There have been plenty of times the Timberwolves offense has looked clueless and clunky for one reason or another.
Maybe it was the fit between Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert. Maybe it has been because some key starters and rotation players have been missing. It was just a few nights ago in Los Angeles the Wolves set a number of season lows in a loss to the Clippers.
All this is to say, if a bookie was laying odds on this Wolves team setting a franchise record for most points in a game, they couldn't set a number high enough.
That's what made Sunday night's 150-126 Wolves victory over the Bulls all the more improbable.
The Wolves set a franchise record for most points in their best offensive display of the season. This came despite the early-season struggles and without Towns, Gobert and ball-moving point guard Jordan McLaughlin.
Or as Bulls forward DeMar DeRozan put it to reporters: "It's embarrassing to give up that many points. Nothing against Minnesota, but it's not like we playing against the 2016 Golden State Warriors."