https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/page/28/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/relying-on-rose-observations-from-the-playoff-opener-r25777/Derrick Rose was just staring at the ground. The first quarter of the game was well underway yet Rose remained fixated on his ankles. From time-to-time, he would peer to his right from the Timberwolves’ bench seat closest to the baseline but he normally kept his head down and sometimes even in hi...25777Mon, 16 Apr 2018 00:51:45 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/the-minnesota-timberwolves-are-finally-a-playoff-team-again-r25771/The Minnesota Timberwolves are an NBA playoff team. For just about every team in the league, this is the goal, but not an overwhelmingly major accomplishment. To become a true championship contender — the real goal — is a difficult task, especially in a top-heavy league like the one we have this...25771Thu, 12 Apr 2018 00:06:15 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/49-recap-timberwolves-win-with-wednesday-madness-looming-r25767/The Timberwolves won, but it didn’t really matter. They beat the Grizzlies 113-94 at the Target Center, just as they were supposed to. At this point in the season, the clichè is real: every game truly counts. They got it done, and played like it, too. After Jimmy Butler woke his team out of an...25767Mon, 09 Apr 2018 23:28:43 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/46-recap-playoff-hopes-strengthen-for-timberwolves-after-road-win-over-lakers-r25763/After a deflating loss in Denver, the playoffs still seemed likely, but the possibility of missing seemed more real than ever. But when it was reported that Jimmy Butler would return the following night against the Los Angeles Lakers the following night, optimism became much easier for everyone t...25763Sat, 07 Apr 2018 01:15:12 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/report-jimmy-butler-to-return-to-lineup-friday-versus-lakers-r25762/According to Marc Stein of the New York Times, Jimmy Butler is set to make his return Friday for the Timberwolves night against the Los Angeles Lakers. Butler has missed 18 games since he tore his meniscus Feb. 23 against the Houston Rockets. The Wolves went 8-10 in that stretch, and had a wide-r...25762Fri, 06 Apr 2018 16:01:02 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/45-recap-timberwolves-fall-to-denver-and-the-playoffs-are-officially-in-question-r25759/It was supposed to be a high scoring affair. A physical embodiment of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets seasons; lacking defense that leads to endless buckets. It was supposed to be Jimmy Butler’s return. Butler was activated before the game but stayed in his warmups all 48 minutes....25759Fri, 06 Apr 2018 01:42:52 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/41-recap-timberwolves-recent-struggles-reach-a-low-in-blowout-loss-to-jazz-r25756/The first two times the Timberwolves played the Utah Jazz, they looked like the better team. At the very least, they looked like a team that could hack it with them. And while the Wolves remained without Jimmy Butler in this one — along with Jeff Teague and Derrick Rose — Sunday’s 121-97 loss to...25756Sun, 01 Apr 2018 21:54:53 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/is-a-rivalry-blossoming-between-the-timberwolves-and-jazz-r25754/With five games to go and a tight playoff race brewing, a matchup between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Utah Jazz has big implications in the game itself. There are plenty of storylines that can be drawn from either side. Donovan Mitchell’s Rookie of the Year campaign, Karl-Anthony Towns’ Al...25754Sun, 01 Apr 2018 12:14:34 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/330-recap-wolves-escape-with-win-in-dallas-make-jump-in-west-standings-r25752/In what was most likely their worst loss of the season less than a week ago against the Memphis Grizzlies at Target Center, the Minnesota Timberwolves struggled shooting the ball while allowing the Grizzlies to hang around for a majority of the game. That recipe was enough to hand the Wolves a to...25752Fri, 30 Mar 2018 23:22:04 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/dirk-nowitzki-and-defending-the-stretch-big-r25750/On March 3, 2004, the Minnesota Timberwolves faced Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks. The Wolves entered that game with 43 wins; that’s the same number of wins they will enter Friday night’s matchup, again facing Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks. Sure, things were different back then....25750Fri, 30 Mar 2018 07:00:11 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/328-recap-towns-drops-franchise-record-56-points-as-wolves-defeat-hawks-r25749/Fresh off one of the worst losses of the season, the Timberwolves needed a boost. On Wednesday night against the tanking Atlanta Hawks — who were without top scorers Kent Bazemore and Dennis Schroeder — seemed like the perfect team to jump on in order to achieve that boost. They came in losers of...25749Wed, 28 Mar 2018 23:27:37 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/despite-mondays-loss-timberwolves-still-in-good-playoff-shape-r25747/Monday night’s dispiriting loss to the Memphis Grizzlies looked a lot better in the standings after Tuesday night’s games for the Minnesota Timberwolves. They could have been just one game from dropping out of the playoff positions with seven games to play, but find themselves still well-placed e...25747Wed, 28 Mar 2018 07:00:12 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/tom-thibodeau-says-hes-addressed-overlooking-teams-with-bad-records-r25746/Tom Thibodeau says that he’s talked to his players about overlooking teams like the Memphis Grizzlies, who had lost 23 of 24 games before