It was an emotional night at Target Center, where the Minnesota Timberwolves fell to the Grizzlies, 107-105, in the new-look squad’s first preseason exhibition game.
With tears in his eyes, Karl-Anthony Towns took the floor for the first time since a February 10th loss to the Raptors in Toronto. Once he won the tip, the superstar big man wasted no time getting things going offensively, scoring the first six points for the Wolves via two aggressive and-ones on drives from the perimeter.
The starting five (Russell, Beasley, Okogie, Layman, and Towns) had great spacing, which opened up driving lanes for KAT, Malik Beasley, and Josh Okogie, which led to some open weak-side 3s and easy buckets underneath for the Wolves in the early going.