Existence in a visible, results-based profession is a fickle thing.
Take, for example, the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 107-102 victory over the Brooklyn Nets Tuesday night: It seems doubtful that anyone involved with the team would say they played all that well, and another angsty loss sure looked to be in the cards at multiple points. Adding to that W column in this moment, though, speaks for itself.
Of course, getting that preferred result is much easier when one of the team’s stars reads the room and provides exactly what is needed. Two days after possibly the worst and most passive performance of his career, Karl-Anthony Towns showed from the jump he wouldn’t be invisible again.