After ripping apart the Minnesota Timberwolves defense for the first two months of the season, everyone and their mother has begun talking about how improved they’ve been on that end of the court.
It doesn’t matter if you say they’ve held their opponents under 100 points for seven consecutive games, look at their defensive rating from Dec. 1 on, or for the last 5, 10, or 15 games-the defensive improvement is always there.
Minnesota has certainly made a nearly unprecedented mid-season turnaround on defense, and let me show you what they’re doing differently.
It’s not as complicated as you may think, as Minnesota hasn’t made any drastic changes to their scheme.