"Those fans who arrived to Target Center on Friday night wearing solemn black No. 6 LeBron James jerseys or fiesta-colored sombreros each got what they wanted in Miami's tense 103-101 victory over the Timberwolves.
Those who came to see the Heat's big-top circus saw exactly what Wolves coach Rick Adelman predicted they would -- a slam-dunk exhibition -- if his team continued to throw the ball over the place, as they did again Friday to the tune of 25 turnovers.
They saw James score on fast-break alley-oop dunks and windmill slams -- "Like a wide receiver," Wolves forward Kevin Love said -- before he finished the game by finding teammate Dwayne Wade with a lob pass off a set play for the eventual winning basket with 4.6 seconds left.
Those fans who gathered high in Section 121 -- the ones dressed in shades of lime, orange and lemon, sporting giant ol' sombreros and chanting "Olé, olé, olé" like they do at foreign soccer games -- came to celebrate a new, exciting day in Wolves history.
Never mind that they had transported themselves to the wrong continent.
"From Spain, you know?" Wolves rookie point guard Ricky Rubio said with a smile about his homeland when asked about fans who cheered him in Mexican apparel."