Wolves' WEEK AHEAD
Monday: 7 p.m. vs. Utah
Wednesday: 7 p.m. vs. N.Y.
Friday: 6:30 p.m. at New York
Saturday: 6 p.m. at Charlotte
All games on FSN
Player to watch: Kristaps Porzingis, New York
You get not one but two chances to see the 1A product to Karl-Anthony Towns' 1 from the 2015 draft and it's back-to-back — at Target Center Wednesday, at Madison Square Garden Friday — no less.
VOICES
"Coaches look for trust. Sometimes you have to give it."
— TNT analyst Kenny Smith, suggesting the Timberwolves give rookie Kris Dunn opportunity to prove himself at point guard.
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