The prompt was geared at hopefully generating [specific things that didn’t go well](https://youtu.be/Mv-tvradl8k?si=TZfqNKXYupBf6vl0), like the Wolves’ poor shooting and inability to slow down the Thunder once they got rolling in the second half.
But one of the first responses was less about Tuesday night and more about the last several decades of Minnesota men’s pro sports history.
“Why? Just why? Why do I do this to myself?”
Others shared that sentiment, though to be fair there was also a mix of “it’s just one game” optimism in the comments as well.
The short answer to the “why do fans put themselves through this?” question is that the payoff is infinitely sweeter when a team that has struggled finally breaks through.
Wolves fans who watched a decade-plus of awful basketball and are now watching their team operate as a model franchise can attest to that.