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Yeah, I know I still owe the second part of the Wolves season recap. But I confess that this steady diet of *quality* NBA basketball has made a return to Wolves-think fairly depressing. I will get to it in the next few days. Meanwhile, here are some thoughts on the playoffs thus far...

Celtics and Pistons both in a dogfight

There won't be a three pointer on the Wolves' dreadful collapse against the Hawks Saturday night. Frankly, it didn't bother me as much as the pig-headed play and lack of effort that fostered Minnesota's loss to a thoroughly disinterested Denver Nuggets squad the night before. At least the Atlanta game found the Wolves playing inspired ball for an entire half. What happened in the second half was a team-wide choke, but veteran Wolves' watchers have certainly seen it before in previous years.