On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson to reflect on the Wolves play over the last two weeks and ask the question: Are The Wolves Playing Their Best Basketball of the Season? Dane and Britt take a look at the Wolves recent play, especially against the Clippers and Bucks, and compare it to their previous best stretch of the season (November). Specific topics and timestamps below...
- How does this recent stretch of play compare to November, the Wolves' previous best series of games? (1:00)
- Turnovers down + offensive rebounds up + shot selection improved = best offense of the season (8:00)
- The win over the Clippers + the Wolves against the best teams in the NBA (19:00)
- Monte Morris and the Wolves having found their playoff rotation (41:00)
- Everyone loves NAW (49:00)
- Naz's defense (53:00)
- Rudy Gobert being full of good ideas (58:00)

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Are The Wolves Playing Their Best Basketball of the Season? w/ Britt Robson

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On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to give immediate reactions to the Wolves Game 2 win in Denver on Monday night and to bring some audio clips from the locker room and postgame press conference. Specific topics and timestamps below...
- Jaden McDaniels and the way this team has defended (8:00)
- Towns and Reid stepping up in Gobert's absence + Gobert's defensive culture sustaining even in his absence (14:00)
- Malone, Murray and Denver's frustration + hot pack gate (34:00)
- Ant's play and Ant's leadership elevating and pushing this team's ceiling up with him (55:00)

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The Wolves Are Up 2-0 On The Nuggets w/ Kyle Theige

On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to discuss who stood out, what we learned and what's next following the Wolves Game 1 win in Denver on Saturday night. Specific topics and timestamps below...
- What stood out in Game 1?: Ant's 43, Naz Reid's 4th quarter, Conley's competitiveness and late-game execution (1:00)
- What did we learn in Game 1?: The Finch/Nori dynamic, defensive priorities, Murray not 100%, etc
- What's next? The opportunity of Game 2 and the test of sustaining

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Immediate Reactions To The Wolves Game 1 Win In Denver w/ Kyle Theige

On today's show, Dane is joined by Ryan Blackburn from Mile High Sports to get the Denver perspective on the Wolves-Nuggets Round 2 Series. Dane stress-tests many of the topics he has been talking about all week through Ryan's Denver lens. Specific topics and timestamps below...
- Why Aaron Gordon is Denver's X-Factor in this series (4:00)
- The battle of Jokic, Murray and MPJ vs. The Wolves defense (13:30)
- The Wolves on the offensive glass as a weapon (25:30)
- The importance of the benches in this series (29:00)
- What the late-game offense/defense battle might look like (34:00)

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The Denver Perspective On The Wolves-Nuggets Series w/ Ryan Blackburn

On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to discuss the status of the Wolves entering Round 2 and the value of the chemistry the seem to have right now. Dane and Britt also get into four key factors in the Wolves-Nuggets series. Specific topics and timestamps below...
- The Wolves chemistry, and how it's showing up with an expectation of winning (1:00)
- What goes into the Wolves effectively defending Nikola Jokic? (27:30)
- What goes into the Nuggets effectively defending Anthony Edwards (40:00)
- McDaniels' temper and managing the Murray matchup (49:30)
- The importance of Naz Reid's impact off the bench (57:30)

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The Wolves' Chemistry + Four Key Factors In Wolves-Nuggets w/ Britt Robson

On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Chris Hine from the Star Tribune to discuss what was said after practice by Wolves players and Wolves assistant coach Micah Nori about the Wolves-Nuggets series. Dane and Chris discuss the update on Chris Finch's health and get into what the players mentioned as weapons and weaknesses in this series. Specific topics and timestamps below...
- The latest on Chris Finch's health + his ability to coach in this series (3:30)
- Sure helps to have Mike Conley when your head coach is out of commission (11:30)
- Weapons the Wolves have in this series, starting with Ant (19:00)
- How the Wolves will try to use Gobert as a defensive weapon in this series (26:00)
- Weak points the Wolves may have in this serious, including Gordon on the O glass, guarding MPJ as a spacer and transition D (34:00)

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Are The Wolves Playing Their Best Basketball of the Season? w/ Britt Robson

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