It took the Wolves a bit to truly wake up, but once they did, predictability ensued. A 7-0 Nets lead was quickly erased, then banished deep into the recesses of the mind. It was 28-16 Wolves after the first quarter, and though the teams played evenly in a high-scoring second quarter, Brooklyn never had it within single-digits at halftime.

The Nets dropped their final road game of the season, 117-91, to Minnesota before a sellout crowd of 18,978 at Target Center on Friday night. This tanking campaign is mercifully almost over, with just the finale Sunday against the Knicks.

Brooklyn Nets big Nic Claxton finished with 18 points on 9-for-10 shooting to go with six rebounds and five assists in his team’s last game against the Minnesot