Final Score: Wolves 80, Jazz 74, Referees 20

levi wrote:
> Ricky Davis was a big bleeding flesh wound.

Disagree. Ricky played his heart out, as well.

-Junior
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unclejr wrote:
> levi wrote:
> > Ricky Davis was a big bleeding flesh wound.
>
> Disagree. Ricky played his heart out, as well.

Well, not on defense. Note that Matt Harpring (um,
hey, that's Ricky's guy) led *all* scorers. Particularly
obvious was 5:46 left in the 2nd, score was Utah 33,
Minn 32. Boom. Harpring scores 4 baskets in a row,
misses a fifth. Also in there, Matt got an offensive
rebound (and putback), a steal, and blocked a (who?!)
Davis attempt at a "driving layup". Oops. Wolves go
-10 for this stint to the end of the 2nd quarter.

By 6:00 in the 3rd, after a furious comeback by the
Wolves to get within one, Ricky was 3-13. I think the
Wolves might have been better off if his wife's doctor
had sent a note, excusing Ricky from playing.

But no. Casey leaves Davis in, and sends those other
defensive phenoms Jaric and Frahm out to join him. Oops.
Bad move coach. Blount picks up his 3rd, 4th, and
5th foul in less than 4 minutes as the Jazz barge into
the paint mercilessly. And the Wolves never recover
from this -9 stretch to end the 3rd quarter.

So far, my take on Davis' defense compared to Wally's
is that at least Davis is usually in the right place.
Like Wally, he does seem to lose focus (or watch the
wrong things) and thus his man. The *result* is pretty
much the same.
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levi wrote:
> I think the
> Wolves might have been better off if his wife's doctor
> had sent a note, excusing Ricky from playing.

She's not his wife. She's his fiancee and the mother of his children.

But more to the point.. Ricky was up all night until about 8 am to help
with the birth of his son. I'll give him an "A" for effort,
considering that most of us would be in no shape to play basketball
after all of that.

-Junior
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levi wrote:
> unclejr wrote:
> > The Wolves were "Seahawked" all night long. Probably the
> > worst-officiated game that I've ever been to (and I've been to well
> > over 100 of 'em).
> >
> > I have a good mind to write to David Stern and demand my money back.
> > Peeuuuuuwww.
>
> I didn't think the refs (Steve Javie & Co,) were all
> that bad until the game got out of hand.
>
> Shall we do an Ikrushlots-like summary?
>
> The Good:
>
> The true blue crew of AC, Maddog, Trenton, and KG
> played their hearts out and gave it everything they
> had.
>
> KG almost refusing to leave the game when
> Casey finally pulled the plug.
>
> The Bad:
>
> Ricky Davis was a big bleeding flesh wound

> Marko Jarics was the bacterial infection that
> doomed the patient once he got in.
>
> Dwayne Casey does *NOT* have the experience
> to coach this team (heck, maybe any NBA team)
> right now.

I agree with everything but this. While I'd like to see him settle on
a rotation, other than that he's doing a good job coaching a bad team.
I certainly don't think this team would be any better with a different
coach.
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