Kevin Garnett wrote on Twitter an appreciation of Anthony Edwards on Sunday night, then Garnett's youthful face appeared on the Target Center scoreboard in the late fourth quarter, urging on his former and estranged team.
A recommendation to the incoming Wolves owners: maintain a cordial relationship with Edwards, your current star. He's the best thing this franchise has seen since KG, aka the Big Ticket, aka the Tallest Man to Make Himself Available For Every TV Commercial Possible.
Edwards hit a contested three-pointer with 11 seconds remaining in overtime on Sunday night, securing a 114-108 victory in Game 4 over the Denver Nuggets and extending the first-round playoff series, and the Wolves' season, to a fifth game.
Edwards finished with 34 points, six rebounds and five assists. He was easily the Wolves' best player on Sunday, and that is something we should get used to.
Before Garnett's tweet and recorded message appeared, the mood in and around Target Center was hardly celebratory for much of Sunday night, even with the great Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis in attendance and providing another reminder of how much fun this joint was in Garnett's prime.
The Timberwolves, down three games to none in their first-round playoff series against Denver, were facing either an immediate departure from the playoffs, or a victory that would lead to a long flight to Denver and likely elimination on Tuesday.
The Wolves have been embarrassing themselves for a while now, what with players punching walls and each other, and their offense grinding to halt so often in fourth quarters when they need it most.
The Nuggets seemed to take control of the game and edge the Wolves toward the offseason in the second quarter.