If it's hope the Timberwolves need – particularly in the aftermath of Zach LaVine's season-ending injury — they might have found in Monday's 115-113 loss to Miami at Target Center.
The discovery, thought, wouldn't have come necessarily in their own performance, but in the Heat's 11th consecutive victory, dating all the way back to mid-January.
A team that started the season 11-30 now is 22-30 and on Monday they got there after veteran guard Goran Dragic made seven of his team's 15 three-point shots and scored 33 points.
His performance helped the Heat hang on just enough at end, surviving a frantic Wolves comeback that had cut a seven-point deficit with fewer than 90 seconds left down to just 114-113 when Andrew Wiggins stole the ball and completed a three-point play with 22.