The sugar high wore off and reality returned for the Timberwolves on Friday night. A chance to continue a fun, feel-good vibe fell by the wayside with a performance that looked awfully familiar. Too familiar.
Poor shooting early, leaky defense late and head-scratching execution in the final minute added up to a bad home loss and the first defeat on Ryan Saunders’ head coaching résumé.
The other shoe dropped in a 119-115 loss to a Dallas Mavericks team that came to town with the worst road record in the NBA’s Western Conference.