After securing the play-in with their win over the Nuggets on Tuesday the San Antonio Spurs came into Minnesota with another goal of catching the Pelicans in 9th in order to host the 9/10 play-in game. But they ran into a three-point barrage from the Minnesota Timberwolves in their 127-121 loss.
It wasn’t the greatest opening minutes for the visitors as they were struggling to create open looks even when they were moving the ball. While on the other end the T’Wolves were getting a number of open shots from the perimeter. The Spurs recovered by exploiting the poor pick-and-roll defense from the home team — scoring bucket after bucket in the paint.