Howlin' T-Wolf A Fresh Perspective and Completely Biased Blog About Everything Minnesota Timberwolves

Timberwolves: 14-44

Hawks: 35-20

The Wolves are packing their bags and continuing on with the road trip and a stop in Atlanta tonight. The Hawks are one of the Eastern Conference’s best teams, so the Wolves will have their hands full tonight. After a big win in Miami last night, I’m looking to see if the Wolves can capture and harness that momentum while going into Atlanta.

Kevin Love stepped up big last night — nothing new there — and he will be needed tonight as well. His rebounding will be critical and covering an athletic Josh Smith is no easy feat.

Flynn was VERY inconsistent last night. Everything I’ve read up to now is seriously questioning whether or not this guy can play point guard in the NBA. His one, solo assist last night won’t cut it, unless you’re shooting the lights out. Oh, wait. He didn’t do that either. Well, let’s see if he can elevate his play to face a solid guard in Mike Bibby.

Darko looked good last night, again, and played even more minutes, 25, than he did in his debut. His line wasn’t as solid last night but he did all the little things right — set solid picks, cleared the lane for Love to crash the boards and posed as a defensive tower in the middle of the paint. I’m beginning to like this experiment already!

Anyways, consistency will be the key tonight. Again, the momentum can be key tonight, especially if they can jump out of the gates and keep Atlanta’s crowd out of the game. Even then it will still be a challenge. I say challenge because it sure is one. Atlanta is a better team than the Miami Heat are, even with Dwayne Wade. So, this should be a good one tonight and I look to see the Wolves take advantage of the opportunity of playing their one game in Atlanta this season.