A promising start turned to a bitter loss on Wednesday, as the Wolves dropped Game 2 of their playoff series against the Rockets in Houston, 102-82. They head back to Minnesota down 0-2 after a hard-fought but ultimately unfruitful couple games for the Wolves.
The Wolves were excellent to start the game, playing excellent defense and holding the Rockets to 18 points in the first period. Andrew Wiggins was all over the floor, Jeff Teague was getting to the paint at will, and Karl-Anthony Towns had seemingly shaken off his Game 1 woes - playing solid defense and doing good work in the post, despite not finding the bottom of the net.