All gas, no breaks. That's the mentality for the Timberwolves and Nuggets as they prepare to face each other in the NBA playoffs for the third time in four years.
Locked into the No. 6 seed, the Minnesota Timberwolves still don't know who they'll face in the first round of the playoffs, which begin Saturday, April 18.
A woeful second half led to the Timberwolves losing at home to the Charlotte Hornets by a score of 122-108 on Sunday night at Target Center in Minneapolis.
If Minnesota sees Dosunmu as a starting point guard, they're going to have to pay him like one this summer. The 26-year-old will be an unrestricted free agent in July, and there's no question that he'll have a big market.
Home-court advantage would be nice, but health matters more than anything — and is finishing sixth more beneficial than the 4 or 5 due to the OKC factor?
Monday night was a perfect night for the Timberwolves. While they were resting after winning Sunday in Boston, the Los Angeles Lakers had their nine-game win streak snapped, and the Houston Rockets lost a pivotal game to the Chicago Bulls.
The league is reportedly set to vote on expansion next week. That has rekindled a long-running debate over which team makes the most sense to jump to the East.
Don't look now, but the Timberwolves are 13-12 in their last 25 games, and their newest calamity occurred Wednesday night when they gave up 153 points in a loss to the Clippers.