James Harden's shot missed everything but the floor, bouncing into the Target Center crowd.
Karl-Anthony Towns placed his hand over his eyes, as if finding the ball would require search parties and satellite images.
With one motion in Game 3, Towns insulted the player likely to win the Most Valuable Player award and heightened the tension in the first-round playoff series between his Timberwolves and Harden's Rockets.
What is surprising is not that Towns would emote, but that he found himself in a position to taunt.
The Rockets won 65 games this season and cruised to the No.