MIAMI – While a playoff spot fades from the Timberwolves’ view for a 13th consecutive season, the Miami Heat has stripped itself down to the studs time and again these last two decades and made itself back into a winner.
It has done so yet again this season, a sudden success story that continued with Friday’s 123-105 victory over the Timberwolves at AmericanAirlines Arena that included a late 16-2 run.
A Miami team that started the season 11-30 won for the 23rd time in 28 games by beating the Wolves, who lost for the third time in four games and now trail Denver for the Western Conference’s eighth and final playoff spot with just 14 games left for the Wolves to play.