The Minnesota Timberwolves faced a bizarre situation in their game against the Dallas Mavericks as they had to call a timeout within the first minute because no player returned to inbound the ball, leading to a scoring opportunity for the Mavericks. This unprecedented event drew attention and criticism from basketball analysts for the unusual mistake.
Wolves process in last two minutes - subs, TOs, etc - was kinda yikes. In a 1-point game at the buzzer the extra value of the 3 doesn't matter. Go to the rim.
After Mavs scored on first possession, four Timberwolves players ran up court, meaning nobody was there to take inbounds pass from Mike Conley and he had to call timeout. I’ve never ever seen that before. #wolvesback
Minnesota timeout 34 seconds into the game when no T-wolves player came back to get the inbounds pass from Mike Conley after Mavs got a lob-dunk from Luka-to-Gafford.
No way the Timberwolves had to call a timeout 30 seconds into the game 😭😭😭
Yikes. Wolves had a burn a timeout because nobody came back to inbound the ball. Can't have those mental errors