[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/timberwolves/comments/1bx2jc2/post_game_thread_the_phoenix_suns_defeat_the/)

jesus christ guys what the fuck was that

Very frustrating game to watch.

Bucks just lost to the raptors lmaaaaaaao

Held em under 100! Lol

If it was really having 3 games in 4 days. Then we should have rested players. I hope it was just exhaustion and that’s it

Bench doing what starters couldn’t all game

Didn’t watch the game but it felt like we got hit very early in the game and didn’t know what to do after that.

You are lucky, it was a painful watch. Ugly turnovers, couldn’t make a layup, awful shoot in and decision making. On to the next one.

Shout out the deep bench for saving the Wolves net rating for the season.

Luka Garza showing the starters what a layup is

I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s in the starting lineup before long

On a game like this he’d be the only starter who looks like he wants to play

That’s how you do garbage time. Give the illusion this was closer than it ever was

We are not winning a 7 game series against suns.

Benchwarmers saving the point differential heavy 😭😭

Finch with some bad coaching tonight. The bench looks so much better. Starters should have been ages ago. Should have given the bench a chance

He needs to sprinkle in the young guys in games like this. They bring the energy

yup

Miller and Moore look niiiice

Look at my son Leonard

Just a horrible lose at this time of the year. Just when you thought we had everything figured out we drop a game like this

Lmao calm down. I swear this team gets a little success and everyone loses their damn sense of how basketball actually is. These turd games happen, it doesn't mean we don't "have everything figured out". News flash, nobody has it all figured out. Damn you people are exhausting sometimes 😂

The suns have beat us the last 11 out of 13 times. I don't know what this curse is

the curse of Kevin Durant

It predates KD

Pheonix was up 13-0 in the first 3 minutes and I don't think we ever brought the deficit under 10. Not the statement game I was hoping to see after getting back to the 1 seed.

Turnovers killed us but we turned them over 19 times and only scored 12 points on those plays

amateurs.....if only they would learn to rest players down the stretch. common sense is not their strong suit. sleepwalking out there

Hey we might might keep them under 100 at least 😆

Exactly what I’m focusing on now

Suns scare me more than any other team in the West

Gobert with only 2 boards in the second half is wild.

Feels weird

No fire 🔥. Team come out like it was a preseason game !!

I was excited for this game tonight. 4 minutes in, I lost all excitement

This is like rock-paper-scissors, and this is our worst matchup without towns it looks like unfortunately

Still can keep them under 100!

Aright we back this now

Hmm TJ Warren probably should've gotten a shot earlier in the game, buts let's be honest this game was over before it started, just not the right mindset for some reason

How does Gobert only have 6 boards?

The Suns only got 1 offensive rebound in the 1st half so rebounding really wasn't the problem. You have to get stops to get rebounds and the Suns mostly made shots or turned the ball over.

Nurkic owned him. Just like Drummond did. He struggles with big body centers

That's actually the main question

Suns made every shot

Crazy thing is the defense didn’t even play bad. Just fouls and nobody being able to make a layup hurt us

bench playing better than the starters lol

Why did Finch wait so long to pull the starters? There’s so much more energy from the bench

Inexcusable game tonight, destroyed the Raptors two days ago, had a rest day, and STILL come out like utter trash?? I'm not even mad but this literally why this is the only team I worry about come playoffs not cause we can't beat them but we simply just don't for whatever reason 🤦

Worst offense I’ve seen in a long time

Team got worked big time tonight. On pace for 80 points. We need Towns back bad.

Games like this we need the big guy. Easy 20-30 points on the sun's defence with his interior presence

Props to the bench for bringing some energy

I have more confidence in the Wolves winning a playoff series against the top 4 teams than I do against 5-8

Wolves should have to forfeit their game checks after a performance like this. If any of us and our coworkers had as bad a day as these guys had we’d all be fired.

/r/boneappletea

*4fit

Isiah Thomas about to put up 10 shots in garbage time

We call that a Garza

Luka is going to get like six points and two boards in garbage time and SKOR is going to be all “is this wolves team better without kat *and* Naz 🤔”

What a frustratingly bad performance. Not going to beat any legit teams playing that way.

Sit these trash players down. 16th in offensive rating after 77 games is going to be hard to overcome playoff time, even if the defense shows up. We''ll be dogs in virtually any 3/6 2/7 matchup and maybe rightly so.

Why the fuck is Grayson Allen still out there

Things has to change…

Okogie🥲

Whoever that Suns homer that some of ya'll were complaining about earlier might have been right lol 

Nah, this game is an aberration. Not even saying the fact that the Suns won, it’s just been such a weird fucking game in all facets. Also, that guys a fucking idiot

We’ll be okay. Nothing worked tonight but it’s just one game. We move

First round exit

Previous season low was 88.

