Spur Stomp

A rare moment of congratulations from
Leader of the Pack Rick Adelman.

  Yes. Now that was fun. That's how you play some ball. That's how you sock it to the best team in the NBA.
  The T-Wolves' 107-83 win over the Spurs included more highlights than the previous month's-worth of games, most often thanks to Ricky Rubio, he of the 21-12-13 triple double, the first of his NBA career. Two of Ricky's plays were top ten of his career so far, including a heady behind-the-back bounce job to D-Will in the first half and a double behind-the-back dribble drive and lefty scoop in the second half. Ricky Boy is playing better and better, and that includes his defense, which is enthrallingly anticipatory to the max, and, on this night anyway, his shooting. He even threw in a nice halftime buzzer-beating banker after getting fouled a couple times with no call.
  Chris Johnson provided a jolt in the paint for the Woofers, recording 5 blocks in the first half and a sideways alley jam that you probably ought to youtube, or, better yet if you want great hightlights, nba.com.  Even Alexey Shved came out of his shell to knock down 6 of 8 from the field with 7 assists in the best game he's played since the All-Star break, hands down.
  All in all, it was the most pleasant Wolves effort I've witnessed in a long time, and a breath of fresh air.

NATE'S NOTES...Speaking of fresh air, Nick Healy came over for the game with his younguns, Harry and Erin. Great peeps. I don't honestly remember the last time the Wolves lost when I watched a game with Healy... Healy said that Chris Johnson's "fly swat" reminded him of the legend of Dave Winfield supposedly swatting a shot into the upper deck at Williams Arena back in his Gopher Hoops days. Could that have really happened? I've also heard Healy tell about the legend of a youthful Paul Molitor once throwing a snowball over St Paul's Cathedral. I've also read a lot of Healy's fictional short stories... I'm not getting paid by Summit to write this, but I'd just like to say that what they did with that Saga Unchained offering was something wonderful. Summit Sagas go well with Wolves wins.