Because it was a preseason game, it was difficult to ascertain just how the crowd was feeling about the current state of the Timberwolves.
A relatively small crowd makes for an unreliable poll.
Friday’s game vs. Oklahoma City at Target Center — the third of five on the preseason slate and the only one to be played in Minneapolis — drew an announced crowd of 9,807, though it appeared far smaller. Some in the arena offered up boos when coach and president of basketball operations Tom Thibodeau was introduced before the game.
Over the next four quarters there wasn’t much reason to cheer.