Mike Conley collected a steal Friday to halt a Thunder transition opportunity, then immediately looked down the court. What he saw was both of Minnesota’s twin towers — Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert — in open floor space.
First Conley saw Gobert, and thought better of launching the ball full court to the 7-foot-1 defensive dominator. But then he saw Towns and figured, “Why not?”
“When Mike first picked it up and threw it, I was like, ‘What the hell are you doing?’ ” Timberwolves coach Chris Finch admitted.
But, sure enough, Conley’s pass hit Towns on the money.