Conventional wisdom holds that a good defense fuels an effective offense.
At least for a night, the Timberwolves might disagree. In Monday's game against Houston at Target Center — the first time the two teams have met since the first round of last year's playoffs — the Wolves used an offensive explosion to kickstart some killer second-half defense in a 103-91 come-from-behind victory over the Houston Rockets.
It was a sight to see.
Down 16 early in the third quarter, the Wolves got three-pointers from five players while finishing the quarter on a 34-16 run to take a four-point lead into the second.