last 2 years in games decided by 7 or less.

Flip a coin 41 times, 30 times, odds are you're going to get a count that looks like that.

lolwut

Try an expirment...

Flip a coin 41 times. Each time you do this will count as one experiment. Do this 30 times and tally your results.

nah i’d rather not.

Implying that there’s a 50% chance to win every close game?

the record should be closer to .500. I’m implying there’s a reason it’s not. Same thing for overtime (2-8 last 2 years)

Random walk theory!

I clearly wasn’t replying to you.

No.

I’m saying the close game stat is just luck. It has nothing to do with will.

No one said it had to do with will.

for 2 years? so they’ve had 2 years of bad luck?

So flip a coin 1200 times? Umm no

ET needs to attack the rim.

Don’t like Evan dribbling around and taking an 18 footer.

Not a good shot from Turner

time to cut him

Ha. Offensive foul?

What? Seriously, what?

Where’s the foul?

Haha, of course. This is such BS.

......

lol that was an offensive foul?

Barea gets short guy calls all the time lol

Can’t believe the refs missed that call on the Lou steal there, he clearly fouled Barea

He practically MURDERED him.

that shoulder block was VICIOUS.

Garbage=Gold=Garbage.

bullpoop call.

CM Punk won the Raw Chamber for those who care

Weird as it is to say, Lou should take Barea EVERY TIME.

what?

you want to encourage him?

bright side

the refs have been letting the wolves get away with murder and we’re still up 6!

Boss.

Also, is Allen on the mutant now?

Thad tried to go wayyyy high off the glass.

None Offensive foul call.

Barea fouls people?

Love unleashed? Sounds warm!

The same thing that happened with Dirk the other night is now happening with KLove. Both started the first half by going 2-11, and then really picked it up in the 2nd half.

Not surprising since they’re good players… just making an observation.

No problem with that Lou shot.

K Love goin nuts

Jrue fouled! YAYAYAYAYAYA

One team plays in the East....

The other team plays in the West….

Conferences really screwing with records.

Alright the gigs up, you’re tripping on Ambien right now aren’t you.

what

maybe that guy was right. his comments are starting to sound more trollish.

I thought this happened already.

Malik acts like the T-Wolves haven’t been getting away with stuff all night

smdh....

Go read Canishoopus.

There have been two, by my count, conversation blurbs complaining about fouls.

Why would they be complaining when they have nearly 3x more FTAs?

Just about specific calls.

Wolves style of play always gets a ton of calls. Pek and Love? COme one.

ok...

that’s why I’m at this Sixers board. Because we will talk about the same things. If the Sixers were taking twice as many FT’s as the T-Wolves, there wouldn’t be any complaints here.

Sixers doing a decent job on the boards tonight, mostly due to Turner leading the team in D-boards despite the fewest minutes played.

he should be playing the entire 4th quarter in that case, but that wont happen

Just the shot we needed, Jrue. ffs

Don’t like that shot Jrue.

An open Lou three within the offense? I’ll take it!

Not a good shot but of course he makes it

boss

Yeah, didn’t love that one. Getting bossy.

Boss is starting to feel it

I dislike how we start to penetrate and then dish backwards (as opposed to outward)… it’s pointless.

Notice that it’s due to Lou Williams

That’s a BS foul.

the makes were the worst thing to happen.

lmao that’s on philly?

Come on EB, that’s your shot!

Thats a good shot from Brand, he’s gotta hit that.

Do we have an offense?

It shuts down in the 4th quarter a lot.

Two nice looks from Dre to Brand in a row. Let’s start finishing.

“Brand pushes off on Pekovic…….and Pek picks up his 2nd foul.” – T’Wolves announcer

THAT WAS A MOVING PICK BY PEKOVIC

Good foul Brand, looks like he got hurt though.

At least it was a hard foul.

damn hes holding that right thumb too.

right thumb on the rim

I was never a fan of the see-saw.

nice finish Jrue

Words can’t express how much I love that play from Jrue. God bless that kid.

Brand’s been bad.

amazing that ball movement and not jacking 20 footers produces points.

Good hustle Thad and Jrue.

How is that a foul

coulda went either way. he did take out his legs.

Would’ve liked an extra pass from Thad to Dre but….okay.

was that who was wide open on the wing?

That was probably a foul for Love.

You can not tell me that the Eastern Conference isn't JV

West is Varsity.

you are a troll.

Levin, ready to ban this guy?

What?

jefu is crazy sensitive.

Says the guy who responds to everything in an indignant manner

lol

straight trippin

no, you are a troll.

I’ll give him one more.

That he is.

