Even with a roster ravaged by COVID-19, with the NBA's health and safety protocols forcing him to coach Monday night at Target Center without any of his starters, with a backup center he met two hours before tipoff, Wolves coach Chris Finch promised one thing about the game against Boston:
The team would play hard.
"I think 90 percent of the time we've stepped out onto the floor we've played hard, and we've played in a manner that makes everyone proud,'' Finch said pre-game. "That's what we're going to do tonight.''
They did all of that.