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Timberwolves Have a Tough Test After the All-Star Break
By Tim Faklis - Feb 16, 2018
When considering the entire season’s body of work, it’s hard not to feel good about the Timberwolves heading into All-Star break. They’ve already passed their win total […]
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2/15 RECAP: Wolves Head into Badly-Needed All-Star Break After Win Over Lakers
By Tim Faklis - Feb 16, 2018
Karl-Anthony Towns might have best exemplified the Timberwolves’ need for a break after their Thursday night win over the Los Angeles Lakers. As he speedily laced up […]
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Flip Saunders: Remembered by Players, Coaches, Fans and Me
By Tim Faklis - Feb 15, 2018
On Thursday night, a Minnesota basketball legend will be honored. Flip Saunders was the Minnesota Mr. Basketball winner in 1973, a four-year starting point guard with the […]
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2/13 RECAP: Rockets Show Separation in Western Conference in Win Over Wolves
By Tim Faklis - Feb 13, 2018
The Timberwolves and the Rockets are only split by two spots in the playoffs, but the difference everywhere else is fairly staggering. “When they’ve got it rolling […]
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Timberwolves Look to Go Into All-Star Break on a Good Note
By Tim Faklis - Feb 13, 2018
For the most part, it hasn’t been the best couple weeks in Timberwolves basketball. On Tuesday, the Timberwolves play the Houston Rockets, one of the best teams […]
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WOLVES WIRED Ep. 124: Tim and Dane Return from the Road
By Tim Faklis - Feb 13, 2018
Tim Faklis and Dane Moore return from the Cleveland-Chicago road trip to join David Naylor and Tom Schreier in studio for the first time in, well, a […]
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2/11 RECAP: Timberwolves Close Win Over Lottery-Bound Kings Felt Uncomfortably Familar
By Tim Faklis - Feb 11, 2018
On a night where the Timberwolves notched their 13th win in a row, the natural inclination to celebrate didn’t feel appropriate. Yes, the Wolves haven’t lost at home […]
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Stephon Marbury Retires from Basketball After 22-Year Career
By Tim Faklis - Feb 11, 2018
Stephon Marbury called it a career in Beijing, and likely altogether on Sunday after playing his last game with the Fly Dragons. He announced his decision to […]
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2/9 RECAP: Bulls Edge Out Wolves in Battle of Revenge Games in Chicago
By Tim Faklis - Feb 10, 2018
Yet again, the Timberwolves lost a lead to a lowly Eastern Conference opponent on the road. And yet again, the Timberwolves were unable to pull out a […]
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FAKLIS: How the Butler-LaVine Trade can Become a Win-Win Deal
By Tim Faklis - Feb 9, 2018
When Jimmy Butler was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves on draft night, the common assumption was that the Wolves won that trade by miles. The Timberwolves gave […]
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WOLVES WIRED Ep. 123: Trade Deadline and Derrick Rose Reactions from Chicago
By Tim Faklis - Feb 9, 2018
Tim and Dane are in Chicago, and they’re unhappy. (Not really, they’re actually quite thrilled with this trip.) The bad weather forced the Wolves and Bulls to […]
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2/7 RECAP: LeBron James Beats Timberwolves at Buzzer in High-Scoring Overtime Thriller
By Tim Faklis - Feb 7, 2018
In a few ways, Wednesday’s game in Cleveland was very characteristic of both teams. They both played like the bottom-seven defensive teams they are, both played like […]