Minneapolis, being located in Minnesota, is a Vikings town, win, lose or choke.
Minneapolis is a fair-weather baseball town in a state that doesn't experience a lot of fair weather. Or playoff wins.
Minneapolis could be a soccer city, but the pro men's soccer team is located in St. Paul and the new women's soccer team will play in Eagan.
Minneapolis has largely ceded hockey to St. Paul and the suburbs.
What has always been clear is that Minneapolis was and should be a basketball city, an ideal host for the city game.
Today, this week and for the past month, Minneapolis has again become just that.