Timberwolves coach wildly compared Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle to Yankees legend Derek Jeter originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. When you think of Rudy Gobert and Julius Randle, you think of Derek Jeter, right?

Randle played perhaps the best defense of his Minnesota career, and Anthony Edwards continued his incredible clutch play.

If the Timberwolves possess the most of any one thing of the 30 teams in the NBA, it may very well be confidence. They’re fearless. All of ‘em.

TOP PERFORMERS: Antetokounmpo is averaging 29.2 points, 9.8 rebounds and 5.7 assists for the Bucks. Porter is averaging 16.4 points, 5.7 rebounds, 7.7 assists and 2.2 steals over the past 10 games.

The season has not yet reached its midpoint, but this week, we’ll check in on those preseason over/unders from BetMGM (you know, the conventional expectations, not the deep shots I put out in Week 1).

Micah Nori served as the coach for the home game against San Antonio. The Timberwolves had a late scratch for their game against the San Antonio Spurs: coach Chris Finch.

On Thursday night the Timberwolves held a moment of silence for Good, which was preceeded by the team PA announcer wishing for “healing and unity in this troubling time.” As the crowd fell silent one fan yelled “GO HOME ICE!” to which another responded “F*** ICE!” leading to cheers echoing through the Target Center.

Following a 104-103 loss, Spurs Coach Mitch Johnson was candid about how effectively physical the Timberwolves were with Victor Wembanyama.