Timberwolves fans, already worried that the best and most exciting season for the franchise in two decades will crash and burn this spring, were on the verge of choking the life out of it in mid-winter.
After another unsatisfying fourth quarter, leading to a bad loss in San Antonio over the weekend, one friend particularly prone to hyperbole and overreaction fumed in our group text, "32-50, these (expletives)."
The Wolves were 32-14 and were tied for the best record in the NBA's Western Conference. The implication was that they weren't just slipping a little during a mid-year lull but were so bad that they would lose the final 36 games of the season.