MINNEAPOLIS — Two of the Timberwolves three best players, the injured Anthony Edwards and D'Angelo Russell, sat toward the end of the bench Monday night and never bothered to take off their coats.
They probably knew their team wasn't going to have to sweat this one out. That was the case pretty much from the start as the Wolves downed a severely shorthanded Portland team 124-81.
The Trail Blazers, who were without many players including Damian Lillard and Jusuf Nurkic, were already shorthanded when the teams met Saturday. Then they came into Monday without Anfernee Simons, who scored 38 on Saturday. The Wolves did what they should against a roster better suited for March Madness.
