The Minnesota Timberwolves are fuming over the NBA’s handling of discipline stemming from an altercation between Karl-Anthony Towns and Joel Embiid on Wednesday night.



Towns and Embiid were each suspended for two games for their roles in the confrontation, which spilled over into the social media sphere after both were ejected from the game.



There were multiple factors at play that led to the Timberwolves’ unhappiness. First, team officials believed Embiid instigated the tussle in the third quarter by baiting Towns after collapsing to double-team him and force a turnover.



Second, they felt Embiid’s antics before leaving the court, which included shadow-boxing and whipping the home crowd into a frenzy, were over the top compared to Towns’ quiet exit. The Timberwolves also believed Embiid’s escalation of the incident with a stinging and vulgar series of messages lobbed at Towns on social media set him apart from Towns on the scale...