20 Years Later, The Same SCENARIO Is Repeating In Minnesota…
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All of this looks familiar for Timberwolves fans, and brings back memories from the past.
The excitement, the dominance, and the hope for a championship were pretty much the same exactly 20 years ago when the Minnesota Timberwolves finished the season as the number 1 seed. Two decades later, they are finally back on top of the west again.
And this time, they are striving to surpass the success of that memorable team led by Kevin Garnett, Latrell Sprewell and Sam Cassel.
That team had the MVP of the season in KG, who literally did everything for this team.
IN 2004 Garnett led the league in rebounds and was third in points per game. A phenomenal all around package. That’s even without mentioning his defense.
KG was a monster on the defensive end. One of the rare superstars to be so engaged defensively. His intensity was unmatched. This would get him a first team all defense selection that season. A true 2 way superstar.
Thing is, today’s team also has a 2 way superstar who likes to take on the challenge of guarding the best guy on the opposing team.
And the rim protection is as good as ever thanks to Rudy Gobert.
This year, MInnesota has the best defense in the league. Actually the numbers show that this is their identity.
The 2004 squad was much more balanced having the 5th offense and the number 6 defense, while now, the gap between the 2 ends of the court is a bit more pronounced, but these new wolves are far from a bad offensive unit.
Towns can go off for 30 on any given night much like Latrell Sprewell could back in the day. The savvy leadership of Mike Conley provides rock solid stability that’s very similar to the one of Sam Cassell. With the only difference between the 2 being that Conley doesn’t really say much, and Cassell was the loudest mouth in his day.
And while that team was way more dependent on their big 3, with Fred Hoiberg and Wally Szerbiack being the next guys- this roster is deeper now beyond ANT, KAT and Rudy. Jaden Mcdaniels is a great defensive stopper on the perimeter, and Naz Reid gives this team a big time boost off the bench.
One of my favorite players could be a starting big man on like 20 teams in the league playing behind Rudy and Kat.
But all that aside, you can see the similarities between the 2 squads.
And the pace of wins is almost exactly the same which is crazy.
At the moment of making this video, Minnesota sits at the top of the west, number 1 with a record of 41-17. With the same number of games played Garnett’s team was 42 and 16.
They finished the season as the best team in the west with 58 and 24.
And while we still don’t know how the story unfolds for today’s Minnesota team- in 2004 the pressure was on.in the playoffs.
By that point, KG had never gone out of the first round. Admittedly he never really had a competitive team to hope for more either. But things were different in 04.
The 8 seeded Denver led by a rookie Carmelo Anthony, never had a chance as Sam Cassell absolutely exploded for 40 points on 66% from the field in the series opening.
Then in game 2 it was Sprewell’s turn dropping 31 points on 64% shooting.
KG’s monster game 4 of 27 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists gave the T-Wolves a commanding 3-1 lead which they were able to convert into a 4-1 win in game 5 securing a second round matchup against the electric Sacramento Kings.
And right out of the gate, the Kings attacked Minnesota and stole game 1 on the road led by Mike Bibby and his 33 points.
The Timberwolves regrouped the next game and the series shifted to Sacramento at 1 apiece.
Minnesota had the perfect chance to get back home court, as they were up by 5 with the ball in their hands with only 40 seconds to go. The win was almost secured, but then…
And just moments later…
In a wild ending, it seemed like Sacramento had all the momentum and the Timberwolves missed a golden opportunity.
But this team was resilient, and they proved that when it mattered the most.
Minnesota survives and takes the lead in this series. A back and forth comfortable wins between the 2 teams set the stage for a deciding 7th game in Minneapolis.
And this is where Kevin Garnett showed everybody why he was the MVP.
KG went god mode carrying his team offensively with a performance for the ages. 32 points, 21 rebounds 4 steals and 5 blocks. Absolutely astonishing display of dominance on both ends of the court.
But the Kings would not go away and this was a war for every possession and every point.
