DiVincenzo had a season-best 28 points against the Warriors and a season-high-matching nine assists.
MINNEAPOLIS — The misses by Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves kept coming, jumpers from everywhere on the court that bounced off the rim while the dutiful crowd stayed standing for the first 4:27 of the game until the home team finally scored and the fans took a seat.
The buzz around the matchup with one of the NBA’s most popular teams had been repressed, not unlike the first half of this surprisingly laborious season for the Timberwolves coming off their breakthrough last spring that landed them in the Western Conference finals.
Though their spirited rally from a 24-point deficit to forge a late tie in a 116-115 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night suggested they’re not far from finding their groove, the awful start doomed them to defeat against a team they’ll be competing with for playoff — or play-in — spots in …