Wolves' latest last-quarter hex conjured by Wizards

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Wolves 89, Wizards 105
Published 11/17/2007 by SG at TWolves Blog - Minnesota Timberwolves News and Articles
Wolves 89, Wizards 105 Written by SG Saturday, 17 November 2007 Wolves record: 1-6 From Kent Youngblood/Star Tribune: After all, Al Jefferson was struggling, but everyone else was picking up the slack. Rashad McCants, both inside and out. Antoine Walker off the bench, Sebastian Telfair on the point. After the game was over, though, after his team had surrendered yet another fourth-quarter lead with an amazing collapse in a 105-89 loss to the Wizards, Wolves coach Randy Wittman chose another word: Oops. Not appropriate for use in this space. To paraphrase: Disappointing. ...

4th Quarter Fun
Published 11/17/2007 by Stop-n-Pop at Canis Hoopus
... Last night’s 4th quarter collapse was especially stunning. The Wolves led at the beginning of the quarter by 3 points. With 5:35 to go, the game was tied at 81….right before the former Bullets went on a 20-3 run. What went wrong? For starters, both McCants and Jefferson had off shooting nights. Big Al was 5-16 and Shad was 7-16 (3-8 from 3) with only 4 trips to the line. Marko returned to his old ways and Walker played like…well, Tubby McThreeball. Last night, the Wolves’ starters had a combined +/- of –73. McThreeball added –15 for good measure. (Stats ...

Giving credit where it's due
Published 11/17/2007 by Pradamaster <info@bulletsforever.com> at Bullets Forever
Box Score. Game Flow. Post recap. Times recap. Wizards Insider. Star Tribune recap. T-Wolves Blog: Where was McCants in the fourth quarter? In: Nachoooo.  Out: Hibachi. Minnesota was pesky the entire game.  They led for most of the way, and they tied the score with 5:22 remaining on a pullup jumper from Sebastian Telfair.  From that point on, we dominated the game like few I've ever seen. Over the next 2:20, the Wizards went on a 16-1 run to put the game away.  Let's ...