In a do or die situation in the fourth quarter it was KG all alone willing his team to the finish line.
14 points by Garnett in the final period, a heroic performance to secure a 3 point lead in the final moments.
And it all came down to the last possession.
The Timberwolves are headed to the western conference finals, in a showdown against the juggernaut, the superteam of the Los Angeles Lakers. - Спорт
Timberwolves fans, does this bring back memories? 😀
Man i would love that you make videos like this, about old playoff runs
I was in my dad’s balls at the time
In the 04 run it was the Sacramento series that proved that the Wolves were legitimate contenders. I wonder if these 24 guys have it? Unproven as of now.
This doesn't feel familiar to 2003/4 Timberwolves season at all. First of all Garnett-Edwards comparison doesn't work. Garnett was a top-10 player for many seasons and waited ages until the team managed to finally build around him, when they had their first playoff success in a long time. For Edwards situation is different - he's only the 2nd time All-Star, he wasn't even thought as the main man on the team until maybe somewhere last season. As for the same feel because team is having a great season - well, it's still too early to say that. They still easily may end up 3rd or even lower seed in the West, neither it wouldn it be much of a shocker if they lost in the first round to, lets say , surging Mavericks. And it wouldn't be that much of a let down if this happened - their core seems to have quite a several seasons together ahead of them, with still improving Edwards.
Hell yes, thanks for making this video! I was 6 years old watching the playoffs back in 2004, its a dream come true
Kevin Garnett is synonymous with Minnesota basketball.
Rarely has sport captivated this state like it did when Garnett leapt up on the Target Center scorer’s table and pumped his fist on an electric May evening in 2004.
That Game 7 home playoff victory over Sacramento still stands as the greatest moment in Timberwolves history, and the defining moment of Garnett’s illustrious tenure in Minnesota.
Ant is gonna top that this year 🐺🐺
Chat-GPT ahh comment. 💀
The moment when you think 20 years ago is 1994
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I don’t think anybody even realized that 🤦🏽♂️
hahaha yes
As a Timberwolves fan (yes we exist) I'd just like to thank you for talking about our team! Much appreciated, A lot of channels just have nothing to say about the 1 seed.
Glad yall fans can be good again. The team now go me is by far yall best even over that 2004 team because alot more youth and pretty balanced
They will start talking about your team once your team win a chip.
Just like they never talked about Nuggets before they won their first chip.
Even after their first chip, media still choose to talk about Lakers and Warriors more than any other team because ya know......LeBron and Curry
You have to wait for those guys to retire first, so that at least you'd have a chance 😂
Yup.. There's a packing order.. Lakers wit LeBron and Curry are the leaders right now and have earned coverage.. Itl end at some point and itl b on to the next guys
I still think Garnett's Wolves could have beaten the Lakers had Cassell not gotten injured for the series. He was so important to that team that year
Facts😊
Absolutely
Maybe. Then again, the Lakers could've beaten them anyway. We will never know.
If Sam Cassell and Wally Szczerbiak hadn’t been injured that Lakers series I’m VERY confident the Timberwolves win that and have a good chance against the Pistons.
growing up in the 90s, KG was and will always be my favorite all time player. this was awesome to watch
In the 90's? you mean in the 2000's that's were he was the most dominant
I meant I was born in 1990, was 10 years old in 2000, a kid watching KG. He was on the cover of Live 2001 and backyard basketball lol had his jersey and I’m from Boston. Was a dream come true when he came and brought us a title in 2008, when I was a junior in high school
@@curtislinden9297 Okay I understand now, and honestly he should have leave that franchise way earlier
@@paquinraino8180sadly that’s not your decision to make troglodyte.
Same here...but I was a Spurs fan. We got a different number 21!
0:18 Noticed how it was wolves vs kings
For the first time in 20 years twolves and kings are really good in same year
Twolves are 1st and Kings 8th
Man thats crazy. Looks like they both finally said we tired of being dumpster juice
this year play-off going to be insane
It is!
