Comments from the Other Side - Timberwolves 1/27/15

Losing to the 7 win Timberwolves definitely wasn't a good end to the trip,  but regardless, the Celtics should feel good about the trip.  Coming back 3-3 is a successful trip when many expected them to finish 0-6 or at best 0-1.  It's just ironic that they lost the one game that most thought that they could win going into the trip.   I don't know why, but the Soylent LaVine comment cracked me up.  Now it's back home and hopefully they can keep improving.  My favorites are in bold.  What are yours? 



Smart v LaVine/LoBro Will be "fun"

We like to call it a learning experience

I can't believe that Zach Lavine will be the guy in the most events for Minnesota during All-Star Weekend Man, were bad….

K-Mart is back Things are looking up and we might actually win this one guys

It would be nice to see a win every now and then, and this one should be attainable. I assume Martin would come off the bench if he plays.

Something to watch tonight - Marcus Smart might be *SMARTING* over Lavine earning a spot on the Rising Stars game over him, may have a big game as some form of revenge.

Prediction time! Do we get blown out early or late?

Lavine goes for 20 and 10.

I'm assuming they cover him with Crowder that’s probably not an ideal matchup for him

Thankful for Scalabrini instead of Heinson, but he isn't starting off well by comparing LaVine to Westbrook.

Wow, Bradley's shot looks broken

And yet for his career he's shooting 36% from downtown

That was just too easy by Bradley. Just overpowered Zach.

LaVine has 2 turnovers in 6 minutes. Stat padder.

Nice D by Smart there

Welp, Bradley and smart are going to be pressuring our PGs all night

KMart is up and ruining this tanking thing

HOLY CRAP A FAST BREAK Good basketball????

Man is it nice having Martin on the floor. So easy to forget what a quality NBA player looks like in a Wolves uniform.

I am going to be the sadz if we lose this game

This is the most competent basketball they have played since, what feels like, forever

Marcus Thornton is one of the guys that would prompt me boycotting this team if Flip signs in free agency.

Brown and Smart trading ridiculous threes?

So Boston is 16-27 And two games out of the 8th seed in the East. Just food for thought.

I don't even know if that makes sense, but I'm delirious after that competent quarter

Some vaguely competent basketball by the Wolves that quarter I thought

Flip finally found a good plan Play good players!

Marcus Smart definitely has a 3 card

Cavs could really use a zeller

Having NBA players, a PG and playing the Celtics is an elixir.

Zeller helpless against Pek.

Smart looks really good

It's fun to see a functional entry pass!

Let's just all pretend that we drafted LoBro with our lottery pick and LaVine is our 15th man from the D'League

How many D-Leaguers deserve to play in rising stars over Lavine?

All of them?

The only "but" I have in regards to Brown Is that he carries the ball even as much as Lavine. I mean, an awful lot.

It’s only a carry if they call it.

It's so depressing to see the Wolves work hard on defense, get a rebound, and have to immediately dump it off to LaVine. Thankfully those first two things don’t happen very often.

Lavine gets burned by every single "veteran move" Kick your leg out on the shot? Lavine will help you sell that!

Zach jumps very high. I’m excited for the dunk contest. But they should rest him until then so he is fresh.

Not one of Lavines better games. Avery making him look silly.

Sullinger and Bennet meet at a buffet Only one walks out

HighCholesterollander... There can be only one…

WTF have the Cavs done to Kevin Love 10 pts on 15 shots.

Is Mike Gorman a person that people enjoy listening to?

Love the Boston announcers. "Sulllingers usually gets those rebounds, except for the ones he doesn’t get."

I'd advise one to "never hope", but man, Bradley and turner's jump shots are black holes

Best 6 minutes of LaVine's career so far

I like this Marcus smart kid Hilarious that scal thinks he’s feeling snubbed for the rookie-soph game though

Did someone steal Lavine's uniform? Cause it looks like a new human being out there.

HE'S NOT HUMAN!!!

So it's can't be Soylent LaVine

Are the Celtics on the end of a back-to-back? It feels like they are on the end of a back-to-back.

I'm glad that Anthony Bennett got healthy this season so that we can say more definitively that he is trash

I dub this the battle of who can suck less

Man, I didn’t realize just how bad Boston is.

Theyre in the east

JPete feels the need to point out that BOS, despite being 16-27 is in the playoff hunt and not tanking. We can beat potential playoff teams!

Celtics announcers can't understand why Flip has the D-League call up in there during crunch time Scal calls Flip out for tanking because of this.

Classic tanking... Putting in the best option up 10… Reprehensible.

Celtics announcers talking about how Timberwolves are starting both Wiggins and LaVine who are nineteen years old: "I wonder what they will do when Rubio gets back"

Thad looks like he plays harder when he thinks his team might win It must be hard losing 60 games a year.

I thnk Thad pines for the days of losing just 60 games a year.

Wolves, Knicks, and 76ers win tonight. Wut

Wig +18, Bradley -16

Glad Seacaucus isn't so buried in snow that they can't do the replays

8 wins!! 8 wins!! 8 wins!! 8 wins!! 8 wins!! 8 wins!! 8 wins!! 8 wins!! 8 wins!!

Would make me super sad if that Ricky stuff he hinted at was true...

Hinted a couple days ago that they mismanaged Ricky's treatment Said he probably should have had surgery, but the team pushed him to get back on the court faster.

Ohh that would totally not surprise me We never seem to deal with injuries well. I would gladly trade our #39 pick for a new head doctor from Phoenix.

I really hope we Hang on to Kevin Martin. I know it doesn’t REALLY make sense but it is just so nice to have real NBA starters around to make basketball watchable. Also, yes, I realize I am understating how bad Boston is.

We are 5-12 against the East The conference disparity is kind of ridiculous.

Is this the start of our playoff push? Just realized that even if we won every game for the rest of the year , we still wouldn't make it

When did sullinger score 16 points?

He took 16 shots and 4 FTs

And he got all those boards Except the ones he didn’t get.

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