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...and they've been mostly clean looks, too.

My word. 3-15 FG. 1-7 threes. One ball thrown directly out of bounds, another dribbled off a foot. 4 total TOs. SGA already has 11. Wolves down 22-7 late Q1, and better pull whatever chute the packed or this one's gonna get away from them in a hurry.

The good news... that first quarter is over. The bad news... END 1: OKC 26 MIN 9 FG: O-11/23 M-3/20 Three: O-3/9 M-1/9 Edwards: 6pts 2-5FG 0-2three Rest of Wolves: 1-15FG (JMac 0-6, NAW 0-4) SGA: 12pts 5-7FG 3reb 5ast Holmgren: 7pts Reb: O-18 M-11 Turnovers: O-2 M-4

Being down 22 isn't a death sentence. Ask the Knicks. Or Pacers.Or regular season Wolves. But my goodness, they gotta find a gear on offense. *Nothing* happening on offense. Just inexplicable turnovers and missed open shots. Yes, OKC's NBA-best D has something to do with it.

Feels like OKC's series-long pace and pressure - on both ends, but especially defense - has completely worn the Wolves out mentally and physically. They just can't find any answers tonight. Can't get a stop on D, can't string together any sort of run on O.

Last year, with the season on the line in Game 5... the Wolves trailed Dallas 69-40 at halftime. Tonight, with the season on the line in Game 5... the Wolves trail OKC 65-32 at halftime.

HALFTIME OKC 65 MIN 32 Turnovers M-14 O-4 FG: O-22/44 50% M-12/39 31% (14 turnovers, 12 made shots) Threes: O-5/17 29% M-5/19 26% Edwards: 9pts 3-10FG 0-5three Randle: 8pts 3-7FG 4TO Reid: 4pts 4TO SGA: 20pts 8-14FG 4reb 5ast Holmgren/J Williams: 15pts/ea

And now, OKC is sprinting to the wire. They haven't let up an ounce. Only allowed 9 Q1 points, led by 33 at halftime.. but they weren't going to settle for a TKO. They're still swinging with 9 to go... up 101-69.

I’m telling you, that arena is a thing.

Willi Castro?! Have a night.

Regardless how this turns out for the local nine, this has been a wildly entertaining baseball game.

And Correa ships the first pitch of the 10th into the seats. …and his trot was hilarious. Went from “that’s a no-doubter” trot… to “uh-oh, better get going” gallop … to “I was right the first time”.

Ok, fellas. Make this lead stick. Gotta get a kid to a softball diamond by 7:15a. (Second straight tourney they’ve saddled us with an 8am Saturday opener. Whom did we tick off?!)

That oughta do it. Twins trailed 6-3 going to the 9th… now lead 12-6 in the top of 10. Fairly remarkable rally these last two frames.

Was 6-3 with 2 out in the ninth, too.

As I said… wildly entertaining ball game.

Best win of the season, this one.

Well then

Roboumps now

I’ve been out and about tonight and trying to keep tabs on the Twins. Help me out w Knicks/Pacers. Is that game legit close or has there been a strong lean toward influencing away from an OKC/Indy Finals?