Facts and if Memphis was not running a hospital, the west will be a bloodbath
I'm looking forward to the Clippers vs. Pelicans and Bucks vs. Pacers matchups.
Early 2000's is a GOLDEN ERA FOR ME. MY STARTING 5 IN THAT ERA
AI
KOBE
TMAC
KG
SHAQ
Disrespectful to Tim Duncan and lebron but it’s your starting 5
@@orangejuice20133nope, i just like kg playing style. Lebron is from 2003 draft. My point is the early 90s draft. Epecially 2001 allstar game
@@ezile17 oh okay
This won’t do ai and kobe sucks fg% gonna tank the offense no ranges
@@zywoousedtobesosimple7584 its ok u have shaq and kg inside. Ai. Can pacilitate the floor like he do in sixers 2005 and denver nuggets
i love the MVP Garnett especially for a PF doing shake and bake for a turn around fade away like Kobe.
Watched that Sac Series as a teen and it was heart wrecking.
Lakers were the favorite and Cassel's big balls celebration injury made their chance worse.
Same, once Sam went down it was all but over. I also remember the Lakers getting ALL the calls.
What a fantastic video! Thank you ;)
thanks for bringing the old Twolves videos.. it does bring back memories..
The scores back in the day man, 83-80. NBA under Adam Silver doesn't allow defense no more
Because nobody wants to see a defense game its too boring same with college football everyone wants to see QBs sling it down the field
@@noelramirez1551 now is the other extreme. Too little defense making the scoring unconvincing. Too much referring meddling with offense too many fouls drawn too much 3pt making players soft and audience frustrated
@@noelramirez1551 It's sad that contact has been removed from sports since Corpos took over. It's diluted to cater to the highlight crowd, they don't watch basketball. The product didn't hold up to fast fast-consuming social media era is the truth. The games are too long. Timeouts, refs, commercials, etc. It's unwatchable. Who has 3 hours at this age to spare for a game consistently?
@@NathanDrake0410 the whole players being soft isn't true why would you as a team owner want to risk your best players being injured same with the league people want eyeballs and with lower attendance records in like college football and the NFL they need to protect their best players and people like fast pace scoring like how the number one thing people hate about soccer is nothing exciting happens 70% of the time only to end 1-0 or 0-0
Players 20 years ago would have no chance covering as much space as defenders now have to cover
Thanks for reminding them of the nightmare to come...
This is why I don’t get the Gobert hate. The Wolves have the #1 defense in the entire NBA. And Gobert is a HUGE reason for that, just like in Utah. Yeah, you could argue he’s a liability on offense, his defense doesn’t work in the playoffs, blah blah blah. But you can’t IGNORE the impact he has on his team. Why can’t people find other problems on the team instead of just blaming it all on Gobert smh. He singlehandedly made the Utah Jazz a top 5 defensive team every year he was there. Put guys like Anthony Edwards and McDaniels around him and you have an instant top 1 defense. It’s that simple.
People were just impatient.
i like videos like this talking about old teams and games
Waiting for this to happen to my trailblazers. Been a long 50 years since a championship. Tanking 4 years in a row. Sad asf
I am sure this is your first year tanking, you weren't tanking when you had lillard !!
@@alanarmstrong6460 maybe not 4 but we tanked last year for the 3rd overall pick. We tanked the year before cause of injuries and picks. I can name like three players that aren’t even in the league anymore but were our starters .
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You're a true fan to suffer through these years
Blazers by far to me has to be the most unlucky organization in the NBA. Bill Walton injuries, not drafting Jordan, Sabonis Drafted in 86 but couldn't play here til 1995, 2000 game 7, Brandon Roy and Greg Oden.
2004 was pretty much the end of both the Wolves AND Kings being relevant for the next two decades....
Exactly and they both finally decided to be good again
Man, your content here is very accurate on what is happening right now.
