The Phoenix Suns on Sunday swept their three-game season series with the Timberwolves — each loss as soundly as the other.
But that was then.
On Saturday, the teams will meet again at Target Center, this time the Wolves seeded third against the sixth-seeded Suns in Game 1 of a first-round NBA playoff series. The full first-round schedule has yet to be announced.
"It means nothing," Suns coach Frank Vogel said about games gone by, no matter how recent.
The Suns won by double digits all three times, including twice this month; their victory April 4 was not nearly as close as its 10-point final margin.