MINNEAPOLIS — Down two games to none in an unfavorable first round series against the lethal, unrelenting high-speed Houston Rockets, the Timberwolves returned home to a city that hasn’t hosted a playoff game since 2003-04. The building was booming from the jump with chants of “Let’s go Wolves!” and “DE-FENSE, DE-FENSE, DE-FENSE” setting an energetic tone.
Another not so predictable chant took place later in the night. Avoiding the sweep clearly wasn’t enough for the playoff starved fans that packed the Target Center on Saturday. “Wolves in six,” filled the building once the game was no longer in question.