Wolves record: 7-28
Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune game recap
The Timberwolves’ misleading 122-111 loss Saturday night to an Indiana Pacers team missing Danny Granger, T.J. Ford, Troy Murphy, Reggie Miller, Rik Smits, Mel Daniels, George McGinnis and Granville Waiters presents so many mind-boggling questions. Like …
Do they still get paid for this?
“We shouldn’t have,” Wolves forward Kevin Love said.
Trailing by 29 points in the first half, the Wolves pulled within four in the late going Saturday night before falling 122-111 to the short-handed Indiana Pacers at Conseco Fieldhouse.
The franchise record for largest comeback is 25 points, set March 1, 1996, against Charlotte.
The Wolves fell behind because of their second-worst defensive first half of the season. They trailed 73-45 at halftime, just behind the 74 first-half points allowed to Golden State in a 146-105 loss on Nov. 9.
The franchise record for largest comeback is 25 points, set March 1, 1996, against Charlotte.
The Wolves fell behind because of their second-worst defensive first half of the season. They trailed 73-45 at halftime, just behind the 74 first-half points allowed to Golden State in a 146-105 loss on Nov. 9.
From John Oehser/NBA.com:
The Pacers (10-22) led by 29 points three times in the second quarter and once in the third, but while the Timberwolves cut the lead to four with less than a minute remaining, they couldn’t cut it all the way, enabling the Pacers to break a season-high eight-game losing streak.
Minnesota (7-28), one of just three NBA teams with a worse record than Indiana entering Saturday’s game, lost for a sixth time in eight games.
“If we had started the game the way we finished it, we would have won easily,” said Timberwolves center Al Jefferson, who had a game-high 23 points and six rebounds. “None of that matters. We still lost.”
Minnesota (7-28), one of just three NBA teams with a worse record than Indiana entering Saturday’s game, lost for a sixth time in eight games.
“If we had started the game the way we finished it, we would have won easily,” said Timberwolves center Al Jefferson, who had a game-high 23 points and six rebounds. “None of that matters. We still lost.”
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