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Last Shots: Triple-double for Wiggins, career night for Culver, and a loss to the champs
MINNEAPOLIS – Twenty quick thoughts from Minnesota’s 122-112 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night at Target Center. 1. After missing the longest stretch of games in his career, Karl-Anthony Towns returned to Target…
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Trade Analysis: Wolves swap Teague and Graham for Crabbe
On Thursday morning, Minnesota Timberwolves President of Basketball Operations Gersson Rosas pulled the trigger on his first in-season trade since assuming power last May. This deal sent guard Jeff Teague and wing Treveon Graham to…
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Wolves make deal with Atlanta Hawks
The Minnesota Timberwolves might look a little bit different by the time the season ends in terms of how the roster is constructed, and Thursday morning was one step in that direction. The team has…
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Last Shots: There are positives and negatives to look at, it’s all about the outlook
MINNEAPOLIS – Twenty-four quick thoughts from Minnesota’s 104-99 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night at Target Center. 1. As Karl-Anthony Towns’ absence from the floor due to a knee injury and an illness…
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Last Shots: An untucked jersey, a missing defense, and a singular bright spot
MINNEAPOLIS – Nineteen quick thoughts from Minnesota’s 117-104 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night at Target Center. 1. The last time these two teams met, the Wolves were mere seconds away from…
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Don’t look now, but the Wolves are winning with defense
MINNEAPOLIS – What a difference two weeks can make in the NBA world. Two weeks ago, the Timberwolves were searching for like in what quickly became what felt like a lost season. The team had…
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Last Shots: A high energy level and the Iowa shuttle
MINNEAPOLIS – Thirteen quick thoughts from Minnesota’s 99-84 win over the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night at Target Center. 1. Prior to Thursday night’s game, Golden State head coach Steve Kerr was concerned that…
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Last Shots: Hanging tough against one of the NBA’s best and Culver’s poster creation
MILWAUKEE – Thirty-one quick thoughts for the 31 minutes played by Shabazz Napier in Minnesota’s 106-104 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Wedneday night at Fiserv Forum. 1. This was a game that was not…
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Last Shots: Guys stepping up, a late arrival, and carrying the effort forward
MINNEAPOLIS – Twenty-one quick thoughts for Jarrett Culver’s career-high 21 points in Minnesota’s 122-115 overtime win over Brooklyn on Monday night at Target Center. 1. One of the good things about a team in rebuild…
3 weeks ago -
In the month of December the Wolves have been two different teams, but the results have been the same
MINNEAPOLIS – Winning in the NBA is difficult, in any capacity. It’s difficult to win championships, it’s difficult to win a playoff series, and it’s difficult to win on a Saturday night in December. There…
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Last Shots: The defensive is improving, but the offense looks lost without Towns and Wiggins
MINNEAPOLIS – Thirteen quick thoughts following Minnesota’s 94-88 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers at Target Center on Saturday night. 1. Winning isn’t always pretty in sports, and losing rarely is, and on Saturday night both…
4 weeks ago -
Wolves losing streak serves as a reminder that this process will take time
The Minnesota Timberwolves have lost 10 games in a row. They haven’t been on the winning side of a game since the night before thanksgiving. After a promising start, things have gone awry rather quickly.…
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Last Shots: Another loss and more frustration for the Wolves
MINNEAPOLIS – Seventeen quick thoughts from Minnesota’s 107-99 loss at the hands of the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday night at Target Center. 1. Frustration is easy to see inside Target Center these days. The…
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Wolves first quarter report card
We’re a little over a quarter of the way into the NBA season and after a hot start, things haven’t gone well for the Minnesota Timberwolves. The quick start showed a 7-4 record through the…
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Last Shots: PG and Kawhi are a nightmare, KAT standing out in the fourth, and “Moral victories don’t pay the bills”
MINNEAPOLIS – Twenty quick thoughts from Minnesota’s 124-117 loss to the LA Clippers on Friday night at Target Center. 1. Stopping Kawhi Leonard and Paul George is no easy task, for anyone in the world.…
1 month ago