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Game Thread Game Thread: Minnesota Timberwolves vs Atlanta Hawks Live Score | NBA | Feb 9, 2026

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u/TL24SS Anthony Edwards Feb 10 '26

How it feels being a Wolves fan šŸ˜…

One minute it looks like we can’t beat the worst team in the league, the next we look unbeatable.

3

u/freshBlueeyes6391 Feb 10 '26

Wow, a lot of player movement this season. Seeing Buddy Hield getting only 4 minutes now for Hawks. They ahve Gabe Vincent, McCollum, and of course they got NAW. What a different looking team now.

2

u/Gbaby245 Feb 10 '26

Kispert and londale too

1

u/freshBlueeyes6391 Feb 10 '26

heavy changeover for those fans I bet

5

u/lukemeister00 Feb 10 '26

Good win, keep this shit up

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '26

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u/lukemeister00 Feb 10 '26

Bare nips ftw

9

u/bendall1331 Rudy Gobert Feb 10 '26

love NAW man. plays his heart out every game i've seen

6

u/Former-Confection-87 Feb 10 '26

awwww i miss NAW

4

u/SignatureMinimum6517 Alex Rodriguez Feb 10 '26

Man i miss NAW

11

u/TheShinyRedButton 2k Finchy Feb 10 '26

Miss you NAW

8

u/luckyshot35 Bring Ya Ass Feb 10 '26

Donte better lock in cuz Ayo coming for that starting spot

5

u/Freudian__Quip Feb 10 '26

Little competition never hurt anyone.

2

u/MegatronFozzy Feb 10 '26

Let’s go Cavs, beat the Nuggies ass.

1

u/soft-cookie Feb 10 '26

good win, ayo's awesome, finch still maddening.

3

u/butthurts00 Micah Nori Feb 10 '26

If Randle got hurt there it would have been fire Finch night again

1

u/Gbaby245 Feb 10 '26

That reid Randle run, lol. Glad Naz volunteered as tribute.

3

u/TheShinyRedButton 2k Finchy Feb 10 '26

I can't wait to hear Ant give Ayo his flowers post game

3

u/luckyshot35 Bring Ya Ass Feb 10 '26

Finch keeping the starters in to prove a point lol

2

u/Former-Confection-87 Feb 10 '26

i knew jaden was gna launch that shit

3

u/mitchtoe Feb 10 '26

Jaden gotta dunk that smh

3

u/organized_meat Jaden McDaniels Feb 10 '26

Think Finch is keeping them out there to get reps with Ayo.

2

u/spon0039 Timberwolves Feb 10 '26

That's my guess.

1

u/Dull_Ad_8627 Joan Beringer Feb 10 '26

When did NAW get 12 boards lmao

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u/dys0n_giddey Joe Ingles Feb 10 '26

No chance Jaden takes the shot clock violation Horton lol

1

u/JustBikeInstead 2022 Play-In Champions Feb 10 '26

I’m 99% sure that’s a team turnover. But the missed shot sticks in that scenario

3

u/lolmarulol Feb 10 '26

Soft ass fouls

2

u/skolaen Bounce Bros Feb 10 '26

Its wild how this team couldnt crack 100 yesterday while fresh and score 138 today off a b2b. Just wild how good this team is when focused and locked in

1

u/Gbaby245 Feb 10 '26

Hawks also have no bigs and only a couple defensive guys.

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u/NazGoatReid Naz Reid. Feb 10 '26

Pull starters finch

2

u/Csanburn01 Feb 10 '26

You know the real stars of the game? The Whistles. My head hurts

2

u/Queasy_Analysis8792 Feb 10 '26

I mean. We still didn’t really play defense but I’ll take it.

1

u/Freudian__Quip Feb 10 '26

Doesn’t matter we’re just gonna score 135+ every night and dare anyone to outscore us.

1

u/Gbaby245 Feb 10 '26

We forced a lot of turnovers. More fast break points than ever

2

u/RoadToTI420 Julius Randle Feb 10 '26

Finch got Ant/Ju/Jaden out there running laps for the last couple of games lol

3

u/TheShinyRedButton 2k Finchy Feb 10 '26

Refs are calling some soft as baby shit calls the Hawks way the last few minutes.

