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3rd and Long: Patriots @ Saints Preview
It's hard to call this game "the big one" given the Patriots' storied rivalry with the Colts and the huge playoff-seeding implications that hung in the balance two weeks ago. However, when the Pats roll into the Super Dome on Monday Night, they will undoubtedly lock horns with the best team...
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Wolves Updates 11/27
Click here for the forum's thread for tonight's game against Phoenix.
Game previews:
Associated Press
Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune
From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune:
The Timberwolves play a rare 8:30 p.m. home game Friday that had been specifically scheduled for a national ...
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Oklahoma City Thunder
Kurt Rambis
Wolves Updates 11/26
From Tom Ziller/Fanhouse:
The difference between the Nets and the Timberwolves is that Damien Wilkins bank shot. The Nets visited Minneapolis on opening night. The game ended with Wilkins' circus putback, a final stitch in a fourth quarter comeback that ultimately pushed New Jersey into a ...
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Denver Nuggets
Wolves 111, Nuggets 124
Wolves record: 1-14
Box Score
Tom Coyer/NBA.com recap
From Phil Miller/Star Tribune:
It's 14 games now, nearly a solid month of losing since opening night, and after Wednesday's 124-111 Target Center drubbing by the first-place Nuggets, officially the worst start ...
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Kenyon Martin
Nene
Wolves Updates 11/25
Click here for the forum's thread for tonight's game against Denver
Game previews:
Associated Press
Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune
From Kevin Arnovitz/TrueHoop: Profiles in Frustration: Al Jefferson Whether it's because he's feeling undue pressure to carry his impoverished ...
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Foxboro Blog Top 12: Week 11
Get ready for a crazy week in the Foxboro Blog Top 12! There were some big losses that sent our top teams plummeting downward, as well as one particular matchup where the winner found themselves dropping a spot and the loser gained two ranks. In other news, my hard stance on Brett Favre and ...
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Wolves Updates 11/24
From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune:
So with the Wolves losers of 13 consecutive games after Monday's loss to the Clippers, how does he keep his players from feeling they've been asked to walk the plank this season until help theoretically arrives next summer with potentially multiple first-round ...
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Minnesota Timberwolves
Wolves 87, Clippers 91
Wolves record: 1-13
Associated Press recap
From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune:
The Wolves led after each of the first three quarters Monday, two nights after they had briefly led Portland four minutes into the third quarter and then got outscored 57-27 the rest of the way.
On that ...
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State of The Season: November
State of The Season is a new podcast series from Twolves Blog where we check in on our favorite team every month. By interviewing those who follow the team the closest, we can help Wolves fans have a better understanding on the pulse of the team this season.
In this edition we interviewed ...
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Nothing Can Stop the Blob! Pats/Jets Recap
Ahhh, there are few things as good in life as humiliating the New York Jets. Yes, every now and then the J-O-K-E-S, Jokes! Jokes! Jokes! will manage to get the better of New England as they did in Week 2, but by and large, the New England Patriots have been the ones getting the last laugh.
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Wolves Updates 11/23
Click here for the forum's thread for tonight's game at the Clippers
Game previews:
Associated Press
Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune
From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune:
With injured Kevin Love probably three weeks away from making his season debut, the Timberwolves have lost 12 ...
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ESPN
Special Ticket Offer
Hi All,
Thought I would pass along this special ticket offer for our readers. Might I add that Friday's nationally televised game is RAMBIS NIGHT. You get a free pair of Rambis glasses upon entry, which is of course excellent.
Phoenix Suns & Utah Jazz Private Sale
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Target Center
Wolves Updates 11/22
From Brian Murphy/Pioneer Press:
Still, the Timberwolves' second-year forward is closer to coming back from the broken left hand that scratched Love from his 13th game Saturday night. X-rays on Friday in the Twin Cities revealed the bone is healing properly. Another evaluation is scheduled ...
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Wolves 78, Blazers 106
Wolves record: 1-12
Box Score
From the Associated Press:
Portland rallied after falling behind early in the second half. Roy scored 11 points, and the Blazers went on a 16-0 run to open up the fourth. The Wolves managed just three field goals in the final quarter. Al ...
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3rd and Long: Patriots vs. Jets
I've spent nine weeks plotting and scheming ways to make fun of Rex Ryan for this weekend's matchup. Little did I know that he'd do all the work for me. Without further ado, Foxboro Blog provides an exclusive sneek peek into the Jets team meeting this past week. This is footage that you ...
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New York Jets
Rex Ryan
Bill Belichick
Wolves Updates 11/21
Click here for the forum's thread for tonight's game at Portland
Game previews:
Joe Freeman/The Oregonian
Phil Miller/Star Tribune
From Phil Miller/Star Tribune :
Another three weeks' worth, he figures, because that's how long doctors believe the bones in his hand ...
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Chicago Bulls
Worst Timberwolves Team Ever?
The Minnesota Timberwolves haven't had the most successful of histories, and that's putting it lightly. So when somebody comes out and says that this current Timberwolves squad is THE worst ever, that's a pretty big claim.
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Wolves Updates 11/20
From Rod Simons/Timberwolves site:
I'm asked all the time, do these guys (the Wolves) care if they win or lose?! My reaction is, "you gotta be kidding me". YES, they care!! Geez. But I will say that they have perspective on it and much of the credit for that goes to head coach Kurt Rambis. So, ...
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Houston Rockets
Wolves Updates 11/19
From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune:
• The first 5,000 fans at the Nov. 27 game against Phoenix get a pair of handsome plastic black-rimmed eyeglasses, sort of like the ones Rambis so stylishly wore when he played for the Lakers. That game, by the way, is an unusually late 8:30 p.m. game on the ...
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Wolves 84, Rockets 97
Wolves record: 1-11
Box Score
From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune:
Instead, Rambis turned more toward Ramon Sessions and continued rookie Jonny Flynn's education with some extra pine time in a 97-84 loss to the Rockets. It was the Wolves' 11th consecutive loss after a ...
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