The Minnesota Timberwolves faced elimination Tuesday night in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals. A Dallas Mavericks win would end the series while a Timberwolves victory would send the series back to Minnesota for Game 5.
With that in mind, Charles Barkley came up with the perfect motivational ploy for Dallas coach Jason Kidd—tell his team it was snowing in Minnesota.
No, really. Charles Barkley—and possibly the rest of the TNT crew—seems to believe it was snowing in Minnesota in late May. While everyone was laughing, it didn't appear to be a joke.