It was a performance that even impressed his head coach, Rick Carlisle. Following the game, Carlisle had a lot of praise for Toppin after he stepped up in a major way for the Pacers. "Obi Toppin had one of the most spectacular runs at the end of the game I've ever seen,

Facing an Indiana Pacers team that tipped off the game without six of their rotational players, and preceded to lose three more throughout the contest for various reasons, Minnesota delivered one of its poorest performances in recent memory to fall 132-130 in overtime Monday at Target Center.