He got kicked out by Canis Hoopus which is why he can’t post on there.

lmao 2 of the top 3 teams on the league are eastern teams.

This is true

Then what makes the East JV?

On the plus side, at least you lasted longer than Cynical Jason said you would. Kudos to you for that.

but 4 of the top 8 teams in the East wouldn't even make the playoffs in the West.

And neither will the wolves.

Whats funny is that I was cool with the Wolves before but this guy is annoying

I warned you guys.

He’s done this all year. He’s not welcome at Canis Hoopus or at any site of the teams the Wolves have played. This is why.

Well the T-Wolves wouldn’t make the playoffs in either.

We will see.

If the Wolves were in the East they would be a shoe in as a 5 or 4 seed. Too much talent on that roster.

lol, yeah ok.

you make little to no sense.

T-Wolves are clearly better than the Hawks, Magic, Pacers, and Celtics.

and you don’t think that has anything to do with the fact that miami and chicago are killing everybody?

That's only two teams. Look at how everyone else fairs against the West.

look how you’re proposing a subjective argument in order to rouse everyone else. this is a troll argument. You are a troll.

or it's just basketball talk
oh goodness

dont be that guy. Looking at the standings..the East has 5 bad teams and the west has 3, the ones at the top are overrated, including your Wolves.

infinite dots….

unbelievable that wasn’t on the wolves.

infinite dots…

looking at the boxscore

you’d think that Pekovic is a superstar with how many foul calls he’s gotten

Holiday = new closer?

back to “any guy any night”

Better than the alternative.

lol wolves fans looking for a foul on iggy lol

too many passes by love…thank god.

Jrue is making me fall in love with him all over again.

It’s been awhile.

20 points on 20 shots…

0 FTA

Which is weird since a lot of his points have been in the paint.

Sixers aren’t getting calls because of their style of play. Don’t be silly.

I’m a fan of the intent rather than the result.

They are giving him no calls at all when he drives.

amazing with all the drives. but he’s been pretty uncontested at the rim now that I think about it.

Same here but he cant turn that over there.

14 mins for turner.. just saying

oh my goodness

not the shot I really want there but I’ll take it

Dre and Jrue with a double board there – huge.

note to self: check thad’s clutch stats.

The thread is so slow

I’ve been trying to get on for 15 minutes, but hold serve Sixers

oh god oh god oh god.

Pleeeeease

No foul, no foul, no foul….

Refs are insistent on giving Minnesota this win.

Screw that

what do you want Iggy to do?

Un fucking believable.

gotta be kidding me

That was interesting.

Only play here is to the basket

that was not a foul.

Good game everyone
T-Wolves fans are classy

except for you, I heard Canis Hoopus blocked you

Nope. Never got banned there.

Good game everyone. You’re a player or two away from greatness.

wow. what a call to make inside 1 second. WOW

I hate games like this, zach zkyathr just wanted to get his name mentioned on TV. hack

Iguodala got all ball. That is absolute horsecrap.

Can we protest this?

Great game. Could have gone either way.

I love when people troll and then try to pretend like it didn’t happen.

I honestly dont understand why people get off to trolling. what is the point seriously?

have to make up for something else lacking I suppose.

that’s what trolls do.

You're too sensative....

It’s really not that big of a deal. I’m from an opposing team rooting for that team. You guys are too close to this for any rational judgment.

Hypocritical much?

Why are you still here?

basketball blog about a game I just watched
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by LanceArmstrong_LIVESTRONG on Feb 19, 2012 9:14 PM EST
I was happy. Is this allowed?

Go buy another yellow bracelet.

And it’s spelled sensitive. If you’re going to troll, at least spell words correctly.

Hes got quite possibly one of the lamest handles Ive ever seen.

I'm so done with NBA reffing this year.

Good lord

that was a fantastic dig by iguodala. terrible call.

It’s come to this. The T-wolves get bailed out by the refs? I’m getting tired of the NBA. I have loved the Sixers my whole life, but the reffing has been especially bad this year, and it’s almost not fun to watch anymore.

we got jobbed vs the Spurs

and we got jobbed tonight, bs man

I need to take a step back and stop watching this team for a bit. They’re really bringing me down.

I thought you were being kind of a dick to Lance Armstrong when he first posted. Funny how opinions can change in under an hour. Sorry for misjudging your comments.

I did not say anything at the risk of starting something, but I could tell from very early on, even before Cynical Jason showed up, that this person had nothing of substance to add to this blog.

Why didn't Lou just throw the ball at the rafters instead of taking the shot? by then time it came down mad scrabble game over

such a good point……

That was complete bullshit.

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