Twice in the past two weeks, the Minnesota Timberwolves have shown they are better than their record implies and have battled against a top-two team in the West and a consensus contender in the Memphis Grizzlies. Both times, they have held double-digit leads at some point in the game and have stifled a league-leading Grizzlies offense.
That should be cause for celebration. And yet, due to team-wide fourth-quarter inadequacies, an inability to keep pace in shoot-outs, and three-way off Anthony Edwards game-winning attempts, the Timberwolves are 0-2 in those games.
A huge part of the Minnesota experience is weathering the storm.