NEW YORK – Monday's game was always a dangerous one for the Timberwolves looming on their schedule – an afternoon start on New Year's Day in New York City.
Whether or not the Wolves took advantage of that fortunate timing the previous night, their play in the second and third quarters made it seem like they did, as those two quarters doomed them to a 112-106 defeat at the hands of the Knicks.
The Wolves had perhaps their worst pair of quarters of the season in the second and third as they looked lethargic defensively and careless or disinterested offensively.