Ugly wins still count as wins.

Minnesota hasn’t had many of the ugly variety this fall — with the Timberwolves playing a consistently strong brand of basketball. But Tuesday was not that. Despite a significant talent advantage, Minnesota slogged its way through 48 minutes of basketball in San Francisco. But the team emerged with a 104-101 victory to sweep a pair of games against the Warriors in California and secure its seventh straight win.

The night started off ugly. Two minutes into the game, Klay Thompson and Jaden McDaniels got into a wrestling match. That evolved into a two-team skirmish that resulted in Draymond Green putting Rudy Gobert into a chokehold.

McDaniels, Thompson and Green were all ejected. That made the Warriors — who were already sans Steph Curry coming into the night as he missed the game with a knee injury — extremely short-handed.

But that might have helped the Warriors, who was forced to revert to a number of scrappy players. Golden State struggled to score against Minnesota at full strength on Sunday. So offensive ineptitude Tuesday wasn’t all that much different.

But the Wolves’ offense was equally miserable for much of the night. There was no rhythm as Golden State’s physicality clearly disrupted Minnesota. That type of physicality isn’t a sustainable method for any team, but it’s a good bet other teams will aim to get just as chippy with the Wolves moving forward.

Because it did work. Golden State led by double-digits in the third frame and was up seven heading to the fourth. But that’s when Minnesota’s defense hit an even different level.

Golden State was sans playmakers to break down Minnesota’s defensive front, which forced nothing but tough looks and turnovers. The Warriors went four-plus minutes to open the fourth quarter without a bucket.

Yet still, they led with 90 seconds to play, before Karl-Anthony Towns buried a three off a second-chance opportunity to put Minnesota up for good. Towns was the only offense that Minnesota really had for much of the night. He finished with 33 points, with 11 of those coming in the final frame.

Then, as the waning seconds ticked off and Minnesota was clinging to a 1-point advantage, Anthony Edwards kicked to Mike Conley, who buried an open triple to put the game on ice.