The fine folks at NBA.com (written by our boy John Schuhmann) released their
Week 16 NBA Power Rankings.
The Wolves didn’t have the best week. They went 2-2, but were without Jimmy
Butler for three of the games, including both losses.
Minnesota sits at 32-20 overall, fourth in the West and sixth in the NBA.
NBA.com ranked Minnesota third in the power rankings, behind just the Warriors
and Rockets, respectively.
Here’s what was written about the Wolves:
The Wolves’ offense didn’t skip a beat, scoring 116 points per 100 possessions,
when Jimmy Butler missed four games with a sore right knee. Andrew Wiggins and
Jeff Teague combined for 70 points against the Clippers on Monday, Jamal
Crawford had a couple of efficient games last week, Karl-Anthony Towns scored 31
against the Warriors on Thursday, and Nemanja Bjelica was a solid fill-in
starter. But the defense has generally been bad without Butler, who returned on
Saturday and helped the Wolves win a game (against Brooklyn) in which they made
just four threes. The biggest difference between Butler’s minutes on and off the
floor has been in how well the Wolves’ opponents have shot from outside the
paint.
This week isn’t exactly the easiest for the Wolves. On Monday night, they have
the Hawks, who are at the bottom of the Eastern Conference, but the very next
night, they travel to play the second-place Raptors in Toronto. That wraps up a
nightmarish scheduling month for the Wolves.
After that, they’ll host the Bucks on Thursday and the Pelicans on Saturday.
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