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00:005% shooting, 2nd quarter 39 points, 54% shooting.
00:05The offense caught fire.
00:07Our Menard, 2nd half scouting report.
00:08And a lot of that production was 2 guys.
00:11It was Julius Randle, who was super efficient,
00:13and Bones Highland, same thing.
00:16Julius has been so good in this game
00:19with 14 points on 4 of 8 shooting.
00:21Been on the line 6 times as well.
00:24Four rebounds, couple of assists,
00:26classic Julius Randle basketball.
00:28And then Bones Highland just came off the bench
00:30and was shot out of a cannon.
00:324 of 6.
00:34All those points came from the 3-point line,
00:38then 3 of 4 from the free-throw line as well
00:40for Bones Highland.
00:41And Minnesota did a great job of driving
00:43that Charlotte field goal percentage
00:46under 42% in that first half.
00:4941.7 is what Charlotte shot.
00:52And then the great rebound deflection by Mike
00:54ends up with Dante's hands
00:56and fires it down the court.
00:58To Rudy Gobert for the 2.
01:00So obviously 3-point shooting
01:01is a big thing for Minnesota in this game.
01:04They're out-shooting the team
01:06that out-shoots their opponent
01:07by 3.5 three-point makes per game.
01:10So that's something.
01:11For Minnesota to be up 10-7
01:13in that category,
01:14that's got to keep the pedal to the metal
01:17here in the second half now.
01:18For Minnesota to win this game,
01:20they'll have to out-shoot this Hoardings team.
01:23Wolves Highland accounted for 24 of the Wolves,
01:2639 points in that second quarter.
01:30Wolves defense, last nine games,
01:32the number one defensive rating in the league.
01:35You can see the numbers they go along with.
01:37The opponent points,
01:38opponent field goal percentage first,
01:41the three-point percentage defense.
01:43Wolves defense has been excellent.
01:45And it was good enough,
01:46honestly, in Detroit and Philadelphia
01:49for the Wolves to win those games.
01:50It was just the offense that could not keep up.
01:53Some dry moments in both of those games.
01:59That Philly game was characterized
02:02by a strong second half
02:04by Tyrese Maxey and Jordan Lombie.
02:06In Detroit, it was a brawl the entire time.
02:10It was a very hard-played,
02:12hard-fought battle in Detroit.
02:15First free throw, good for Ayo.
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02:28Of course, the Dallas game
02:29to start that road trip
02:30was all about Ayo Gizumu
02:33and his triple-double,
02:34his second triple-double of his career.
02:38And Ayo was fantastic in that game,
02:41doing a little bit of everything,
02:4215 rebounds, 18 points,
02:4412 assists for Ayo Gizumu.
02:46Brandon Miller averages 20 a game.
02:50Bridges with it.
02:51He averages 17.
02:53Bridges baseline.
02:55Oh, no, over Rudy.
02:56He may have gotten a piece of that.
02:58Ball's kept alive,
02:59and ball passes in on a corner three.
03:02And that's twice a fortuitous bounce
03:04has benefited Charlotte,
03:06and it's both times been LaMelo ball.
03:09I think I called him Lonzo once.
03:10That's a record for me.
03:11I usually will swap those two.
03:15Ayo lost his triple that time.
03:17He had a straight-line drive
03:19and was going to go probably in reverse.
03:21Again, Rudy does get the block there.
03:23Mike Conley did a good job fighting.
03:25Rudy came over and rotated,
03:26and LaMelo ball was just wide open.
03:28It just bounced right to him.
03:30A couple times Minnesota saved the ball
03:31under the Hornets basket
03:33where it benefited them.
03:36I wish the crowd wouldn't sit there
03:39and try to encourage Rudy to shoot that shot.
03:42I mean, they're literally getting it.
03:43There's 13 on the clock,
03:44and they want Rudy to shoot the fighters of three.
03:50Four points, Everwell's lead.
03:52Their largest advantage has been seven.
03:54Lob inside.
03:55Bridges finishes it off.
03:57He had Conley on him.
03:59That's one of the biggest connections
04:03in the NBA this season
04:04is that connection
04:05from LaMelo ball
04:06to Miles Bridges.
04:09Randall, beautiful there.
04:11That's a soft touch.
04:1316 now for Randall.
04:20In fourth most points in the game,
04:23298 points from LaMelo
04:25to Miles Bridges.
04:27Ball leads in.
04:28Wild shot.
04:29No, rebound comes back to Diabonte
04:31and he scores it for two.
04:33I know that they have
04:3416 second chance points,
04:36but eight of those 16 are fake.
04:39I mean, it plays just like that.
