"The ball went from Kevin Love up top to Darko Milicic inside. And it kept moving, quickly. From Milicic to Corey Brewer in one corner. Then to Luke Ridnour, then back to Love up top, then quickly to Wayne Ellington in the opposite corner.

He was all alone.

Ellington jumped and shot. As Love raised his hands in celebration the three-pointer swished through the net with less than 3 minutes left, putting the Wolves up by five.

For Minnesota, it was a dagger, one that put the Washington Wizards on their heels for the final time. But it was more than that. For the Wolves, who won 109-97 at Target Center on Thursday, coming back from four down in the fourth quarter, it was a symbol. On a night when the Wolves were playing without injured Michael Beasley, it took a team effort. And that one key play embodied all of that."