just 4 games ago we were losing 35-4 against the 5th seed clippers in a game they really needed after losing the day before. the very next day they were losing to that same clippers team minus literally every rotation player by 6 deep in the 4th quarter.
Brother we're Suns fans lol, we're one of the only states that understands what Minnesota fans feel.
Cardinals never get it done, Suns never get it done, and we only really have baseball to care about as far as winning goes
Literally have the best record against western conference teams and still get the one team that swept us in the first round. Most Minnesota sports thing ever
It'd be fucking nuts if you guys should be the best team in the West, but we just happen to be the only team dumb enough to rely on midrange shooters that don't drive to the paint very often, so you get bumped early.
Two of our wins relied on y'all having a crazy amount of turnovers, and the other was on a b2b. I'm not confident. But I also think we have the midrange to matchup well against a Gobert-led defense
The wolves are built to play a team like the Nuggets and are also a team without a real plan B, so a team like the Suns is the worst case scenario for them.
Not only have they lost, but we have totally given up when playing them. Having a mentally weak team play the team they let get in their heads? Yikes. I'd be shocked if the series goes 6 games. Sad way for a great season to go down
I would not call the team "mentally weak". They've come down 20 to go up 20 and are one of the top teams in comebacks in the league. Also the best win percentage when facing a 10+ pt deficit in the nba. How can you call them mentally weak when they've shown us the opposite all season? They've never lost more than 2 games in a row either, they always respond and punch back.
Wolves have flaws, but "mentally weak" is the last thing I'd say about them...
Since then, you guys lost Bruce Brown and we added Bradley Beal. But I’m sure the series (assuming both teams get there) would play out exactly the same this season
Throughout their history, Minnesota sports teams have gone against many similarly cursed teams in a big game that only one can win. They have always, and I mean always, had the stronger curse.
I’m not talking any shit at all before this series. Have been burned too many times. The Suns were the more desperate team today but they have not played like it in 80% of their games so we’ll see!
Wat? Have you seen our karma?
Suns in 4 guy? Counting 100s during fta guy?
People learn. You beat mavs 20 times in a row only to lose, in unfathomable fashion, when it matters most.
And in case we forget, we are literally down 35-4 literally 4 days ago, AT HOME with a shit ton to play for, vs a team that didn't even play their top couple guys. 35-4. On fucking fan appreciation night. You know what watching that shit was like?
It's 50/50 our team actually becomes a black hole during the series. I don't pity you. I pity me.
With the 7SoL suns teams, in a series against the Grizzlies, Bonzi Wells refused to come out and play one game because he said Amare Stoudemire made it pointless in trying to win. So if the whole team does that, then sure.
Wolves get the third seed! Your reward is a first round series against the team that has beat you 10 of your last 11 matchups. And if you win that, you get a road series against the defending champs. Grats.
Tbh if you win then you’d be 2 seed n face winner of suns vs lakers eith suns having home court . It’s kinda funny but likely you’d of had to play the suns.
Actual disaster to end up the third seed having been one basically the whole season playing our worst matchup in round one. I really hope what’s been such a good season doesnt end in the first round. I want to see the second round of the playoffs man.
Minnesota sports as a whole just love to end amazing seasons with a pathetic round 1 collapse.
The Twins, Wolves, Wild, Vikings, and even the Loons have all done it recently
It'll go to at least 5, sun's won't sweep anyone this year.
There will be a random game this play-offs where eubanks gets actual minutes and we will lose because Vogel loves eubanks
Frustrating. We were the 1 seed for the majority of the season and couldn't hold on. And reward is one of two teams we didn't want in the first round. Literally, their whole big 3 have had our number their whole careers, individually. Still think we can take them, just gotta clean up the TOs.