beating the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday. And yet, the loss moved the Wolves into the No. 8 seed, which if the season ended after that game means they would...25746Tue, 27 Mar 2018 15:32:06 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/326-recap-wolves-fall-to-grizzlies-in-%E2%80%9Cworst-loss%E2%80%9D-of-the-year-r25745/The last time the Memphis Grizzlies won on the road it was in Sacramento and the year was 2017. Monday night, the Grizzlies — who had also lost 23 of their previous 24 total games — broke that three-month road losing streak at Target Center against a Minnesota Timberwolves that was playing for ev...25745Tue, 27 Mar 2018 00:23:56 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/with-the-tanking-teams-coming-to-town-timberwolves-look-to-pounce-r25744/This week is the Timberwolves chance to all but solidify their spot as a Western Conference playoff team. While a three-game win streak won’t mathematically clinch anything, it will get them to 45 wins in a Western Conference where something around 47 or so feels like a “magic number”. And wheth...25744Mon, 26 Mar 2018 12:13:17 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/324-recap-maybe-a-beatdown-from-the-sixers-could-help-the-timberwolves-down-the-stretch-r25742/You know the score is lopsided when Cole Aldrich, Aaron Brooks and Marcus Georges-Hunt get minutes. You know it got completely out of hand when those minutes come at the beginning of the fourth quarter. And you know that the world has been turned upside down when that bench unit nearly brings th...25742Sat, 24 Mar 2018 20:42:20 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/323-recap-wolves-hold-off-knicks-clinch-first-winning-season-since-2004-05-r25741/As the Western Conference playoff race continues to heat up, every team trying to reach the postseason seemingly refuses to lose a game. On Friday night, the Minnesota Timberwolves continued the trend while sitting in the heart of that playoff race. In what turned out to be a back-and-forth cont...25741Fri, 23 Mar 2018 21:40:25 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/what-was-going-on-in-the-world-the-last-time-the-wolves-clinched-a-non-losing-record-r25738/The Timberwolves won their 41st game on Tuesday, making an uncomfortable amount of history in the process. It’s the first time the Timberwolves managed to clinch a non-losing record since April 13, 2005 — the season after the team’s lone run to the Western Conference Finals. That game was a win...25738Wed, 21 Mar 2018 13:48:46 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/320-recap-with-help-from-the-starters-wiggins-comes-to-life-in-win-over-clippers-r25737/In a game the Timberwolves needed — especially with Utah and Oklahoma City losing on the same night — they got it done. The best part? Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns stepped up in the moments their team needed them most on both ends of the floor. Towns and Wiggins finished the game shooti...25737Tue, 20 Mar 2018 23:12:37 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/wolves-trying-to-figure-it-out-as-butler-inches-closer-to-a-return-r25735/As the Timberwolves made their run on the West’s leading Houston Rockets, the bench was as active as it’s ever been. The Wolves were down by as many as 25 points and suddenly were within five. Gorgui Dieng had gotten into a skirmish with one of the NBA’s all-time great point guards. All of this h...25735Tue, 20 Mar 2018 07:00:46 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/318-recap-timberwolves-experience-a-tale-of-two-halves-in-loss-to-rockets-r25733/After one half of basketball on Sunday, it appeared as though the Timberwolves had reached their lowest low. They had given up 77 points to the NBA’s best offense through just 24 minutes. Houston already had four players in double figures and their bench was shooting 11-of-14 from the field. It...25733Sun, 18 Mar 2018 22:49:52 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/317-recap-second-unit-derails-wolves-in-san-antonio-r25732/For the Minnesota Timberwolves, the 2017-18 season had three goals: improve, coalesce, and gain playoff experience. After a 117-101 loss at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs, the latter proposition has become increasingly questionable. The Wolves entered the evening fifth in the Western Conferen...25732Sat, 17 Mar 2018 23:10:06 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/moore-is-a-spurs-y-evolution-necessary-for-the-thibodeau-led-wolves-r25731/Necessity forces innovation in Minnesota. Under Tom Thibodeau, there is a system that has specific roles and only certain players are allowed to play each role. Unless … necessity comes calling. From a rotational standpoint, injuries have been the sole creator of change. At the beginning of the...25731Sat, 17 Mar 2018 07:00:55 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/313-recap-timberwolves-fourth-quarter-in-win-over-wizards-is-a-model-in-how-to-win-without-butler-r25730/With just under 10 minutes left in the third quarter in Washington, it didn’t look like the Timberwolves had enough left in the tank to pull out the comeback. The Washington Wizards had built a 10-point lead, the first double-digit lead of the game for either team. Nemanja Bjelica was cold from t...25730Tue, 13 Mar 2018 22:08:38 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/jimmy-butler-and-john-wall-how-the-timberwolves-and-wizards-have-fared-with-them-out-r25729/The last time the Timberwolves played the Washington Wizards, they had Jimmy Butler, but Washington did not have John Wall. The Wizards won anyway. It was a month into the season and the Wolves still hadn’t quite found an identity. Butler hadn’t yet taken over as the team’s clear-cut alpha dog....25729Tue, 13 Mar 2018 07:00:13 +0000