The Minnesota Timberwolves are piling-up wins and are feeling good about themselves. Following Wednesday night's easy 104-88 win against the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder, the looseness of the group was on full display in game that saw the return of Jeff Teague.
Teague had a full stat line of eight points, four rebounds, three assists, two steals, and one block, but visibly struggled in one area: free-throw shooting. The Timberwolves point guard missed four of his five attempts from the line and was jokingly disappointed with how he did.
John Meyer of The Daily Wolf tweeted out the veteran guard's remark:
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Teague compared himself to Shaquille O'Neal, a career 52.7 percent shooter from the charity stripe. Probably wanting to be a consoling teammate, Jimmy Butler (sort of) came to his point guard's defense, and basically told Teague that although he indeed shot bad, he still wasn't that bad. Butler was referring to their athletic swingman, Andrew Wiggins, who, despite currently having a career-low 63 percent clip from the free throw line, was still — percentage-wise — better than Shaq.
Whatever type of awful rhythm Teague had during the game, its safe to assume that he'll return to his usual form in no time. For one, he's shooting 84.4 percent from the foul line over his nine-year career, which is way above the league average.
Up next on the Timberwolves' five-game home stand are the New York Knicks. The Wolves have all the confidence in the world, as they will come in riding a six-game winning streak at home and a 10-3 record in their last 13 contests.
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