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Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers meet the Minnesota Timberwolves .

The Timberwolves' 10-game losing streak has not led to second thoughts from team president of basketball operations David Kahn about the possibility that he made too many offseason deals for salary cap reasons.

Minnesota's roster of 15 players aren't the highest-quality players in the world, but some of them are all right for Minny's future.

MINNEAPOLIS Target Center on Friday offered that classic sports matchup: The Unstoppable Force and the Wafer-Thin Object.

Cleveland Cavaliers coach Mike Brown might need a flexible game plan tonight at Target Center.

As the NBA season kicks off, continuing our look at the Blazers' competition for a division title.

Minnesota Timberwolves coach Kurt Rambis said every team in the NBA is looking for shooters.

Damien Wilkins hit a leaning bank shot as time expired, and the Minnesota Timberwolves responded from a 16-point fourth quarter deficit to stun the New Jersey Nets, 95-93, in the season opener for both clubs.

14 Brian Cardinal F 6-8 241 05/02/77 Purdue 9 Veteran journeyman likely will get a decent amount of playing time until Kevin Love returns, but he's playing out the final season of a very movable contract .

Auburn Hills Bill Laimbeer didn't stop by his favorite fishing hole or sit in his easy chair.

There will be no "Love" in Minneapolis, at least not for the next six-to-eight weeks.

The Pareto Principle states that 80% of outcomes can be linked to 20% of people.

If Timberwolves coach Kurt Rambis was considering using power forwards Kevin Love and Al Jefferson as a regular tandem in the lineup, the plan has been put on hold.

The Timberwolves played on without Kevin Love on Saturday in Milwaukee and discovered in a 101-87 loss to the Bucks that life indeed will be different without their best rebounder.

Depending upon your view of the world, Timberwolves forward Kevin Love's fractured left hand either is a shimmering opportunity for his teammates or simply a tempting occasion to rationalize truly a bad break as such.

As Timberwolves players try to decipher variations of coach Kurt Rambis' triangle offense, certain phases of the team's defense require just as much studying.

David Kahn's swift, summertime Timberwolves makeover has generated many pertinent preseason questions, not the least of which is this: Might the Wolves' notable new coaching staff be tougher than the team? "Well," forward Al Jefferson said with a pregnant pause, "they think they are." Their new head coach won six NBA titles with the Los Angeles ...

Is he still in town? Flynn, Sessions, Brewer all need a lot work on the outside shot.

At 32, Brian Cardinal is the Timberwolves' oldest player. Besides being the Timberwolves' oldest player at 32, forward Brian Cardinal is known in the team's locker room as the "janitor." The nickname is not a reference to Cardinal's tidiness around his locker.

Bill Laimbeer didn't look real comfortable during the Bucks-Timberwolves game held on campus.