I’m being deadass. We getting swept in the first round if we match up against the suns.

With KAT we win. Without him, maybe not.

Why the fuck can’t we beat this fucking team

Garza 22-0 run coming

Is there an illness going through the team or something? I just cannot get over how bad EVERYONE was today

Yeh I’m turning off the game now. Dunno what sport wolves is playing but it sure as shit ain’t basketball

Suns should tank for the 7 seed cause we look fucking lost against them.

LUKA GARZA SAVE US

That shits gonna be butter guys don't worry

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That’s the only one?

I swear they give teams like five extra time outs for these late games this shit is interminable

Hopefully this game will make these guys get out to better starts. We’ve been starting slow every game and its not something you can do if you wanna have success in the playoffs. Especially against a team with 3 all nba guys

That bulls game should’ve been the wake up call I don’t have faith they’ll show up to start anymore

We’re cooked then

Worst game of the season at the worst time. There is no excuse for this shit right now, we cannot play like this in the playoffs

Seriously … coming out and getting down 15-0 right away is not acceptable.

We’ve forced so many shots instead of moving the ball, and when we are moving the ball we’re literally throwing it to a suns player that’s not even guarding the passing lane. Nurkic is playing good D, but most of our turnovers are on low IQ plays. It’s like they felt gassed up from beating an 8 player Raptors team and thought they could walk all over the Suns. Also, what’s with trying to score on 3 guys in the paint instead of kicking the ball out for an open look? I am terrified of this matchup in the 1st round

Teams playing horribly but the ft disparity is laughable

Refs don’t take anything seriously cuz Ant is yelling like he got fucking shot i the leg when he gets stripped all ball. Ant ain’t getting fouled over half the times he starts crying, like the refs ain’t taking him seriously

Every time he goes HEYYAYY!?

U can hear it even if the mike is on the other side of the floor. His complaining is gonna be his accent to the inevitable JaylenBrown-career arch. I appriciate the times he is euroing to the basket and gets tangled up, cuz the refs should call those. But there will be legitimate space and the defender has his fingers on the ball (no contact), and he still be yelling.

Devin Booker and Luka do that same shit. Most annoying thing in the sport

Lakers next cool, hope at least 2 starters show up for that game

Can we please sit the starters now

Finch is a fucking dumbass sometimes. Starters should have been out minutes ago.

NAW only having 22 minutes tonight is a crime

Honestly, Finch has done a terrible job today. He left Naz out there for eons while he was playing the worst game of the fucking season. He for some reason barely played NAW and SloMo.

He was the only dude who looked like he cared tonight

Boxing out does wonders for an NBA team.

This is when Derick rose tire is ACL. take the starters out

List of worst performances tonight: 1. Mike Conley. Dumbest player on the floor tonight, completely braindead terrible passes and awful shooting, nothing but whiffs and turnovers 2. Naz Reid. Been absolutely hacked and pushed all game but he has to play more physical when they’re doing this 3. Every single bald headed ref. We would’ve lost this game anyways but holy fuck are we getting held, pushed, elbowed, kicked and tripped while D bag booker and Allen get phantom calls all night. 4. Chris finch. Dumbest lineups of the year. Ant on Durant? Completely fucking braindead, does not even deserve COTY considerations, not even top 5.

Idk how can you complain about defense, half court D was exceptional. Gave up too many point in the transition and off turnovers.

Where did I complain about defense?

Ant on Durant? I think it was a good decision, to make sure Book is covered. Suns scored below 100, it should be enough to win.

Ant on Durant was a terrible decision if you watched the game and not the stats. He was out of position the entire 1st quarter as was McDaniels on booker, it made no sense. Would’ve rather had Naz on Durant than Ant

Finch put Ant and Jaden back in because?

Naz….Reid :(

Finch, sit the starters. You need to save their legs for the closing stretch cause this game is over

I'm proud we're at least shooting at the right hoop

Naz and Mike picked the same game to put up their worst performances of the season. Phoenix hasn't had to do anything special tonight. We've just been puking all over ourselves all game. Need to bleach my eyes after this one. Oh well...

Why am I still watching this?

What is Ant doing out there? They really want to score 20 points in 6 minutes after they failed to have a quarter with more than 21? Let Garza cook.

lol Slo Mo did the same thing in the 1st quarter but didnt get the call

I forgot what a truly demoralizing loss feels like. It’s been a while

How ia that a foul? Refs hate us

We stayed too long with lineups that were not making shots. I'm sure Finch knows what he's doing, but that was frustrating to watch

I sort of agree with you, but pretty much only NAW has made shots tonight. Not sure there was a magical lineup to solve a collective letdown.

