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Wolves Post-Season: Minneapolis Declares ‘Wolves Playoff Day’, NBA Releases Updated Schedule
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — “Wolves Playoff Day” has been declared in Minneapolis because the crew gears up for its first postseason recreation Saturday afternoon.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey introduced the proclamation within the morning.
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“The Metropolis of Minneapolis has rallied round its hometown Wolves crew and is having fun with a second of unfiltered happiness. The Wolves face the Memphis Grizzles right this moment for the primary of a best-of-seven sequence, and the entire metropolis can be watching and cheering on their Wolves,” the mayor’s workplace mentioned.
Additionally, the NBA launched an up to date schedule for the primary 4 Wolves-Grizzlies matchups. Recreation 1 is performed Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m.
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The next three video games happen at 7:30 p.m Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. Thursday and 9 p.m. subsequent Saturday.
The primary two video games are in Memphis whereas the latter two are in Minneapolis.
Full textual content of the Wolves Playoffs Day proclamation:
WHEREAS, The Minnesota Timberwolves (Wolves) are returning to the NBA Playoffs for the primary time since 2018 and the second time since 2004; and
WHEREAS, In entrance of a sellout crowd at Goal Middle on April 12, the Wolves beat the LA Clippers 109-104 within the NBA Play-In Event to clinch a playoff spot; and
WHEREAS, The Wolves gamers, coaches, followers and all the Metropolis of Minneapolis have weathered and overcome large challenges in recent times; and
WHEREAS, All-Star Middle Karl-Anthony Cities (KAT) misplaced his mom to COVID-19 on April 13, 2020 and the Wolves accomplished a fourth quarter rally that has develop into an indelible a part of Minneapolis sports activities lore on the eve of the two-year anniversary of her passing; and
WHEREAS, The Wolves misplaced beloved coach and basketball icon, Flip Saunders, to most cancers in 2015; and
WHEREAS, The Wolves mirror the very energy and resiliency the Minneapolis neighborhood has displayed all through a few years of adversity; and
WHEREAS, The Wolves burst onto the nationwide stage within the Goal Middle when Patrick Beverley and Anthony Edwards leapt onto the scorer’s desk like previous Wolves legend Kevin Garnett; and
WHEREAS, The Wolves followers have been granted a second of unfiltered happiness alongside their younger crew; and
WHEREAS, The Wolves actually established themselves as BACK; and
WHEREAS, The Metropolis of Minneapolis doesn’t give a rattling what nationwide commentators imagine to be the proper response to extraordinary accomplishment amid extraordinary trial; and
WHEREAS, Coach Chris Finch, KAT, Anthony Edwards, D’Angelo Russell, Patrick Beverley, and all the Wolves roster are the satisfaction of Minneapolis this weekend; and
WHEREAS, The Wolves will face the Memphis Grizzlies in a better of seven-game playoff sequence starting on Saturday, April 16; and
WHEREAS, The way forward for this franchise is vivid, and all the Metropolis of Minneapolis can be Raised by Wolves as they take the 2022 playoffs by storm.
NOW, THEREFORE, I JACOB FREY, Mayor of the Metropolis of Minneapolis, do hereby proclaim April 16, 2022, as:
WOLVES PLAYOFF DAY IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS
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Then there is the “not my problem” theme. “I live in the suburbs” or “greater Minnesota” so Minneapolis is not my problem. We saw this in Aaron Brown’s column, in which he did a “what about my issues” for greater Minnesota (“We do live in ‘A Precarious State,’ but place-baiting won’t solve that,” Oct. 8). Greater Minnesota has serious issues, too, and deserves a documentary just like the metro area, except there is only so much time in one documentary.
But most concerning is what former legislator Pat Garofalo called the “strategy of denial.” Brown’s column reflected this — how he strolled safely from the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus to downtown Minneapolis. Eric Roper did a column for the Star Tribune (“Doomsday docs aside, Mpls.’ lush urbanity makes it a special place”) that literally talked about walking down a passageway of sunflowers in Minneapolis. With a picture of sunflowers and sunshine. He said:
“I’ll be biking up a protected bike lane and whiz past charming homes near quaint clusters of small businesses. I’ll be running around the lake and see sailboats framed beneath the downtown skyline. I’ll be at the annual alley dance party with my neighbors, a little toasted.”
The message was clear. Minneapolis has “lush urbanity,” not the crime and decline shown in the documentary. Well, only if you read through the literal picture of sunshine and flowers, then the picture of beautiful, well-maintained homes, then past the picture of happy people at a street festival, then pictures of joyous people wandering around downtown on a warm Saturday night, and then past the people lounging by the river did you get to the picture of drug dealers, people passed out on the street, trash, filth and garbage right on his protected bike lane. My friend in the Phillips neighborhood understood the real message – what is happening in your part of the city doesn’t matter because it isn’t what I experience. This was mirrored by many commenters from Minneapolis.
You see the same strategy of denial from columnist Evan Ramstad in the Star Tribune (“Crime isn’t our biggest problem,” Oct. 17). First, Ramstad brings up the question of who funded the documentary. Then he notes it has gone viral in business and right-leaning circles. Apparently he thinks moderates and the left are not watching it, which is depressing if true, because the issues in the documentary are real.
Crime is the one issue Ramstad talks about. He states:
ST. PAUL — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is scheduled to visit Minneapolis on Friday, Oct. 24.
Noem, the former governor of South Dakota, is set to “discuss ICE operations and update on the Trump Administration’s immigration enforcement operations in the Twin Cities,” at the Bishop Henry Whipple Building in Minneapolis, according to a media advisory from DHS.
At least one group,
“50501,” has planned to protest
outside the event on Friday afternoon.
The visit comes three weeks after the
Justice Department sued Minnesota
over its “sanctuary policies.” Gov. Tim Walz
has rejected that
Minnesota is a sanctuary state, while Twin Cities Mayors
stand behind their separation ordinances.
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