04:41Well, that one was big too
04:43because the ball was down,
04:44and if the Wolves grant that rebound,
04:46they're off to the races.
04:47Yes, they are.
04:49Yeah, the offensive foul
04:50is called on DiVincenzo.
04:53DiVincenzo.
04:53By C.J. Washington.
05:02Curtis Blair, John Butler,
05:04and C.J. Washington
05:05are three officials.
05:10D'Ante pressuring ball coming up the floor.
05:15Two-point game.
05:17Nita's team has had a double-digit lead.
05:19Yeah.
05:22Knipple, turnaround too strong,
05:24and Gobert snares the rebound.
05:27Good position.
05:28Defense by Mike Conley that time
05:29to stay in front of Knipple
05:31and make that shot difficult.
05:34Knipple now four for 20 in two games
05:37against the Diplos.
05:38Randle hits that same spot again.
05:42Pretty good matchup, right,
05:44between Miles Brinkers
05:45and Julius Randle.
05:47Similar body types.
05:51Four-point Wolves lead ball
05:53with that unorthodox style.
05:57His footwork is off of one foot.
05:59He is late in Minnesota up to.
06:01He's got 23 in this game
06:02on five of nine three-point shooting.
06:05Eight field goals in the game,
06:07and eight and five of those
06:08are from outside the arm.
06:09Dante looking to answer.
06:12Too much on that one.
06:18Everybody needs that.
06:19Julius Randle trying to back him in.
06:22Crab dribble into the paint
06:23to get to that lefty chunk
06:25from the drop step.
06:28Knipple just rips the net.
06:31Brandon Miller popping on a three.
06:33That's short.
06:34Offensive rebound comes to Miller.
06:37Knipple, quick release.
06:39Dismissed it.
06:40Rudy Gobert's got another one.
06:42Rudy had 16 rebounds in Philadelphia.
06:46Wolves turned it over for the 11th time.
06:50Bridges, good looking.
06:51Angle three.
06:52Buries it.
06:5613-4.
06:57Charlotte run.
06:58They're up two.
07:12Turnover just racking up now,
07:14and some of them have been unforced
07:16in nature right here.
07:18Again, I am not aware of where
07:20Uso Giavate is, gets it taken from it.
07:23And then his last turnover as well.
07:25It's just one you cannot have.
07:27Bridges turns it into three points.
07:3016-4 run, and Chris Finch needs a timeout.
07:33Charlotte now leads it by five.
07:3671-66 here in the third.
07:40Back November 1st in Charlotte.
07:44Look at Dante DiVincenzo.
07:45That's what you were talking about earlier, Jim.
07:48Well, we need to change the tone and tenor of this game,
07:51and Dante DiVincenzo certainly did that in Charlotte.
07:53He was 1-5 in the first half.
07:55And then in the second half,
07:57after getting hit by Collin Sexton in the nose
07:59and breaking his nose,
08:00he goes on a huge run.
08:02Dante finishes with 18 in the game.
08:05Went four of eight from outside the arc,
08:06had 14 second-half points,
08:09and had a broken nose,
08:11then got it straightened,
08:12had 18 in the game,
08:13was huge for Minnesota.
08:15They need Minnesota to go on a run right now
08:16after coming out of this break
08:18and just giving up the lead,
08:20and it's just been a flurry here
08:21of three-point makes and Minnesota mistakes.
08:24Dante was two for two,
08:26six points in the opening three possessions
08:28of the game for Minnesota.
08:29He was 0 for six since then.
08:32Yeah, we've got to get him on track right now.
08:34Mike Conley hot in the first half.
08:36This fires on the three,
08:38and Knipple has the rebound.
08:40So the Wolves got two free throws
08:41from Io DeSumo to begin the third.
08:43Charlotte's gone 16-4 since.
08:47Knipple frees himself.
08:48And the paint, shot short.
08:50Diabate, the offensive rebound.
08:56And the ball is fouled by Mike Conley.
09:00And that's the same one y'all were talking about right there.
09:02Y'all give me that foul, right?
09:04It's 12 offensive rebounds for Charlotte,
09:08and this has been a problem for the Timberwolves
09:10since the All-Star break.
09:12Their defensive rebounding heading into the All-Star break
09:14was in pretty good shape.
09:17They were 10th best,
09:19but they ranked 22nd in defensive rebound percentage
09:22since the All-Star break.
09:23And that's leading to offensive rebounds,
09:25and that's leading to second chance points for the opponents.
09:29One of the things with what Minnesota struggled here
09:32is that hemorrhaging turnovers and offensive rebounds.
09:36Turnovers have been up two since the All-Star break.
