CHARLOTTE, N.C. – There was a lot of skepticism throughout the NBA that the Timberwolves' insistence on playing two centers on the floor at the same time, all the time, was a smart basketball idea.
On a night like Saturday, when the rest of the offense was struggling, it made all the sense in the world.
Each of the Wolves' centers — Karl-Anthony Towns, Rudy Gobert and Naz Reid — were the team's three best players in a 123-117 victory over Charlotte that was otherwise a little too close for comfort for the 15-4 Wolves.
Towns finished with 28 points, Reid 23 and Gobert 26 as the team's backcourt failed to generate scoring in the second consecutive game without Anthony Edwards (hip pointer).