It wasn’t hard to find a theme at the Timberwolves practice facility Sunday. Coach Tom Thibodeau said the word over and over. Center Karl-Anthony Towns said Thibodeau wrote the word on the blackboard, before the team’s film session, “more than 10 times.”
There are two games left — Monday vs. Memphis and Wednesday vs. Denver, both at Target Center — and nothing, really, has been decided.
In one of the tightest races for playoff position that most can remember, the Wolves enter Monday’s game tied with Denver at 45-35. Minnesota currently holds the eighth — and final — playoff spot over the Nuggets thanks to their 2-1 record so far in head-to-head games.