09:39The three-point shooting volume and efficiency
09:41has been down a little bit.
09:43You add those things together,
09:45and that's a big reason why.
09:46The Wolves are 6-8 in their last 14 games.
09:50Randle battling inside.
09:51Draws some contact.
09:56Fourth foul on Musa Diabate.
10:07Diabate is in his fourth season.
10:10He's a former second-round pick.
10:12He's been a big part of this Charlotte starting five,
10:16which has been sensational this year.
10:18Randle hits the first.
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10:34Talking about the 2020 draft
10:37with our producer Morgan Lubin
10:41this morning,
10:42and just remembering back
10:45the 2020 draft.
10:47That's when Anthony Edwards went number one.
10:49James Wiseman went two.
10:50LaMelo went three.
10:51And it wasn't really known.
10:53If anybody knew for sure
10:55who the number one pick was,
10:56they were kind of lying.
10:58I think it was still,
10:59a lot of people was either
11:00the beholder kind of talent evaluation
11:02because there's a lot of people
11:03that had LaMelo one.
11:05And for sure LaMelo two
11:07if you had Anthony Edwards one.
11:09And James Wiseman
11:09ended up being picked second
11:11by Golden State.
11:13Starless turnover here.
11:15Throws it away.
11:16That's their eighth turnover of the game.
11:18Let's get it back down by three.
11:20It was just a weird draft though
11:22because
11:23then you had Tyrese Halliburton
11:25taking 12.
11:26Tyrese Maxey went 21st.
11:28Jayden McDaniels went 28th,
11:30but it's worse than that.
11:31I mean,
11:31Manuel quickly went 25th.
11:33Peyton Pritchard went 26th.
11:35Desmond Bain went 30th.
11:38It's such an inexact size
11:39talent evaluation.
11:41Then how about all the guys
11:42that were undrafted?
11:43Rudy to the cup
11:44able to thunderslam it through.
11:49I got the crowd going here.
11:52You know when Rudy was drafted
11:53because he wears it on his jersey.
11:5527th for number 27.
11:57Back in 2013.
12:03That's what Minnesota needed
12:04coming out of the timeout.
12:05Kyle Anderson's just the man
12:07to deliver that pass.
12:09Ball screen action involving
12:10Kyle Anderson usually ends up
12:12in something good.
12:13Three assists now for slow-mo.
12:21One-point game.
12:25Ball to the corner of Bridges.
12:2810 to shoot for Charlotte.
12:31Ball on the move.
12:32Sets up Kobe White.
12:34Three ball short.
12:35And Bones Highland with a big-time rebound.
12:39Guard rebounding is so important.
12:41It's what Iowa and Bones give you.
12:45You can't be leaking out.
12:47It's one of the things Chris Fitch made evident
12:48after the Coleman game here.
12:50And then it sort of turns it over again.
12:52That's such a good start to that possession.
12:54And his pass out to Bones was an errant one.
12:57Well, you know, the thing is
12:58when you're Julius Randle handling that,
13:01you're expecting him to come up, not down.
13:03If he fakes the corner, it takes away the passing angle.
13:06If he comes towards him,
13:07goes up to the top of the floor,
13:09it's much more available for him.
13:12Ball floats it up and connects.
13:15Three-point Charlotte lead.
13:17This is where not having Ants,
13:18and Jaden really hurts
13:19because of the size of both of them.
13:22Ants and Edwards is a big physical two-guard.
13:24Jaden McGang is a huge, small bowler at 6'10".
13:33Jaden is greatly missed in a game like this.
13:36Brandon Miller would be a perfect matchup for him.
13:38He's guarded with a little ball too in the past.
13:40The versatility of Jaden McDaniels
13:42is a huge thing for Minnesota.
13:45It's what makes them great defensively,
13:48along with Gobert.
13:50Nas redid.
13:53It's fine by Anderson.
13:55Nas with it.
13:56Fades in the paint.
13:58That shot short.
14:00Sian James comes away with a rebound.
14:02How many times have we seen five white jerseys
14:04around Rudy Gobert?
14:05They are trying to keep him off the glass at all costs.
14:08Bridges turns it over.
14:09Then we've got a foul against the Hornets.
14:12Sian James just rolls into the knees
14:14of Bones Highland that time.
14:20Ball gets knocked away by Kyle Anderson.
14:23Sian James is trying to go for the loose ball.
14:26Bones is hustling too.
14:29It's a dangerous play.
14:33Looked like that was more of a thigh thing
14:34than a knee thing.
14:35But Sian James is a big two fan.
14:39He's put together twin turbos in the backcourt.
14:43Ayo and Bones.
