The Minnesota Timberwolves are 10-9, and by all accounts are outperforming most realistic expectations regarding the start of the season.
The Timberwolves have also lost twice to the now-6-13 Memphis Grizzlies and have an active home losing streak of five games.
The home struggles are confounding, to be sure, and the remedy for those issues was likely never going to be a 2:30 p.m. matinee on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Indeed, it was not.
The Wolves engaged in a see-saw battle with a Grizzlies team that was missing Kyle Anderson and Ja Morant and only got 10 minutes from Brandon Clarke after he aggravated a hip injury.