The Minnesota Timberwolves had defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder in their first three matchups this year, with two of their wins coming on the road in OKC including in Ryan Saunders’ first game as interim head coach back in January.
With the regular season ending this week, the Thunder are battling for playoff positioning and sat in the No. 7 spot in the Western Conference heading into play on Sunday.
The Wolves were even more short-handed than they’d been over the past month-plus as backup point guard Jerryd Bayless was out due to injury.
Oklahoma City opened the game with a 20-6 lead, and it sure looked as if it was about to be a blowout at the hands of Russell Westbrook, Paul George and company.