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Towns relishes an enjoyable return to Minnesota, from the roar of the crowd to a blowout win • Dec. 20, 2024, 1:41 AM ET (AP)
Timberwolves beat Lakers without LeBron James 97-87 with another defensive showing • Dec. 14, 2024, 7:55 AM ET (AP)
LeBron James ruled out of Lakers' game at Minnesota on Friday with foot soreness • Dec. 12, 2024, 6:31 PM ET (AP)
LeBron's jumper is off, and the Lakers are struggling on offense • Dec. 3, 2024, 12:11 AM ET (AP)

Minnesota Timberwolves, American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that plays in the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Timberwolves began play in 1989 as an expansion team alongside the Eastern Conference’s Orlando Magic. As a new team, the “T-Wolves” unsurprisingly struggled in their initial years in the league, winning no more than 29 games in any of their first seven seasons. In 1995 the Timberwolves’ vice president of basketball operations, former Boston Celtics star Kevin McHale, a Minnesota native, drafted teenage forward Kevin Garnett straight out of high school. Garnett soon led the team to ...(100 of 621 words)

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