MINNEAPOLIS — There was never any doubt late in crunch time when the Wolves needed a bucket. The trebuchet loaded up and fired away. A direct hit! With 36.9 seconds to go, Gorgui Dieng nailed the corner three over the fingertips of DeAndre Jordan to give the home squad a two-point lead, 103-101.
Taurean Prince’s 12-foot pull-up jumper tied the game before Shabazz Napier’s missed three, and to spare you the details of some bad zebra-ing that inexplicably gave Brooklyn the ball back with 0.2 seconds, the game headed to overtime where, of course, absolutely no doubt of the outcome existed in our beautiful minds.