After heading into a winnable home game on Sunday night with a 10-5 record, the Timberwolves have lost two games in 48 hours to fall into a three-way tie for fourth place in the Western Conference with a 10-7 record.
Sunday’s game was frustrating for many reasons, some of which I detailed in the moments following the final buzzer. In short: the Wolves held a double-digit lead at multiple points against a solid but far-from-world-beating Detroit Pistons team. It was a home game, and the Wolves hadn’t played in 48 hours. Plus, they knew they had to hop on a plane after the game and travel south to Charlotte to face a bruising Dwight Howard and his Hornets squad.