Often so hesitant to praise individuals, Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau opened his postgame news conference the other night determined to note young star Andrew Wiggins’ improved play beyond his specialty, scoring.
“I meant to mention last game, Andrew is really doing a lot of things out there for us,” he said.
Such an aside is additional proof of a team that its leader Jimmy Butler called “growing” after Wednesday’s 104-88 victory over Oklahoma City was the Wolves’ 10th in their last 13 games.
Once mired in a shooting slump that left him often invisible less than a month ago, Wiggins since then has provided many of the things — rebounding, defensive activity, playmaking — for which Thibodeau called when Wiggins’ shot didn’t fall.