Game Preview: San Antonio Spurs vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

Photo by Jordan Johnson/NBAE via Getty ImagesFor a third time in seven days, the San Antonio Spurs will face the Minnesota Timberwolves. They split the previous two matchups, which most might find surprising given where the two teams were expected to be in the standings come year-end. This is in large part to how great the Spurs are playing together. The constant movement the Spurs are playing with puts a lot of pressure on defenses to communicate properly and move as a unit. In the two games in Minnesota, the Spurs had 37 assists in the first and 34 in the second while on their way to scoring 115 and 122, respectively.

This kind of team play is highlighted by the fact that there were six…