Sunday night saw a meeting between the Timberwolves' arduous present and the hope they have for the future.
The present included a team desperate for any kind of win but that would have to do so with a thin frontcourt that didn't include Karl-Anthony Towns, Naz Reid and Juancho Hernangomez.
The beacon of light they had on the floor Sunday was Anthony Edwards, who made his early-season struggles seem like a distant memory in perhaps his best game since joining the NBA a little more than two months ago.
In a rare occurrence this season, the future actually won out as the Wolves beat Cleveland 109-104.