Now that the Minnesota Timberwolves have clinched a position in the playoffs, the story of this movie-sequel season takes on a whole other shape. Even though we can count on our fingers the number of games that remain in the regular season, we actually have no idea when this movie will end.
Season-long statistical categories are going to be hard to move - visiting the basketball reference page today is going to have basically the same numbers when we click on the link for this team ten years from now. All that’s left is final positioning for the playoffs and bracing for the drama.