{"id":231200,"date":"2009-10-05T04:35:21","date_gmt":"2009-10-05T04:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2009\/10\/05\/wolves-updates-105-v15-2561\/"},"modified":"2009-10-05T04:35:21","modified_gmt":"2009-10-05T04:35:21","slug":"wolves-updates-105-v15-2561","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/wolves-updates-105-v15-2561\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves Updates 10\/5"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>From <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/sports\/wolves\/63490432.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUsX\">Jerry Zgoda\/Star Tribune: <\/a><\/div>\n<div><em>Timberwolves forward Al Jefferson played his first game in eight months Sunday in Mankato and delivered a typically efficient performance in 16 minutes of action before he reluctantly sat his aching body and healing knee down for the night.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But on a night when his team debuted a new coach, a new offense and eight new players, this was anything but a typical performance. A man with some of the game&#8217;s best low-post moves delivered a 14-point night on 6-for-8 shooting not so much with his many gyrations underneath the basket &#8212; but with a refined jump shot created by portions of the mysterious &#8220;triangle&#8221; offense installed quickly by coach Kurt Rambis. <\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>From <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/timberwolves\/ci_13486483\">Ray Richardson\/Pioneer Press: <\/a><\/div>\n<div><em>Based on their production in a 117-103 exhibition victory over Milwaukee on Sunday night in front of 4,371 at Bresnan Arena, the Wolves appear to be fast learners. They had 56 free-throw attempts, a double-double by Kevin Love and some impressive first-half shooting by Al Jefferson.<br \/><\/em><br \/><em>When told there is much more to Rambis&#8217; playbook, Jefferson couldn&#8217;t believe it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;That&#8217;s scary,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It shows how good we can get in this system.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Rambis Era got off to a positive start. With players attacking the basket more in Rambis&#8217; version of the triangle offense, the Wolves sank 50 of 56 free-throw attempts, including 14 of 15 by rookie point guard Jonny Flynn.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Flynn failed to make a field goal in five attempts, but he had more assists (seven) than turnovers (three) in his NBA debut. <\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>From <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs2.startribune.com\/blogs\/wolves\/2009\/10\/04\/wolves-will-bring-jefferson-brewer-back-slowly-in-preseason-play\/\">Jerry Zgoda\/Star Tribune: <\/a>Wolves will bring Jefferson, Brewer back slowly in preseason play<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>From <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mankatofreepress.com\/sports\/local_story_277005942.html\">Jim Rueda\/Mankato Free Press: <\/a><\/div>\n<div><em>This year, after five preseason practices, Love says his confidence is significantly ahead of where it was last season.<\/em><br \/><em><br \/>\u201cI can\u2019t begin to describe how much more comfortable I feel this training camp,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have a different coach, a different front office, and a lot of different players, but as far being relaxed and focusing on what I have to do, it\u2019s like night and day.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Love said he wants to continue improving all facets of his game but would particularly like to become more proficient at 3-point shooting.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>From <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sctimes.com\/article\/20091005\/SPORTS\/110050027\/1002\">St Cloud Times: <\/a>Rennecke column: At least Wolves have a direction<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Jerry Zgoda\/Star Tribune: Timberwolves forward Al Jefferson played his first game in eight months Sunday in Mankato and delivered&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[605037453],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.2 (Yoast SEO v23.2) - 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