On paper, the Minnesota Timberwolves have one of the best defenses in the NBA. Since trading for Rudy Gobert, they have been a top 10 defense every year. This season, they rank seventh per Cleaning the Glass. However, something feels different this year, and there's no denying the Wolves' defense struggles with consistency.
A big portion of this is the Wolves' inability to maintain defense when Gobert is off the court -- but the issues are deeper than this, and consistency is at the heart of the problem.
In losses, the Wolves post a 121.