In the Timberwolves' first seven home games, the average attendance was 17,442, up 14.4 percent from last season's average (15,242) and 15.5 percent from two years ago (15,101).
That's a sizeable jump for a team that has yet to prove it's any better than its predecessors, and it's dramatically altered the feeling inside the Target Center.
"It was nice," Kevin Love said after the team's Jan. 1 game against Dallas. "The crowd here, in the three home games that we had, has been great. I think if we continue to play the ball that we have … they're going to come. It's nice. There's a little electricity there."
The Timberwolves' average attendance puts them at 14th in the league, a vast improvement from 24th a season ago and 25th in 2009-10.