When this game was moved to TNT, it was a nice afterthought. The Minnesota Timberwolves rarely play on national television, and while their young core remains a fascinating story, not a single soul around the NBA seriously thought that they would be much of a speed bump on the Golden State Warriors' journey to their seventieth win of the season. Sure, the Wolves have played the Warriors tough in their meeting two weeks ago, but this was in their fortress, Oracle Arena, where they had lost only once this season.
It looked like they would be run out of the building early.