Can the Timberwolves end the 33 year drought?
The last Minnesota team to make a finals was the Twins in 1991.
The North Stars made it in 1990.
The Viking did it in 1976.
The Timberwolves never made it.
They got punched and they punched back. Great response to being down in the series. Game 7 it is
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. — Robin Williams
So what gives NBA viewers? Why has this series been lopsided wins back and forth?
Man, the Wolves absolutely destroyed the Nuggets. I was actually rooting for the Wolves to take this to a game 7. Should be fun to watch. If the final is the Celtics vs either the Nuggets or Wolves, I will be a happy man.
AGRforever wrote:
So what gives NBA viewers? Why has this series been lopsided wins back and forth?
The games have been downright awful in that regard...Not good watching for sure.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
AGRforever wrote:
So what gives NBA viewers? Why has this series been lopsided wins back and forth?
I was actually thinking the same thing. I think if NFL teams could play a best of 7 series for each, you'd get similar results. Not necessarily the lopsided wins, but good teams wouldn't necessarily win 4 straight against lesser teams. In the NFL we tend to assume that the winner was, is and will always be the better team. I don't think that's true at all. I think it just means they were the better team that day. ...if that makes any sense.
MaroonBells wrote:
I was actually thinking the same thing. I think if NFL teams could play a best of 7 series for each, you'd get similar results. Not necessarily the lopsided wins, but good teams wouldn't necessarily win 4 straight against lesser teams. In the NFL we tend to assume that the winner was, is and will always be the better team. I don't think that's true at all. I think it just means they were the better team that day. ...if that makes any sense.
100% agree with this...
There would be a Lombardi @ Eagan today if the NFL were best of 5 or 7.
For sure the Vikings would have won vs at least the Steelers in a best of sb series.
I suspect 98 might have been able to beat the Bronco's too.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
Vikergirl wrote:
They got punched and they punched back. Great response to being down in the series. Game 7 it is
You like your Mustang Fastbacks huh?
My first car ever was a 69 with a 289...Miss that thing.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
The Wolves and Nuggets will play at 7 p.m. Sunday and be televised on TNT.
The Pacers-Knicks Game 7 in New York will be played at 2:30 p.m. Sunday and televised on ABC.
Oddsmakers have the Nuggets as five-point favorites to win Game 7 at home and move onto the Western Conference finals.
The Western Conference final series would start on Wednesday. If Oklahoma City advances, it would host the first two games. If Dallas advances — the Mavericks hold a 3-2 series lead going into Saturday night's Game 6 in Texas — it would be on the road at either Denver or Minnesota.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
Actually found myself watching the Pacers Mavs game last night. It's easy to forget just how good basketball can be. I think if you strip out all the baggage, at its core, minute for minute, basketball is the most exciting of all of the four major sports. Hoping for a close one tonight.
I'm a college fan too...
I have not been a core NBA fan since -- well ... Showtime with Magic, Kareem, Nixon, Worthy days. Man, thats a long time ago now.
Rooting for the Wolfies and their fans tonight.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
Best of luck, Wolves fans. I hope you go get it. I'm a Pistons fan (used to be when I watched the NBA fairly regularly), so yeah.....that's not a good thing. ;)
MaroonBells wrote:
Actually found myself watching the Pacers Mavs game last night. It's easy to forget just how good basketball can be. I think if you strip out all the baggage, at its core, minute for minute, basketball is the most exciting of all of the four major sports. Hoping for a close one tonight.
I love college basketball. March Madness is one of the best times of the year.
Unbelievable. Down 58-38 in the 3rd with Ant shooting bricks and go on a 60-32 run on the road vs. the defending champs. I didn't even find where the game was televised until it was over. I hope TNT does a rerun. Even a shortened/chopped version of that 2nd half would be amazing to see.
Nice the Wolves now have homecourt for the WCF, but that clearly means nothing this year LOL. Mavs and Pacers both won 2 series without homecourt and the Wolves just went 1-2 at home and 3-1 in Denver.
RS_Express wrote:
Unbelievable. Down 58-38 in the 3rd with Ant shooting bricks and go on a 60-32 run on the road vs. the defending champs. I didn't even find where the game was televised until it was over. I hope TNT does a rerun. Even a shortened/chopped version of that 2nd half would be amazing to see.Nice the Wolves now have homecourt for the WCF, but that clearly means nothing this year LOL. Mavs and Pacers both won 2 series without homecourt and the Wolves just went 1-2 at home and 3-1 in Denver.
When the Nuggets were up to 20 I was rooting for the Wolves to make it a good game. But then I couldn't stop! When Conley hit that three to take the lead for good, I was on my feet and the conversion was complete.
I think if Denver had won I wouldn't have watched their next series, but now I'm kinda excited to see what the Wolves do.
The Gobert fadeaway, Naz dunk, KAT dunk, dagger 3 by Ant to put them up 10... great team win that started with stifling defense in the 2nd half and had some big moments for a bunch of different Timberwolves players.
They've been doing it all year like this, hopefully they can keep it rolling.
BOOM
Talk about resilient huh?
That is truly one for the history books
Wow, very happy for the Wolves and their fanbase.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
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