The returned home on Saturday night to play the Jimmy Butler-less Miami Heat looking to put on a show for the Target Center crowd and atone for a disappointing 97-94 season-opening loss to the Toronto Raptors.
Butler sat out of the contest along with Haywood Highsmith (left knee sprain), Kevin Love (left shoulder contusion, Caleb Martin (left knee tendinosis) and Josh Richardson (right heel inflammation) on the heels of the Heat’s 119-111 loss to the Boston Celtics in Beantown on Friday night.
General Soreness has not played in Minneapolis since Anthony Edwards threw down one of the best in-game dunks in the history of the NBA:
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