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November 20

Timberwolves unveil latest 'City Edition' special jerseys

The Wolves will wear the uniforms nine times this season -- including five times at Target Center.

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November 19

Layman the latest Wolves player injured

Layman suffered a left foot injury against Utah and was in a walking boot after the game.

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November 19

Wolves' rookie Martin learns price of winning after big night in Utah

After the Timberwolves' victory over Utah on Monday, the last three players in the locker room were Karl-Anthony Towns, Robert Covington and Kelan Martin.

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November 17

Wiggins doubtful for Wolves' game vs. Jazz

Wiggins, who missed the last two games for personal reasons, is now doubtful with an illness.

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November 15

Beal continues string of lights-out scoring nights against Wolves

The Wizards guard had 44 points Friday. His big night follows others from Kyrie Irving and D'Angelo Russell

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November 15

Wiggins misses Friday's Wolves game for personal matter; Saturday status unknown

Andrew Wiggins traveled to be with family in Toronto following the recent death of his grandmother.

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November 13

Jeff Teague shows no signs of rust in return to lineup

The guard came off the bench and scored 16 points

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November 11

If you take Andrew Wiggins’ past six games, he is averaging 29 points, 4.8 assists, 4.2 rebounds. More important is how Wiggins is achieving those p

Breakout season? Wiggins keeps it rolling in Timberwolves win

In another All-Star caliber performance, Andrew Wiggins had 33 points, six rebounds and five assists to help the Wolves earn a 120-114 win over the Pistons.

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November 8

Okogie provides a boost in overtime for the Wolves

The versatile Josh Okogie did a little bit of everything on Friday night.

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November 8

The cold truth: Why did D'Angelo Russell choose Warriors over Wolves?

There was a lot that Warriors guard D'Angelo Russell liked about the Timberwolves as he was going through free agency this summer. But he knew that winter was coming.

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November 8

Wolves veteran Gorgui Dieng honored for his charity work

Timberwolves center Gorgui Dieng spends a significant part of his free time working to improve the lives of people in his native Senegal – and the NBA is recognizing him for his efforts.

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November 6

Despite defeats, Wiggins stringing together series of strong games

Andrew Wiggins had 30 points at Memphis and has been shooting well of late from three-point range. Karl-Anthony Towns weighed in on his teammate's recent surge.

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November 6

Wolves call up two from G-League because of point guard issues

The Timberwolves could be missing both of their main point guards, Jeff Teague and Shabazz Napier, for their game tonight at Memphis

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November 4

'Greek Freak,' one of NBA's best, facing Wolves at Target Center

In a game against Toronto over the weekend, Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo had 36 points, shot 14-for-20, had 15 rebounds, handed out eight assists and blocked four shots.

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November 2

With Towns suspended, Dieng comes through in big way for Wolves

There's one word that gets thrown in almost any conversation with a member of the Timberwolves when they talk about Gorgui Dieng – professional.

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October 31

Ben Simmons wrestled with Karl-Anthony Towns after the initial fight between Towns and Joel Embiid.

Wolves want NBA to look into Simmons' role in Towns-Embiid fight

The 76ers guard was deemed a peacemaker by game officials, but the Wolves are contesting his role in the fight between Karl-Anthony

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October 31

Towns vs. Embiid fight spills over to social media after Wednesday's game

The increasingly hostile back-and-forth between the two players puts the NBA in an awkward spot. It began with Joel Embiid firing the first shot, bragging on Twitter and making light of Karl-Anthony Towns' nickname

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October 30

Wolves' Teague on Towns: 'I'm riding with him'

The Wolves guard joked the fight between Towns and Joel Embiid was "weak," but said it showed something about Towns

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October 28

Karl-Anthony Towns earns player of the week honors

The NBA named Towns its Western Conference player of the week after he averaged 32 points and 13.3 rebounds in the Wolves' first three games.

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October 27

'I made a lot of dumb decisions.' Wiggins responds to early benching with big finish

During the first half of Sunday's Timberwolves 116-109 win over Miami, coach Ryan Saunders didn't like what he was seeing from forward Andrew Wiggins. So he pulled him from the game and told him about it.

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October 25