14:45Kyle Anderson, Nas Reed, and Rudy Gobert up front.
14:49Bones against James now to Anderson.
14:52Kyle the jump hook.
14:54Missed it strong.
14:59One possession contest.
15:01Four and a half to go here in the third quarter.
15:07Bridges against Gosumu.
15:12Kick out pass.
15:13Read perfectly by Kyle Anderson.
15:15The hit ahead to Bones.
15:16He'll drop it back.
15:17Here's Nas to the rim.
15:19Count it for two.
15:22Kyle Anderson keen it with the steal.
15:24Bones the dive.
15:25And Nas Reed brings the Wolves to within one.
15:3073-72.
15:31Timeout.
15:32Charlotte.
15:36Defense leading to offense.
15:41One-point game.
15:47Wolves on a 6-2 run since Bones Island checked in.
15:51That makes him a plus 11 in 17 minutes tonight.
15:55The Wolves are up minus 12 in the other 25 minutes.
15:58That's how important Bones Island has been to.
16:00Hit that three-point shot.
16:02Pulled the end of the quarter into the half for Minnesota.
16:05But right there.
16:07Bad handoff with Kyle Anderson.
16:09The Skelly Selly.
16:11Great night for our Chipotle.
16:14Real difference maker.
16:16Bones Island.
16:17Those two steals as well.
16:19Five dimes.
16:21Again, a plus 11 in 17 minutes.
16:25Wolves trail by one.
16:27Bones.
16:28Iowa knocks it away there from his former teammate, Kobe White.
16:33Who stepped out of bounds?
16:36They're going to call a foul here on Iowa.
16:39What are they?
16:40They're going to call Charlotte basketball.
16:45Couldn't quite see what happened on the sideline there.
16:48Iowa Sula is touching the out of bounds with his hand as he's touching the basket.
16:56Five to shoot.
17:00White gets it.
17:02Blocked by Dosumo.
17:03What a whistle and a foul.
17:06Iowa was hot too.
17:08Slapped his hands there at John Butler.
17:10Do you think he's played some one-on-one with Kobe White?
17:13I think he has.
17:16I see Jeff Newton saying,
17:17there's some contact there.
17:30There's some contact for sure when that screen happened.
17:34Foul was called on the shot attempt.
17:46Hornets by three.
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18:01Offensive rebound, Kobe White.
18:05It's a five-point possession.
18:08Charlotte by six.
18:1019 to eight advantage.
18:12Second chance points.
18:17Wolves have it trailing by six.
18:19Nas Reid with a good look up top.
18:21Short.
18:22Rudy battling on the boards with Kulkbrenner
18:24and a loose ball foul against the Hornets.
18:27Rudy's just fighting for everything.
18:30Rudy's five of six from the field.
18:32He's got eight rebounds.
18:34But every single, single time
18:35that shot goes up for Minnesota,
18:37he is being sandwiched rebounded
18:39by this Charlotte Hornets team.
18:42He's got two, at least two bodies on him.
18:45For sure the guy inside
18:46is trying to push him away from basketball.
18:49And they're bringing somebody
18:50from either side or behind
18:52to sandwich him.
18:55And he's still fighting.
18:56And he created this foul situation
18:58by Ryan Cochran.
19:01Fifth team foul against the Hornets.
19:03First time for Rudy
19:04at the free throw line tonight.
19:09It's really special
19:10when you have a guy on your team
19:11that's willing to do that work.
19:150 for 2 for Rudy
19:17and Sion James has gotten the rebound.
19:20Still a six-point game.
19:25Hornets have turned it over
19:26in three of their last six possessions.
19:28They're up to 10 for the game.
19:32Kulkbrenner inside, Brandon Miller.
19:35Miller fades.
19:37Could not hit it.
19:38Rudy the rebound.
19:46Aisumu.
19:49Ayo probes into the paint.
19:50Goes with a jump hook
19:51with the right hand.
19:52It rolls off, but a whistle.
19:55This will send the Wolves
19:56back to the free throw line.
19:58C.J. Washington
19:59had the call that time.
20:01Ayo points right at him
20:02when the foul is called.
20:10Trust me, it's personal
20:12between Ayo Desumu
20:13and Kobe White
20:14as former teammates.
20:15It's personal
20:17in a competitive way.
20:19First free throw is good.
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20:36You know, we think about
20:36offensive rebounding
20:37and it's an important job
20:39and it's a vital job.
20:41You've got to have that guy
20:42that does that.
20:43Pretty similar to being
20:44a tight end of the NFL
20:45because as a tight end
20:47of the NFL,
20:48you know what you've got to do?
