Depending on where you may be logging in today, let’s start with a good morning, good afternoon, or even good evening (especially to our friends over in Australia and New Zealand).
For just the second time in nearly two decades, the Minnesota Timberwolves logged on this morning to prepare for Game 5 of a real, authentic NBA playoff series. The first four games between the Timberwolves and Memphis Grizzlies has had practically everything you’d want in a playoff series — superstar performances, blown leads, strategic coaching adjustments, technical fowls, clutch shots, etc. As the series pivots back to Memphis later tonight, both teams suddenly find themselves in a simple best-of-three series, with the winner of tonight’s game grabbing a commanding lead in what has quickly become the best first round series of the 2022 playoffs (at least in my opinion).