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Sharing over shooting: How the Warriors passed by the Rockets
North Score: Without a passing plan, Houston's cold shooters just had to keep shooting in a stunning Game 7 loss, even though they missed shot after shot after shot.
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Tweet could cost Cleveland Browns player $12 million (and a lot of fan support)
When Karl-Anthony Towns tweeted his support for the Eagles over the Vikings, at least he wasn't putting millions of dollars on the line.
Vikings
Scoggins: In competitive market, Minnesota team owners willing to spend
At one time, sports owners in this market were regarded as cheapskates. But the present collection of owners aren't operating in the mold of tightwads. This is how it should be.
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Reusse: Minnesota's NBA hex dates back to plane crash in a cornfield
Too bad "Dark Clouds" is already taken by local soccer fans. It would be a fine handle for Minnesota's NBA followers, dating to a belly landing in a cornfield 58 years ago.
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Everything to know about possible Karl-Anthony Towns, Jimmy Butler extensions
Bobby Marks, a front office insider for ESPN who used to be an assistant GM with the Nets, breaks it down.
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Towns, Butler make All-NBA third team
The Wolves' center was chosen after finishing one vote short in 2017. James Harden and LeBron James were unanimous choices; both got 100 first-team votes from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.
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Jimmy Butler makes NBA all-defensive second team
The veteran guard/forward was a second team selection for the fourth time in his career.
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Woj: Wolves would dump Thibodeau before trading Karl-Anthony Towns
Adrian Wojnarowski — the NBA truth whisperer — had an interesting little nugget embedded within a bunch of draft chatter during a new episode of his podcast.
TV & Media
Minnesota's Royce White blasts NBA in new HBO interview
The former Minnesota high school basketball standout continues his crusade for a better understanding of mental-health issues.
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Trade Karl-Anthony Towns? Let's talk this through
The Wolves would be crazy to trade Towns. He was an All-Star last season, and anything good you can imagine happening to the team in the next five years involves him. But ...
Vikings
Two views: NFL may not have most to gain from regulated gambling
Michael Rand and Chris Hine weigh in in the week's hot sports topics.
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Hammon advances dialogue, makes Lynx's Reeve think more about being NBA head coach
Though Becky Hammon did not get hired by Milwaukee, she interviewed for the Bucks head coaching job, a move Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve called "progress."
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The NBA Draft Lottery is tonight, and the Wolves ... don't care
The Wolves made the playoffs — remember? — and playoff teams aren't in the lottery. It's obvious, but it also feels strange after all these years of futility.
Vikings
Souhan: Analytics crunch numbers but give personalities short shrift
You want to win a championship? You'd better have the right kinds and combinations of people on your team.
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Two views: What can the NBA do to make the regular season matter?
Both of the higher seeds with home-court advantage in the NBA conference finals — Boston in the East and Houston in the West — are the betting underdogs.
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Ex-Wolves coach Dwane Casey, fired by Raptors, once again deserved better
The demise of the Timberwolves in the mid-2000s was a multi-layered mess-up. And the firing of Dwane Casey is an overlooked part of what happened.
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Warriors and Rockets are great models for Wolves ... and Vikings?
Defense wins championships, sure. But more so than that: Being able to win in multiple ways wins championships. That's a lesson of this NBA postseason.
Gophers
Souhan: Choices by Wolves, Gophers could make or break teams
Sharing some thoughts on Tom Thibodeau, Lindsay Whalen and the prospect that has shined the most among the Twins' position players.
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If Wolves explore trading Andrew Wiggins, here are some possible deals
For the Wolves to continue improving, it may take another shake-up to their roster. If the Wolves decide to make Andrew Wiggins a candidate to go elsewhere, he are some trade ideas that could make sense.
Vikings
Randy Moss was crushed for 'I play when I want to play' while LeBron is celebrated
Some moments in sports are bigger than others, and LeBron James is the latest star to acknowledge that. The reaction he's getting is different than when Randy Moss made that case with the Vikings.
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- Celtics take season's worth of lessons into Game 5 of NBA Finals with latest chance to secure title
- Kyrie Irving ends his personal Celtics skid, so now the Mavs will try to win in Boston in NBA Finals
- Charles Barkley says next season will be his last on TV, no matter what happens with NBA media deals
- Doncic scores 29, Mavericks roll past the Celtics 122-84 to avoid a sweep in the NBA Finals
- Porzingis available for Celtics as they try to wrap up sweep of NBA Finals against Mavericks
- It's closest 38-year-old Al Horford has come to an NBA title, with Celtics on verge of their 18th
- Celtics on the brink of an 18th title, can close out Mavericks in Game 4 of NBA Finals on Friday
- Ex-Illinois star Terrence Shannon Jr., potential first-round NBA draft pick, not guilty of rape
- Analysis: Jerry West and Kobe Bryant were a match from Day 1, and the Lakers reaped the benefits
- Former NBA star Luol Deng has steered South Sudan's basketball journey to Paris Olympics
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- Back from virus, Hernangomez trying to reclaim run with Wolves
- End of an era: Jerry Zgoda leaves the Timberwolves beat
- The Wolves needed a year to fashion an elite NBA defense. How did it happen?
- Rand: Love pursuing Griffin to be All-Star starter in fan vote
- Read the replay: Timberwolves chat with Jerry Zgoda
