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Minnesota Timberwolves Team

The Minnesota Timberwolves is a professional National Basketball Association team that is located Minnesota. It is amongst the seven teams that are a member of the Midwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association. They play at Target Center situated in Minneapolis wearing white, blue, silver and green colored uniforms. They debuted on 3rd of November 1989 against opponents Seattle Supersonics who beat them 106-94. After seven days they secured their first victory that came against the Philadelphia 76ers at a score of 125-118. When they played at the Metrodome they successfully managed to draw more than 1 million spectators which recorded the 3rd largest crowd in 1990 in the history of NBA.  They lost the final game to their opponents the Denver Nuggets at a score of 99-88.
The team failed to make a collective impact but boasted of several individual successes during 1990s. Amongst the players who gave outstanding performances a notable player was Christian Laettner. He was a college player who played for the Duke University. He was the first college player ever who made it to the National Collegiate Athletic Association which was the First Rookie Team in 1992-93. The following year Isaiah Rider made it to the All-Rookie Team and successfully bagged the NBA Slam-Dunk Championship which was held at the All-Star Weekend inn in Minneapolis. 1996-97 saw the teams first ever playoff appearance which was followed by the emergence of the forward Kevin Garnett as one of the top all-rounders’ in NBA.
In 2003, Smith and Brandon were traded in exchange of Johnson, Cassell and Sprewell. They posted a finishing score of 58-24 and finished as the top seed in the Western Conference. They were victorious in the first 2 rounds against opponents the Denver Nuggets and the Sacramento Kings, but eventually lost to the Lakers in the Western Conference finals. Player Garnett bagged his first ever MVP title wit a 24.2 average and 13.9 rebounds every game. In 2004-05 the Wolves posted a finishing record of 44-38 and failed to make it to the playoffs, which was a first for them in almost eight years. In 2005, they appointed Dwane Casey as their head coach. In 2006 Szczerbiak, Jones, Tskitishvil and Olowokundi were traded for a first-round draft pick. They acquired Davis, Blount, Reed, Banks and two 2nd round drafts picks in exchange.
They debuted in the NBA Europe Live 2007 with two games. In October, they were defeated by the Boston Celtics at a score of 92-81. They had a disappointing start to the season and had a 0-5 score before managed their first win which came against Sacramento on their home ground. Earlier it was being speculated that the coach of that tie would be fired, but this theory was dismissed owing to the victory. After the inclusion of Kevin Garnett in the team the team began to perform well, despite the absence of the talented young player, Randy Foye. They posted a finishing record of 22-60.
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