The Timberwolves never quite knew how to handle it when they had success last season. They often followed a win with a loss and usually multiple losses at that. Only three times did they win two or more games.
That made one of the main questions entering Saturday: how would the Wolves handle a little bit of success in the season-opener Wednesday?
Pretty basketball this was not, but the Wolves did indeed notch their second victory with a 96-89 win over the Pelicans.
The Wolves had to get through the last 6 minutes, 36 seconds without Karl-Anthony Towns, who fouled out on an offensive foul against frequent foil Jonas Valanciunas.