- nj
NBA playoff pressure? Fuhgeddaboudit. If they're playing like a superstar, they're probably from N.J.
The Big Apple, after all, produced historic names like Lew Alcindor (who became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), Earl “The Goat” Manigault, Connie Hawkins, Bernard and Albert King, Kenny Smith, Kenny Anderson, Dwayne “Pearl” Washington, Mark Jackson, Chris Mullin, Stephon Marbury and Lance Stephenson, to name a handful. “Jersey was in the shadow of New York City for quite a long time,” Hurley, the Naismith Hall of Fame coach, said Tuesday by phone.
- Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
'Minnesota's coming to life': Timberwolves' playoff bid has the fans excited - and ready for more
Two decades ago, Nicole Uchal leaped from her bed as Kevin Garnett and the Timberwolves advanced to the NBA's Western Conference finals. Uchal, 39, has been a Timberwolves fan since the first grade. On Friday, after years of close wins and heartbreaking losses, she and thousands of others packed downtown Minneapolis to watch the team's first second-round playoff appearance in 20 years. "It ...
- Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.
Jace Frederick: Seeds of Timberwolves’ current championship culture were planted two years ago
The Timberwolves played without their top defensive player in Monday’s Game 2 in Denver, yet turned in perhaps their best defensive performance of the season, suffocating the Nuggets to go up 2-0 in the Western Conference semifinals. How do you explain that? Timberwolves coach Chris Finch said the performance without Rudy Gobert was actually a testament to Gobert’s impact. “His presence and ...
All Players
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|---|---|---|
| 9 | SG | |
| 1 | SF | |
| 0 | SG | |
| 10 | PG | |
| 5 | SG | |
| 55 | PF | |
| 27 | C | |
| 3 | PF | |
| 6 | PG | |
| 33 | SF | |
| 8 | SF | |
| 7 | SG | |
| 23 | PG | |
| 12 | PG | |
| 11 | C | |
| 32 | C | |
| 24 | SF |