The night after a wild overtime victory over the Golden State Warriors, the Wolves didn’t have enough left in the tank to defeat the Philadelphia 76ers and took a 118-109 loss.
In his return to Target Center, the Wolves did a good job of keeping Jimmy Butler in check, allowing him just 12 points on 23.5-percent shooting, but were torched by Tobias Harris and Jonah Bolden, who got the start for a resting Joel Embiid. It was on defense that the Wolves struggled most—they were simply unable to keep up with the Sixers on tired legs from the night before.