In the last game before the start of their week-long All-Star break, the Minnesota Timberwolves had one of their best wins of the season against the league-leading Oklahoma City Thunder,
The most notable aspect of the game was that the Wolves were missing their four most veteran players, Mike Conley, Rudy Gobert, Donte DiVincenzo, and Julius Randle. The Wolves needed high-quality showings from their young players, and they got exactly that, with Jaylen Clark, Rob Dillingham, and Terrence Shannon Jr., among others, playing key roles in the game.
The youth-led win begs the question, “Is this what a future Timberwolves team could look like?