Timberwolves vs. Bucks: Will 4th Quarter Woes Cause Problems?
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00:00 [Music]
00:03 Okay, so the Bucks, hard to make the Bucks a favorite over a good team.
00:07 That's what Minnesota is.
00:09 And they're laying one tonight with a total of 223.
00:12 Timberwolves, you know, they're going to make the playoff.
00:15 I mean, they could be a tough out in the playoffs this year too.
00:18 Do you lean any specific way here?
00:20 It says coin toss to me on the board.
00:22 What do you think?
00:23 Yeah, I think it is.
00:24 I think the Timberwolves on paper should be better and should be favored by more in this game.
00:29 But we've seen them over the last three or so weeks just get plagued by these problems that plagued them last year
00:35 that it looked like they were mostly over.
00:37 But these fourth quarter sort of breakdowns against teams that they shouldn't have them against.
00:43 You know, it's one thing to have it against a good team like they did against Boston.
00:46 And you go, well, you're playing in Boston.
00:48 You were missing a couple guys.
00:50 But when it's happening against Charlotte, when it's happening against the Spurs,
00:54 when it's happening like it did in their last game against Chicago,
00:58 it shouldn't be happening.
00:59 You shouldn't be blowing double-digit second half and especially fourth quarter leads.
01:03 So I think it's very tough to go all in on the Wolves, especially when you're playing a team that's very good
01:08 and, again, has the best player on the court.
01:10 So this is a tough game.
01:12 The Wolves have responded in each time.
01:15 They've blown one of these leads and played well the next game.
01:18 So I think they'll do that.
01:20 I like the Wolves to take care of business tonight.
01:22 But at the same time, I totally would get why people would be very leery of that.
01:27 And, again, you know, I made the joke earlier about the Eastern Conference All-Star Coach.
01:30 We have the Western.
01:31 This is a preview of the All-Star Game coaches going head-to-head
01:35 and maybe the most unlikely All-Star Game coaching scenario maybe ever,
01:40 especially since one wasn't even coaching a team at the beginning of the year.
01:43 So I think this will be a really good game.
01:45 It's going to come down to whether or not Anthony Edwards wants to play hero ball
01:48 or whether he trusts his teammates.
01:50 And we'll have to see which Carl Anthony Towns shows up to
01:53 because he can sort of go in and out for this Wolves team.
01:56 (upbeat music)
01:58 (bells chiming)