The Minnesota Timberwolves welcomed Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers to Target Center, coming off a frustrating 124-120 loss in overtime to the Sacramento Kings,
Despite the earlier-than-usual tip of 2:30 PM CT, the atmosphere was fantastic right from the opening tip, exploding with every good play to start the game.
The Wolves would break their recent habit of starting games off slowly by jumping out to an early 9-0 lead, leading to a Tyronn Lue timeout just over three minutes into the game.
Minnesota would continue to pour it on coming out of the timeout, quickly going up by as many as 16 points in the first quarter.