Garnett in his prime was as skilled as any other PF in history. Probably even more
kg was just fun to watch
Great video
You're the best man
People forget how monstrous KG was
I just cant believe that my favorite team is finally 1st in the west... lets fucking go twolves
Love this twolves roster. Everyone had their own identity
Garnett put the t-wolves organization on his back for nearly a decade.
Please don't compare KG to KAT...
They are worlds apart. Defence. Leadership. Intensity. Focus. Commitment.
Kg's intensity was almost superhuman. Almost nobody can live up to that. But yeah sometimes kat seems kinda... Below average in that department.
@@noisepuppetBut he's been ballin
@@Bigedub101 I agree. When he first came back from injury I was worried, he looked like he had lead in his shoes. But he bounced back quick. He's an amazing player.
@@noisepuppet Tim Duncan was calm and could easily compete vs KG, you don't have to have the most intensity to be great
@@paquinraino8180 yes sometimes the intensity is all on the inside. Stockton was like that too.
If wally and Troy were playing during the big 3, they will surely win a championship, and if Sam didnt get injured during the playoff also.
20 years ago? 😮
Man, I miss Peja Stojakovic, he would dominate in the NBA today. That kings team was scary.
If Cassell never injured himself on that celebration I think 2004 could have ended up a lot different. I'm not sure they could beat that lakers team but for as well as they did without him you can only imagine how good they would be with him playing
I always compare Anthony Edwards to Latrell Sprewell minus Spree's attitude and Ant Man has more potential.
I was a huge Garnett and Minnesota fan back in the day, I could never get over Malik's tragic death and what that team could have been. That season was indeed something special. KG got the titles with Boston eventually, but it would have been something really special with Minnesota.
This season the team is very strong and it has the needed depth. The only problem is... Nikola Jokić. If they can get through Denver, they can face Boston in the finals.
P. S. Thanks for the great video, always liking your content!
KAT is definitely Sprewell in this situation 😂
Yeah, I don't realize it is exactly 20 years. Sadly that was the only KG shot at the title during his long Minnesota tenure, I don't like talking about wasting players potential, but thet was obv case.
Never realized how nice KG was
Were those breakdown videos 🤔
Man, i'm still not sure there's any PF I'm taking over peak KG. Offense, defense, smothering intensity...he had it all. His peak was relatively short, but he was the man during that period
Spree my favorite player
That's why i love 2000's era
I would not trust KAT to even pick up dog shit
Ok buddy
After two decades of terrible basketball, us Wolves fans deserve a good season like this. It's been a long time since I've felt confident no matter who the wolves play. Boston, denver, clippers, Milwaukee, doesn't better. I truly belive the wolves can win those games and they have. Split with both the bucks and celtics and hold the series lead (currently) over both the nuggets and Clippers.
I think players who played on the World Cup improved themselves drastically.
1. Edwards
2. Towns
3. Schroeder
4. D. Brooks
5. Shai
I missed Kevin Garnett. One of the greatest player ever played in the league 😊
Posh Pete is here :)
If you are not the Lakers or Celtics Why does it take 20 years to build a championship team in the NBA?
So Edwards is what Wiggins was supposed to be?
I felt deja vu on timberwolves
Those were the good days , even NBA live was a good game back then
That may have been the last era of REAL defense....none today
It was observed that their score during the 4th quarter is very minimal because of defensive pressure.
Minnesota REALLY needs to bring back those triangle-ribboned, black and green jerseys. Their new Jerseys/logo sucks compared to the KG years.
I like the new city edition ones
2:20 what are you talking about? Sprewell had like 6 games scoring at least 30 that season. He couldn't go 30 on any given night. And then you say only difference btw Mike Conley and Sam Cassell is that one is quiet and other is louder???? Sam Cassell was all star averaging 20 ppg and made all second team, conley is role player...
The difference now is that our GMs (all pro sports) know if they send our best talent to Boston for nothing, they aren't making it out of MN alive.
