It was as if a switch was flipped, a light went on.
For the first quarter and a half of Friday's game with Orlando at Target Center, the Timberwolves couldn't get a stop. The rest of the way it appeared the Wolves couldn't do anything wrong.
The result: The Wolves went from 19 points down to a 120-103 victory over the Magic. In the process, the Wolves (18-21) ended a two-game losing streak.
So. What happened?
"We played defense,'' said Jeff Teague, after producing a 23-point, 10-assist double-double in his first game back after missing nine because of a sore ankle.
"We got some energy from AT,'' Taj Gibson said of Anthony Tolliver, who came out of mothballs to have another strong game.
"We said, 'We have to change the game,' '' said Karl-Anthony Towns, who scored 21 of his 29 points in the second half to go with 15 rebounds.
All of the above is true.