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How an early benching may have sparked big night from Andrew Wiggins

During the first half of Sunday’s Timberwolves 116-109 win over Miami, coach Ryan Saunders didn’t like some of the decision Andrew Wiggins was making. So he pulled him from the game and told him about it.

"I did it on the court,” Saunders said of his doling out his advice to Wiggins. “A lot can be made of relationships. I know some people may roll their eyes at the relationship aspect of coaching things with players. But it goes both ways -- the ability by taking Andrew out and then him being able to refocus with things, he didn't hang his head by any means.