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The Minnesota Timberwolves entered Game 5 in San Antonio with a chance to retake control of their Western Conference Semifinals series. A win would have snatched back home-court advantage, put the Spurs on the brink of elimination, and set up a Friday night closeout opportunity at Target Center.
Unfortunately, none of that happened.
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Instead, Minnesota walked out of Frost Bank Center as the victim of another massive road blowout, their second such collapse in San Antonio in this series. And now the Wolves find themselves staring at the edge of the cliff. Not near it. Not wandering vaguely in its direction. Standing right on it.
We all knew Game 5 mattered. This was the hinge game. The winner would take control of the series. The loser would spend the next 72 hours trying to convince themselves that everything is fine while very clearly knowing the opposite. For Minnesota, the frustrating part is that this wasn’t a game where they simply got steamrolled from the opening tip and never found a pulse. They had chances. They had openings. They had moments where the door cracked open just enough for hope to creep in.
Then the Spurs slammed it shut. Every single time.
Quarter 1
The night started about as poorly as it could have for Minnesota, mostly because Wembanyama came out looking like a man who had spent the past two days brooding about his Game 4 ejection. He scored 18 points in the first quarter, putting his stamp on the game immediately and reminding everyone that the Flagrant 2 did not remove him from the series permanently.
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At one point, the Wolves trailed by 13, but then Wembanyama went to the bench, and Minnesota actually found a rhythm. The Wolves rallied, cut the deficit to four, and for the first time all night it felt like maybe they had weathered the initial storm. That became the theme of the evening: San Antonio would build a lead, Minnesota would claw back, and then, just as the Wolves seemed ready to steady themselves, the Spurs would punch them back down the stairs.
Quarter 2
The second quarter began with Minnesota trailing by only four, which felt like a small victory…
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Publish date : 2026-05-13 04:37:00
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