Ben Beecken
Ben Beecken writes about basketball at FanSided and Dunking With Wolves, in addition to posting weekly baseball articles in the spring and summer at FanSided. As a native Minnesotan living and working in Oklahoma City, Ben has remained true to the Timberwolves despite the warm, fuzzy Thunder fanship that is constantly swirling around him. While watching each and every game in the stunning glory of standard definition on NBA League Pass, he has regained a fondness and longing for basketball in high definition. Ben can be reached at b.beecken (at) gmail (dot) com.
The Jazz needed this game, and the Wolves…didn’t. It was a fairly clean game, with only 22 combined turnovers. Well, clean if you avoid looking at the unsightly shooting numbers from the home squad.…Read More
The opening moments provided an ominous sign for the Timberwolves and their fans, as the Clippers converted an easy alley-oop basket on the game’s first possession, immediately followed by a Wolves…Read More
Man, the Golden State Warriors are chuckers. And when they’re chucking at a fairly successful rate, they’re hard to beat. That happened, and then some, on Tuesday night at Oracle Arena. Klay…Read More
Monday night’s tilt at Target Center in Minneapolis was very entertaining, especially if you enjoy watching the home squad sink an inordinate number of free throws. The Wolves lived at the line…Read More
Clearly, the Timberwolves have the Thunder’s number. Okay, maybe not. But they do at Target Center at least, that’s for sure. The Thunder just can’t seem to figure out how to win there. Well, at…Read More
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Huh. The Timberwolves’ third quarter barrage of (made!) three-point baskets really kept me from writing…Read More
This was a fun one. We need these, every now and again. I suspect we’ll have a few more tilts like…Read More
Memphis is really, really good. We knew this, but their defense is really a sight to behold. Of course,…Read More
At this point in the 2012-13 season, there are a handful of games that the Timberwolves have a legitimate…Read More
So….this is what basketball looks like? Real, live professional hoops? And the team that I’m rooting…Read More
Sometimes, in basketball, as well as in life, things turn out exactly as they should; exactly how one…Read More
Well guys, I think the best way to take care of the recap for this game is to simply make three main…Read More
We keep hoping for a relief from these losing doldrums. We know this season is lost. But after nearly…Read More
Man. It does not get much uglier than what just occurred. Honestly. And I’m not just talking about…Read More
The Oklahoma City Thunder are really, really good. As much as the Miami Heat exposed some of the Thunder’s…Read More
Wolves fans, tonight was a victory. Ricky Rubio and Alexey Shved played well and provided some fantastic…Read More
Despite the Wolves’ and Jazz’ best efforts to miss every single shot in the first quarter, eventually…Read More
The Timberwolves are officially back to the all-too-familiar place of “Hey! It’s a moral…Read More
My eyes. My poor, poor eyes. If I could un-see the majority of the past 2 ½ hours of my life, I would.…Read More
This game was weird, yet simultaneously predictable in many ways. The Wolves fell behind by a ghastly…Read More
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