This game started as a nightmare offensively, turned into a defensive hellscape, and wound up as the Wolves 14th loss in 19 games this season. Other than a strong stretch at the start of the 4th quarter during which the Wolves fought back from a double-digit deficit to briefly take the lead, very little went right in this one, which ended 118-114, but was controlled by the Knicks pretty much throughout.
With the exception of Zach LaVine, the Wolves could not hit the broadside of a barn to start this one—contested shots, shots in the paint, three-pointers, they were all off early, featuring an ice-cold Karl-Anthony Towns, who, coming off a 47 point eruption in their last game, started 1-7 from the field.