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Wolves start tough schedule stretch with loss in Portland
Thursday's 108-99 loss started a daunting eight-game stretch that will help determine the Wolves' playoff seeding, or if they make the playoffs at all.
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Potentially fatal flaws on display for Wolves, Wild on Thursday
Both the Wild and Wolves played Thursday in what turned out to be "one of those nights" in Minnesota sports where things looked good, changed to frustrating and ended poorly.
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Wolves-Portland game recap
A look back at Thursday night's game.
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Wolves-Utah game preview
After it won 11 consecutive games heading into All-Star break, the Jazz is 1-2 after fell 96-85 to Houston on Monday.
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G League or free agent? Wolves have options to replace Muhammad
Shabazz Muhammad's release left the Wolves with two open roster spots and just 10 available players for Thursday's game against Portland. What the Wolves do next is the mystery.
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Muhammad reaches contract buyout with Wolves
Shabazz Muhammad now is free to be playoff-eligible if he signs as a free agent with a contending team
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Butler following Wolves from afar with Portland up next
"I talk to him every day," Wolves coach Tom Thibodeau said. "He's doing well. He's already moving along on the rehab. So he's in good spirits."
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Bjelica steps in to fill Butler's spot with Wolves
In Monday's victory at Sacramento, Nemanja Bjelica provided a physical presence that Kings coach Dave Joerger said presented "too much size" for his team.
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Hartman: Wolves not looking for just one player to replace Butler
Without Jimmy Butler in the lineup for the foreseeable future after knee surgery, coach Tom Thibodeau intends for the Wolves to employ a team effort to make up for his absence.
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Who could Wolves add to fill roster spot?
With Jimmy Butler injured, the Wolves have an open roster spot and the need to add.
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Wolves-Portland game preview
The 35-26 Blazers are coming up fast from behind the West's third-place Wolves.
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Do Towns, Wolves have to box out more to be elite rebounders?
North Score: Wolves' center Karl-Anthony Towns is among the league leaders in rebounding, but he doesn't box out opponents as much as you'd think. His teammates? Even less.
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Timberwolves rebounding: great on offense, struggling on defense
The Wolves are one of the league's best at snatching offensive rebounds. On the defensive end, not so much.
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Even without Jimmy Butler, Timberwolves are better than they were last year
Because of the impact that he's made, it's easy to forget sometimes that Jimmy Butler wasn't the only off-season upgrades for the Timberwolves.
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Going to Towns: Big man has big night as Wolves crush Sacramento
Six players scored in double figures, led by Karl-Anthony Towns' 26-point, 17-rebound performance delivered against former Kentucky teammate Willie Cauley-Stein
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Wolves-Sacramento game recap
Wolves center Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 26 points on 9-for-10 shooting — all from two-point range — to go along with 17 rebounds.
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Wolves weigh options in Butler's absence
The Timberwolves move on without injured star Jimmy Butler by inserting Nemanja Bjelica into the starting lineup at small forward and sliding Andrew Wiggins into Butler's big-guard spot.
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Wolves' Thibodeau: 'I like the team we have' with Butler out
The Timberwolves discussed free-agent players and watched the waiver wire while injured star Jimmy Butler aims for a return by the playoffs.
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Wolves-Sacramento game preview
The Wolves used a balanced effort to beat Chicago on Saturday in their first game after Jimmy Butler's knee injury.
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Back for the playoffs? Wolves' Butler has surgery on knee
The team said he will be out indefinitely, but Jimmy Butler has been telling people he intends to return for the playoffs after hurting his knee in Houston.
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- Denver, Minnesota set for game 7 matchup
- Siakam helps Pacers beat Knicks 116-103 in Game 6 to send Eastern Conference semifinals to the limit
- Budenholzer reminisces on Arizona past, but quickly turns to future leading the Phoenix Suns
- Murray's elbow is hurting after early injury and 4-for-18 shooting night in Game 6 flop by Nuggets
- Timberwolves force Game 7 by blowing out Nuggets 115-70 behind 27 points from Anthony Edwards
- Pacers hope home cooking energizes push to even series with New York, force Game 7
- The Celtics are in a good headspace as they head to a 3rd consecutive Eastern Conference finals
- Doncic posts 31-point triple-double as Mavericks top Thunder to take 3-2 series lead
- Jayson Tatum scores 25 to lead Celtics past Cavaliers 113-98 and into 3rd consecutive East finals
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