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February 1, 2020

Singer Usher performs during a memorial prior to an NBA game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, i

Lakers engulf Staples Center with tributes before first game since Bryant's death

In an emotional night against Portland, the Lakers came out in warmups wearing No. 8 and No. 24 jerseys in honor of the late Kobe Bryant, who won five championships over 20 seasons for the franchise.

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January 31, 2020

Josh Okogie defended Justin Holiday of the Pacers.

Wolves' Okogie selected for NBA Rising Stars game

The All-Star weekend format has 10 first- and second-year players from the U.S. on one team, against 10 first- and second-year players from other nations.

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January 31, 2020

Gameday preview: Wolves at LA Clippers

The Wolves enter Saturday on a 10-game losing streak, with Monday's overtime loss to Sacramento one of the toughest to take of the season.

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January 31, 2020

Was defense the culprit for Karl-Anthony Towns, other All-Star 'snubs'?

Towns is last in the NBA at his position in one key defensive metric, as is the Wizards' Bradley Beal.

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January 31, 2020

Hartman: Wolves hurt on the court, and in the stands

After beginning the season with some promise, the Timberwolves have been on a 5-24 slide. Home attendance has dropped to 14,569 per game, the lowest in the league, according to ESPN.

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January 30, 2020

Reeling Wolves endure 'healthy' film session in wake of epic loss

Coach Ryan Saunders said the session would go over all the things the Wolves did wrong to facilitate the Kings' historic comeback efforts in the overtime loss.

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January 30, 2020

Biggest critique of this year's Wolves: Inadequate plan at point guard

Can you adequately implement a system and evaluate how it's working when you don't have the right point guard? That's been a problem for the Wolves since the start of the season.

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January 29, 2020

Frustrated Towns sticks to short answers day after stunning loss

The day after the Wolves blew a 27-point second-half lead to the Kings, as well as a nine point lead with 41 seconds left in regulation, Karl-Anthony Towns kept his thoughts short and terse.

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January 29, 2020

Souhan: Solutions, not search for scapegoat, need to be Wolves' focus

The Timberwolves are evolving in a painfully slow way. But screaming for the head of Ryan Saunders when he doesn't have the players to fit his system doesn't solve anything.

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January 28, 2020

Breaking down the Timberwolves' 10-game losing streak

The Timberwolves beat Portland 116-102 on Jan. 9 for their 15th victory of the season. They haven't won since.

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January 28, 2020

8,378-and-1: How the Wolves' season spiraled into the wrong side of history

In a roller-coaster season for a franchise that has seen more downs than ups in its history, this question now needs to be asked: Have the Timberwolves reached a new low?

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January 28, 2020

Kobe Bryant "took me under his wing," said Devean George, left, the Minneapolis native who won championships with the Lakers alongside Bryant.

From Augsburg to Lakers: Teammate George said Bryant toughened him

Devean George beat outrageous odds to be drafted out of Division III Augsburg — by way of Benilde-St. Margaret's High — by the Lakers with the 23rd selection in 1999 draft.

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January 28, 2020

More on Kobe: Lakers game posponed, reporter suspended, BBC shows wrong video

Some of the latest after the deaths of retired superstar Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others in a helicopter crash:

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January 28, 2020

'As low as you can get.' Historic collapse sends Wolves to 10th straight loss

Sacramento rallied from 27 points down late in the third quarter and 17 down with three minutes left in regulation play before beating the stunned Wolves in overtime.

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January 28, 2020

Tears, cheers at Target Center as Wolves, Kings and fans honor Kobe

Karl-Anthony Towns wore No. 24 in pregame introductions and Robert Covington wore No. 8. "You couldn't stand him because he was so great, and he won so much," said Wolves president Gersson Rosas.

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January 28, 2020