The Timberwolves shut me up

So....the Wolves did it. They slayed the dragon. 

After barely competing in games 3-5, they destroyed Denver to send it to game 7 on Sunday. 

And then all they did in that game 7 was get down 15 at the half, and 20 early in the 3rd...only to then stage the greatest game 7 comeback in NBA history. 

A 58-38 deficit transformed into a 98-90 win that unquestionably stands (for now) as the greatest moment in franchise history.

Never in a million years would I have thought this franchise capable of such an accomplishment.

And they did it with Edwards having a not so great game. Certainly this wasn't KG against the Kings. 

The hero was Karl Anthony Towns, and good for him. He has been the most unfairly maligned Minnesota athlete not named Kirk Cousins for years. And in the biggest game of his life he played fantastic.

Winning this kind of game in this way is the least Minnesota sports thing to happen since the Minneapolis Miracle.

But we all know what happened after THAT. Even though defeating Denver clinches this as the best Timberwolves team ever, if they turn around and lose to the Dallas Mavericks it will be a colossal disappointment. And it could happen. Dallas took out the #1 seed in 6 games.

But a championship is now tantalizingly close. The Wolves may never have a clearer path than they do now. 
 

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