Minnesota Timberwolves vs Atlanta Hawks
Our boy Wiggins went off in this game, taking charge of the T'Wolves along with the help of Karl-Anthony Towns. Wiggins shot for 15-22, putting up 33 Pts, 5 Reb, 4 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk, for the 'Wolves who are 4-2, better than many teams that were good last year like the Grizzlies, who are struggling early. They are just one of the young teams looking to revive their chances in the East, along with Detroit. Wiggins is getting better and better and is becoming comparable to a young Michael Jordan. MJ only played 18 games in the 85-86 season, which was his sophmore season (like Wiggins), averaged 22.7 PPG, and 2.9 APG through 18 games. Wiggins at 8 games is averaging 19.8 PPG and 1.7 APG, great numbers for a sophmore player who is at 20 years old, same age as Jordan. Wiggins shows the power he has in quick flashes during games, like this spin-move at 0:23
That was impressive and was a lot like what MJ did at 0:29 and at the start here
Wiggins has been averaging .402% in FG percentage this season, similar to MJ's .466% in the 85-86 season, except Wiggins is a year younger. Wiggins also suffered a disruption to the season, his coach, Flip Saunders, dying, is a huge disruption to a young player's development, but Jordan's injury trauma cut his season short in 85'. That may be less of a disruption than what Wiggins suffered but he is still putting up that stat-line on a daily basis. Wiggins can develop to be the frizzy-haired Canadian young Michael Jordan if he keeps the stats up and makes his teammates better when they play around him. The Wolves managed to beat the Hawks, who were carried by Jeff Teague with 24 Pts, 2 Reb, 9 Ast, 1 Stl, 3 Blk, the Hawks are still undefeated on the road, and are maintaining a great 7-2 record playing that new Atlanta style basketball.
Timberwolves: 117 Hawks: 107
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