The familiar echo off the narrow walls in the hallways of Target Center was missing for a while, but it was back after Monday's 124-111 Timberwolves win over Denver.
As Anthony Edwards made his way back to the locker room, he passed owner Alex Rodriguez and President Tim Connelly, and was yelling "Yeah," for anyone to hear.
Then he turned a corner, and said to no one in particular, "Boy, it feels good to win. I'll sleep good tonight."
There was a lot of tossing and turning over the six-game losing streak that improbably came to an end Monday.
The Wolves had lost to the league-worst Pistons on Saturday in a game that caused a closed-door team meeting afterward. They also entered the game with Naz Reid (back spasms), D'Angelo Russell (illness) and Bryn Forbes (shoulders) all late scratches and were more shorthanded than they typically are with Karl-Anthony Towns, Jordan McLaughlin and Taurean Prince out.
So naturally the Wolves came out Monday and beat the Nuggets, who have the best record in the Western Conference.
"Very proud of our guys after the weekend," coach Chris Finch said. "Obviously we desperately needed a win here, regardless of who we had playing or who we were playing. It was a total team win. Everybody who came in contributed."
They did it behind a 29-point effort from Edwards, who didn't score in the first quarter but bounced back for 15 points in the third as he scored 21 in the second half. His scoring and energy was contagious.