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Going live with Luke Inman to break down a Wolves blowout home loss to the Magic:
- Bad paint defense influenced by awful shooting
- Ant goes for 34, no one else more than 14
- No answers for Bane, Paolo
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Desmond Bane is 8-10 inside the arc and 10-10 from the foul line
Team-high 28 points despite not making any of his 5 looks from beyond the arc
Neither Jaden McDaniels and Anthony Edwards have had anything for him this afternoon
Wolves are in the bonus for the final 8:20 of the game
Can definitely come back from 17 in that span if they keep getting to the foul line
Feels like a 4Q where the Wolves need 4-5 threes from Donte and Naz to flip the script and get within a couple possessions
Wolves just 9-32 (28.1%) from 3
Anthony Edwards has 7 straight for the Wolves, who are back within 13
Talked some stuff to Paolo Banchero on his way up the floor
Then Julius Randle gives him the business in transition
Target Center is alive
Magic are in the bonus for the final 5:51 of the 3Q
Orlando -- best team in the league in free throw rate -- now up 21-7 in free throw attempts
Wolves have committed 14 fouls in the last quarter and a half. Brutal
Donte DiVincenzo and Jaden McDaniels are a combined 0-12 for 0 points
0-8 from 3
Minnesota desperately needs them to come to the party to claw back into it
Wolves shot 2-13 (15.4%) from 3 and got out-shot 11-0 at the free throw line in the 2Q
9-2 in fouls in that frame
Wolves scored just 2 points in the final 5:49
Wolves went scoreless for almost 5 minutes before that Julius Randle bucket ending a 16-0 Magic run to get up as many as 9
13-2 Magic run fueled by a whole lotta clanks on the offensive end has Orlando back in front 51-48
Minnesota is just 1 for their last 8 and haven't scored in almost 3 miuntes
Anthony Edwards just picked up his third foul at the 5:02 mark
A couple bad transition fouls in a row for Ant, who hasn't scored since his 17-point outburst in the first quarter
Gotta get him more engaged on the offensive end in the final 5 minutes of the half
Bones Hyland with a 3-pointer, and two highly impressive finishes (one going right, one going left)
He and Naz Reid each have 7 first half points
Hyland is at his best when he's getting inside off the bounce and not just shooting 3s. Love him using his speed
Wolves have been wasting some challenges in the first half lately
Hasn't really bitten them, but can't say I really understood that challenge considering it wasn't impacting the rotation (or the game that much frankly)
Anthony Edwards' 17-point 1Q this afternoon is his 9th quarter with at least 17 points this season, per @stathead.com
It is his highest-scoring opening frame of the season
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Wolves outscoring the Magic both on the 3PT line and at the free throw line is a great recipe (as is a 17-point Ant 1Q)
Orlando is #2 in opp. 3PT rate and #1 in free throw rate this season
Wolves +6 on 3PT line, +3 on the free throw line
TJ Shannon getting first quarter minutes today with Kyle Anderson out.
Good opportunity for him to make an impact in what's been an up-and-down game pace-wise
Star comparison through 8.5 minutes
Anthony Edwards
- 17 PTS on 5-6 FG, 4-4 FT
- 1 STL
Paolo Banchero
- 6 PTS on 3-4 FG
- 4 TOV
Wolves already have 11 points off 6 Magic turnovers (5 combined from Banchero and Suggs) through 7 minutes
Magic have 13 points total
Very active Wolves defense that has 5 stocks in the early going
Rudy Gobert is just getting clobbered inside with no calls
Held, slapped, hit, you name it
He's evidently and understandably frustrated making pleas to all 3 officials
Anthony Edwards with his best start to a game this season here this afternoon
He has the first 10 for Minnesota in the opening 3 minutes
3-3 from the floor, 2-2 from the foul line
Anthony Black is grabbing at his left hip/ribcage area.
Asked to come out of the game and immediately went back to the locker room with a member of the Magic training staff after that timeout
Jaden McDaniels is primarily chasing Desmond Bane around as his matchup today.
Haven't seen him off-ball in a non-rim protector very much this season. Somethingt to watch
That's as soft as a whistle gets in today's NBA. Brutal whistle there for Jaden McDaniels especially after his foul trouble the other night
MIN needs to take and make significantly more than ORL to balance out the free throw advantage the Magic (#1 in FT rate at 0.30) are bound to have
Biggest key for me today outside of the Paolo matchup is 3PT shooting
Magic do an excellent job limiting attempts (0.38 Opp. 3P rate, #2) from both the corners (0.095, #5) and above the break (0.284, #3)
Wolves are #3 in opp. 3P rate (0.388)
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Slow-Mo is OUT this afternoon
Going to need a big Julius Randle defensive performance against Paolo Banchero
Chris Finch says Kyle Anderson tweaked something with his knee in the game on Thursday
Doesn't seem to be any type of long-term concern there.
Flying solo for tonight's postcast, breaking down a very fun Wolves win over the Raptors:
📈 8-1 in L9 👀
🔥 Great bench game
😤 Dominant Julius 1H
📸 Wolves go showtime in 3Q
⁉️ Naz re-injures shoulder
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Flying solo for tonight's postcast, breaking down a very fun Wolves win over the Raptors:
📈 8-1 in L9 👀
🔥 Great bench game
😤 Dominant Julius 1H
📸 Wolves go showtime in 3Q
⁉️ Naz re-injures shoulder
Subscribe/watch on Locked on Wolves YouTube ⤵️
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