The Spurs keep pace but fall short to a scorching Wolves offense

Photo by David Berding/Getty ImagesAs expected, the second game in this miniseries between the San Antonio Spurs and Minnesota Timberwolves went a bit differently than the first one. For starters, the Wolves only made eight three-pointers in the entire game on Monday, a number they eclipsed just over nine minutes into the game (they ended up setting a franchise record for threes in a quarter with 10). The other big change from Monday to Wednesday’s first quarter was the Spurs ended that one being up 39-28, while tonight, they were down by that same score.

The second quarter was as up-and-down as a quarter can get, in the roller coaster sense, not the running one. The Spurs started off slow,…