20:49You've got to block
20:50defensive ends
20:51and linebackers.
20:54And those guys are usually
20:55the fastest, strongest,
20:57biggest guys on the field
20:58and that's what you've got to do
20:59as a tight end in the NFL.
21:00Then you've got to run
21:01across the middle of the field
21:02too and take on
21:03strong safeties.
21:05It's a thankless job,
21:06but it's so vital.
21:10Kyle Anderson called
21:11for the foul.
21:12That's the fourth
21:12against the Timberwolves,
21:13so it does not lead
21:14to free throws.
21:16The next one will.
21:22Miller, a catch-and-shoot three.
21:23Well short,
21:24Randall secures the rebound.
21:28Down by four.
21:29Bones in the corner
21:30in front of his own bench.
21:32Can's another one.
21:34That's his fifth three
21:35of the night.
21:38One-point game.
21:40Wolves have knocked out
21:4011 threes tonight.
21:42That shot motion
21:43is so repeatable
21:44and it's so fluid.
21:45It's like water running.
21:47So effortless.
21:49Kobe White,
21:49the drive and the finish.
21:51He flips that up
21:52on the glass.
21:59To Bones.
22:00To Bones.
22:01Opposite corner.
22:02In and out.
22:07Kobe White.
22:08Got stripped.
22:09It went off his leg
22:10out of bounds.
22:10Thank you, Kyle Anderson.
22:12Yep.
22:13Kyle digging down.
22:15I mean,
22:15that's a hard shot, too,
22:17because he's
22:17on the other side
22:19of the backboard.
22:20He is behind the backboard,
22:21basically,
22:22at that point.
22:24And to make that shot
22:25from that corner
22:26for a right-handed shooter,
22:27it's a little bit easy
22:28for a right-hander
22:29to shoot that shot
22:30because your right hand
22:31is a little closer
22:32to level with the basket.
22:34But if he was
22:35in the other corner,
22:36it would be more difficult.
22:37Randall gets the lay-in.
22:38Great pass by Bones, too.
22:42Another assist for Highland
22:44is sixth.
22:44Sixth in the game.
22:46There's five threes,
22:47ties a season high.
22:49He's done that now
22:49three times.
22:52Bridges out to Miller.
22:55Just over a minute
22:56to go here in the third.
22:59Kobe White pulls up
23:00on a three
23:01and hits it.
23:02He's been a Wolves killer
23:03in the past, hasn't he?
23:04Kind of has.
23:06It's a lot of threes
23:08against Minnesota
23:09with the Bulls.
23:11Lob inside.
23:12Ayo makes the
23:13over-the-shoulder catch.
23:14He'll miss the shot.
23:18Kobe White turned
23:19and kind of smiled at him.
23:20Here's Grant Williams,
23:21left side three.
23:22Oh, man.
23:24Boy, they are kidding him up.
23:26Hornets are relentless
23:27from the three-point line.
23:2814 of 34.
23:3141%.
23:36Wolves are down by seven.
23:38Randle into the paint.
23:40And they're going to...
23:42He'll call the offensive foul
23:44and the old pass and crash.
23:46Offensive foul, Julius Randle.
23:48Grant Williams able
23:50to set his self
23:51and draw the charge.
23:57Screen and roll
23:58with Julius Randle
23:59and Ayo Desumu.
24:00Excuse me,
24:01with Bones Highland.
24:02Bones puts it right
24:03in the right spot.
24:07Highland's six assists
24:08have led to 13 points.
24:11Those are down by seven
24:12with under a minute to go.
24:13Here's a third.
24:18Sion James.
24:19Kobe White.
24:21Six to shoot.
24:23Get it to Bridges
24:24against Ayo Desumu.
24:25Out to James.
24:27Straight away on the three.
24:28He called back.
24:29Did you hear it called back?
24:30Because I didn't hear it.
24:3589-79.
24:38Sion James banks in a three.
24:42Nasreen in the paint.
24:44And a double dribble is called.
24:48Charlotte right now,
24:499-0 run.
24:5815 made threes on 35 attempts.
25:01Khan Knippel.
25:06And that's with Khan Knippel.
25:11He's making a name for himself.
25:1377 games into his NBA career
25:15as one of the all-time
25:16great young shooters
25:17of this league.
25:18That's with him just going
25:19one of four for distance
25:20in this game.
25:27shot clock is dark.
25:29Wolves don't have a foul to give.
25:30Kobe White.
25:32Mid-post puts it up.
25:33Missed it.
25:34But a 9-0 Charlotte run
25:36to end the third quarter.
25:38Puts them up 10.
25:4089-79.
25:42And then Julius Randle
25:43still hunched over.
