SAN ANTONIO – It may not seem like it, but it wasn’t that long ago that all seemed right with the Timberwolves. In the wake of the Jimmy Butler trade to the 76ers, the Wolves were rolling and had morphed into one of the best defenses in the league. They were a team that blew out the same Spurs squad they met Friday night.
Those days seem antiquated given the last few weeks the Wolves have had, a stretch that continued in miserable fashion with a 124-98 loss to the Spurs in San Antonio at AT&T Arena.
The Wolves have now lost six of their past seven games and their stretch of futility on the road against Western Conference opponents continued where it began on the first night of the season, with the Wolves falling to 0-12 in such games.