On today’s show, Ryan Eichten and Leo Sun discuss the Minnesota Timberwolves’ five-game winning streak going up in flames in a disappointing 109-106 loss to the Phoenix Suns. — Monday’s game against the Suns was the sixth straight game where the Wolves’ defense struggled greatly in the first half. In the previous five, the Wolves were […]
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Did someone say another inferior opponent on paper descending into Target Center to play the Minnesota Timberwolves? Just me? While playing great basketball so far this season and well above expectations, the Phoenix Suns came into Monday night playing two games in eight days. 1.75 of those games were without Devin Booker, and their obligation […]
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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Phoenix SunsDate: December 8th, 2025Time: 6:30 PM CSTLocation: Target CenterTelevision Coverage: Peacock, FanDuel Sports Network – NorthRadio Coverage: Wolves App, iHeart Radio There are Timberwolves games you circle on the calendar because of the stakes. There are Timberwolves games you circle because of trauma. And then there’s this one, when both circles […]
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The Minnesota Timberwolves are 15-8 as we’ve eclipsed the second quarter of the season. Our 34 voters chimed in with their grades and thoughts! Welcome to… Canis Pulsus Vol. 45 – Quarterly Report 1 (‘25-’26) (Note: Canis Pulsus Vol. 45 data was collected through 12/5 before the Los Angeles Clippers game) Anthony Edwards A- (47.1%) […]
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Well, we’ve seen that before. On Saturday night in downtown Minneapolis, the Minnesota Timberwolves took on the Los Angeles Clippers, who have had a brutal start to their season. They came into the matchup with the third-worst record in the Western Conference at 6-17 record and recently sent home franchise legend Chris Paul as they […]
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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Los Angeles ClippersDate: December 6th, 2025Time: 7:00 PM CSTLocation: Target CenterTelevision Coverage: FanDuel Sports Network – NorthRadio Coverage: Wolves App, iHeart Radio There’s a very specific kind of Timberwolves optimism that should probably come with a warning label. On one hand: four-game winning streak, baby! After that brutal three-game skid to Phoenix, […]
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The first thing you notice on the broadcast camera view of this game was not the opposing city edition jerseys. It was not the injury report turned Graecian scroll that prompted the 15th different starting lineup for the New Orleans Pelicans. It was not even the ghost of an overtime thriller. It was the sheer […]
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You see that cover image? The one ever so slightly above that title, made with David Byrnesian inspiration to be as weird as possible with the color scheme of a New Order music video? It wasn’t made for this article. It wasn’t even made this week, or this month, or this year. It was made […]
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Minnesota Timberwolves at New Orleans PelicansDate: December 4th, 2025Time: 7:00 PM CSTLocation: Smoothie King CenterTelevision Coverage: FanDuel Sports Network – NorthRadio Coverage: Wolves App, iHeart Radio The Wolves Escape Disaster in the Big Easy. Now They’d Better Learn From It. A two-game trip to New Orleans looked like the NBA’s version of picking up two […]
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What a wild first quarter of the season its been. Some would say there’s been more ups and downs than the 2024-25 season. Surely, the fans are exhausted, but they’ll always be here. As long as they’re here, we need to hear from them. Let’s hear you again! Welcome to Canis Pulsus Vol. 45! For […]
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The Minnesota Timberwolves bounced back during their home back-to-back with wins against the Boston Celtics and San Antonio Spurs. After a gust of wind hit their sails in the form of those two wins, which included some of the prettiest basketball they’ve played all season in the 4th quarter against the Spurs, they travel to […]
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Minnesota Timberwolves at New Orleans PelicansDate: December 2nd, 2025Time: 7:00 PM CSTLocation: Smoothie King CenterTelevision Coverage: FanDuel Sports Network – NorthRadio Coverage: Wolves App, iHeart Radio The Wolves Head to Bourbon Street: Time to Act Like Contenders Fresh off their back-to-back home victories against plus-.500 teams, the Minnesota Timberwolves now take a mini-road swing down […]
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On today’s show, Ryan Eichten and Leo Sun break down the Minnesota Timberwolves winning two games in as many nights on Thanksgiving weekend, as well as trying to figure out what’s going so wrong for this team late in close games. — The Timberwolves beat the San Antonio Spurs 125-112, outscoring them by 17 points in […]