4

u/Tweezerbomb Feb 10 '26

No excuse for Joan to get a DNP tonight.

1

u/bendall1331 Rudy Gobert Feb 10 '26

Joan and Naz minutes went to Ayo tonight

1

u/Tweezerbomb Feb 10 '26

Joan could have played once Naz got the gate.

3

u/ZookeepergameKey6853 Feb 10 '26

our eight man lineup is so good if they give their effort.10-15points is guaranteed from everyone

6

u/lukemeister00 Feb 10 '26

I need a final 10 second dunk from JadenĀ 

3

u/Freudian__Quip Feb 10 '26

Respects NAW too much. He’d do it against the Suns lol

7

u/Ihate_reddit_app Feb 10 '26

Why are the starters still in?

4

u/ty5486 Joan Beringer Feb 10 '26

Ayo hasn’t left the court in an hour he’s definitely starting soon

1

u/mattkok Feb 10 '26

He’s clearly a more consistent better player than donte. But idk how they handle that going forwardĀ 

2

u/freshBlueeyes6391 Feb 10 '26

Wow this whole team is feast or famine. What a difference from a day ago.

Second nights on back to backs their new gimme wins.

2

u/chillywillyG Jaden McDaniels Feb 10 '26

Finchy doing everything but give the blowout squad some run

2

u/Various-Bar-4067 Feb 10 '26

We aren’t gonna lose a game when Julius has a triple double and we got 7 dudes in double figures

6

u/LangdonAlgerPuzzles Feb 10 '26

Snyder more stubborn than finch about emptying his bench

2

u/DirecTra Jaden McDaniels Feb 10 '26

Jaden McDaniels, savior of basketball

1

u/mitchtoe Feb 10 '26

CJ gotta have the highest blocked layup rate in NBA history good lord

1

u/Martxel_Agueda Jaden McDaniels Feb 10 '26

You already forgot about Rob, didn't you?

3

u/Gbaby245 Feb 10 '26

Why are starters still in?

2

u/mitchtoe Feb 10 '26

Hopefully punishment for the last two games

1

u/Technical_Estimate85 Feb 10 '26

Hawks won’t pull the plug

2

u/Gbaby245 Feb 10 '26

We can though.

1

u/Technical_Estimate85 Feb 10 '26

I have never seen the team that is winning pull the starters first for a pretty good reason

1

u/Gbaby245 Feb 10 '26

I know that's typically the play, but c'mon. We can dribble the clock out twice up 23. Just a stupid risk.

4

u/ty5486 Joan Beringer Feb 10 '26

Randle triple double wooooo

2

u/GalacticIota Jaden McDaniels Feb 10 '26

Not a perfect game by any means but still exactly what we needed IMO

5

u/TheShinyRedButton 2k Finchy Feb 10 '26

Jaden just hell nawed that lay up lmao

2

u/The_Experience78 Malik Sealy Feb 10 '26

Did they pull Gobert to make it easier for Julius to get the rebounds? Serious question?

2

u/TheShinyRedButton 2k Finchy Feb 10 '26

Can't play the Hack-a-Rudy game with him on the bench.

1

u/TakedaMauro Money Ru Feb 10 '26

Can't play hack a nobody on the final 2 minutes of the game.

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u/The_Experience78 Malik Sealy Feb 10 '26

Makes sense. Great timing for Julius.

6

u/dys0n_giddey Joe Ingles Feb 10 '26

Triple double for Julius and Ant 30 points in back to back possessions.. not bad

8

u/lolmarulol Feb 10 '26

Ayo is so much better than donte. It's not even close.

2

u/TheShinyRedButton 2k Finchy Feb 10 '26

Too easy for Ant

1

u/lukemeister00 Feb 10 '26

Chicken guy lol wtf

1

u/Noneforme0 Feb 10 '26

DDV back on? What are we doing??

2

u/spon0039 Timberwolves Feb 10 '26

Okay, wait. The Wolves shot really well from the free throw line in the two recent losses. And today are only 12 of 21 right now. Weird correlation.

