Monday, May 31, 2004

It's halftime in the Lakers/T'Wolves game right now. This is incredible.

Free Throws
Minnesota: 21-22
Los Angeles: 7-18

Personal Fouls
Minnesota: 15
Los Angeles: 18

Shaq is 4 of 14 from the line right now, and that makes sense (the number of attempts, I mean), because eleven of Minnesota's 15 fouls were committed by its centers.

The Lakers are playing incredibly hard on D, tightening up and pressuring the hell out of the Wolves man-to-man, and it's been working pretty well so far. The Wolves are shooting 35% from the field, and off the top of my head I can remember 2 or 3 shot clock violations.

Unfortunately, LA's defensive intensity's probably the reason why they also have 18 fouls at the half (Shaq has 4, Kobe has 3).

Should be interesting to see whether the Wolves can maintain their aggressiveness in getting to the hoop and take higher percentage shots. The free-throw line's gonna be huge in the 2nd half.

Alright, back to the game....

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