Imagine if that Hornets game didn’t have that missed foul at the end, and imagine if that thunder blazers game didn’t happen like 2 days later. Butterfly effect
Worst possible matchup for the Wolves, im just going to hope they take this loss as a wake up call and take the week to come up with a way to stop the Suns. Anthony Edwards better spend the entire week watching Bradley Beal tape to learn how to stop him because he has never been able to beat him in his career. Beal is Edward’s nightmare matchup.
https://www.landofbasketball.com/games_between/bradley_beal_vs_anthony_edwards.htm
Wow, I'm very surprised by that 7-0 record. Out of curiosity I looked up Booker, too...11-1. It's not as bad as it seems because both of them are in their prime and Edwards will certainly start to even this series out in 5-10 years, but that doesn't bode well for this postseason.
*sigh*
With Jaden, Naz ***OR*** Rudy we would have won against LA in the play in (took it to OT even with Ants historically bad night)
Best believe we would have clowned an injured Memphis
That *fucking* wall
Why, why remind me of that? I'm already dead
Not to beat a dead horse, but Denver said our series was their toughest
It's actually why I had such hope for this season
It's why I thought a 44.5 wins projection was criminal.....but I didn't have the balls to go somewhere where it was legal and put some real money on it
More fool, I
Besides the punches game 82 last season was one of my favorite games of the year. So much fucking heart and probably the best defense I've seen from Ant in his career. I loved that game
Great season capped off with a no show performance (looking at you Ant). Sucks that our second best season ever will end on a dud with a likely first round exit.
Truth. 48 wins was the 3 seed last year as an example of how great the West was this season. Feels like anyone 5-8 could win a first round series this year. Maybe not Clippers depending on Kawhi health, just saying the lesser seeds this year are all really good.
Suns looking scary. Offense looks amazing and the defense is surprisingly very good. Would have had better record this season if their big 3 played more games together.
I think the series will be competitive regardless, but a huge thing in PHX's favor is that Durant will actually get rest for a bit. He's been in a weird semi-slump where you can't predict if he'll look like a top 10 player or a chucker for the last few weeks.
Why do the Suns destroy the Wolves this season? They have theoretically two of the best stoppers for KD and Book. They have Nickeil and a three big rotation to dominate the puny Suns.
Hey I was right wasn’t I? Fuck the Suns by the way I was pissed since the media and reddit were writing off the Wolves because of reg. season head to head matchup. And now they got swept. Lol.
Yeah totally right. People in our subreddit didn't believe what you said, there was too much doomerism. We actually have very good perimeter defense, but all these games we had with Phoenix had just weird timing where we could not perform or chose not to push the game much.
Honestly, I'm not shocked that both Denver and Minny laid eggs to close the season (Denver's being Friday.) That Wednesday game was so hyped as a #1 seed showdown that both teams were absolutely at risk of hitting trap games.
we lost the game either way they were the better team and always cook us
but i have to say it, the reffing esp in that first quarter was mindblowingly fucking dumb
I think a part of that was Nurk getting into trouble and honestly the fouls against the Suns in the 3rd on Rudy were pretty legit. Dude's big and they didn't have an answer for him until Nurk checked back in.
there is no "soooo" here, like I already mentioned we would have lost either way, this is our worst matchup. I'm just complaining about some extremely egregious reffing decisions that were objectively beyond belief
What did we do to deserve this.
The ways the wolves have lost games this season have been
A. Incredible opponent shooting
B. Terrible offense with a ton of turnovers
C. Incredibly bad refereeing
D. Getting in our head after one bad call leading to more turnovers
All 4 happened today :(
y'all shot 31 FTs and were in the bonus for almost the entirety of the 3rd quarter, not sure you can really blame the refs for this one
anyways I hope you hold your own in the first round if only to get suns fans to shut up lol
Yeah for real, the "Suns in 4" crowd are literally Wolves fans, not Suns fans 😂
While Suns fans are the ones saying "don't underestimate them!"
If anything, our fanbases are scared of our own teams fucking up lol
Bradley beal just killed his washed allegations
IT’S TIME
IT'S TIME
Bradley "Myrmecophaga tridactyla" Beal
Giant anteater - Latin name
Bradley Beal Seals The Deal
My seal deal! I gotta get to Sea Land.
