After multiple injury-plagued seasons, Denver Nuggets forward and recent Mohawk enthusiast Danilo Gallinari is hoping for a bounce-back season in 2015-2016. Against the Minnesota Timberwolves Friday night, Gallo got a little too eager with this Manu-Ginobili-esque, one-handed whip-pass that went sailing straight into the tenth row.
He was obviously feeling pretty good about himself after this successful nutmeg earlier in the game that eventually somehow led to a wild 360 layup courtesy of Gary Harris.
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It’s admirable that Gallinari is trying to work on his passing game early in the season, but he might he want to try to reign it in just a tad next time. To counteract his one turnover for the night, he had just one successful assist, to go along with 10 points on 4-of-13 shooting, including 0-of-3 from distance. He was a game-worst minus-25 in just over 33 minutes of action as the Nuggets fell to the Wolves 95-78.
For Minnesota, it was another tremendous showing for No. 1 pick Karl-Anthony Towns, who put up 28 points, 14 rebounds, four blocks and two assists. Fellow rookie Emmanuel Mudiay scored 15 points for Denver but struggled shooting the ball (5-of-15 from the field) and dished out just two assists. On Saturday, the Timberwolves will attend a memorial service for Flip Saunders, who passed away last week after a battle with cancer.
