Timberwolves erase early 9-2 deficit, finish Game 6 on 113-61 run

On Friday’s Daily Delivery podcast, host Michael Rand playfully notes that the Wolves took the concept of a “game of runs” to extremes in a rout of the Nuggets that’s forcing Game 7. Plus, Kent Youngblood on the Lynx home opener and Caitlin Clark’s impact.

The Minnesota Star Tribune
May 17, 2024 at 2:25PM
The bench celebrates a three-pointer scored by Timberwolves center Luka Garza (55) in the fourth quarter. (Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the Timberwolves’ Game 6 rout of the Nuggets, another twist in a strange series that now leads to a deciding Game 7 in Denver on Sunday. The final score was 115-70, with the Wolves taking control early after a sluggish start. That deciding game, by the way, will come 20 years to the day after the only other Game 7 in franchise history: Wolves 83, Kings 80 in the Western Conference semifinals.

16:00: Kent Youngblood joins Rand ahead of Friday’s Lynx home opener to talk about offseason additions already paying dividends for Minnesota and a surge in league popularity fueled in part by rookie Caitlin Clark.

38:00: PWHL Minnesota has a winner-take-all game Friday, while the Twins didn’t score in 26 straight innings against the Yankees.

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Michael Rand

Columnist / Reporter

Michael Rand is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).

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