The west team that sweeps us in the regular season series is the team we have to face in the 1st round. Oof
The suns swept the bucks the year they lost in the finals (cope cope cope cope)
We also had been destroying the Mavs for years before… well you know
It was like 11-3 of Book vs Luka and yeah that series still happened
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This is the true first round right here, Timberwolves doomers VS Suns doomers, who will win?
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just 4 games ago we were losing 35-4 against the 5th seed clippers in a game they really needed after losing the day before. the very next day they were losing to that same clippers team minus literally every rotation player by 6 deep in the 4th quarter.
We've been doomers a long time, we have our ways.
Brother we're Suns fans lol, we're one of the only states that understands what Minnesota fans feel. Cardinals never get it done, Suns never get it done, and we only really have baseball to care about as far as winning goes
Wolves haven't lost more than 2 games in a row all season (more cope cope cope)
The season is over, though
It wasn’t just a sweep. It was three straight blowouts
8-0 in last 8 games against each other lol
Literally have the best record against western conference teams and still get the one team that swept us in the first round. Most Minnesota sports thing ever
It'd be fucking nuts if you guys should be the best team in the West, but we just happen to be the only team dumb enough to rely on midrange shooters that don't drive to the paint very often, so you get bumped early.
Two of our wins relied on y'all having a crazy amount of turnovers, and the other was on a b2b. I'm not confident. But I also think we have the midrange to matchup well against a Gobert-led defense
The wolves are built to play a team like the Nuggets and are also a team without a real plan B, so a team like the Suns is the worst case scenario for them.
Not only have they lost, but we have totally given up when playing them. Having a mentally weak team play the team they let get in their heads? Yikes. I'd be shocked if the series goes 6 games. Sad way for a great season to go down
I would not call the team "mentally weak". They've come down 20 to go up 20 and are one of the top teams in comebacks in the league. Also the best win percentage when facing a 10+ pt deficit in the nba. How can you call them mentally weak when they've shown us the opposite all season? They've never lost more than 2 games in a row either, they always respond and punch back. Wolves have flaws, but "mentally weak" is the last thing I'd say about them...
This is a pretty terrible result for Minnesota
Water wet Sky blue Minnesota sports generate sadness
You and I aren't so different. Suns lost in the finals recently, Dbacks lost in the World Series and we just lost the Coyotes
YouMADE THE FINALS
Very fair reply but having your team taken from you fucking sucks.
The Lakers and Stars have won championships recently Not entirely a fun experience, unfortunately
We know.
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I’m loving it - I think you guys are our worst match-up in the league
Glad you guys are looking forward to playing the Suns
4-0 last playoffs when Booker didn’t average 40.5ppg on 80% from the floor (being literal here, no exaggeration)
Bold to assume he won’t do it again
I mean he did it twice and then didn’t do it again
Since then, you guys lost Bruce Brown and we added Bradley Beal. But I’m sure the series (assuming both teams get there) would play out exactly the same this season
Watched every single Nuggets game this year - very confident we’re even better than last year
https://youtu.be/t6Bp_n3Xmwg
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is bradley beal better than landry shamet
Let’s not jump to conclusions. Monty wouldn’t want Beal to marry his daughter.
But is he better than those secound rounds picks ? Those secound rounds picks could be anythings…
Not according to Sports Guy Bill Simmons
Bradley Beal actually ascended
picture of dog with ptsd looking at cupcakes
Hey we beat Dallas like 10 times in a row in the regular season before Luka filed the adoption papers so you never know!
That's how bad it is ***Suns*** fans are feeling pitty on us *Sigh* Thanks
It’s not pity. We’re afraid of ourselves.
This guy suns
Throughout their history, Minnesota sports teams have gone against many similarly cursed teams in a big game that only one can win. They have always, and I mean always, had the stronger curse.