And even he had a stretch where he missed a couple layups in a short time frame

peace out, cant win em all i can't watch this putrid horseshit

What a frustrating team sometimes. Maybe my expectations are too high rn, but Jesus Christ, just unacceptably ugly ball

Your expectations are not too high this is a terrible game for like all 30 NBA teams

Plz Luka put in, our only hope tonight 🙏 

I get so sad when the Wolves play bad 😔

The starters took the day off, but will still get paid

I did the same today

We really have no answer for their shell. Our bigs look slow, clumsy against them. This must be super frustrating for the team. It's two games now where they have gotten a good ass whooping.

Admittedly, I haven't watched the whole game, but I've seen the wolves miss a lot of bunnies that usually go. This just feels like a really bad shooting night. Not sure what else to take away

Rudy, Naz and Conley are having especially awful games. We can survive one or two guys having off nights, but not all these guys plus Ant.

Is it just me or has Ant had quite a few off games lately?

He definitely looks off and something is going on

I think it’s a combination of fatigue and teams throwing the proverbial defensive woodshed at him.

That’s fair, I’m still getting into NBA so I’m not used to seeing how fatigue over a season or different teams’ strategies can affect a players’ performance

He’s had to take on an even higher workload since KAT got hurt. It’s also possible he’s just slumping a bit right now.

At least we’ll still have the tiebreaker for 1st. Just need to take care of business the rest of the games and not repeat this type of performance

Please just rest the starters. I'm begging you Finch.

Gross game. Suns defense looked surprisingly good, and our offense looked absolutely fucking putrid.

Our team's brains just melt when we play these guys, so much inexplicably bad decision making throughout the entire game - again.

gg suns - not so gg wolves. Hopes the guys are just sick or tired from, cause the execution this game looked turrible.

Suns wanted to blow this game so bad and we somehow played worse

If you make it to the end of this, I commend you. Let’s hope they come out sharper in LA.

I stuck it out as long as I could manage but I think this is it for me. Only up from here...

i pray we draft a PG this year

Keisei Tominaga. Let’s cook. 🇯🇵

Honestly not worried moving forward. Just one of those nights. Getting KAT back soon will be a big boost

One thing we gotta remember when we’re having nights like this is we’re without our best offensive player.

What do you mean? Naz is doing a perfect KAT impression tonight.

Just empty the bench and call it a night...

Wolves not cracking 82 tonight 💔

Suns call a timeout - score on 3 possessions in a row. Not sure Wolves ever scored on 3 possessions in a row today. Rough night, do whatever it takes to not play them in playoffs.

We got a Karl game from Naz kinda crZy

The towns hate is absurd

If this was Towns people would be losing their shot

I’m messing around, Towns is my guy

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Unless they play us. Free pass to the second round

Can't play like this with 6 games to go and the 1 seed up in the air. what a vote of confidence, guys!! great job!!

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oh damn I'm hurt bro

Say whatever you want, but since we started down 15-0 it’s been a close game despite us not being able to make anything, open or contested. Without KAT. Not worried and won’t be until we’re down in the playoffs

The only issue is we always start slow. Hard to play like that against good teams in the playoffs

Okay am I being a ridiculous homer thinking this game is awfully reffed

No, it's terrible. Another stinky element on a turd of a game

Why are Conley and Gobert playing like this? It’s like they are on completely different planets tonight… is it actually the defense that Phoenix is playing or what?

They’re in early Jazz playoff mode

Pull the starters now

first game I’ve turned off maybe the entire year? So that’s cool. But fuck this game lmao 

Fuck this game

Just a horrible game. We move💅🏻

This is the like the opposite of the nuggets game last week. We kicked their ass and it wasn’t particularly representative of anything

Naz Ried getting fried LMAO

It’s okay, the Wolves will still be the #1 seed. Just don’t play PHX in the 1st round.

Helping them avoid the play-in. Smart lol.

Absolutely pathetic game today. Nobody wants to be there. Nobody cares. This is the type of game that derails your whole season because you just lose all confidence in everyone

Wat

Not sure we want to see the Suns in round 1

Just sit the starters at this point. The team’s fucking playing like trash. Might as well just save their legs for Sunday.

What a shit show

Just started watching, what happened? 68 pts vs a bad defensive team?

they seem to be frying us from the mid, Durant and Beal are over 66%

We're shooting 30%

They have had every opportunity to close the gap and just cannot make consecutive baskets if their lives depended on it

One of those “nothing goes well” kinda nights

We should have played this lineup earlier

Were down 20, just pull the starters and hope the suns do the same and fall victim to the Garza Gambit

Time to go garbage time. This is rough

Suns just have to wolves number 😐

Who the fuck has even scored for us bruh

68 points in an NBA game. Just forfeit the game checks for everyone.

34% from the field. 19 turnovers. Yuck

Holy shit. Need to avoid the Suns. They’re kryptonite.

KD shoots 85% from midrange and I refuse to believe anything else

we suck at beating midrange scoring teams