Let us now praise the Wolves’ Game 4 win
Before we anticipate the rest of the series, it’s worth taking a minute to appreciate Saturday night’s special win.
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Making sense of the Wolves’ vexing Game 3 loss to the Grizzlies
There was plenty to hate about the Wolves’ performance Thursday night. But there were a few things to like, too.
The Timberwolves’ game 1 win over the Grizzlies wasn’t a fluke
What exactly happened on Saturday?
What the NBA’s fun-haters don’t understand about the Wolves. And why they have a chance against the Grizzlies.
Despite the Grizzlies’ lofty credentials, all season long the Wolves have been remarkably confident about how they match up with their first-round playoff opponent.
Are the Twins, and Twins fans, ready for Carlos Correa’s relentless positivity?
As long as he’s here, it’s clear Correa wants to make an impact, and not just with his bat and glove.
From poise to PatBev, the four key factors in the Timberwolves’ matchup against the Clippers
Beat the Clippers and the Wolves are the seventh seed. Lose to the Clips but beat the winner of the Pelicans-Spurs game and they are the eighth seed. Lose both games and their season is over.
How the Final Four in Minneapolis is a sign of what’s to come in women’s college basketball
This weekend’s NCAA Women’s Final Four at the Target Center will be the first since the Kaplan Report came out, and we’re already seeing some of the report’s suggestions implemented.
Three troubling trends as the Timberwolves close out the regular season
Less than a week ago, shreds of optimism about this team could still be clutched as viable keepsakes. Now?
The Wolves may only go as far as Anthony Edwards (and Ant’s knees) can take them
Without squeezing the most production possible out of their most athletic player, the Wolves are in jeopardy of having their thus-far glorious season end in relative disappointment.
The Wolves look to make their closing argument that they are, yes, pretty damn good
Put simply, there is plenty of evidence to bolster the belief that the Wolves can not only survive but thrive in the the final three-and-a-half weeks of the season.
March Madness will feature plenty of Minnesotans. Does that make the state a basketball hotbed?
What is beyond debate, according coaches with decades on the Minnesota basketball scene, is that state-produced talent is better and deeper than ever.
Of toughness and t-shirt cannons: Why Patrick Beverley’s roguish charm is so important to the Timberwolves
The phrase, “crazy like a fox,” was seemingly coined for Beverley, whose motivation is sourced in mania — and channeled with the precision of a civil engineer.
Timberwolves mailbag: on tinkering with defense, judging Gupta and extending DLO
Welcome to the first Timberwolves mailbag, in which Britt Robson answers your questions regarding the ongoing evolution of the local pro hoops teams.
The balloon artist: How Wolves assistant coach Micah Nori became Chris Finch’s most trusted confidant
You don’t have to know Finch and Nori very well to realize they are kindred spirits, both temperamentally and analytically.
The rise and fall and rise of Jaden McDaniels
After sky-high expectations and an inevitable first crisis of confidence, McDaniels seems to be blossoming into the player the Wolves need him to be.
The Beijing Winter Olympics: Live from … Stamford, Connecticut
Chad Salmela, a former U.S. national team biathlete who coaches cross country and track at the College of St. Scholastica, is one of many NBC Olympics analysts calling events off a TV monitor half a world away from China.
Advocates for sports dropped by U get chance to ‘tell their story’ at Minnesota Legislature
Committee Vice Chair Jason Rarick (R-Pine City) says he’ll ask the University of Minnesota Regents to appoint a commission to review the U’s rationale, restore the programs and make them viable. But legislators can only ask: the Regents are under no obligation to comply.
Why no move was the right move for the Wolves at the NBA trade deadline
On Thursday, the Wolves let the trade deadline pass without any changes to the roster. For once, that decision was instituted from a position of relative strength — a rarity for this franchise under most any circumstances.
The Wolves are happy, dedicated and evolving into a playoff team. Chris Finch deserves a lot of the credit for that.
The Wolves have become a team of engaged players who genuinely pull for each other — and they are growing in confidence with each passing victory.
This Ant be real
Anthony Edwards is emerging as the Timberwolves not-so-secret superhero.
