Why I am a bigger believer in the Minnesota Timberwolves right now

The Minnesota Timberwolves have been a true befuddlement all season long, an unsolvable enigma of being bad against bad teams, good against good teams, but running out of gas when this team is in the lead in the fourth and final quarter of games.  Do NBA officials play a part? Perhaps.

We’ve seen statistical evidence that suggests that games are not called down the middle. In a game in which we knew that the Minnesota Timberwolves were short-handed, and obviously very aware that foul trouble would quickly translate into a loss. There is no logical explanation for why the Los Angeles Lakers were sent to take 17 shots from the free-throw line to just three shots by the Timberwolves, but that is how the second half of Game 1 of the NBA Play-In Tournament played out.

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But why focus on matters that are clearly beyond the control of the players on the basketball court? The Timberwolves’ roster must change what they can, accept what they cannot, and be wise enough to know the difference. Perhaps that is why the Timberwolves have been on edge, showing so much emotion in the last game of the season.

After all, that may not be a bad thing.

The opposite of passion is apathy.  At times throughout the 2022-23 NBA season, the Timberwolves seemed almost apathetic to their plight, to the basketball they were competing in, and to trying to exert much effort in dictating the outcome of the game.  That was not the case in their game against the Los Angeles Lakers.

And that is just one of the factors of why I am a bigger believer in the Minnesota Timberwolves right now. Do you need some reasons to believe in this team again? Okay, I’ll share some positive developments about this team: