“Even I don’t do what I’m supposed to do sometimes, letting the ball get middle. “We talk about it every single day amongst ourselves,” Butler said. The team had more breakdowns defensively against the Clippers, allowing easy layups and wide open dunks inside and open 3s on the perimeter. He has also been more vocal on the team plane, in practices and meetings to set the agenda and deliver a message of accountability in an effort to get a team that has floated on the defensive end to understand the importance of consistent effort and execution. In a home loss to the Wizards last week, Butler barked at Towns in the fourth quarter about complaining to the referees. Whether that was a fair characterization or not, Butler has taken all the necessary steps to ingratiate himself with a new team. He also knew that he carried with him a reputation from Chicago as a stern veteran who wasn’t always diplomatic when trying to get others on to the same page. He started the season in playmaking mode, looking to get Towns, Teague, Andrew Wiggins, and the rest of the team’s offensive-minded players comfortable and make them feel like a big part of the operation. Over the past few games, it appears that Butler is starting to become more assertive, more demonstrative, more … Jimmy. “The fourth quarter is so different, and we have a lot to do in that area,” Thibodeau said. Austin Rivers scored 30 on 7-for-10 shooting from deep and DeAndre Jordan went 8-for-8 from the field, the second straight game an opposing center has not missed a shot. The no-name Clippers made 15 of 34 3-pointers, shot 51 percent from the field and put up 30 points in the fourth. Jimmy Butler scored a season-high 33 points: A win is a win but I want to play some defense one of these days /RFt03NuqKu With the defense continuing to be non-existent, Butler at least brought the energy and effort they needed on the other end to squeak out a victory. Time and time again, Thibodeau has preached to his underwhelming team that the fourth quarter is different, that they have to play with a different edge and a hotter fire than the first three periods. “I was glad to have the popcorn and a front row seat for it. That shows you why he is such an elite player in this league. “It was just the degree of difficulty of all of those shots. “It was amazing just seeing Jimmy Buckets get buckets,” Karl-Anthony Towns said.
#JIMMY BUCKETS FREE#
Jimmy Butler has taken over! /t8yzn0TV2Pīutler took 11 of the team’s 20 shots, eight of its 12 free throws and grabbed four of its 12 boards in the quarter. After that, Butler put his head down and bulled his way to the basket, scored off of putbacks of his own misses and pushed the Wolves over the finish line with the intensity the rest of the team was missing for most of the evening. Teague did not get an assist on any of Butler’s buckets, but there was a clear effort to put the ball in his hands. Without those guys, I couldn’t have had the fourth quarter that I had.”īutler’s assessment was accurate … to a degree. Taj (Gibson) set some incredible screens to get me open. “It’s a great feeling when your teammates have that much confidence in you to call your number, your play, every time late,” said Butler, who finished with 33 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Butler’s binge propelled the Wolves to a 112-106 win over the out-manned Clippers in a game that had no business being that close.Īn uninspired first three and a half quarters, filled with defensive lapses and miscommunication, had the Wolves down 89-86 with 7:38 to play to a team missing four of its five best players and playing the second night of a back-to-back. Increasingly, that’s exactly what the Timberwolves need.
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