https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/page/33/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/124-recap-timberwolves-fall-to-struggling-grizzlies-in-second-game-of-back-to-back-r25528/A quarter of the way through the NBA season, the Memphis Grizzlies have struggled. In the midst of an 11-game losing streak, being short-handed due to injuries and seeing a shift in coaching personnel following the firing of David Fizdale, the Grizzlies hadn’t won a game in nearly a month, dating...25528Mon, 04 Dec 2017 22:06:01 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/lindsay-whalen-joins-fs-north-timberwolves-broadcast-team-r25526/The Lynx might be in their offseason, but Lindsay Whalen still wants her hoops fix. Fox Sports North announced Tuesday that the All-Star and four-time WNBA champion is joining the Timberwolves broadcast crew. She’ll join Dave Benz and Jim Petersen on the sideline for eight games this season, a r...25526Mon, 04 Dec 2017 16:24:20 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/123-recap-butler-unsatisfied-after-timberwolves-edge-clippers-112-106-r25523/It was anything but pretty, but they’ll take it. Most of them. “You can’t take no team lightly,” Karl-Anthony Towns said after his Timberwolves narrowly defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 112-106. “We came in with a great game plan, we came in with a fresh mind. We were ready to play.” https://ww...25523Sun, 03 Dec 2017 22:07:05 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/123-pregame-timberwolves-begin-winnable-stretch-with-contest-against-clippers-r25521/Over the next seven games, the Minnesota Timberwolves play against six teams with losing records. They start this stretch Sunday night against the Los Angeles Clippers. Starting off the season 4-0 – albeit against less-than-stellar opponents – it looked as though the Clippers were going to be oka...25521Sun, 03 Dec 2017 11:55:43 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/timberwolves-assign-justin-patton-to-g-league-affiliate-iowa-wolves-r25520/It might be nearly time to see the Timberwolves’ lone rookie in action. It just won’t be in Minnesota right away. The Timberwolves announced today that Justin Patton, a first-round pick in the 2017 draft, was sent down to the Iowa Wolves, the team’s new G League affiliate. Patton has yet to play...25520Sun, 03 Dec 2017 10:23:46 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/121-recap-the-thunders-personnel-gives-the-timberwolves-problems-win-111-107-r25519/Score-first point guards, hulking pick-and-roll big men, and playmaking power forwards have proven to be the three most likely things to puncture the Minnesota Timberwolves defensive shield in 2017. With the league’s 25th-best defense, the Wolves shield has not been weaponized this season. Instea...25519Sat, 02 Dec 2017 00:03:14 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/rumors-timberwolves-among-teams-interested-in-deandre-jordan-r25518/The Timberwolves are among four teams reportedly interested in trading for Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan, according to The Racine Journal’s Gery Woelfel. According to Woelfel, the Raptors, Bucks, and Wizards are also interested. With the Clippers seemingly out of playoff contention,...25518Fri, 01 Dec 2017 18:01:05 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/1129-recap-anthony-davis-sees-red-timberwolves-find-victory-in-new-orleans-r25514/The Minnesota Timberwolves had many reasons to struggle with Wednesday evening’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans. They had lost in a difficult game the previous night back in Minnesota, in which the starting lineup played heavy minutes. The home and away back-to-back matchup with a New Orle...25514Wed, 29 Nov 2017 23:36:05 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/1129-preview-timberwolves-return-to-new-orleans-to-rediscover-success-r25512/After a heartbreaker to end the homestand in Minneapolis, the Timberwolves are back on the road. Their two-game road trip begins Wednesday, as they face the Pelicans to complete their back-to-back set. These two teams faced off on Nov. 1, also in New Orleans, and it had its fair share of firework...25512Wed, 29 Nov 2017 13:34:59 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/1128-recap-ball-movement-disappears-as-wolves-lose-lead-game-to-wizards-r25511/After the Wolves fell 92-89 to the Wizards on Tuesday, all Tom Thibodeau wanted to do was look at the film. And after a 20-9 run to end the fourth quarter that went in favor of the visiting Wizards, the Timberwolves’ attempt to start their most recent back-to-back was ruined in the final moments...25511Tue, 28 Nov 2017 22:54:43 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/1128-preview-timberwolves-work-through-injuries-in-preparation-for-wizards-r25509/The Minnesota Timberwolves have played their past two games without their starting point guard, Jeff Teague. Similarly, the Washington Wizards have also been void of their lead ball-handler. All-Star John Wall has missed the past four Wizards games, and did not travel with the team to Minneapolis...25509Tue, 28 Nov 2017 13:58:48 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/1126-recap-starters-lead-timberwolves-to-119-108-win-over-suns-r25505/This was one they needed. After a bad stretch defensively spanning four games, the Timberwolves looked more like a playoff-bound team Sunday against the Phoenix Suns. The Wolves starters made up 103 of the 119 points scored Sunday; a necessary number when looking at the plus-minus of the bench c...25505Sun, 26 Nov 2017 18:21:54 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/1124-recap-heat-hold-towns-scoreless-in-1st-half-hit-19-3s-beat-timberwolves-109-97-r25502/On a night when the Minnesota Timberwolves could