Shabazz Muhammad is in his fifth season, both with the Timberwolves and in the NBA. In all that time he hasn’t experienced a five-game winning streak. He hasn’t known what it felt like to be even four games above .500.
Until now.
So this is new. The 7-3 Timberwolves, four games over .500 for the first time since January of 2007, will play at Golden State on Wednesday in a regular-season game that actually matters. A Wolves win would tie them with Houston for the best record in the Western Conference. The defending champion Warriors (8-3), meanwhile, would take over sole possession of first in the conference with a victory.