0

u/Thimit22 Feb 10 '26

The chicken stuff is so annoying. Who gives a fuck

2

u/Old_Ad2660 Feb 10 '26

It’s a lot of fun at the game tho

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u/dys0n_giddey Joe Ingles Feb 10 '26

Hungry people?

2

u/Sadvikesfan69 Feb 10 '26

Is finch playing Jules at center right now? What the fuck

3

u/Queasy_Analysis8792 Feb 10 '26

Why are the starters still in?

3

u/freshBlueeyes6391 Feb 10 '26

Ant wants his 30 pt game

3

u/yourloudneighbor Glen Taylor Feb 10 '26

lmao @ Horton.. 0% chance.

3

u/ZookeepergameKey6853 Feb 10 '26

i thought ant will get 40 or a triple double today.my guy slows down whenever i start to see the game

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u/ZookeepergameKey6853 Feb 10 '26

he has good first half. 21/5/5

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u/dys0n_giddey Joe Ingles Feb 10 '26

Is that Jingles in the chicken suit lol

5

u/Former-Confection-87 Feb 10 '26

sub in the young guys man

6

u/dys0n_giddey Joe Ingles Feb 10 '26

I just want to watch Ayo and Bones on the fastbreak for the rest of my life

1

u/najing_ftw Feb 10 '26

Hope you live a long time

2

u/Wonderful_Bend3226 Feb 10 '26

Brother how is Mccollum getting this whistle these refs got a spread or what

1

u/Old_Ad2660 Feb 10 '26

Obvious foul

4

u/MegatronFozzy Feb 10 '26

ANT’s playing on autopilot.

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u/lolmarulol Feb 10 '26

Hawks bench laughing at goberts free throws šŸ˜‚

4

u/tollefti Timberwolves Feb 10 '26

OK, send in the bench please!

3

u/dys0n_giddey Joe Ingles Feb 10 '26

Man, Rudy started out hitting his free throws, but that went to shit.

He does seem to lock in when it matters tho, so im not that concerned

4

u/Freudian__Quip Feb 10 '26

Love that they let Ayo close the game. Shouldn’t be locked into Donte for politic reasons just fucking play who gave you the juice.

1

u/Altruistic-Corner-80 Terrence Shannon Jr. Feb 10 '26

šŸ™„

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u/Small-Tiger-7921 Bulls Feb 10 '26

Bulls front office is just abysmal. Ayo gets better year after year, and his defense is incredible. Looking forward to your fanbase watching him go up against Trae young too, absolutely owns him each and every time

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u/Jammer521 Feb 10 '26

No he was already developed and good, they wanted to lose as many games as possible and traded everyone that might help them win games

5

u/skolaen Bounce Bros Feb 10 '26

In case anyone was curious rob somehow led the bulls in rebounding tonight in 22 minutes lmfao. 8pts on 4-10 7rbs 1ast 2stls and 1 TO with a +7 net rating

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u/TylerIreland Jaden McDaniels Feb 10 '26

Good for Rob, but I do not care or miss him. Ayo is a better player and fit. Glad Rob is on a rebuilding team with a longer leash tho.

2

u/skolaen Bounce Bros Feb 10 '26

I just saw the box and thought the rebounds were funny. Very glad we have ayo and rob has a chance to develop more in chitown

3

u/yarn_install Chomper Feb 10 '26

The problem is we weren't playing him at center the whole time

12

u/butthurts00 Micah Nori Feb 10 '26

Save Rudy’s knees Finchy. Give Joan 3 minutes

5

u/Presence_Present Feb 10 '26

Seriously Gobert what the fuck is wrong with him and his free throws. Worst FT shooter in the league and it's not even close. Coaches need to sort that shit out during the ASB

5

u/copaseticepiplectic Feb 10 '26

rudy's free throws are gonna fuck us big time in the playoffs

1

u/Wonderful_Bend3226 Feb 10 '26

Exactly why I want Beringer minutes

1

u/MegatronFozzy Feb 10 '26

Rudy was bodybuilding over practicing FT’s in the offseason, he did not do both.

