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Before the Minnesota Timberwolves host the Oklahoma City Thunder Tuesday night, rookie Karl-Anthony Towns will be honored by the NBA for a big month of December. Towns will receive the Western Conference Rookie of the Month award for December.
Dirk Nowitzki scored 29 points, converted a big three-point play and grabbed a key loose ball in the final seconds to lead the Dallas Mavericks over the skidding Minnesota Timberwolves 93-87 on Sunday.
J.R. Smith scored a season-high 27 points and Kevin Love had 20 points, nine rebounds and four assists in his return to Minnesota to help the Cleveland Cavaliers to their sixth straight win, 125-99 over the Timberwolves on Friday night.
Danilo Gallinari had 20 points, seven rebounds and four assists to help the Denver Nuggets snap a six-game losing streak with a 78-74 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night.
The Minnesota Timberwolves announced Tuesday they've changed their time for Sunday's game against the Dallas Mavericks at Target Center. Originally slated for 2:30 p.m., team officials said it has been moved to 4 p.m.
The day after the Minnesota Timberwolves' most embarrassing performance of the season, the reeling group gathered at their practice facility ready to get back to work. Only they didn't practice at all.
Ish Smith had 21 points and 11 assists and Richaun Holmes scored 17 points to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to 109-99 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night.
Minnesota Timberwolves forward/center Karl-Anthony Towns was named the Western Conference Rookie of the Month for December on Monday. Towns is the second player in franchise history to win the award in consecutive months.
Greg Monroe had 19 points and 10 rebounds to help the Milwaukee Bucks overcome O.J. Mayo's wild ejection in a 95-85 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.
Milwaukee Bucks guard O.J. Mayo has been ejected in the first quarter against Minnesota and had to be forcibly removed from the court by assistant coaches.
Andre Drummond had 23 points and 18 rebounds and Reggie Jackson added 19 points and nine assists, leading the Detroit Pistons to a 115-90 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night. Drummond came out with just over three minutes to play, narrowly missing his sixth 20-20 game of the season.
Karl-Anthony Towns had 25 points and 10 rebounds and the Minnesota Timberwolves outlasted the short-handed Utah Jazz in a 94-80 victory on Wednesday night.
The Minnesota Timberwolves' Zach LaVine is a classic combo guard. He is athletic enough that you want him on the floor at some position. Even he is not sure which position that will be every night. "I play point, I play two, I play three, you know, whatever [Coach Sam Mitchell] wants me to go out there and do, you know. I do it, I do the best I can," LaVine said. "Sam be keeping me on my toes, man [laughs]!"
Kawhi Leonard had 17 points and 11 rebounds, Boban Marjanovic also scored 17 and the San Antonio Spurs remained undefeated at home by holding off the tenacious Minnesota Timberwolves 101-95 on Monday night.
Some of the top high school basketball teams both in Minnesota and across the Midwest will be at Target Center on Saturday for the 20th annual Timberwolves Shootout.
