Fans hoping to see the new-look Timberwolves all together, for the first time, on the Target Center floor might have been disappointed.
Following the big trades that reshaped the team’s roster, a full house came Saturday only to learn D’Angelo Russell was out. Wednesday at Target Center center Karl-Anthony Towns was relegated to a very animated cheerleading role, a brace on the sort left wrist that kept him out of action.
Over the next four quarters the Wolves looked very much like the team they were before all the trades.
Up 18 in the first half, up 16 at the half and up 13 with 3:39 left in the third quarter, the Wolves lost 115-108 to a Charlotte team that has now won just two of its last 16 games.