The challenge Wolves interim coach Sam Mitchell has for his team tonight in its game here in Charlotte is simple:
Do it again.
In an extremely up-and-down last few days, the Timberwolves had a very bad game in Milwaukee, one that ended with Mitchell sitting Ricky Rubio, Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins for most of the second half, then criticizing the team’s defense afterward.
Having got the message, the team went out and had an unbelievably efficient, high-scoring victory over Brooklyn Saturday, one in which they scored their most points in a game this season (132) and set a franchise record by shooting 68.