Wolves notch first win of the season!
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It took forever.
Or, more accurately, it only seemed like forever. But after starting off their first Kevin Garnett-less season in 12 years, the new-look Minnesota Timberwolves have won a game without KG on the court.
The victory came at Target Center, against a lousy Sacramento team that beat them only a few days earlier out in California. But none of the Wolves were complaining about how they finally broke the losing streak. They were just glad it was finally over.
SG Rashad McCants scored 33 points, a pro career high, in the watershed victory, leading his team to a 108-103 win. With five minutes to go, it was a familiar scene for Wolves fans as Minnesota was close to Sacramento; the difference this time is that when crunch time started, it was Minnesota who hustled, made plays and kept their shots falling.
So far this season, Minnesota hasn’t often been blown out, keeping nearly every game within a 10-point margin; the difference Wednesday night is that this time, they came out on top.
“We won that game,” coach Randy Wittman said in a post-game press conference. “As we talked about the last four minutes in every timeout: Here we go again, are we going to make the plays? And our guys did.”
While no one is going to award the Wolves diamond pendants for holding a 1-5 record, it sure sounds a lot better to the ears of fans than 0-6.
