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DETROIT — The Pistons were able to use their small lineup to their advantage on Wednesday night against Rudy Gobert and the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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MINNEAPOLIS — As a Timberwolves season-ticket holder, Sabrina Hiller attended a meet-and-greet with the team's players in December. The St. Paul native, like a lot of Wolves fans, gravitated toward Anthony Edwards as a favorite player because of his charisma and star potential on the court.

The last time the Timberwolves beat the Celtics in Boston, March 2005, a good portion of the team was just starting to dominate its grade school basketball circuits.

MINNEAPOLIS — The last time Dallas star Luka Doncic was on the Target Center floor he was hounded and harassed, relatively ineffective and incensed.

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis Lakers departed for Los Angeles after the 1960 season. The Twins and the Vikings arrived in 1961, then came the North Stars in the fall of 1967.