If you also are a casual student of the most prevalent fauna easily observed in different Twin Cities neighborhoods, maybe you’ll get as big a kick out of this as I did. The above photo of a court side trio was taken at last night’s Timberwolves game in Target Center. Someone posted it on social media with a terse comment:
Mac-Groveland/Frogtown/Highland Park
To which a user whose studies are pursued just to the west replied:
Lynnhurst/Whittier/North Loop
As for the game itself, I’d like to bestow a little praise on maybe last night’s least praised Timberwolf (of those who played). The team parted ways with Mike Conley earlier this season, then reacquired him for an NBA pittance (he’s reportedly being paid just over $1.1 million). I assume the expectation was that Conley would fill a seat on the bench and dispense sage advice to teammates young enough to compete, thereby giving color commentators a pleasant story line. But last night, with the team’s three best guards all sidelined with injuries, Conley found himself in the starting line-up for what realistically was a win-or-die-in-Denver home game against the Nuggets. The T-wolves closed out the series with a win, and Conley played a strong, or at least steady, game: 27 minutes, 7 points, 6 rebounds [sic], 3 assists, just a single turnover, and if Jamal Murray, who made 4-of-17 field goal attempts in the game, was relishing the prospect of an occasional break from having Jaden McDaniels inside his jersey, the box score suggests he was disappointed by Conley’s defense. The fourth oldest player in the NBA also has some cameos in the TJ Shannon highlight reel:
The first sequence in this video explains which team won and why. Conley knocks the ball loose, Shannon beats everyone to it and charges up the court with the dribble. At the top of the circle, Denver’s Christian Braun (#0) is in position to try and stop the dribbler, but instead he steps to the side like a bullfighter and Shannon flushes it.
Tell me again what Jaden said about the Nugget players? Maybe he shouldn’t have said it. Doesn’t mean it isn’t true.
Eric the Blue 
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