Jon Krawczynski

And it works for them.

Yeah, I agree.

I think that, you know, for the longest time, this is my 22nd season covering the Wolves.

I've covered some terrible, terrible teams for a very long stretch of time.

My first 14 years on the beat, I never went to a playoff game.

So, you know, that's...

I operate from that perspective a little bit in terms of what we've seen over the last five years.

You know, the kind of ascendance, the competence, the competitiveness has been a revelation to me.

And, you know, I think that they got into that series playing a 62 win team and they

Anthony Edwards had no knees.

Dante DiVincenzo was on the sideline.

Io DeSumo was kind of nursing a calf injury.

And I just don't know what was really expected.

Of course, you don't want to see him lose three games by 30 points.

I think that's a disappointment.

But...

Yeah, and this has kind of been a trend for them.

When they lost to Dallas in Game 5, they got blown out in the Western Conference Finals two years ago.

Then last year in Game 5 against Oklahoma City, they got blown out.

So when they let go of the rope, it's all the way gone, and it usually gets embarrassing.