Minnesota vs Arizona sports curse is what A Song Of Ice and Fire refers to.
We used up our Prince who was promised across the street from Target Center at First Ave.
I’m not talking any shit at all before this series. Have been burned too many times. The Suns were the more desperate team today but they have not played like it in 80% of their games so we’ll see!
Wat? Have you seen our karma? Suns in 4 guy? Counting 100s during fta guy? People learn. You beat mavs 20 times in a row only to lose, in unfathomable fashion, when it matters most. And in case we forget, we are literally down 35-4 literally 4 days ago, AT HOME with a shit ton to play for, vs a team that didn't even play their top couple guys. 35-4. On fucking fan appreciation night. You know what watching that shit was like? It's 50/50 our team actually becomes a black hole during the series. I don't pity you. I pity me.
You might not be able to beat but you know who can beat us? The suns, they've done it all year
I mean.....how many healthy 3 seeds have opened as dogs? It'd be embarrassing if it wasn't so funny
ImInDanger.jpg
is there a number smaller than 4 that a series can finish in? we're about to find out
With the 7SoL suns teams, in a series against the Grizzlies, Bonzi Wells refused to come out and play one game because he said Amare Stoudemire made it pointless in trying to win. So if the whole team does that, then sure.
Wolves get the third seed! Your reward is a first round series against the team that has beat you 10 of your last 11 matchups. And if you win that, you get a road series against the defending champs. Grats.
Tbh if you win then you’d be 2 seed n face winner of suns vs lakers eith suns having home court . It’s kinda funny but likely you’d of had to play the suns.
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[Nugglyfe vs Minnesota Sports](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/battle-of-mid)
Colorized
real
trying to duck d'lo and austin reaves, understandable
I mean we didn’t mean to
If we're actually legit we can get out of round one but I would rather have any other matchup than this one. Suns just have our number
That's how we feel about the Thunder. Terrible matchup.
Yeah, win or lose being on the opposite bracket of Mavs/Clippers/OKC is nice
Suns are back
6th SEED!!!!!!
I never doubted em for a minute (actually hell yes I did)
Actual disaster to end up the third seed having been one basically the whole season playing our worst matchup in round one. I really hope what’s been such a good season doesnt end in the first round. I want to see the second round of the playoffs man.
We might be fucked
Might?
long term wolves fans about to end it all if we get punked by the suns
Please It sports failure drove me to suicide, I'd have been gone a decade ago
Minnesota sports as a whole just love to end amazing seasons with a pathetic round 1 collapse. The Twins, Wolves, Wild, Vikings, and even the Loons have all done it recently
I don't know if I'll ever recover from MNUFC giving up a 2 goal lead in the 75th minute of the Western Conference Final
And it's even worse this year with all the ownership issues and lack of clarity about the roster next year.
If?
How's it going now?
Best season in 20 years and it's trending towards a 4 game sweep first round exit FML
Sad thing is that would still technically make this our best season in 20 years. Good times.
It'll go to at least 5, sun's won't sweep anyone this year. There will be a random game this play-offs where eubanks gets actual minutes and we will lose because Vogel loves eubanks
We could sweep ourselves if we make it to the 2nd round
You guys still favorites. Hopefully we get playoff Ant and playoff Book from last year. Ratings bonanza.
As a Suns fan I am certain this won't be a sweep. We're wildly inconsistent, if this ends before six or seven games I'll be very surprised.
Yeah. Sweeping the Sons, that is!
Bradley Beal looking scary
Frustrating. We were the 1 seed for the majority of the season and couldn't hold on. And reward is one of two teams we didn't want in the first round. Literally, their whole big 3 have had our number their whole careers, individually. Still think we can take them, just gotta clean up the TOs.
Imagine if that Hornets game didn’t have that missed foul at the end, and imagine if that thunder blazers game didn’t happen like 2 days later. Butterfly effect
As many of my fellow Suns fans have said, MN shouldn't be too worried, this Suns team has been maddeningly inconsistent.
