Timberwolves-Toronto game preview: After game, team gets week off

The All-Star Game on Sunday will give most of the players a chance at a week's vacation.

February 15, 2022 at 11:21PM
Raptors forward Pascal Siakam, who is averaging 22 points per game, dribbled past Herbert Jones of the Pelicans on Monday in New Orleans. (Matthew Hinton, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Toronto Raptors at Timberwolves

7 p.m., Target Center BSN, 830-AM

Raptors update: The 2019 NBA champions are 31-25 and seventh in the Eastern Conference. ... Toronto added ex-Wolf F Thad Young at the trade deadline, sending a protected first-round pick to San Antonio along with G Goran Dragic, who hasn't played in three months for personal reasons. ... All-Star G Fred Van Vleet, who is second on the team in scoring at 21.6 points, is questionable (knee).

Wolves update: C Karl-Anthony Towns will play in the All-Star Game on Sunday in Atlanta. G Anthony Edwards and F Jaden McDaniels will be in the Rising Stars Game on Friday night. ... The rest of the team is off until next Thursday, when the second half resumes with a game against Memphis at Target Center.

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Chris Miller supervises coverage of professional sports teams. He has been at the Minnesota Star Tribune since 1999 and is a former sports editor of the Duluth News-Tribune and the Mesabi Daily News.

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