I was all ready to re-write another edition of this year’s traditional game story about halfway through the third quarter, right when the Charlotte Hornets went on a 17-4 run to take their biggest lead of the game at 72-57 with 4:55 left in the quarter. Another miserable effort on defense, another night of shots not falling, another sad loss for the 2016-17 Minnesota Timberwolves.
But then, the Wolves put the two good pieces of their two previous games against the New York Knicks together in the same game: the bench showed up and dragged them back into the game, scoring 10 straight points to tie the game at the start of the fourth quarter.