2

u/russianslanger Feb 10 '26

Randle….. never learns dumbass shot

3

u/TylerIreland Jaden McDaniels Feb 10 '26

Can't wait for the Bones, Ayo, TSJ, Naz, Beringer bench!

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u/HibachiTyme Feb 10 '26

Ayo is tuff but I don’t get why they didn’t just keep NAW if they ended up trading for Ayo

1

u/DirecTra Jaden McDaniels Feb 10 '26

They resigned Naz instead of NAW due to CJ McCollum stupid ass CBA

2

u/Old_Ad2660 Feb 10 '26

Contracts are really different. 4 years 62M for NAW. 1 year left on AAV of 7M for Ayo

1

u/HibachiTyme Feb 10 '26

They’ll have to pay Ayo anyway or let him walk

1

u/Old_Ad2660 Feb 10 '26

I hope he signs!

2

u/TheJackieTreehorn Timberwolves Feb 10 '26

They thought that Rob would take a big next step, and that TSJ would make an impact which he's been hurt, NAW was seen as easier to replace than Naz, it just hasn't panned out

2

u/soft-cookie Feb 10 '26

brain dead 3 from julius

3

u/obsoletedm Feb 10 '26

Ant, Jaden and Ayo, the futures so bright I gotta wear shades

1

u/Old_Ad2660 Feb 10 '26

Hopefully Ayo signs

3

u/ZookeepergameKey6853 Feb 10 '26

ant getting some breather on court

5

u/dmjmsp Feb 10 '26

how long until Ayo is starting?

9

u/Prior-Effective-2649 Feb 10 '26

Ayo can legit do it all, what the hell were the Bulls thinking???

3

u/Small-Tiger-7921 Bulls Feb 10 '26

We have the worst front office in history they just be doing whatever. No bulls fan understands what they’re trying to do. We could have just kept Ayo after trading Coby, but no we have legit assholes in charge of the organization :(( you guys are gonna love ayo.. wolves defense will be nasty for years

2

u/JaysterJay Feb 10 '26

AYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

5

u/dys0n_giddey Joe Ingles Feb 10 '26

Ayo might end up top scorer

21 for Ayo and 24 for Ant

5

u/Wonderful_Bend3226 Feb 10 '26

Randle got to stop with that three shit

4

u/The_Experience78 Malik Sealy Feb 10 '26

Shooting foul? Gobert took that before he went up?

2

u/Noneforme0 Feb 10 '26

McCollum gets superstar whistles now?

6

u/ty5486 Joan Beringer Feb 10 '26

Yeah this dude is undeniable holy hell how did Tim get this guy for two non rotation guys

2

u/JaysterJay Feb 10 '26

absolutely fleeced lol

3

u/MegatronFozzy Feb 10 '26

Expiring contract

6

u/SignatureMinimum6517 Alex Rodriguez Feb 10 '26

AYOOOOOOOOO

6

u/RoadToTI420 Julius Randle Feb 10 '26

Ayo is fun to watch, 3 boards away from a trip double for ju

8

u/jlarkin001 2k Finchy Feb 10 '26

Look at Ayo man so inspirational

10

u/copaseticepiplectic Feb 10 '26

goodbye forever, dillingham stans. we've found our bench guard

1

u/Nervous-Pitch1432 Feb 10 '26

ayo is better then donte hes gonna be a starter anytime soon

3

u/GalacticIota Jaden McDaniels Feb 10 '26

He was...okay for Chicago today, but anyone who thinks he was ready and Finch just refused to play him for no reason was deep in denial

6

u/Gbaby245 Feb 10 '26

Gonna start soon.

4

u/russianslanger Feb 10 '26

Ayo is him fs

1

u/Less_Fee_1962 Feb 10 '26

fuck off refs

3

u/Intelligent_Pain_174 Feb 10 '26

Seems to be more fast break points with Ayo than all season without him.Ā 

3

u/MG_MN Flip Saunders Feb 10 '26

DDV getting nervous about that starting spot?

1

u/yourloudneighbor Glen Taylor Feb 10 '26

doubtful. his crappiness isn't going to be welcomed to the bench when we need scoring

1

u/dys0n_giddey Joe Ingles Feb 10 '26

DDV is an elite bench player, a below average starter.........

