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NBA Mock Draft Roundup: Who Will Wolves Take at No. 28?
Now that the Minnesota Timberwolves are officially in offseason mode, it’s time to look at potential prospects they could take with the No. 28 overall pick. It’s a deep draft, so it’s very possible that the Wolves could end up with a valuable piece to the puzzle even with a late first-round pick. We scoured […]
An Open Letter to My Fandom
Dear Leo, Is it time for you to retire from watching Minnesota Timberwolves games? All too many times this season, your wife has seen you keel over in pain after the final buzzer sounds in a Wolves game. You collapse to your knees and your forehead plops down to the carpet. You let out a […]
Lynx Weekly: Up-and-Down Start
Welcome to the first edition of Lynx Weekly! Our new Lynx Weekly series will be published each week, looking back at the week that was for the Lynx and providing some notes, analysis and more on what we saw from Minnesota that week. This format will replace our traditional recaps published after each game, but we […]
The Timberwolves Never Gave Themselves a Chance
In Game 6 of their Western Conference Semifinals series against the San Antonio Spurs, the Minnesota Timberwolves season came to a thudding end as they were blown out for a third time in the series, 139-109. In retrospect, the Timberwolves were likely dead on arrival coming into the series. The Spurs showed they were the […]
Spurs, 139, Timberwolves 109: That’s All Folks
And just like that, it’s over. The Minnesota Timberwolves came into Game 6 of their Western Conference Semifinal series against the San Antonio Spurs to replicate their series from two years ago against the Denver Nuggets and force Game 7. Instead, they repeated a different kind of history. For the third straight year, the Timberwolves’ […]
Fraternizing with the Enemy: A Premature Closing Conversation with Pounding the Rock’s JR Wilco
I am joined by Pounding the Rock’s (our Spurs sister site) JR Wilco for yet another parlay about the series as it continues. With the Spurs now up 3-2, on the verge of closing out a competitive second round matchup, much of our conversation shifted to if this series is about to end, or if […]
Game 6 Preview: Timberwolves vs. Spurs
Minnesota Timberwolves vs. San Antonio SpursDate: May 15th, 2026Time: 8:30 PM CDTLocation: Target CenterTelevision Coverage: Prime Video The Minnesota Timberwolves are out of runway. After dropping Game 5 in San Antonio in embarrassing fashion, the Wolves now find themselves down 3-2, wounded, staring at elimination, and trying to convince themselves that the season still has […]
Anthony Edwards, Timberwolves ‘Not Worried’ After Game 5 Loss
The Minnesota Timberwolves are on the brink of elimination after a 126-97 loss to the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of their Western Conference semifinal series at the Frost Bank Center. The Wolves now trail 3-2 in the series and have lost their second game of the series by over 25 points. Some teams […]
Spurs 126, Timberwolves 97: Minnesota Lets Go of the Rope
The Minnesota Timberwolves entered Game 5 in San Antonio with a chance to retake control of their Western Conference Semifinals series. A win would have snatched back home-court advantage, put the Spurs on the brink of elimination, and set up a Friday night closeout opportunity at Target Center. Unfortunately, none of that happened. Instead, Minnesota […]
Game 5 Preview: Timberwolves at Spurs
Minnesota Timberwolves at San Antonio SpursDate: May 12th, 2026Time: 7:00 PM CDTLocation: Frost Bank CenterTelevision Coverage: NBC, Peacock After four games of chaos, blood pressure spikes, blown opportunities, sudden reversals, superstar theater, and at least one officiating decision that will be discussed in San Antonio like it was the Zapruder film, the Minnesota Timberwolves and […]
Game 4 Was Classic Minnesota Timberwolves Basketball
Game 4 was a must-win for the Minnesota Timberwolves. That was true coming into the night with the Wolves down 2-1 in the series, and certainly became true after Victor Wembanyama launched an elbow at the neck of Naz Reid and ejected the San Antonio Spurs’ best player from the game with a Flagrant Two […]
Vegas is Disrepecting the Timberwolves at Their Own Peril
The disrespect continues for the Minnesota Timberwolves. After the Timberwolves clawed back to even their Western Conference Semifinals series against the San Antonio Spurs at two games apiece, the latest NBA title odds dropped, and Minnesota somehow ended up with the longest odds of any remotely viable contender left standing. I’m excluding the Lakers who […]
Timberwolves 114, Spurs 109: They Never Make it Easy, Do They?
