A response was in order from a Wednesday night nationally-televised game in which the Minnesota Timberwolves lost in debilitating fashion to a short, and shorthanded Golden State Warriors team.
Anthony Edwards called the starting five terrible. Rudy Gobert admitted to overthinking his positioning on the glass in grabbing rebounds. Donte DiVincenzo scored 28 points but got hurt on the final play of the game, holding him out of Friday night’s contest against his former team at Madison Square Garden.
Everything was shaping up for a letdown loss on the road in a place that’s difficult to win at, against one of the best teams in the league in the New York Knicks.