There have been more exciting victories in Wolves history than Minnesota’s trouncing of the league-worst New York Knicks on Sunday night, but nevertheless the team completed a sweep of their back-to-back homestand over the weekend. A lot of Wolves players had good nights, led by Taj Gibson, Jeff Teague and the red-hot Keita Bates-Diop. Outside of those individual performances though, there were a few things that stood out in the Wolves’ victory…
Active Hands
The Wolves stole the ball 13 times from the Knicks. New York isn’t exactly known for playing low-turnover basketball, but that’s still an impressive number that’s a good indicator of the Wolves’ activity level on the defensive end.