Can the Timberwolves end the 33 year drought?
The last Minnesota team to make a finals was the Twins in 1991.
The North Stars made it in 1990.
The Viking did it in 1976.
The Timberwolves never made it.
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Dallas finished the season on a 16-4 run and are 11-4 in the playoffs for a combined .771 win %.
They are the proverbial team that got hot at the right time. It would not surprise me if they win the title.
This is a brutal series to watch. Luka and Irving consistently making their own shots with minimal defensive pressure. Our defensive team doesn’t appear to know how to defend them, meanwhile ANT has disappeared and KAT is content at bricking 3’s, and it doesn’t appear that anything we’re doing on offense is working at all to get open shots for players. Combine that with Luka whining for fouls all the time and Mav’s players flopping, this reminds me why I don’t watch basketball anymore.
Luka is a bitch...extremely talented, but a bitch none the less. He also runs his mouth a lot, but seems to back it up. If things stay the way they are heading... I will definitely be cheering for the Celts to put a beat down on his ass.
Why isn't Chuck Foreman in the Hall of Fame?
I think the Celts' defense will give Dallas a much different set of problems, plus Team Green will have their starting center back...who can score from anywhere.
KOC, JJM, Flores...make a good plan, or you'll be following Kwesi....
Wolves still alive, head back to Minneapolis favored to beat the Mavs at home. Win that and it's a whole new series.
"All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand." —Steven Wright
MaroonBells wrote:
Wolves still alive, head back to Minneapolis favored to beat the Mavs at home. Win that and it's a whole new series.
I would not be shocked if the wolfs win another one at home...
Meanwhile, Celts rest at home and watch.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
purplefaithful wrote:
I would not be shocked if the wolfs win another one at home...
Meanwhile, Celts rest at home and watch.
A Celtics/Wolves final would be pretty sweet. Likely not going to happen, but if the Wolves win the next game at home, I wouldn't count them out. One game at a time.
Still, I hate all Dallas teams with a passion, so in some ways watching my Celtics annihilate the Mavs would be even more fun.
"All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand." —Steven Wright
MaroonBells wrote:
A Celtics/Wolves final would be pretty sweet. Likely not going to happen, but if the Wolves win the next game at home, I wouldn't count them out. One game at a time.
Still, I hate all Dallas teams with a passion, so in some ways watching my Celtics annihilate the Mavs would be even more fun.
Selfishly, I'd hate that. I've been a Celtics fan about as long as I've been a Vikings fan...which goes back a looooong way.
I think my family followed the Bruins and Celtics after the Lakers and North Stars moved, which is why we have two Boston teams. I just know who I was raised rooting for.
It wasn't too bad, though: I started really watching basketball just in time to see a certain freckled guy from Indiana take Boston to a few championships.
In any case, if the 'Wolves make the Finals, I'd be torn. I've cheered for the Celtics all my life, but...cheering against anything from Minnesota is difficult, even for this NoDak.
KOC, JJM, Flores...make a good plan, or you'll be following Kwesi....
So your telling me there's a chance. :D
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FLVike wrote:
Well, put the champagne away and don't light the fireworks and let's move on to year 34 of this drought.
Drought is over...
MN just won the PWHL Championship
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
purplefaithful wrote:
Drought is over...
MN just won the PWHL Championship
but even in the state of hockey.... how many people even knew that they were in the finals. Its like the WNBA, its something to watch and technically since they are getting paid its a "pro"
championship.... but does it really count in this conversation?
Why isn't Chuck Foreman in the Hall of Fame?
JimmyinSD wrote:
but even in the state of hockey.... how many people even knew that they were in the finals. Its like the WNBA, its something to watch and technically since they are getting paid its a "pro"
championship.... but does it really count in this conversation?
I was only counting the Vikings, Twins, Wild , and Timberwolves. But actually we are still in year 33 until the Twins don't make it to the World Series, then we move on to year 34.
Zanary wrote:
Selfishly, I'd hate that. I've been a Celtics fan about as long as I've been a Vikings fan...which goes back a looooong way.
I think my family followed the Bruins and Celtics after the Lakers and North Stars moved, which is why we have two Boston teams. I just know who I was raised rooting for.
It wasn't too bad, though: I started really watching basketball just in time to see a certain freckled guy from Indiana take Boston to a few championships.
In any case, if the 'Wolves make the Finals, I'd be torn. I've cheered for the Celtics all my life, but...cheering against anything from Minnesota is difficult, even for this NoDak.
Cheers. Kinda wish Dallas would've made it more interesting, but utter domination can be fun too.
"All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand." —Steven Wright
JimmyinSD wrote:
but even in the state of hockey.... how many people even knew that they were in the finals. Its like the WNBA, its something to watch and technically since they are getting paid its a "pro"
championship.... but does it really count in this conversation?
Funny you mention the WNBA but then it doesn't count? Lynx were in the finals 6 times in 7 years, won 4 of them. Even I, a person who literally doesn't care about the WNBA, watched some of that run.
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