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What, me hurt? Butler plays through pain in Game 3
Jimmy Butler on Saturday didn't let an apparent ankle injury slow him at Target Center. "That shows you how much he wanted this," Derrick Rose said. "He's the leader on this team."
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Souhan: Teague proves he can handle big moments
Jeff Teague on Saturday turned in his most emotional and important performance with the Wolves, thumping his chest and screaming at the crowd in the fourth quarter of a blowout win.
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Rose makes presence felt with Wolves in the playoffs
Derrick Rose came off the bench in Game 3 to score 17 points. He made eight of 16 shots and added two assists and two steals in 21 minutes.
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Wolves-Houston Game 3 recap
A look back at Saturday night's game.
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Timberwolves' Butler, down 0-2 to Rockets: 'I'm smiling, everybody's OK.'
Wolves All-Star guard Jimmy Butler said his team needs to be less predictable, 'don't be as guardable' heading into Game 3.
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Towns: 'Amish-like' life makes him oblivious to public criticism
Karl-Anthony Towns is struggling in the playoffs, but he isn't paying attention to outsiders' observations.
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Souhan: Finally, Wolves fans get playoff basketball again
For long-suffering, die-hard Timberwolves fans Saturday night's Game 3 is a long time coming - as in 14 years.
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Will picking up the pace help Wolves vs. Rockets?
"What we've been playing like hasn't worked," Timberwolves guard Jeff Teague said of the first two games vs. Houston. Game 3 is Saturday at Target Center.
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Wolves-Houston Game 3 preview
The Wolves have lost 14 of their past 15 to the Rockets overall, and are 0-5 all-time vs. Houston in the playoffs.
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Wiggins says Wolves excited and ready for home playoff game
Trailing their first-round series with Houston 0-2, the Wolves on Saturday night will play their first playoff game at Target Center since 2004
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A trip to Tomball, the Texas town that made Jimmy Butler tough
Jimmy Butler's mother kicked him out of the house when he was 13. Homeless, he bounced around friends' houses until a family with seven children took him in as their own.
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Hartman: It's do-or-die time for the Wolves
After getting blown out in Houston 102-82 on Wednesday to fall behind 0-2, the Timberwolves host their first playoff game in 5,075 days on Saturday.
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What happened to the offense? Wolves search for playoff answers
Houston's defense has turned the Wolves upside-down in the first two games of the NBA playoffs. Can they find answers before Saturday's game at Target Center?
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Paul delivers for Houston to take 2-0 lead, Towns quiet again for Wolves
Houston's Chris Paul came back from a six-turnover performance in Game 1, delivering an acrobatic 27-point, eight-assist night for the Rockets while Karl-Anthony Towns finished with just five points for the Wolves.
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Escalator temporarily stairs: The clunky, efficient and now broken Wolves offense
The reason the Wolves made the playoffs, under a coach known more for his defensive acumen, was their offense. Because of that, the first two games of the playoffs have been even more annoying for fans.
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Wolves first-round pick Patton has more surgery on left foot
For the second time in nine months, Justin Patton underwent surgery to repair a broken fifth metatarsal in his left foot.
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Souhan: Wolves terrible offense makes Barkley look brilliant
The Wolves' offense isn't just struggling; it looks disjointed. There is too much talent on the floor for that to be the case.
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Off days work to coaches' advantage for Wolves, Rockets
With no back-to-back games in the playoffs, star players can see more minutes.
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Wolves-Houston Game 2 recap
A look back at Wednesday night's game.
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Around the NBA
- 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
- The Nuggets are playing like champions again and putting the Timberwolves on the ropes
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