have blamed injuries to Jeff Teague and Nemanja Bjelica — their starting point guard and a key reserve — for their 109-97 loss to the Miami Heat, they offered no excuses, choosing instead to blame their own defensive shortcomings for the loss. “We’...25502Fri, 24 Nov 2017 23:43:48 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/1124-pregame-unsatisfied-timberwolves-looking-for-convincing-win-against-heat-r25500/Although they notched a win over the on Wednesday, nobody on the Timberwolves side seemed particularly happy with the effort. After a 38-18 third quarter victory over the Orlando Magic, they allowed a 19-1 run to open the fourth quarter and nearly blew the game as a result. Fourth quarters have...25500Fri, 24 Nov 2017 13:06:51 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/1122-recap-despite-bad-fourth-quarter-timberwolves-outlast-magic-124-118-r25498/Jeff Teague was hoping he wouldn’t have to go back in. After a 41-18 third quarter, the Timberwolves were up 106-80 and seemed to have the game all but put away. As the entire starting unit headed to the bench, it seemed as though the game was safely in hand. But the Timberwolves, the team with...25498Wed, 22 Nov 2017 23:05:35 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/1122-preview-timberwolves-finally-home-look-for-bounce-back-win-over-magic-r25495/Finally, the Timberwolves are home. After a 17-game start to the season where the Wolves would only play at home on back-to-back occasions once, a badly-needed four-game homestand starts Wednesday night against the 8-9 Orlando Magic. To put this neverending road trip into context, Timberwolves p...25495Wed, 22 Nov 2017 14:50:12 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/1120-recap-late-struggles-once-again-haunt-timberwolves-in-loss-to-hornets-r25493/A night after the Minnesota Timberwolves suffered a late-game collapse in a loss to the Detroit Pistons at Target Center, they hit the road to take on a struggling Charlotte Hornets team in hopes of getting things back on track. Instead, the Wolves ran into much of the same on Monday night in the...25493Mon, 20 Nov 2017 21:04:51 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/karl-anthony-towns-wins-western-conference-player-of-the-week-r25490/The NBA announced Monday that Karl-Anthony Towns won the Western Conference’s Player of the Week for the fifth week of the 2017-18 NBA season. https://twitter.com/NBA/status/932700256030089222 Towns averaged 20.3 points, 12.3 rebounds and shot .526 from 3-point land. More importantly, the Timber...25490Mon, 20 Nov 2017 15:17:01 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/1119-recap-timberwolves-collapse-in-fourth-quarter-lose-to-pistons-100-97-r25488/The Minnesota Timberwolves had an 11-point lead over the Detroit Pistons entering the fourth quarter, but Detroit outscored the Wolves 27-13 in the final 9:57 and won 100-97. Jimmy Butler missed a third free throw to tie the game at 98, as well as a buzzer-beater that he had a clear look at but r...25488Sun, 19 Nov 2017 22:09:29 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/1117-recap-timberwolves-come-back-versus-mavericks-win-third-straight-r25486/In Dallas, top-of-the-key 3-pointers by 6-foot-10 foreign-born power forwards are a common occurrence. It’s rare that foreigner is not Dirk Nowitzki. On Friday, it was Nemanja Bjelica. With 7:37 left in the fourth quarter of Friday’s game that pinned the home Dallas Mavericks against the visitin...25486Fri, 17 Nov 2017 23:44:40 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/1117-preview-timberwolves-dont-have-luxury-of-taking-it-easy-against-mavericks-r25484/The last time the Timberwolves faced the Mavericks, the Wolves looked like they were on top of the world. The 13-point win brought them to 6-3 on the season, and following a next-day double-digit win against the Hornets, it felt like the Timberwolves had figured out how to win. Even after a somew...25484Fri, 17 Nov 2017 11:56:17 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/1115-recap-timberwolves-close-out-in-fourth-end-losing-streak-against-spurs-r25482/Even against a team they have only beaten once dating back to 2013, the Timberwolves played Wednesday’s game like a losing streak never existed. Sound defense and a strong bench showing gave the Timberwolves a 98-86 victory over the San Antonio Spurs, a team they had previously only defeated once...25482Wed, 15 Nov 2017 22:56:54 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/1115-preview-what-the-timberwolves-can-learn-from-their-season-opening-loss-to-the-spurs-r25481/After the Timberwolves’ season opener concluded in San Antonio on Oct. 18, the level of fan optimism wasn’t high. Definitely not as high as it ended up being a month later. Of course, the opening game of an NBA season brings a slew of emotions, some of which can be irrational. The hopes of a newl...25481Wed, 15 Nov 2017 11:51:57 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/1113-recap-timberwolves-get-back-on-track-in-road-win-over-jazz-r25479/This was a game they needed. After a pair of bad losses – one expected against Golden State, and one unacceptable against Phoenix – the Timberwolves looked focused and ready on both ends of the floor, as their 109-98 win over the Utah Jazz felt like a complete win. Mostly, anyway. The entire st...25479Mon, 13 Nov 2017 23:21:32 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/top-10-weekly-nba-tidbits-rockets-the-team-to-beat-the-warriors-r25477/The Minnesota Timberwolves seem to be coming back to earth, the Cleveland Cavaliers continue to struggle and The Beard is still making 3s — lots of them. Here are the top storylines in the NBA, along with who and what to watch this week: Upcoming Timberwolves Games: Nov. 13 – @ Utah Nov. 15 –...25477Mon, 13 Nov 2017 08:30:00 +0000