D'Angelo Russell and coach Ryan Saunders agree Wolves need to simplify offense

Timberwolves rookie Anthony Edwards (1) and D’Angelo Russell (0).After Friday's game had ended with a third straight one-sided defeat, Timberwolves guard D'Angelo Russell, along with rookie Anthony Edwards, returned to the court from the locker room and started taking shots.

Extra work.

And, perhaps, a way to work off a little frustration during the difficult stretch the Wolves are going through with star center Karl-Anthony Towns on the bench, injured, and a Wolves rotation further altered by a hamstring injury to Josh Okogie.

"A lot of positions that we're put in right now, it's foreign for us,'' Russell said during a Zoom conference call Saturday. "It's not something that we're used to or…