Tonight, the Wolves will match the franchises second-longest postseason run. They have never won a Game 6, but they have never played a Game 6 at home.
Their sons will battle when the Timberwolves and Grizzlies play Game 6 tonight at Target Center. But Karl Towns Sr. and Tee Morant are having a lot of fun together on the sidelines.
Former Timberwolves coach Ryan Saunders has kept his eyes on his former players, many of whom developed under his watch, as they battle in the playoffs. He says he'll be ready when he's back coaching in the NBA next season.
Maybe that sounds too positive right now. You're still upset about those blown leads in Games 3 and 5. You're too nervous about what's going to happen Friday. At some point, though, you're going to see things for what they've been this season.
Win or lose this playoff series, the Timberwolves are getting schooled on playoff basketball and how not to handle critical situations, which is valuable but hardly comforting.
The Wolves built the best offense in the league this season with a free-flowing scheme that requires pace and ball movement. But those skills have often deserted them in the final minutes of this playoff series.
The Wolves absolutely needed a lot more from the 20-year-old Edwards on Tuesday, but here's the question: Is it too much to ask for more, at least for now?
Once again, the Wolves were left to pick up the pieces from a game they led for most of the night, they should have won and for which they no one but themselves to blame for losing.
One constant between the Wolves and Twins games was a total lack of execution. Podcast host Michael Rand goes deep on the Wolves loss and wonders whether the Twins will continue to navigate 2022 in wacky ways.
What local fans know all too well about their teams' tendencies in big games was brought to a national stage Tuesday night in the Timberwolves' Game 5 loss in Memphis.
The series is more complicated than one statistic, but when the Wolves have kept the Grizzlies off the offensive glass, they have won. Will that hold true for Game 5?