I was thrilled to be taking on a film review article following Game 1 of the Western Conference First Round between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Denver Nuggets.
Some would say these two teams aren’t totally indicative of their seedings based on talent and recent play, but we saw the best of Denver and the worst of Minnesota in a 109-80 Nuggets blowout late Sunday night. That calls for slight straw-grasping when it comes to the positives for the Wolves on both ends of the floor, something I didn’t totally anticipate.
The kicker sentence for this piece could simply be, “The Timberwolves just need to play and shoot better, period.