{"id":231313,"date":"2009-11-26T22:40:48","date_gmt":"2009-11-26T22:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2009\/11\/26\/wolves-updates-1127-v15-2674\/"},"modified":"2009-11-26T22:40:48","modified_gmt":"2009-11-26T22:40:48","slug":"wolves-updates-1127-v15-2674","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/wolves-updates-1127-v15-2674\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves Updates 11\/27"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Timberwolves play a rare 8:30 p.m. home game Friday that had been specifically scheduled for a national television audience.<\/em><\/p>\n Instead, the only ones who will see 5,000 fans sporting replicas of those ugly athletic glasses Kurt Rambis once wore are the relative few who attend tonight’s game against the 12-3 Phoenix Suns.<\/em> So, he’s been unable to prevent Minnesota from ranking 29th in offensive efficiency and effective field-goal percentage. Rambis, whose NBA coaching bones were made working as (first) and embattled Los Angeles Lakers head coach standing between Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant then assisting Phil Jackson, has been unable to coax much defense.<\/em><\/div>\n
ESPN bumped the game from its Friday night doubleheader schedule and substituted the Milwaukee-Oklahoma City game that features Bucks rookie sensation Brandon Jennings and Thunder budding superstar Kevin Durant instead.<\/em><\/div>\n