Minnesota (25-14) entered Saturday’s affair with the fifth-best defense in the NBA, but Cleveland’s spacing and shooting gave the Wolves fits last season, and the Cavaliers (22-18) do seem to be slowly creeping toward the level of play that earned them the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs a season ago.

Don’t look now, and definitely don’t tell anyone on the team, but the Minnesota Timberwolves are back in the mix and only two games out of second place in If the Wolves keep playing how they have since Thanksgiving,

MINNEAPOLIS(AP) — Anthony Edwards scored 32 points to became Minnesota's all-time leader in games with 30 or more points, Julius Randle added 22 points, 12 assists and six rebounds, and the Timberwolves pulled away from the San Antonio Spurs in the ...

Donovan Mitchell scored 28 points and dished out eight assists and Jarrett Allen had 16 points and 11 rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers pulled away for a 146-134 victory over the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday afternoon.

The Wolves, Spurs, Lakers, Nuggets, and Rockets are battling for the second, third, and fourth seeds in the West.