Three players with 20+ points, 18 assists for Steve Nash, a total team score of 112 points and they still couldn't top the Wolves, because Kevin Garnett dropped a bomb on the Phoenix Suns. 44 points from him and a decent night from everybody else was enough to come back for the win, as The Big Ticket choked the life out of the Suns in the last few minutes. This is the first time I've seen them since Randy Wittman took over as head coach, and while I can't really detect any substantial effect of the Wittman philosophy, but I'll take a win over a very good team as a good sign. (Tonight's loss ties Phoenix with Dallas at 36-9, good for best record in the league.)
I did wonder about some other Timberwolves news I heard before going to the game, that the deadline had passed on a trade exception. Last year, as part of the Celtics trade that shipped out Wally Szczerbiak, the Wolves got a $4.2m trade exception, which you would think would have gone to help facilitate a deal to trim our guard-heavy roster and bring in another big man. Instead they just let it go along with all the draft picks we've traded away, so it looks like this year's roster will be next year's roster as well. So our only hope is that Wittman shows some previously unheralded genius and coaches up a .500 team into a playoff contender. Or the front office is planning to trade Garnett to the Clippers in the summer and burn down the building on their way out of town.
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