Ricky Rubio of the Minnesota Timberwolves. (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)
The Minnesota Timberwolves snapped a three-game losing streak with a convincing win over the hapless Orlando Magic.
The Orlando Magic are one of the few teams that could legitimately make a case as a more snake-bitten franchise than the Minnesota Timberwolves — at least over the last year, anyway.
The Magic lost Jonathan Isaac to a season-ending injury before the current season even started, and lost the improving Markelle Fultz to an ACL tear after just eight games. Since trading away Aaron Gordon at the deadline, newly acquired pieces Otto Porter Jr.