The Minnesota Timberwolves were evidently motivated by a clear objective to prove their rock bottom loss to the last-place Detroit Pistons was not only firmly in the rearview mirror — but also out of character — when they stepped onto the Target Center floor Monday night,
Knowing they had division rival and the Western Conference’s top-seeded Denver Nuggets in town playing on the second night of a back-to-back, a very short-handed Minnesota squad came out of the gates with a legitimately fantastic sense of urgency, effort level and cohesion not seen in weeks.