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Butler before Game 5 in Houston: 'We can win this'
Just as they were against Denver in the regular-season finale, the Wolves are faced with an elimination game tonight in Houston, but this Game 5 playoff game is a whole other thing.
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Souhan: Wolves have big advantage over Rockets that's not being used
The Timberwolves have two post players who can score, rebound, and theoretically take advantage of the Rockets' lack of interior height.
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'The hard way.' Wolves know they've dug a big hole going into Game 5
Only 11 NBA teams have rallied from from a three games to one deficit to win a playoff series. Are the Wolves in any position to be the 12th?
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50 – a number that will live in Timberwolves playoff infamy
North Score: The Rockets scored 50 points in the first half. Then they scored 50 points in the third quarter, changing the entire tone of their playoff series with the Wolves.
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NBA Playoffs Game 5 Preview: Timberwolves at Houston
Down 3-1 in their best-of-seven playoff series with the Rockets, the Wolves will try to force a Game 6 back in Minneapolis in an arena where they've lost 11 straight games.
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Down, but not out? NBA teams who have overcome a 3-1 playoff deficit
It's happened more than you might think, including twice during the 2016 playoffs.
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Quarter pounded with 3's: Houston buries Wolves with 50-point quarter
Leading by only a point at halftime, the Rockets outscored the Wolves 50-20 in the third quarter, including seven three pointers by Houston star James Harden.
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Lack of energy? It was a lack of poise that really doomed the Timberwolves
In some ways, the Rockets' 119-100 victory over the Timberwolves and the 50-point third quarter that fueled it were an unpleasant inevitability.
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Souhan: Wolves learn the hard way, you do not poke 'The Beard'
In Game 4, Harden became a human torch, erasing a Timberwolves lead and any shadow of a doubt as to who will win this playoff series.
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Wolves face many questions after Houston's near-record outburst
The Wolves went from being in position to tie the best-of-seven series at two games each to trying to explain how the Rockets managed to score 50 points in 12 minutes.
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Social media paints pretty picture of scene from Wolves-Rockets game
A photo of Houston's James Harden making a sideline ball save Saturday night at Target Center fell into the lap of a playful social media audience on Sunday.
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Houston 119, Timberwolves 100
The Rockets scored a near-record 50 points in the third quarter to crush the Wolves in Game 4 of their playoff series.
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Unbowed Wolves eager to put hard Game 4 defeat behind them
The Wolves said their confidence had not been dented. "Absolutely not," Karl-Anthony Towns said. "We will be ready [for Game 5]."
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Rockets nearly roll up record points in third quarter
The Rockets' 50 points in the third quarter Monday at Target Center were the second-most in a single quarter in NBA playoff history:
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Wolves-Houston Game 4 recap
Rockets guard James Harden missed his first seven shots. But he finished 12-for-26 for 36 points, with 22 of those points coming in the Rockets' 50-point third quarter.
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Wiggins keeps cool, says he ignores 'poison' on social media
With Game 4 tonight against the Rockets at Target Center, Timberwolves young star Andrew Wiggins says he pays no mind to public criticism he receives.
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Why Derrick Rose, of all people, can be Wolves' difference-maker
North Score: The former MVP is leading the Wolves in usage rate, an indicator he has become the No. 1 X-factor in this first-round series.
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Hartman: Wolves show ability to adjust in NBA playoffs
Saturday's Game 3 win displayed new resilience, especially by some of the team's youngest stars.
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Can the Wolves win Game 4 by winning the battle of threes again?
Keeping pace with Houston's notorious three-point shooting gives the Wolves a fighting chance in the playoff series that resumes at Target Center tonight.
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Souhan: Wolves making Rockets look like less than NBA's best team
The series is far more even than expected because the Wolves have hinted at what they could become and the Rockets haven't yet won a championship.
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- 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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