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The Oklahoma City Thunder overwhelmed the Timberwolves 127-111 at Chesapeake Energy Arena Friday. Russell Westbrook led the Thunder with 37 points.

OKC (40-15) led the Wolves (20-32) 66-57 at the half, then put up 34 points in the third to increase the advantage to 100-82 after three quarters

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The big NBA trade deadline expired on Thursday, but there weren't a whole lot of big moves.

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5. Paul Grant (1997, 20th overall)
Paul Grant was drafted to be a durable presence in the post and to provide rebounds and scoring in the paint. Unfortunately, durable does not describe Grant, who missed his entire rookie season with a sprained foot

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The Timberwolves had a huge first quarter and built a big lead at halftime, then hung on for dear life in a win over Philadelphia.

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I was at the grocery two nights ago and I was really hoping that on a Monday night, the place would be close to empty. I couldn't have been more wrong. However, that wasn't the problem.

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The Timberwolves have been notoriously bad drafters since their inception in 1989. You can count their hits on one hand (Garnett, Rubio, Richardson, Szczerbiak), but you'd need a freakish number of digits to count the misses the same way.

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The Minnesota Timberwolves lost to the Utah Jazz 97-92 at Target Center on Wednesday. Ricky Rubio was a bright spot for the Wolves with 18 points, ten assists and nine rebounds.

The Wolves fell to 19-31 with the loss

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We all get these emails from people, right? They always start with, “Just a friendly reminder” or “Just a friendly note to say…” Why do people feel the need to start emails this way?

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Minnesota Timberwolves forward Andrei Kirilenko was named the 2012 FIBA Europe Player of the Year Tuesday. Kirilenko played in Moscow last season.

Kirilenko also led the Russian national team to a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London

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The Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 100-92 Monday night in Cleveland, snapping an eight game road losing streak.

Luke Ridnour led the way for the Wolves (19-30) with 21 points on 9-14 shooting, including many key baskets late in the fourth quarter

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