When you are a team that even optimistic fans would decide is a fringe contender to make the playoffs at best, stealing edges in subtle places can be of massive importance.
That was on display in both positive and negative ways Tuesday for the Wolves (good) and Wild (bad), two teams that fall into the “fringe playoff contender” category.
*For the Wolves, their 125-113 victory at Atlanta was driven by a handful of factors — including the extension of a peculiar home-road split that has them 3-6 at Target Center but 6-2 away from home, with performances that match those records.