25:45A little slow
25:46in getting back to his feet.
25:49Through three quarters
25:50here at target center.
25:52Wolves have worked to two.
25:5389-79
25:55as we make the turn for home.
26:03Inside the play
26:04with window concepts.
26:05Alan, sometimes we see
26:06that some players
26:07are better in one corner
26:08than the other
26:09when it comes to corner
26:10of three-point shooting
26:10for right-handers
26:11as Bones catches this.
26:13And look how deep
26:14he is in that corner.
26:15The backboard's probably
26:16right there.
26:17He lets it fly here
26:18for a right-handed player.
26:20That shot is an easier shot
26:22than if you were left-handed.
26:23If he was in the other corner,
26:25visually,
26:25it doesn't look
26:27as open for you.
26:28Try it sometime.
26:30With your own force.
26:32Nipple makes this
26:33an 11-0 run.
26:36Shoot it from one corner
26:37or the other?
26:38I guess one of them
26:38missing both.
26:40What's that?
26:40I'm missing both.
26:41You missing both of them?
26:42Left side's not going
26:43to be better for you,
26:44visually?
26:44I don't think so.
26:45You're right, though.
26:46It's a better chance
26:47of me clanging it
26:48off the backboard.
26:50Bones, a nice
26:51offensive rebound.
26:52Sets up Rudy.
26:53And the Wolves
26:54don't come away
26:55with points.
26:55No one's going to score that.
26:56Yeah.
26:57We tried to keep you
26:58to get him going here.
26:59D'Abate lays it in.
27:0213-0 run.
27:03The Wolves are down
27:03by 14.
27:10Hits to the side
27:11of the backboard.
27:12LaMelo ball
27:12with the rebound.
27:13He's on the push.
27:15Drives all the way down.
27:17Layup is good.
27:18Timeout for Chris Finch.
27:21Just a minute and five seconds
27:23into this fourth quarter.
27:25Wolves, there you can see
27:26the numbers.
27:28Offensive rebound,
27:29second chance points,
27:30big edge for Charlotte.
27:32Timberwolves had the edge
27:33in bench scoring
27:34in the first half,
27:3519-9.
27:36But it is 16-5
27:40here in the second half.
27:41And LaMelo ball,
27:4227 points, seven times.
27:45He's been fantastic.
27:47And we've talked a lot
27:48about LaMelo
27:49and that 2020 draft
27:51over the years.
27:52The matchup between Ian.
27:54Ian Ant has always been
27:55a headliner.
27:58He's not disappointed
28:00in this game.
28:01The game where
28:02Konkannippo is 4-14,
28:04is one of four
28:05from outside the arc.
28:06He's got 10 points.
28:08The rookie of the year
28:09candidate.
28:10He's got a good shot
28:11at winning.
28:13Minnesota's kept
28:14in and shot.
28:15But not LaMelo.
28:17Wolves are down
28:17by 16 here.
28:19It's a 15-0 Charlotte run.
28:21Bones misses
28:22the straightaway three.
28:23Rebound tracked down
28:24by Nasri.
28:26Jalen Clark
28:27into the game
28:27for the first time.
28:30Dante the drive.
28:31Feeds Clark.
28:31Baseline.
28:32Reverse.
28:32Got the rock.
28:33Diabate.
28:34But Rudy cleans it up.
28:37That stops the bleeding
28:38momentarily.
28:39Now the Wolves
28:40need stops.
28:41Just a 14-point
28:42game.
28:42That's nothing
28:42for this team.
28:44Yeah, Nipple.
28:45To D to James.
28:47And that somehow
28:48puts that one up.
28:50Well, it's been a theme
28:52here the last three
28:53games now.
28:54The Wolves have been
28:54in these tight games
28:55and all of a sudden
28:56there's a stretch
28:57that Detroit went
28:5918-3 in the fourth
29:00quarter.
29:02Philadelphia went
29:0348 in the third.
29:05Now Charlotte
29:06with that 15-0 run
29:07to get separation.
29:08But Nasri
29:08makes it two straight
29:10field goals
29:10for Minnesota.
29:13Charlotte came
29:14right out
29:14of the chute
29:15in the third quarter
29:16and punched
29:17Minnesota
29:17in the mouth.
29:18Yeah.
29:22It's a legal
29:23screen right there.
29:24Diabate rolls
29:25right into Nasri.
29:26He's saying no,
29:27but you can't
29:29catch the basketball
29:29and turn your back
29:30and body someone
29:32out.
29:33Backside.
29:35Watch this handoff.
29:36Nasri's coming
29:36over the top.
29:37Can't do that.