What did Sunday night’s Game 5 win take for the Minnesota Timberwolves? “Some heart,” Rudy Gobert said to the Target Center crowd after the madness had ended. Where do we even start? Perhaps the part where this should have been less close than it ended up as, with a sharp elbow to the face? With […]
Fraternizing with the Enemy: A Deeply Pessimistic Conversation with Pounding the Rock’s JR Wilco
You know the drill, this is part four of our “Fraternizing with the Enemy” Series with our Spurs sister site, Pounding the Rock. I am joined by the ever-encouraging JR Wilco to discuss the things we saw in Game 3’s close loss and to set expectations for a critical Game 4 after back to back […]
Game 4 Preview: Timberwolves vs. Spurs
Minnesota Timberwolves vs. San Antonio SpursDate: May 10th, 2026Time: 6:30 PM CDTLocation: Target CenterTelevision Coverage: NBC, Peacock On Friday night, the Minnesota Timberwolves entered Target Center entrenched in a tug-of-war with the San Antonio Spurs. With a victory, they could seize control of the Western Conference Semifinals, wash away the stench of that Game 2 […]
Dream 91, Lynx 90: Starting With a Heartbreaker
The 30th WNBA season is upon us, and the Minnesota Lynx officially got their season underway on Saturday night at Target Center. Minnesota welcomed in the Atlanta Dream for the season opener in Minneapolis, a matchup between two teams with some new key faces on the roster this season. In the end, it was a […]
Spurs 115, Timberwolves 108: Back to Reality
It was always going to be an uphill battle for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Game 3 between the Timberwolves and the San Antonio Spurs got off to a weird start at Target Center. Minnesota had an incredibly difficult time putting the ball in the basket, missing its first 12 shots and committing four turnovers, going down […]
Fraternizing with the Enemy: A More Humble Conversation with Pounding the Rock’s JR Wilco
While Game 2 did not go the way any Wolves fans would want, it’s still an opportunity to reload and reflect. Canis’ Thilo Widder is joined by our Spurs’ sister site Pounding the Rock EIC JR Wilco to discuss what could change in a pivotal Game 3 return to Minnesota. Thilo Widder Okay, maybe I […]
Canis Hoopus Roundtable: 2026 Minnesota Lynx Season Predictions
In case the near WNBA lockout lost you for a bit, the Minnesota Lynx season is right around the corner! The historic Collective Bargaining Agreement they reached was a huge milestone for the state of women’s sports, let alone women’s basketball. However, with the new changes and salary cap numbers, that meant some teams were […]
Game 3 Preview: Timberwolves vs. Spurs
Minnesota Timberwolves vs. San Antonio SpursDate: May 8th, 2026Time: 8:30 PM CDTLocation: Target CenterTelevision Coverage: ESPN Wolves-Spurs Game 3 Preview: Bury the Blowout, Protect the Den The Timberwolves had a chance to put this series in a vice grip. That’s what Game 2 could have been. Steal another one in San Antonio, fly back to […]
Spurs 133, Timberwolves 95: Rodeo Ruination
The Minnesota Timberwolves came into Wednesday night’s Game 2 of their Western Conference Semifinals series against the San Antonio Spurs with a chance to get greedy. After taking Game 1 104-102, the Wolves had the opportunity to take a commanding 2-0 series lead before even playing a game at Target Center. Instead, the Timberwolves never […]
Fraternizing with the Enemy: A Slightly Bragadocious Conversation with Pounding the Rock’s JR Wilco
A day after the Minnesota Timberwolves upset the San Antonio Spurs in Game 1 of their second-round matchup, I got a follow-up text from JR Wilco at Pounding the Rock — our Spurs sister site — asking if I wanted to have another one of these conversations about what we’re seeing within our own teams […]
Game 2 Preview: Timberwolves at Spurs
Minnesota Timberwolves at San Antonio SpursDate: May 6th, 2026Time: 8:30 PM CDTLocation: Frost Bank CenterTelevision Coverage: ESPN Game 1 was not pretty. It was not elegant. It was not the kind of series opener that ends with everyone breathlessly talking about offensive genius or some masterclass in modern basketball. No, this was a rock fight. […]
The Series-Defining Chess Match Between the Timberwolves and Victor Wembanyama
In Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals series between the Minnesota Timberwolves and San Antonio Spurs, Victor Wembanyama showed why he was awarded the 2026 Defensive Player of the Year and seems poised to win the award for years to come. Wembanyama blocked an incredible 12 Timberwolves shots in the series-opening game, an NBA […]
Timberwolves 104, Spurs 102: Sam Cassell, Start Your Dancing
The good thing about a defensive battle is that it provides some incredibly compelling basketball, where every shot must be earned, and every make has been fought for. The bad thing about a defensive battle is that sometimes no one makes a shot for five minutes at a time, and you can feel the life […]
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