Jon Krawczynski

I have seen so many wolves teams in the past who struggled in the middle of a season with injuries, with new players, with schemes that weren't working and just gave up and just gave in and added right to the lottery and hope that, you know, it gets better that way or fired a coach and hopes that that gets better. This team really did stick together and,

I have seen so many wolves teams in the past who struggled in the middle of a season with injuries, with new players, with schemes that weren't working and just gave up and just gave in and added right to the lottery and hope that, you know, it gets better that way or fired a coach and hopes that that gets better. This team really did stick together and,

I have seen so many wolves teams in the past who struggled in the middle of a season with injuries, with new players, with schemes that weren't working and just gave up and just gave in and added right to the lottery and hope that, you know, it gets better that way or fired a coach and hopes that that gets better. This team really did stick together and,

And really weathered a lot of difficulties in the first three months of the season and came out playing pretty darn good basketball to get all the way to the Western Conference Finals. I know the fans and I know the players and coaches are really disappointed tonight with how it felt. and they should be. It was an ugly, ugly finish.

And really weathered a lot of difficulties in the first three months of the season and came out playing pretty darn good basketball to get all the way to the Western Conference Finals. I know the fans and I know the players and coaches are really disappointed tonight with how it felt. and they should be. It was an ugly, ugly finish.

And really weathered a lot of difficulties in the first three months of the season and came out playing pretty darn good basketball to get all the way to the Western Conference Finals. I know the fans and I know the players and coaches are really disappointed tonight with how it felt. and they should be. It was an ugly, ugly finish.

But to think that now, with Tim Connolly, with Chris Finch, with Anthony Edwards, the sort of standard for this team is a deep playoff run. You expect to get in the playoffs and you expect to win series, considering that for 16 out of 17 years they missed the playoffs entirely. I think it's something that they should feel really good about, that nothing came easy for this group.

But to think that now, with Tim Connolly, with Chris Finch, with Anthony Edwards, the sort of standard for this team is a deep playoff run. You expect to get in the playoffs and you expect to win series, considering that for 16 out of 17 years they missed the playoffs entirely. I think it's something that they should feel really good about, that nothing came easy for this group.

But to think that now, with Tim Connolly, with Chris Finch, with Anthony Edwards, the sort of standard for this team is a deep playoff run. You expect to get in the playoffs and you expect to win series, considering that for 16 out of 17 years they missed the playoffs entirely. I think it's something that they should feel really good about, that nothing came easy for this group.

but yet they kept hammering away, and they ultimately did get to be one of the final four teams standing. And that, to me, is something that is admirable without question.

but yet they kept hammering away, and they ultimately did get to be one of the final four teams standing. And that, to me, is something that is admirable without question.

but yet they kept hammering away, and they ultimately did get to be one of the final four teams standing. And that, to me, is something that is admirable without question.

Yeah, I mean, it's it's really difficult because, you know, Julius has been so good for them all playoffs, really consistent. And I think he's averaging like 24 points before tonight, before the game. And and then he has six points left. Five rebounds, two for 11 from the field. He was shooting over 52% from the field coming into game two and just couldn't buy a bucket.

Yeah, I mean, it's it's really difficult because, you know, Julius has been so good for them all playoffs, really consistent. And I think he's averaging like 24 points before tonight, before the game. And and then he has six points left. Five rebounds, two for 11 from the field. He was shooting over 52% from the field coming into game two and just couldn't buy a bucket.

Yeah, I mean, it's it's really difficult because, you know, Julius has been so good for them all playoffs, really consistent. And I think he's averaging like 24 points before tonight, before the game. And and then he has six points left. Five rebounds, two for 11 from the field. He was shooting over 52% from the field coming into game two and just couldn't buy a bucket.

This is a team in the Thunder, a 68-win team in the regular season, the heavy favorite in this series. This is a game and a series where you need your stars. Anthony Edwards played well, was more aggressive in this one. He wasn't game one, but

This is a team in the Thunder, a 68-win team in the regular season, the heavy favorite in this series. This is a game and a series where you need your stars. Anthony Edwards played well, was more aggressive in this one. He wasn't game one, but

This is a team in the Thunder, a 68-win team in the regular season, the heavy favorite in this series. This is a game and a series where you need your stars. Anthony Edwards played well, was more aggressive in this one. He wasn't game one, but

When you don't have Julius Randle to kind of help with that physicality with just the bucket getting, it just really becomes very hard to keep up with the Thunder offensively. And that's what we kind of saw in that game. They just could not find enough buckets offensively. to keep up in the track meet with OKC when, when, when Randall's struggling.

When you don't have Julius Randle to kind of help with that physicality with just the bucket getting, it just really becomes very hard to keep up with the Thunder offensively. And that's what we kind of saw in that game. They just could not find enough buckets offensively. to keep up in the track meet with OKC when, when, when Randall's struggling.