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46 sec when did you see it ??
Sam Cassel had a very-special alien deformed-like head. But he was pretty clutch back in the day and throughout his career.
Don't do my favorite ET and player like that man.
The current Minnesota team has 4 of the league's top 75 most efficient players. They are not as limited depth-wise as the 2004 wolves. Not saying that they'll win a championship, just that their amount of depth and perhaps overall talent are different.
That wolves team had 3 different players drop 30 in the playoffs. I don’t think this team has that type of firepower
Maybe Naz but it would take a career game from him
@@nydibs In Today's game everyone can drop 30, what count is the efficiency and the difference you make defensively. Outside of the Nuggets, every team in the 2020's was firstly a defensive team who figure it out offensively: Gasol/Ibaka/Siakam/Kawhi then Howard/Davis/Caruso then Jrue/Lopez/Tucker/Giannis then Green/Wiggins/Looney then you could say Gordon/KCP/Porter but the Nuggets was mainly an offensive power especially an EFFICIENT ONE lead by one of the most efficient player ever in Jokic)
Comparing the 03-04 Timberwolves to the 23-24 Timberwolves has one major flaw, the current Timberwolves team does not have Kevin Garnett, and doesn't have anybody even remotely comparable to him. KG was a different bread of animal.
How do you say the Wolves were no match for the Lakers and not even mention Cassell getting injured in the conference finals? That was our second best player, it would be like Kobe getting injured. We also lost his backup to injury in that series, and we still took it to 6 games against an all time great team. Who knows what happens if Sam stays healthy.
What did you say?😂 lol Garnett
Both KAT and Ant are first pick.
I think Ant pushed KAT to be better.
Indeed
“The Rudy gobert trade is worse trade ever” look how things work in their favor
And then, if the conf West is Lakers versus Wolves. Everything came into full circle.
Notification Gang! 😎💯
Damn. If its repeating. Imagine Boston in a few years. Kat,Tatum,Brown or AE damn. Seems legit
We could've beat the Lakers if we had a point guard. First Sam got injured and so Troy Hudson stepped up and played his ass off. But then he got injured too so we had to rely on a third string pg (was it an old rod Strickland? Or Keith McLeod? Don't remember) and KG to run the point.
Nobody seems to remember how close we were to beating the kobe and shaq Lakers if only we didn't get hit by the injury bug.
Troy Hudson was injured most of that year so they didn't put him on the playoff roster and he didn't play in the playoffs. The backup pg was Derrick Martin. Fred Hoiberg played a bunch of mins at the pg as well, and alot of times spree was bringin the ball up the court. It was a mess. That Cassell injury really fucked us up.
They're good just like 20 yrs ago, but not a championship team just like 20 yrs ago!
Superb story telling White Kyrie 😅
Actually if only Minnesota had a deep bench back then, they would have been champions.
noti gang
Cat is no Kevin cmon now and spreewell is no antman
The is a whole different thing and people looking for reasons to discredit us
Your best video ever, the Big Ticket was something else. If only more players these days would have an ounce of his intensity, the league would be in a good place.
Yeah, I was watching this video and couldn’t help but think for all this talent that they keep talking about today, not one is better than prime KG imo
Wolves are loaded. I feel like there's something basic and fixable holding them back in the postseason. Can't quite put my finger on it. System, teamwork, execution, effort, IDK. I think the Warriors and Heat and maybe the Nuggets and Celtics have it. It's not about personnel. The Wolves have the roster they need.
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Lols KG is not letting Carl score anything
I'm rooting for timberwolves or clippers to win the championship.
I don’t think this is the same thing. Wolves didn’t have this good of offense back in the early 2000’s
Cuh accent is crazy
Imagine if Garnett did like LeBron and formed a super team in Minnesota.
No matter what seed they finish in the West, they will always be the #4 team in the (West) Playoff-rankings. They are simply a notch below Nuggests/Thunder/Clippers
No, not until the current team win a playoff series, not just the play in.
