Minnesota Timberwolves

Timberwolves rally in 4th to beat Clippers 109-97

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/ By BETH HARRISupdated 2:03 a.m. ET Feb. 29, 2012 LOS ANGELES – The first three quarters belonged to the Los Angeles Clippers. In the NBA, though, it's all about what you do in the final quarter and that time belonged to super subs Derrick Williams and Michael Beasley. They each scored 27 points, teaming [...]

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2012 NBA Dunk Contest: Highlights Of Derrick Williams Better With Slow Motion Video

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Derrick Williams kept the Minnesota Timberwolves from sweeping the events they were involved in during NBA All-Star weekend, but the rookie's entry into the 2012 NBA Dunk Contest wasn't all for naught. In fact, when watching highlight videos of Williams' dunks in slow motion, it brings hope for him in future dunk competitions. With Crunch, [...]

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Blake Griffin Will Dunk On Your Face

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By Jeremy Gordon After years of development, the Oklahoma City Thunder are finally NBA frontrunners, worthy of claiming the throne all but abdicated by aging Western Conference mainstays like the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs. The Los Angeles Clippers, on the other hand, are overnight contenders, immediately thrown into the title conversation after [...]

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Malcolm Lee Injury: Timberwolves Rookie Sidelined For Six Weeks

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By Scott Schroeder – Assistant Editor Minnesota Timberwolves rookie Malcolm Lee had surgery on Friday to repair a torn meniscus. The injury is expected to sideline him for six weeks. Dec 30, 2011 – The Minnesota Timberwolves simply can't get their reserves healthy, though the injury to rookie Malcolm Lee is the worst of the [...]

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Lighter Schedule Greets NBA Fans Dec. 27

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The NBA's opening night bonanza on Christmas Day was a smashing success. Television ratings are up from similar games last year. The full schedule began a day later. Not all teams have played their first games yet heading into Dec. 27. Two teams will begin regular season play on a relatively light schedule for the [...]

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NBA Mock Draft: Who Will the Golden State Warriors Take At No 11?

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Now the draft process can officially begin for the Golden State Warriors. They have named their next head coach, a solid assistant coach and hired a basketball legend as an adviser to the team. Things are looking up in Golden State. As for the business at the 11th pick in the 2011 NBA Draft on [...]

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Wolves, fans eager to see Rubio

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MINNEAPOLIS For two years, Ricky Rubio has been little more than a myth for the Minnesota Timberwolves and their success-starved fans. They salivated over grainy YouTube clips of Rubio's fancy passing in European games, nervously read reports that the young Spanish point guard did not want to play in Minnesota and fretted over his paltry [...]

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Martell Webster out indefinitely

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MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Timberwolves guard Martell Webster is out indefinitely while he recovers from back surgery. Webster The Timberwolves made the announcement on Friday, the day they held their media day and first practice of training camp. Webster had a microdiscectomy on Sept. 28 The Wolves say he is being evaluated by the team's medical [...]

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Four of the Professional Sports Teams in the Twin Cities

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People living in Minneapolis, Minnesota have always been sports fans and they have been lucky enough to start having professional sports teams from a very early start with their first team of the Minneapolis Millers in 1884 that sent fifteen of their baseball players to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Following this team was the [...]

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NBA: Looking Ahead

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The battle between the NBA and the NBPA has finally ended . . . kind of. With the players' bold disclaimer of interest, the union dissolved into what is/should now be called the National Basketball Trade Association (NBTA?). Now the negotiation will continue through attorneys (not that it wasn't in the previous incarnation), led by [...]

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Las Vegas Odds & Ends

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The Las Vegas Hilton SuperBook again paces the pack by posting the first lines on over/under season win totals for all NBA teams. The popular SuperBook proposition gives players a chance to wager on how many wins a particular team will have. Defending champ San Antonio and Miami have the highest expectations with 58 1/2 [...]