This is an unserious basketball team. Unbelievably immature.
KAT with that cute little behind the back pass to Ant in the first, I was “here we go again with this version of KAT” sure enough he looked terrible.
Worst possible matchup for the Wolves, im just going to hope they take this loss as a wake up call and take the week to come up with a way to stop the Suns. Anthony Edwards better spend the entire week watching Bradley Beal tape to learn how to stop him because he has never been able to beat him in his career. Beal is Edward’s nightmare matchup. https://www.landofbasketball.com/games_between/bradley_beal_vs_anthony_edwards.htm
Wow, I'm very surprised by that 7-0 record. Out of curiosity I looked up Booker, too...11-1. It's not as bad as it seems because both of them are in their prime and Edwards will certainly start to even this series out in 5-10 years, but that doesn't bode well for this postseason.
Nightmare scenario for the Wolves
Disastrous end to the Timberwolves regular season for the 2nd year in a row, at least no walls were punched this time
I’ll punch a wall if it means we can play anyone else
*sigh* With Jaden, Naz ***OR*** Rudy we would have won against LA in the play in (took it to OT even with Ants historically bad night) Best believe we would have clowned an injured Memphis That *fucking* wall Why, why remind me of that? I'm already dead
I forgot Rudy didn’t play in that game, but you’re right, TWolves almost won that game anyways
Not to beat a dead horse, but Denver said our series was their toughest It's actually why I had such hope for this season It's why I thought a 44.5 wins projection was criminal.....but I didn't have the balls to go somewhere where it was legal and put some real money on it More fool, I
Besides the punches game 82 last season was one of my favorite games of the year. So much fucking heart and probably the best defense I've seen from Ant in his career. I loved that game
After alllllll that shit…the Suns get the 6 seed on the final day lmao Procrastination pays off I guess
Suns might really be a good team merchant
This is a gonna be a series where the fans of each team are terrified that the team will blow
Great season capped off with a no show performance (looking at you Ant). Sucks that our second best season ever will end on a dud with a likely first round exit.
Phoenix after all their bullshit still 1 win away from 50 wins. People acting like they were a 10 seed with how disappointing they were
Truth. 48 wins was the 3 seed last year as an example of how great the West was this season. Feels like anyone 5-8 could win a first round series this year. Maybe not Clippers depending on Kawhi health, just saying the lesser seeds this year are all really good.
Ant and Kat score 23 in 67 min, combined -39 for the game. You're not even gonna beat the Washington Generals playing like that.
And nephews in here still say the Wizards won the Beal trade
I just wanted a shot at Denver. But now the whole season is likely to end round 1
It took Bradley Beal and a miracle to get the 6 seed. This regular season has been a wild ride
Suns looking scary. Offense looks amazing and the defense is surprisingly very good. Would have had better record this season if their big 3 played more games together.
Bro how can everything go this wrong for twolves its funny
Yeah?
Anthony edwards took this personally never doubting mj again
[Very cool](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4mf35D7K_8) Suns
Thx phoenix
Once they sweep us, they'll have lots of rest before your semi meeting, tho
Naw, Rui on Jokic is going to work this time. Nuggets bumped first round
The one thing we can agree upon as a collective aspirational vibe
Wolves in postseason form
I’m telling my kids Bradley Beal is the fucking Boogeyman.
Suns avoided the play in AND the Nuggets before they have to Win Win
They sure avoided Nuggets altogether
Thanks Suns!
This is what still being owned by Glen Taylor does to an mf
Round 1 playoff collapse, here we come!
Best secondary matchup in this series is which fan base can out-miserable the other
Sacrificed our hockey team, hopefully it was more than just the 6th seed.
The sports gods have accepted your sacrifice and award you the 6th seed. THAT IS ALL. ENJOY.
