The No. 1 seed Minnesota Timberwolves returned home on Tuesday night to cap off their NBA In-Season Tournament Western Conference Group C play, welcoming the No. 2 seed Oklahoma City Thunder and Minneapolis area native Chet Holmgren.
Yes, you read that correctly. The Timberwolves and Thunder top the NBA’s juggernaut Western Conference. I’m still warming up to it myself, but it does have a nice ring to it.
Minnesota came into the game 2-1 in Group C play, and were, with their 124-111 loss to the Sacramento Kings, essentially eliminated from any realistic chance of advancing to the In-Season Tournament quarterfinals given the Kings 3-0 group play record and Phoenix Suns’ +34 point differential all but locking up the lone Western Conference wild card spot.