Entering Wednesday night’s contest against the Indiana Pacers, the Minnesota Timberwolves had been playing a relatively inspiring stretch of basketball, relying on toughness, defense, and hustle plays to keep them afloat despite being without their franchise center for over a month. With Karl-Anthony Towns sidelined for his 15th straight game (this time due to illness, not his knee), the Wolves were forced to continue their gritty ways against a visiting Pacers squad, but in the end it was their offense (and not their defense) that let them down.
Failing to hit triple digits for only the third time since before Thanksgiving, the Wolves offense (which looked promising for the first two frames) stumbled to the finish line, connecting on just 12 made baskets in the final 24 minutes of action.