29:40Five fouls
29:41on Diabate.
29:45Grant Williams
29:46comes in.
29:47Every NBA team's
29:49looking for the
29:50Moussa Diabates
29:51of the world.
29:52Guys that were
29:53with another team.
29:54They may have been
29:54drafted or may not
29:55have been drafted
29:56but been with
29:57another team.
29:58Two-way guys
29:59that convert.
30:00We just saw one
30:02in Dennis Jenkins
30:03in Detroit.
30:04What he's been able
30:05to do is a two-way.
30:07Everybody's looking
30:07for those.
30:08With all these
30:09teams up against
30:10the Sauber Camp,
30:11you're looking for
30:11these two-way guys
30:12that you can convert,
30:13Allen.
30:15It's an important
30:16thing to be able
30:17to have pro personnel
30:18that can identify
30:19talent.
30:20Use your G League
30:21to develop them
30:22in your system.
30:26This is Duke
30:27Moussa Diabate's
30:28second year
30:29with Charlotte.
30:30Again,
30:30that's another
30:30illegal.
30:30Grant Williams
30:31just did the
30:31exact same thing.
30:32That's the illegal.
30:33You can't do that.
30:34You can't catch
30:34and then turn
30:36as the cutters
30:36come coming off
30:37the top
30:38and knock off
30:38the defender
30:39right now.
30:41Turned over.
30:42The Wolves get it
30:42right back though.
30:44And then Rudy
30:44ill-advised
30:45trying to find
30:46Clark.
30:47Here's Bridges
30:48on the attack.
30:49Wow,
30:49squeezed in there.
30:50And laid it in
30:51for two.
30:52This pitch is so
30:53incensed right now.
30:55102-83.
30:56Hornets lead it
30:57by 19.
30:58Still nine minutes
30:59left to go
30:59in this one.
31:03Leads it
31:03by 19
31:05with just under
31:06nine minutes
31:06left to play.
31:10Grant Williams
31:11hitting that
31:12last three.
31:13There's his pivot
31:14that knocks
31:15Dante down.
31:17Dante was
31:18pretty upset.
31:18There was
31:19no foul call
31:19there.
31:20So largest wins
31:22increase from
31:23one season
31:24or last season
31:25to this season.
31:26Only San Antonio
31:28has seen a bigger
31:29jump than Charlotte
31:30from 19
31:31to 42 wins.
31:33So that's a
31:34plus 23.
31:36I mean,
31:36the Hornets have
31:37won 42 games
31:38this year.
31:39Jim,
31:39they're on their
31:39way to winning
31:40their 43rd.
31:41They had a combined
31:4240 wins the prior
31:43two years.
31:44That's one heck
31:45of a fruit.
31:46Looks like the
31:47Detroit jumped
31:47from 14 to 44
31:49last year.
31:50JB Pickerstaff
31:52could have won
31:53Coach of the Year
31:53last year.
31:55Could win it
31:55this year as well.
31:56Joel Mazur
31:56is going to have
31:57something to say
31:57about that.
31:58Julius Kittler
31:59out of the timeout.
32:01Wolves able to
32:01execute.
32:02Kenny Atkinson
32:03won Coach of the Year
32:04last year
32:05with his great
32:05effort
32:06with the Cleveland
32:07Cavaliers
32:08the way they started.
32:09They were
32:09unstoppable.
32:11Charlotte has
32:12hit 10
32:13straight shots.
32:15Sian James
32:166 to shoot.
32:17Oz poked it
32:18free from behind.
32:19It'll stay
32:20Charlotte basketball.
32:23Wolves led by 7
32:24early in the 3rd,
32:25Jim.
32:25Charlotte has
32:26outscored
32:26of 47 to 21.
32:28I was going to say,
32:29it was a 1-point game
32:31when Kobe White
32:32had that 5-point play.
32:34So, you know,
32:35it's like
32:35they really
32:37started that streak
32:38and it's
32:40it's been
32:40all Charlotte
32:41here in the
32:412nd half.
32:42That's for sure.
32:43Oh,
32:44Melo Hall.
32:456 of 10
32:47from distance
32:47give them 30.
32:4917 makes
32:50from outside
32:51the arc
32:512 to 11
32:52for Minnesota.
32:54He draws
32:55a foul.
32:56I mean,
32:56the 17
32:57made 3s,
32:57that's a big
32:58number.
32:59Yet,
32:59they average
33:0018 a game
33:01since January
33:0222nd.
33:03It's just
33:03incredible.
33:04That's just
33:04the average.
33:05Which means
33:06they're
33:07hitting 20 plus.
33:09Bulls had
33:10plenty of times.
