Wolves: 'D' at top of the wish list
Before the Timberwolves scribble "must win" onto any more of the dates on their 2006-07 calendar, they might want to write "must defend" into a few of the boxes first.
In their three most recent games, the Wolves have scored 104, 94 and 107 points, more than enough to win had they maintained the defensive scoring average (93.4) that had carried them through their first 21 games with pride, at least on one end of the court.
Instead, they gave up 108, 111 and, in a six-point loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night at Target Center, a season-worst 113. Their defensive average, in one week's time, has bloated to 94.8. Worse, the right side of the Wolves' won-lost record has bloated with four consecutive defeats.
Turns out, like a lot of holiday shoppers, the Wolves have been victims of identity theft.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune