PHOENIX – Back in November, the Suns trounced the Timberwolves in Phoenix, but the Wolves had a built-in excuse. They had just played the previous night in San Francisco in an emotional game that featured Draymond Green putting Rudy Gobert in a chokehold.
The teams didn't meet again this season until Friday night, and this time the Wolves had no such schedule-excuse.
But they still turned in a brutal showing in a 97-87 loss to Phoenix in one of their ugliest offensive performances of the season. The rims seemed like they had hermetic seal on them anytime the Wolves tried to score from in close.