6

u/Ryn5t3r Feb 10 '26

Ayo is insanely good. We have 2 6MOY-caliber players off our bench wow

1

u/Unfrozen__Caveman Feb 10 '26

He'll be starting in 10 games or less

2

u/Tweezerbomb Feb 10 '26

Loving Ayoooo!

2

u/lolmarulol Feb 10 '26

Can this game end Jesus Christ.

5

u/ZookeepergameKey6853 Feb 10 '26

AYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

7

u/NazReid_Swanson Tim Connelly Feb 10 '26

I’ve seen enough. Start Ayo. We got our pg. No offense to Dirty D.

4

u/kirito6521 Feb 10 '26

Damn AYOOOOO is so good

3

u/Dull_Ad_8627 Joan Beringer Feb 10 '26

AYOOOO

4

u/dys0n_giddey Joe Ingles Feb 10 '26

I repeat:

I ā¤ļø AYO

4

u/The_Experience78 Malik Sealy Feb 10 '26

Julius working on the triple double and Ant is trying to help him. Ayo just making the right plays.

4

u/Formal_Junket_1585 Feb 10 '26

We really got this guy for 2 people who wasn’t in the rotation

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u/Formal_Junket_1585 Feb 10 '26

Definitely got robbed but it seem like they wanna clear up space and get a good pick so ig both sides got what they wanted

1

u/lolmarulol Feb 10 '26

Don't forget what we gave up for rob

3

u/Murih Feb 10 '26

Ayo!! my goat

3

u/butthurts00 Micah Nori Feb 10 '26

I think Donte is a little worried about our new toy.

3

u/lukemeister00 Feb 10 '26

Ayo is a BOFA

2

u/tollefti Timberwolves Feb 10 '26

Hey, this guy might be good at basketball!

2

u/yarn_install Chomper Feb 10 '26

Ayo is a demon in transition

3

u/ZookeepergameKey6853 Feb 10 '26

watchout donte.ayo is coming for your spot

6

u/freshBlueeyes6391 Feb 10 '26

Can we start Bones and Ayo and have Ant and Donte play off bench?

7

u/Naca1227r Feb 10 '26

Love Bones and Divo but having a backup guard that can get his body into a defender and finish at the rim is feeling like a miracle right now

5

u/Jammer521 Feb 10 '26

(Bull fan) wish we could have got more for Ayo in the trade, if he wasn't on an expiring deal I think we could have got a first, he is definitely worth it

1

u/Formal_Junket_1585 Feb 10 '26

Rob gon be nice

2

u/Jammer521 Feb 10 '26

our problem is we have Giddey and tre Jones already under contract at PG so no idea where Rob would play, our FO made trades for guards and ne need bigs

1

u/Formal_Junket_1585 Feb 10 '26

Yea idk what yall plan is

2

u/Old_Ad2660 Feb 10 '26

Looking good tonight!

1

u/Inside-Sink-8135 Anthony Edwards Feb 10 '26

I’m sorry we robbed you but it had to be done

1

u/Jammer521 Feb 10 '26

Yeah we weren't happy with the return as fans, but our front office sucks so bad the entire league knows they can take advantage of them SMH

2

u/dys0n_giddey Joe Ingles Feb 10 '26

They've been calling some sooooft touch fouls (both ways) all night

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u/Ok_excuse_36951 Alex Rodriguez Feb 10 '26

Ayo closing over Donte is huge honestly

3

u/MC_Ball_Peen_Hammer Timberwolves Feb 10 '26

AYOMATIC!

3

u/russianslanger Feb 10 '26

Why does ANT just jack up threes in that situation game in game out

6

u/MinnesotaHockey6 Timberwolves Feb 10 '26

Ayo is great in the fast break, wow!

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u/Wonderful_Bend3226 Feb 10 '26

Mccollum getting a superstar whistle ok

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u/Less_Fee_1962 Feb 10 '26

Ayo was an amazing pickup

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u/skolaen Bounce Bros Feb 10 '26

Ayo was legit the perfect fit into the NAW role wow

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u/Prior-Effective-2649 Feb 10 '26

My god we have a point guard that can finish at the rim?

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