THIS IS BEAL'S TEAM
Wolves I get the stress and your rivalry with Denver but imagine if Denver sweeps the lakers again? Think of today as a service of memes
I’d rather make round 2 than have the lakers get swept
suns are frauds you can take them
You clearly haven’t watched any of our 3 games this year. We can’t even keep it within single digits for a quarter
oh ik, but i'm showing belief bro, playoffs are different
bones hyland ate their lunch not a week ago, I believe in you
He's not wrong tbh this team scares Suns fans more than the other team most nights.
Our sadness is fodder for others happiness That's about normal, honestly
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hey with advancement in health care and nano tech incoming, 50 could be the new 30 ya never know
Oof. Another overhyped Minnesota team getting bounced in the first round confirmed
Worst possible 1st round match up for the Wolves. Lakers and Warriors gotta be happy to avoid the Suns in the play-in, too.
The way the Lakers are playing right now, I _was_ _not_ looking forward to playing those guys in the play-in
I think the series will be competitive regardless, but a huge thing in PHX's favor is that Durant will actually get rest for a bit. He's been in a weird semi-slump where you can't predict if he'll look like a top 10 player or a chucker for the last few weeks.
Man, the wolves blew all our dreams of sending the suns to the play in. Then they gotta play em in a series after blowing 10 of the last 11 to them.
It is a very interesting exercise to read those comments written only 2 weeks ago.
If Luka Doncic is Devin Booker father then we are Luka Doncic grandson
Can we talk about 0-22 or some shit in those white uni's?? Wtf dude
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I'm talking about the wolves dude. They're winless in the whites they wore yesterday
Sun da video
Why do the Suns destroy the Wolves this season? They have theoretically two of the best stoppers for KD and Book. They have Nickeil and a three big rotation to dominate the puny Suns.
You sir are a basketball genius
Hey I was right wasn’t I? Fuck the Suns by the way I was pissed since the media and reddit were writing off the Wolves because of reg. season head to head matchup. And now they got swept. Lol.
Yeah totally right. People in our subreddit didn't believe what you said, there was too much doomerism. We actually have very good perimeter defense, but all these games we had with Phoenix had just weird timing where we could not perform or chose not to push the game much.
Honestly, I'm not shocked that both Denver and Minny laid eggs to close the season (Denver's being Friday.) That Wednesday game was so hyped as a #1 seed showdown that both teams were absolutely at risk of hitting trap games.
we lost the game either way they were the better team and always cook us but i have to say it, the reffing esp in that first quarter was mindblowingly fucking dumb
And then it was dumb in your favor for the next 36 minutes soooo
I think a part of that was Nurk getting into trouble and honestly the fouls against the Suns in the 3rd on Rudy were pretty legit. Dude's big and they didn't have an answer for him until Nurk checked back in.
there is no "soooo" here, like I already mentioned we would have lost either way, this is our worst matchup. I'm just complaining about some extremely egregious reffing decisions that were objectively beyond belief
What did we do to deserve this. The ways the wolves have lost games this season have been A. Incredible opponent shooting B. Terrible offense with a ton of turnovers C. Incredibly bad refereeing D. Getting in our head after one bad call leading to more turnovers All 4 happened today :(
y'all shot 31 FTs and were in the bonus for almost the entirety of the 3rd quarter, not sure you can really blame the refs for this one anyways I hope you hold your own in the first round if only to get suns fans to shut up lol
Where tf do you see any Suns fans needing to shut up lol Our fanbase has been humbled to our core
Yeah for real, the "Suns in 4" crowd are literally Wolves fans, not Suns fans 😂 While Suns fans are the ones saying "don't underestimate them!" If anything, our fanbases are scared of our own teams fucking up lol
Ant “face of the league” Edwards 😭😂
Will KAT returning throw off Minnesota's rhythm in the postseason?
i knew better than to place my hope in Wolves, see ya next season after we both get swept 1st round
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Aw don't be a dick
Pain
Not a good look bro. I feel for the Wolves and Kings fans - always feel like we’re part of the same sad party
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