In the absence of a second for the final, the Minnesota Timberwolves had almost guaranteed their victory against the Oklahoma City Thunder this Friday, an important victory in the fight for the last places of the Western Conference playoff. The Wolves won by two points and their star, Karl-Anthony Towns , had two free throws to extend that lead to four. Oklahoma City fans were already starting to pick up their coats and face the halls of the Chesapeake Energy Arena when, suddenly, the outcome of the match changed completely. Towns missed the first free throw, a rare occurrence (he has 80.2% success), and his partner Jordan Bell jumped to the track. Then the mess began.
Bell, a defensive specialist, until this summer in the Golden State Warriors, had the mission of nullifying the last play of the Thunder and thus ensuring victory, but an error of his caused the opposite. Although the NBA regulation prevents it, the pivot wing appeared on the parquet with the shirt outside the pants. It could have been an insignificant detail, it would have been normal for anyone to notice it, but the Timberwolves base, veteran Chris Paul , noticed it right away and ran to notify the referees. Bell received a notice, the second of his team in the match, and therefore he was pointed out a technique. The comeback of the Wolves was no longer impossible.
Danilo Gallinari hit the free kick of the technique and, although Towns scored the pitch from his remaining staff, with only two points of disadvantage the Minnesota team already knew what he had to do to force the extension. A ball flew across the field from the hands of Steven Adams to those of Dennis Schröder , who completed a tray, and to the surprise of his own audience led the game to overtime. There it was already known which team would win. After the psychological blow of having let out a practically certain triumph, the Oklahoma City Thunder collapsed and the Timberwolves, with much success from Paul or Schröder, the miracle architects, completed the comeback and closed the game in a 127-139.
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