In the first game of the NBA In Season Tournament for the Spurs, they drew a tough opponent in the streaking Minnesota Timberwolves, who had won their last four game coming in. The good guys had a great start tonight, and played well enough in the first 24 minutes to only be trailing by a bucket at halftime. Unfortunately, things got a little away from the home team after halftime as the Timberwolves slowed down the Spurs with a zone defense and force turnovers to get a 17 point lead with one quarter left.
The Spurs were going to need a fantastic finish to pull out a win, and for about half of the final quarter, that seemed like it wasn’t going to happen.