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You hit 20 games in an NBA season and you lose the right to say “it’s early.” The quarter mark is the unofficial line of demarcation. That’s exactly where we stand with the Minnesota Timberwolves, who are 12–8 after 20 games, sitting on a record that looks decent on paper and weird as hell once […]
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Coming into this weekend, it felt like the Minnesota Timberwolves were in a precarious spot. They had lost their previous three games, two of which in disastrous fashion, were sitting in seventh place in the Western Conference standings, and still hadn’t defeated a team with a winning record with two straight nights against winning teams […]
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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. San Antonio SpursDate: November 30th, 2025Time: 6:00 PM CSTLocation: Target CenterTelevision Coverage: FanDuel Sports Network – NorthRadio Coverage: KFAN FM, Wolves App, iHeart Radio When my two sons were born, I made a conscious decision not to force Timberwolves fandom onto them. That wasn’t altruism. It was basic parental responsibility. Making a […]
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The Minnesota Lynx aren’t in season. The Minnesota Timberwolves aren’t playing like they’re in season. But you know who is? The Iowa Wolves. In a new installment here at Canis Hoopus, I’ll be provided monthly updates about the Iowa Wolves. How is the season going? How are the two-way players developing? Are there any Ajay […]
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It has been a roller coaster past week for the Minnesota Timberwolves. After losing three straight, including two utter late-game collapses against the Phoenix Suns and Sacramento Kings, the Wolves needed the Thanksgiving break as much as anyone. The losses brought the Wolves’ record against teams with an above .500 record to 0-7. On Saturday […]
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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Boston CelticsDate: November 29th, 2025Time: 4:00 PM CSTLocation: Target CenterTelevision Coverage: FanDuel Sports Network – North, NBA TVRadio Coverage: Wolves App, iHeart Radio If you had told me a week ago that the Timberwolves would come home from their three-game road swing at 10–8, I would have assumed the team acquired a […]
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I’m not typically one to celebrate “Thanksgiving” in the traditional sense. Don’t get me wrong. I’m more than happy to enjoy time off from work and be around loved ones. However, I prefer to acknowledge the “checkered history” (generously speaking) and real origins of Thanksgiving. It’s a part of America’s very real history. That said, […]
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The Minnesota Timberwolves, after two of the worst losses of the season and in recent memory, take on the kings of the league in the Oklahoma City Thunder, in a Thanksgiving Eve nationally televised matchup. After the two back-to-back meltdowns against the Phoenix Suns and Sacramento Kings, things don’t get any easier for Anthony Edwards […]
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The Minnesota Timberwolves have blown two straight games. The first, they led by eight points with a minute left. The second, they led by ten with three minutes left. Andrew Carlson joins Ryan Eichten to try and figure out where the Timberwolves go from here. — In their past five games, the Timberwolves rank 27th in […]
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Minnesota Timberwolves at Oklahoma City ThunderDate: November 26th, 2025Time: 6:30 PM CSTLocation: Paycom CenterTelevision Coverage: ESPNRadio Coverage: KFAN FM, Wolves App, iHeart Radio There are collapse losses, and then there are Timberwolves collapse losses. These are the kind of defeats you can show to a psychologist and they’ll diagnose them as collective trauma. What we […]
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Game Story Former Canis Hoopus contributors Cooper Carlson and Jake Paynting said on their most recent podcast episode of “World Wide Wolves” that the Minnesota Timberwolves loss to the Phoenix Suns on Friday was one of the worst regular season losses of all-time. The mathematical improbability of that loss backs that claim up. Was a […]
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Minnesota Timberwolves at Sacramento KingsDate: November 24th, 2025Time: 9:00 PM CSTLocation: Golden 1 CenterTelevision Coverage: FanDuel Sports Network – NorthRadio Coverage: KFAN FM, Wolves App, iHeart Radio There are losses… and then there are Wolves losses. Friday night in Phoenix? That wasn’t just a loss, that was a textbook Timberwolves Greek tragedy, a masterclass in […]
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