Wolves kg sprewell cassell
scenario is defined as a series or chain of events or a storyline or a outline. i dont understand how this storyline is a scenario. kg has been a long time superstar of the wolves before sam and latrell came on board. ant has a much younger career. the supporting casts or how the 2 teams came to fruition there's hardly any similarity there to make it a scenario. its a good video but when i watched it i was looking forward to the scenario storyline that was never there.
For me KG is the best PF of all time.. he had both offense and defense in his prime at the high level.
Tim Duncan ????
@@Blzej23He said FOR HIM.
@@Blzej23 Tim has both offense and defense and arguably one of the best Finals performance ever, but some people prefer some flashiness, pretty move and emotions over fundamentals and straight stoicism. To me Tim is still by far best PF of all time then Nowitzki/ Barkley/Garnett / Giannis come after
He is the best. Tim has more accolades, thus making him the greatest, but Garnett is the most talented. Defensively, he could defend on the perimeter and in the post. Played with passion. Great shot blocker and passer. He is a three level scorer, and he had nice handles. A complete package.
@@jeremie2337 Being able to do more things doesn't mean you are automatically better than someone else, especially if that someone is very good at what he is doing. Like Dirk wasn't that complete but dominated against KG and even Duncan in 06 while being a bad defender. For example Embiid is more complete than Jokic but Jokic is insanely good at what he is good at and end up being better
At the end Duncan post defense and rim protection was still better, he was a very good passer too, and a great rebounder. But most importantly in his prime he was a playoffs riser, hence is success.
Good to look at the thumbnail. Both KAT and Ant are out of shape compared to KG and LS
Ant is just bigger, hes strong af.
"It was clear that [The Lakers were] simply too much to handle," huh? Did that clarity come before or after Sam Cassel - their starting point guard and 1/3 of their "big 3" - started showing up in street clothes?
Minnesota is second round exit, their offense is bad, lacking spacing and shooting decision making in cluch is one of the worst in ligue, no way they can do much more.
Most likely. Finch needs to hire some better offensive coordinators
people keep acting like ant is the next face/superstar... id take SGA, haliburton, luka, tatum, and wemby all over him for under 25 players
SGA, Tatum and Luka aren’t under 25
@@BH-gh6qmlol. 😂
MenaceSota!
All must be clean this days, except draymond
Let's not forget why Cassel was hurt against the Lakers: Derek Fisher hurt Cassel's lower back on purpose
That was the end for the Wolves
Going from Kevin Garnett to Karl Anthony Towns is a pretty perfect microcosm of how the league has changed
Absolutely not, you could say that y'all didn't take Giannis or AD. Plus KAT is a center first contrary to KG was was more a PF then became a center. The difference would be Edwards compared to Cassell , where point guards are primary scorer instead of only 2nd option
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Deja vu prediction
Probably timberwolves will have deja vu against 5th seed kings in 2nd round after kings beat clippers in 6
Then repeat scenario wolves win game 7 then fox missed clutch 3 that will have chance to force ot(just like the kings player who missed 3 last 2004)
Then face lakers in wcf
Ant has been lit up many times trying to guard the best😂
Almost every team had a bum bench compared to the stars before the 2010’s. Role players could be very one dimensional and it’d be fine back then.
KAT 😺 is a turbochoker, hope he doesnt choke.
This team is far better.
Also, they have Rudy Gobert as their second star not KAT
As a Timberwolves fan KAT is easily the second star lmao. He was even playing better than Edwards before this month
@jotangs4311 - that’s bc they made an effort to get KAT into the all star game, and they almost lost the 1 seed bc of it
Twolves team is similar to 2019 Raptors. Not better probably
@@jotangs4311 don't just look at the box score nos mate . Gobert is the reason, this team is 1st in defensive rating.
@@abhinavaman08 and All 3 are the reason the team is the one seed. Edwards has had multiple games dropping single digits where KAT has had to carry