MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota trailed San Antonio by four to open the final frame Sunday night at Target Center.

Then the Timberwolves put the Spurs away with six-plus minutes of their very best basketball of the season.

The Wolves moved the ball freely, with possessions flush with drives and kicks and swings that were paid off with buried open triples. It was a fitting ode to the opposition — the Spurs are the Godfathers of basketball’s beautiful game.

On the other end, Minnesota was relentless with its ball pressure and rotations, not allowing the Spurs’ offense that it couldn’t contain for the first three quarters any room to operate.

Minnesota opened the quarter on a 25-7 run to cruise to a 125-112 win over San Antonio — the Wolves’ second straight win, with both coming over teams with w

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