Minnesota Timberwolves: The top 5 memorable moments from 2018

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – OCTOBER 31: Derrick Rose #25 of the Minnesota Timberwolves. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /

The 50+ point performances from Karl-Anthony Towns and Derrick Rose finish off our top moments from 2018.

To begin in chronological order, Karl-Anthony Towns scored a franchise-record 56 points with 15 rebounds, leading the Timberwolves to beat the Hawks 126-114 on March 28th, 2018.

USA Today captured Towns’ moment below in his own words:

“I just realized the ball kept coming to me more and more often,” Towns said. “I guess that was a sign to shoot the ball. Everyone just kept telling me, ‘You need six more, you need eight more, for 50.’ I wasn’t really thinking about that. I was just trying to find a way to win.”

Towns ended up grabbing the franchise-record, as well as solidifying the front offices’ thoughts on whether or not to give him that $190 million contract extension, in which they obviously decided to make the right decision.

Aside from Towns’ amazing performance, there was a more emotional 50 point night just a few months ago.

Derrick Rose scored 50 points in a 128-125 win against the Utah Jazz on Halloween night, a game that Rose and many fans/players will never forget. Rose was like a transformed version of his former MVP-self, not caring about anything going on in the world besides what was on that open floor.

Side note: If you’d like to read about the potential of Rose as an All-Star this season and his off the court court issues that should be (are being) addressed, click here.

Aside from his numbers, just watch this emotional video below that encompasses Rose’s heart and thoughts after this game:

This tear-jerking interview is a good caricature of the Wolves’ franchise over the past 15 years and how they can hope to move forward as a winning entity.

As I’ve stated previously, there were a lot of ups and downs in 2018, but ultimately some ups or better than no ups. And believe me, there are a lot of franchises who are dealing with mainly downs.

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In conclusion, don’t fret too much over the Wolves lack of consistent production this new year in 2019, because if past history tells us anything, they’ll be resilient in the face of loss.