Inside the NBA numbers: A look at the season’s stats
Scoring was up in the NBA this season, to a level not seen in more than a half-century. NBA teams averaged 114.7 points per game. That’s the ninth-highest figure in […]
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Play-in tournament starts Tuesday, giving 8 teams new life
MIAMI (AP) — Getting to the play-in tournament probably wasn’t the goal of any team when training camps opened back in September. It does, however, beat the alternative. There are […]
The field is set: After Gobert fight, Timberwolves at Lakers in play-in game
Golden State is in the playoffs. LeBron James is heading to the play-in tournament. And the Minnesota Timberwolves lost Rudy Gobert to a fight with a teammate, then won a […]
Conley’s maturity, experience led T-wolves to Russell trade
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three years after the Minnesota Timberwolves acquired D’Angelo Russell for what then was their dream pairing with Karl-Anthony Towns, they traded him for a much older point […]
AP source: Lakers get Russell from T-wolves, who get Conley; Westbrook headed to Utah
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers are trading Russell Westbrook to Utah and reacquiring guard D’Angelo Russell from Minnesota in a three-team, eight-player deal, a person with knowledge […]
Gobert’s replacement, Kessler, has 20 points, 21 rebounds for Jazz over T-Wolves
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Walker Kessler had career-highs of 20 points and 21 rebounds, Jordan Clarkson added 21 points and the Utah Jazz rallied from a 10-point deficit in the fourth […]
Minnesota visits Milwaukee following Antetokounmpo’s 45-point game
Minnesota Timberwolves (16-19, 11th in the Western Conference) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (22-12, third in the Eastern Conference) LISTEN: The Bucks host the Timberwolves, beginning on WKTY at 6:30 p.m. Friday. […]
NBA ’22-23: 10 things to know about the upcoming season
Nikola Jokic is about to start his chase toward something that hasn’t been done in nearly 40 years. A player winning back-to-back NBA MVP awards is rare, something that’s happened […]
Timberwolves think big with Towns-Gobert tandem
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After reacquainting themselves with the playoffs last season, the Minnesota Timberwolves ramped up the rare energy around them by acquiring three-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year […]
Minnesota’s Towns says he’s just been cleared to walk after illness, hospitalization
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns has returned to the court for practice with the Minnesota Timberwolves, after a delayed start to training camp due to an unspecified illness that […]