For just the third time this season, Timberwolves coach Ryan Saunders had his full complement of players available that he was planning on playing. Josh Okogie and Karl-Anthony Towns both played in the same game for the first time since a win at Utah on Dec. 26 with Jake Layman, who was out of the rotation Sunday, was out for personal reasons.
This was noteworthy given the NBA is struggling to play games as positive COVID tests and contact tracing has wiped out multiple games and other teams like the Wolves' opponent Wednesday, Memphis, are down multiple contributors like guard Ja Morant.