33:11Bulls had
33:11a 10-7 lead
33:12at halftime
33:13from outside
33:14the arc.
33:1610-1 here.
33:17It's just
33:17it's been
33:19unbelievable
33:20the production
33:21that they've
33:21gotten.
33:26Mike Conley
33:27free throw.
33:42Mike
33:43money at the
33:43line.
33:47He's
33:47tried about
33:4890% for the
33:49season.
33:49Clark gets
33:50himself a steal
33:50on ball.
33:51Up ahead
33:51Nas on the
33:52run to the
33:53rim.
33:53Missed it.
33:54Randle with an
33:55offensive rebound.
33:56He's put back
33:57and traffic
33:58out in the
33:59foul.
34:07105-89.
34:12Jayla Clark
34:12is always on
34:15quite again.
34:16Grant Williams
34:17took away the
34:18right hand of
34:19Nas Reed.
34:19So he had to
34:20go to the
34:20other side.
34:21Which I don't
34:22think Nas was
34:22anticipating having
34:23to do that.
34:24which is why
34:25he missed the
34:25layup or dunk
34:27attempt.
34:27Whatever you
34:28want to call it.
34:32Randle could not
34:33get the and-one
34:33free throw.
34:35Down by 60.
34:41Ball to the
34:42right side.
34:43Almost lost it.
34:44He's got Randle
34:45on him eight to
34:46shoot.
34:48Stop.
34:49Step back.
34:49Three ball.
34:50Off the back
34:51guys, no.
34:53Another offensive
34:54rebound.
34:55Ball sets off
34:56Miller.
34:56Left side three,
34:57no, but a late
34:58whistle.
35:01They're going to get
35:01Dante.
35:02Heads up, heads up!
35:04Fouling,
35:04Brandon Miller on
35:05that three-point
35:06shot.
35:16Wow, Dante just
35:17clips him with that
35:18right foot in.
35:22It's a tough call
35:23for Dante DiVincenzo.
35:287.21 left to go
35:29here in the fourth.
35:32The Wolves are
35:33going to challenge
35:34this call.
35:35Back after this.
35:36This one will be
35:37challenging this
35:37top call.
35:38The Wolves are
35:40walking.
35:41to go.
35:41What do you
35:41do to go?
35:48Once.
35:50It's a good
35:52way.
35:53I'm
35:54going to
35:55get
35:55to go.
35:58the Wolves are
35:59going.
36:01I'm
36:01going to
36:05go to
36:05I'm
36:05going to
36:06I'm
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42:24Продолжение следует...
42:44...on Tuesday, the day after the National Championship game...
42:48...and then...
42:49...off to Orlando right after that.
42:51One more back-to-back for Minnesota.
42:56Diabate, baseline.
42:57No.
42:58Are you gonna pull some strings?
42:59We'll be in Indy for the championship game, as you mentioned.
43:02Get us a...
43:03I'd like...
43:03I can sit courtside with you.
43:05That would work?
43:05I don't know.
43:06I mean, both of those games were disappointing...
43:09...last night, weren't they?
43:10I mean, it was...
43:11Oh, as far as competitiveness?
43:12Yeah, I was expecting a couple closer...
43:14...of their games than that.
43:16I agree.
43:17UConn looks like a...
43:19...team of destiny, though.
43:20The way they got to the Final Four...
43:22...and the way they played last night.
43:27Michigan looks pretty formidable, too, though.
43:29I mean...
43:29Could be a heck of a final.
43:30Yeah, it's gonna be...
43:32...hopefully a good game.
43:32So, I want to go back to my question.
43:34Are you...
43:34I don't have that kind of...
43:36I think I'd have a better chance at the NBA Finals...
43:39...than I would at the NCAA Championship.
43:42I think...
43:43...and that's probably gonna be a tough ticket...
43:46...being from Indiana, too.
43:48So close to all those Michigan people...
43:50...and there's gonna be a ton of Michigan fans.
43:52Bad Five...
43:53...shown their presence.
43:54What a great...
43:55...moment that was to see those...
43:56...all five of those guys...
43:57...portside.
43:58Some good players from Michigan, too, by the way.
44:00And...
44:00Oh!
44:01Looked like Clark had a clean block.
44:03He got him up top, but...
44:04...the official saw contact down low.
44:07Heads up!
44:10Heads up!
44:12That's the second to the ball.
44:13...the second to the ball.
44:14...to the ball.
44:16Two shots.
44:17Heads up.
44:17Heads up...
44:18...hands up...
44:18...and the lower back there, but...
44:21...there's not too much there.
44:24That is good.
44:25Our home furniture...
44:27...plays of the game.
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