The Minnesota Timberwolves will make hiring a new president of basketball operations their first offseason priority. The Timberwolves announced Wednesday before their final game of the season in Denver they will start an immediate search for a front office leader, with the fates of general manager Scott Layden and interim head coach Ryan Saunders yet […]

Nikola Jokic has played only 16 minutes over the last two games in the hope he will be fresh for the Denver Nuggets’ first playoff appearance in six years. The strategy might have paid off in a big way, thanks to some help from the Oklahoma City Thunder. Oklahoma City rallied to beat Houston on […]

RAPTORS 120, TIMBERWOLVES 100 Kawhi Leonard scored 20 points and Toronto closed its regular season with a win over Minnesota. Fred VanVleet scored 16 points, and Chris Boucher had a career-high 15 points and 13 rebounds off the bench for the Raptors, who finished the regular season at 58-24. Andrew Wiggins and Gorgui Dieng each […]

The playoff-bound Toronto Raptors will complete their regular season Tuesday night by visiting the Minnesota Timberwolves, who will miss the postseason. The Raptors finished their regular-season home schedule Sunday with a 117-109 overtime victory over the desperate Miami Heat, who were trying to maintain their playoff hopes. The Timberwolves defeated the Heat last week. Danny […]

THUNDER 132, TIMBERWOLVES 126 Russell Westbrook had 27 points, 10 rebounds and 15 assists to help Oklahoma City remain a half-game ahead of San Antonio for seventh place in the Western Conference. Paul George also scored 27 points and Dennis Schroder had 14 of his 21 in the fourth quarter for the Thunder. Karl-Anthony Towns […]

The Miami Heat, who have slipped to ninth place — a half-game out of the final playoff position in the Eastern Conference — will play an important road game on Friday night at the Minnesota Timberwolves. Miami lost at home on Wednesday, 112-102, to the Boston Celtics. The Heat were led by Dion Waiters (21 […]

TIMBERWOLVES 110, MAVERICKS 108 Karl-Anthony Towns had 28 points and 13 rebounds, Andrew Wiggins hit the go-ahead bucket in the final minute and the Minnesota Timberwolves turned back a fourth-quarter rally by the Mavericks. Dallas rookie sensation Luka Doncic scored 27 points, but passed up a potential winning 3-pointer on another cold night from long […]

TRAIL BLAZERS 132, TIMBERWOLVES 122 Evan Turner had 13 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists off the bench, and Portland moved into a tie for third place in the Western Conference with a victory over Minnesota. Rodney Hood led Portland with 21 points. Enes Kanter added 20 points and 11 rebounds for the Blazers, who […]

The Portland Trail Blazers still have much to play for this season. The Minnesota Timberwolves? Not so much. The Trail Blazers (48-28) come to Minneapolis Monday night to face the Timberwolves in the final stop on a four-game road trip. Portland has won nine of its last 11 contests, but has fallen behind Houston (49-28) […]

Danilo Gallinari scored 25 points and the Los Angeles Clippers clinched a playoff spot Tuesday night with a 122-111 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Coach Doc Rivers’ club is back in the postseason after falling short last year. Los Angeles finished 42-40 last season, missing the playoffs after making it six straight years – four […]