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Chris Hine

@ChristopherHine

6th season on Timberwolves beat for @StarTribune. Formerly spent 8 years at Chicago Tribune. Mariah Carey and Carole King stan. He/him

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linkhttp://www.startribune.com calendar_today09-04-2009 21:23:37

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How did the loss to the Nuggets change their playoff future? Chris Hine explains the possible scenarios with two regular season games left. startribune.com/timberwolves-w…

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Stat that maybe only I care about, the end of the Wolves bench was a plus-19 combined in the minutes they played tonight and in Phoenix.

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Both Gobert and Conley said fatigue hurt the Wolves in the 4th.

Conley: 'You kind of see us get tired and stop moving. They did a good job of switching ... and made us stagnant a little bit, but when we’re not moving our bodies and moving with pace, we’re an easy team to guard.'

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I'm not saying it's a CORRECT narrative, but the visuals of him getting dunked on and allowing Jokic to score some in the 3rd on ESPN is going to feed the grating basketball debates that happen about this stuff.

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Speaking of old habits ... Twice this quarter the Wolves failed to secure the rebound on a missed free throw. Denver providing them an important lesson in how to play championship level basketball before the playoffs begin.

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And once again, the Wolves are so far failing to capitalize on the non-Jokic, non-Murray minutes. Denver up 88-84 with 8:46 to play. Timeout Finch.

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Meanwhile, the Timberwolves are now 9-for-17 from the free-throw line. They're better off if the refs don't call fouls on Denver.

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They're letting a lot of stuff go on both sides tonight. Pointing to one thing and saying 'but ... this!' is not indicative of the night overall.

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Not to pick on just Nick here, but Wolves have shot 15 free throws to Denver's 8. Denver has been called for 2 more fouls overall. Let the officiating go.

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Timberwolves trail Denver 83-80 headed into the fourth. It is IMPERATIVE that the Wolves do something while Jokic rests. He's up to 32.

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Gobert is ticked after Jokic got away with a shove on a loose ball, then Gobert fouls him on a drive to the hoop.

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