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MINNEAPOLIS — There's a saying in the NBA that whether you win or lose isn't always about who you play, it's when you play them.

DETROIT — Nerlens Noel rejected a shot by Taurean Prince that sparked a Pistons fast break, which set up a fast break led by Bojan Bogdanovic.

MINNEAPOLIS — Two of the players most criticized this season among Timberwolves fans have been Rudy Gobert and D'Angelo Russell.

Minnesota made the splashiest move of the offseason after acquiring Rudy Gobert, but the team has struggled as we approach the midpoint of the season.

Not that the Timberwolves are agents of chaos, but in the past two years they've gone through three primary basketball bosses, two head coaches, an ownership transition, the NBA's most shocking trade and a 2022-2023 season that has called into question their ability at every level of the organization.

MINNEAPOLIS —The Timberwolves wanted to show that their effort in Monday's win against Denver wasn't just a blip. Wednesday's matchup against Portland represented a chance for the Wolves to begin stacking victories after dropping six straight prior to Monday.

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.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Pistons, searching for consistency and a rare back-to-back win, had the tall task of facing the Portland Trail Blazers in their first game of the new year.

MINNEAPOLIS — The Nuggets were the last team the struggling Timberwolves wanted to see on their schedule following their lowest moment of the season, a moment that caused a team meeting after Saturday's loss to Detroit.