And now, the postseason.
It's complicated, but at least the Timberwolves have made it this far.
Following Sunday's regular season-ending 113-108 win over the Pelicans, the Wolves finished with the eighth-best record in the NBA's Western Conference.
Under the NBA's play-in tournament format, the Wolves next play the Los Angeles Lakers, who finished one spot ahead of them
The Timberwolves were 42-40, while the Lakers went 43-39.
It's not a significant margin, but enough to give LA the home court advantage on Tuesday night.
The rivals square off Tuesday at Staples Center to determine the seventh seed in the Western Conference playoffs.
The game will air on The Wolf 102.9 and WCCO-2 on the Audacy App, with coverage starting at 8:30 p.m., with the game broadcast picking up on WCCO radio following the Twins-White Sox game.
Tuesday's scheduled tip-off is at 9:10 p.m., with the winner moving on to a first-round playoff series against the Memphis Grizzlies.
That jogs the memory of many Timberwolves fans.
It was a year ago in their first go-round of this unique postseason format that the Wolves beat the Clippers in the play-in game, then went on to a wild first-round series against the Grizzlies.
Memphis managed to get by the Wolves in six action-packed games.
The loser of Tuesday's game gets another chance, moving to a matchup between either New Orleans or Oklahoma City.
That final play-in game would be Friday, and the survivor there gets to play top seed Denver in a first-round series.
Everybody get that?