One of the Timberwolves most embarrassing losses of last season, and one that typified who that team was, came on April 2.
The Wolves were jockeying for playoff positioning to avoid the play-in tournament and had a matchup with a tanking Portland team that was sitting Damian Lillard. The Wolves lost that game, and it was still fresh in their minds headed into Friday.
As forward Jaden McDaniels put it at shootaround, "Our headlights are on."
They never turned them off in a 116-93 rout of Portland.
The Wolves did as they should against a rebuilding and injured team (no DeAndre Ayton, Sheadon Sharpe and Robert Williams) that lost to Oklahoma City by 62 on Thursday.