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Wizards beat Wolves 130-109 for first win UPLIFTING: In the second game of a back-to-back, the Washington Wizards had eight players score in the double figures and shot a season-high 55.1 percent from the field AP, MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Bradley Beal had 31 points and seven assists, and the Washington Wizards beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 130-109 on Friday for their first win of the season. Russell Westbrook sat out to rest up on the second game of ...

Many will be delighted to put 2020 in the rearview mirror so its time to look forward to 2021 and Huw Hopkins takes a look ahead at how players, teams and the NBA can stick to the resolutions none of us usually have the will power to.

Timberwolves Exercise Team Options on Josh Okogie and Jarrett Culver Share this story Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images The Minnesota Timberwolves announced late Monday evening that the team had indeed exercised the fourth-year option on Josh Okogie and the third-year option on Jarrett Culver. While this doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone, it is still worth mentioning as I believe the deadline to pick up these options was sometime today. NEWS: Timberwolves Exercise Team Options on Josh Oko...

The Timberwolves Need To Look In The Mirror After L.A. Performances Share this story Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports When the first half of the NBA schedule originally came out, no reasonable Minnesota Timberwolves fan expected victories against either the Lakers or Clippers, especially with both games taking place in Los Angeles. With Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Okogie added to the injury report, expectations fell even lower to simply hoping for competitive basketball. I mean, why not? The T...

Timberwolves Film Room: Anthony Edwards And Attacking The Rim Breaking down a vital part of the rookie’s opening three NBA outings. Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports Through three regular season games, the Minnesota Timberwolves haven’t failed to live up to their usual roller coaster ride of expectations. So far, they’ve provided a banquet of emotions; blending the tender meats of an opening night comeback win over the Detroit Pistons with the sweet dessert of a rollicking underdog triump...

Each team missing stars, Lakers blow out Timberwolves 127-91 Los Angeles played without Anthony Davis, the Wolves without Karl-Anthony Towns.  December 28, 2020 — 12:54am Text size Copy shortlink: On Saturday night, the Timberwolves were riding high following an impressive win against Utah on the road. Karl-Anthony Towns had exited the game with a left wrist injury, but he was able to return, so it must not have been that bad, righ...

Defense wins games. With the game on the line, the Minnesota Timberwolves forced the Utah Jazz into a five-second violation to regain possession, and eventually emerge victorious, 116-111. “This is a tough place to win,” said Head Coach Ryan Saunders postgame. “Any time you can come out of here with a win, you did a lot of things right.” Minnesota executed a near-perfect first half, scoring 68 points en route to a 15-point halftime advantage. The Wolves shot over 50% from the field and ...

Dane Moore NBA Podcast: The 2-0 Minnesota Timberwolves Share this story Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images So who saw the Minnesota Timberwolves beating the Utah Jazz? Better question: When was the last time the Wolves won back-to-back games without Karl-Anthony Towns being the main reason? On today’s pod, we get into some observations from that win in Utah, including: D’Angelo Russell and Malik Beasley stepping up with Towns again in foul trouble Josh Okogie playing defense at an All-Defe...

Rudy Gobert just hopes that L stands for “lesson”. A sloppy first half put the Jazz in a hole they couldn’t dig themselves out of, as they fell to the Minnesota Timberwolves 116-111 in Saturday’s home-opener. Afterward, the team’s All-Star center said he hoped the loss would serve as an early wake-up call. “It’s good that we have one now because we’re going to have to realize that we have to come out with same intensity and same urgency every night,” Gobert said. The Timberwol...

The Utah forward saluted his former teammate's unselfish play and attitude.