Timberwolves Strategy at Target: Ant & Randle Must Shine

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00:00I think they respond tomorrow night at the target in Minneapolis with the two and a hook.

00:06How do they possibly win this game and get it done, in your opinion?

00:10Simply put, Ant and Julius Randle have to be great or very good at the same time.

00:16I mean, Ant was not good in game one.

00:18Julius was fantastic, and he flipped roles.

00:21You know, and what's really interesting about, you know, Minnesota, actually, O'Keezy,

00:26is O'Keezy has a way that people will give him credit.

00:28But they grind you down defensively, and I called it, you'll like this, Larry Holmes.

00:35You remember Larry Holmes, the Eastern Assassin?

00:38What they do, right, they just jab, jab, jab.

00:41And then all of a sudden, your legs get weary, and then there goes the knockout punch with a right hand.

00:46That's what they do.

00:48They jab you by keeping them in the game with their defense, and then when your offense really,

00:53when they finally figure it offensively, they have enough guys that can get going

00:56between Jalen Williams, obviously, SGA, Lou Dorkin at threes.

01:01We are more Hartenstein with his little push-floater lane.

01:04Obviously, Chad, Rick, Isaiah Joe.

01:06You know, white boy Rick.

01:07They got more dudes for Rob that could score, right?

01:12The Timberwolves are so reliant, so reliant on Randle and obviously Ant-Man,

01:18and we know as great as Julius Randle was, we're Knick fans at heart.

01:24We knew at some point the game was going to break.

01:26And what Oklahoma State did is they, when the ball got in the post, they sent double teams.

01:30They sent it from different angles.

01:31They rotated out the backside, and they gave Julius Randle fits, particularly in the second half of game number two.

01:38Listen, I got to be honest with you.

01:39I thought that was that ugly 32 piece for Edwards.

01:42I thought he shot horribly, 12 of 26.

01:46He was one of nine from downtown.

01:48He got lucky in the sense that they gave him all those calls.

01:52He went to the line and shot 10 free throws.

01:55He hit seven of them, but I did not think that anyone on that team shot the ball well.

02:01And I thought Randle was just horrible.

02:06Well, I think a reason why Minnesota was so good in the first two series is, let's be honest,

02:15the Lakers and the Warriors had no size.

02:17They had no size.

02:18They had nothing in there inside that would give them any kind of resistance.

02:23Well, now it's Hartenstein, and it's Chet Holmgren, and there's two seven-footers,

02:27and Lou Door plays higher than he is.

02:30Jalen Williams is secretly athletic.

02:31Like, this team can go, and Minnesota doesn't have the guys.

02:37They just don't.

02:38I thought coming into this series, I said it was, people go check the tape.

02:43I said Thunder in five.

02:45I thought this was a five-game series.

02:47I think you're right.

02:48I think they steal game three.

02:51I think OKC gets game four and blows their doors off and ends this in five games.

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