Timberwolves 124, Mavericks 94: Ayo you everything, Dosumnu how good you are already….

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I want to give a very quick shout-out to Jack Borman, who dealt with so many titles like this one and was a great sport through all of them. Everyone tag him with screenshots of this. @jrborman13 on Twitter

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It feels like blowout wins have been few and far between this year. I can’t actually speak to the truth of that statement, as much as I can speak to the “Vibes ™” but it just feels like it’s been an exhaustingly difficult year to be a Minnesota Timberwolves fan or reporter or whatever else you all out there might be.

The energy of this team was truly in the gutter at different points this year. Firing Chris Finch felt like the starting point for a mob of angry Twitterites, a Giannis Antetokounmpo trade apparently nearly happened (or it was an insider trading scandal, que sera…), and the Wolves started their deadline by trading a first-round pick swap to get out of the luxury tax.

But tonight is the type of night where we remember that moments do not define a season as much as the sheer inevitability of time does.

Chris Finch has found his way back to who he was — even if it still includes too much of Mike Conley. Giannis and the NBPA are engaging the Milwaukee Bucks, not the Minnesota Timberwolves. Most importantly, however, the Wolves’ deadline did not end with a salary dump.

It’s hard to overstate just how much Ayo Dosumnu has changed the makeup of the Timberwolves rotation and roster outlook.

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On a night without Jaden McDaniels, Dosumnu contributed a triple-double. During a stretch without Anthony Edwards, it was Ayo who was frequently holding…

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