Coach Chris Finch left it up to the players to decide if they needed to get extra work in or some more rest before a game they really had to win. The first ones in the door that morning were ...

"I'd be lying if I said midseason he'd be starting for us," Timberwolves coach Chris Finch said. "I didn't think that was in the plans. He earned that by doing what he does well, which is defending.